Evening journal., 1916-07-19

prosperity the cotton producers of the Southern
states and In that sincerely rejoice. The votes Tor
the passage Of this bill come in large measure from
the section of the that has prospered in the de-
mand for cotton.
While it is to be admitted that the manufacturers Of
gunpowder and other explosives have enjoyed period
Of exceptional prosperity during the past Is months,
the fact 10 have been lost sight Of that their
prosperity has been distributed that it has permeated
other lines Of industry and been Of benefit to thou
sands of working peope throughout the country The
other industries which shared the prosperity that
has been passed TO them not forced to bear any
taxation, but the burden Of taxation has been placed
upon the source without being equitably distributed
There seems TO be idea that all manufacturers OF
gunpowder and other explosives have made exorbltant
profits and therefore that they should be Soaked TO
the limit II seems to have been forgotten that "he
these manufacturers may have received what ap-
peared to be high prices Tor their proaucIs ey nav nav
been forced TO meet unusual expenses and they nave
faced an ever-ascendng scale OF prices on raw ma
terias.
Under the retroactive feature OF this bill manufactur
receipts upon all business done since the lst OF Janu-
arv Of This vear When contracts we're made for this
work no such expense item as this was considered n
fixing the price Of the product and IN many cases
whore contracts have been filled and the money re-
ceved herefrom distributed in either additional equip
ment wages salaries and dividends. it is impossible
the retroactive tax to be recovered and therefore
it must be borne in the future and out OF the con
tracts with the helgerents that remain 10 Oe hlleu
Can any one deny that this feature Is unfair even
though it. does happen to be corporation that must
foot the bill?
am reliably informed that the largest company en-
gagged in this busness-the DUPONT Company-employs
about ca 600 mon i'm various plants throughout the
United states and paid directly, in wages alone, to
| its many employees. for the manufacture OF
military explosives in The last year and hat S4oVVo
| 600 The employed in their plants nave beeh
worked on eight hour shifts and in addition 10 recelV-
ing a scale of wages higher than has been paid here
ofore for similar work they have been granted an aa-
ditional 20 per cent bonus IN wages IN auul.oh & 40
this sum expended in wages, this company mas Oeen
indirectly responsible for the expenditure Oh
amount to labor raw materials and machinery W"'n
| Il has purchased . ,
have inserted the above remarks because not only
deem IL my duty TO do so but after inVesugauns lne
facts fully believe that this bill is unfair ana diasu
in many Of its provisions and as such Is not waIe'eu
| by the conditions existing at this time - q,
rbero are some features OF this bill for which |
would like TO vote as for instance the tariff commits
sion the dyestu section well as the provision resu
Iatinq nnfair competition. tax munitions OF war
distributed equtaby and fairly. would not be opposed
by me- view of conditions the country faces today
| for which however. the Republican party is not re-
sponsible. ] have hesitancy in saying that favor
an income tax but believe that this tax should be col
eced on low it s profitable for the gov
ernment to collect this tax, believing that IL tends TO
better citizenship and interest in government II more
individuals bear the burden Of this income tax even
though II means in many cases not even a dollar
year which is the kind Of income tax levied in other
countries Of the globe which use TINS as means OF
revenue shall therefore vote against this measure
as a whole.
The probability is that II the Democratic bill against
which Congressman Miller spoke so ably and fruit
essy in the House passes the Senate of the ex
piosives plants will down and thousands of the
employees will be thrown out Of work. It is the dutl
of Senator Salisbury. the only Democratic member o
: the Delaware delegation TO prevail upon the Demo
cratic majority in the Senate to refuse to give coun
. tenance to such ruinous work against the people G
r. our state He will find In Congressman Miller
q speech many texts for the arguments he should ao
vance in behalf Of his Delaware constituents includ
the thousands of men and women who are dependen
upon the great explosives industry for living Sena
tor DUPONT and Congressman Miller are Republican,
Their opposition the obnoxious provisions of tn
bul will not count for nearly much will that
{ Senator Salisbury Who is a Democrat and suppose
to have great influence with the Wilson administration
The iunior Senator must assume official responsont
in this matter especially regards the thousands
wage-earners who would be affected disastrousY
the business paralysis which would FOLLOW such ies'
lation.