The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-11
sAruRpAY7EvENlNc, DECEMBER II, 1915.
WILSON'S REVENUE IDEAS.

THE more we ponder that section of President
wilson's address to Congress devoted to the financial
situation Of the country, the less think of his
suggestions raise money keep down the deficit which
faced in June 1917 Not only his suggestions
Unfair 20 the home merchant and the home manufacturer
IN that they make provision to protect him against
an influx foreign and cheap material at the end of the
war; but according to the theory Of the chief executive
great internal extra taxes TO be levied In
tes Of peace to make up for the shortening OF the
Democratic party. Any such move will not meet with the
genera approval Of the public there is sufficient taxes
being paid all over the country right without any
more additional burdens
President Wilson suggested taxes various articles
which will bring forth nationwide howl II an attempt
70 made to carry out the program of President Wilson,
I'VE all agree that to issue bonds to make up the deficit
would not be good plan but TO make the home fellow
bear the burden Of taxation is just about as unfair
President Wilson suggested that tax of per
GALLON be placed gasoline and napha; so
Per horse power automobiles and internal explosion
engine Of all kinds; stamp tax bank checks; tax
OF twenty-five cents per pig iron; tax of twenty
i've cents per ton fabricated iron. These suggestions
are all wrong Why burden the citizens further with
stamp taxes automobile taxes, taxes on gasoline etc.
and onersno protection to the home merchant and manu.
facturer and make them stand the entire burden Alone
while the tariff Is allowed to remain SO rdiculously low
that 10 OF no benefit whatsoever What President VIII
ION should realize and what Congress should realize is
the fact that there should be radical shakep in the
tariff and more burdenng Of the people with extreme
taxes such generally used except when the
United States Is actually at war.
Suppose the war should end unexpectedly Where
would the home industries manufacturers merchants
b. under the plans suggested by our President? They
would be absolutely at the mercy of the European
facturers and merchants who would sell the goods that
have been piled up for months and months months
q almost price in order to get rid of them and get
some money over to the other side of the water When
the war over the wheels Industry that have been
dormant in Europe for time will start to move
again and unless there Is protection for Ameri
can Manufacturer In the way OF respectable tariff this
country Is going to be flooded with cheap products from
Europe Il theswar should suddenly to an end the
American manufacturer would find that his great war
orders had stopped cutting down large per cent OF his
business Of six months or year. that he was
axed on all sides under President Wilson's ideas Of in
ternai taxes; that the home market was flooded with
cheap goods from foreign lands owing to the fact that
there was no reasonable tariff law to cut down the pro-
scuous dow into this country from across the
atsr and that serious business adjustment must be
laced. -1N'' 70
why all this internal tax? Why not try to shift the
70 the other fellow at least in some measure? In