Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-09-22
BY Carl syndcr. in Golfers.

By Carl Synder. in Golfers.
II IL conceivable that the end of the
war may come from unexpected forces
which no one perhaps save those on the
inside can reckon on. lust as, for ex-
ample. a tack in his boot may wear down
tho strongest soldier, SO a shortage of
copper, lead, or brass, or some of the in
gradients in the making of high explosives,
might seriously cripple Germany's arms.
1t is certain that Germany would run
short of ammunition long before she
would run short of food. She could not
be starved out.
But the real ending of the war may
very readily come from quite another di-
Tcctton. 1t may come from what was
probably the most powerful single approx
innate cause. That Is the strength of the
socialist movement In Germany itself.
The socialist party is now the strongest
political division in the German empire.
IN 40 years its vote has risen from an in
significant 3 per cent of the total to IS
per cent. 1T elects all of the members OF
The retchstag from Berlin save one; and
practically all of the larger cities are rep
sesented by socialist members.
The growth of the German socialist vote
Jas been uninterrupted. and We nave only
70 Nolong the curve of this growth to see
mat In another five or six years the So
oAA WOulu nave OeeU III lne majority,
ana the Jurker control OF Germany at an
end. Without the capitalist and Junker
aread of a socialist triumph. there could
scarcely have been any war.
Tne wave OF war lust which swept Ger
many a year ago may be likened to a vast
,ontagion. Before 1t the ideals OF social
I'm and internationalism were as waving
teeds. This fierce war spirit still burns,
and so long as 1t does the chances Of
AnQco n ~ x-oo1l To.A -pt- - "a
snuff 1t out, and all German militarism
with 1t. Is a powerful and steadily grow
ng force. That - the weight of an intol-
cradle burden Of taxation.
This fmbecile struggle. like every other
var. Is being financed with mortgages,
tor the simple reason that a war nance
ey direct taxation would never last six
months.
Who Really Pays War Taxes.
~ this scheme of indirect levy $15,-
DO. 100000 or more for each year of the war
Will be drawn from the pockets of the
thrifty. This will be paid for. .theoreti-
tally. by all the people. But who really
pays?
It ID perfectly clear. to begin with. that
4 IL next to impossible to tax capital very
much. You may load 1t with death duties
Ind income taxes. but the moment these
become serious there IL an abrupt reduce
lion In the revenue received. Capital ia
suid. and the moment its average return
. loaded too much In one state or coun-
Try It will flow to some other.
And no nation can stand this. Capital
q the very blood Of modern life. The
saver Is a really valuable member of So
:iety; 1t is curious to see how govern
snenA>hswe always protected capital at al
noss NY cost. Labor at a pinch can
starve. and often does. because 1t has not
the M. re fiuidity.
But capital will not starve, for 1t would
be moved elsewhere. This is the lesson
that every foray of populism or repudia-
tlon has taught.
Next, the great class Of e~nterprisers.
the builders and planners and venturers,
cannot be made. to pay too heavily, for If
the attempt is made they too will be dis