El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-05-25

t0ENO 6ERtFJ
VI Temporary Chairman, Democratic
state Convention.
corporations abuses which should be
corrected. When approached in this
spirit, corrections have been made
and the concerns have continued bust
ness undisturbed by lawsuits and
prosecutions. The bill was fought
by the corporations. just as the bank.
ers had fought the currency bill; but
today both the federal trade and the
banking acts have compelled the adj
miration and approval Of the men
who opposed them so bitterly before.
II took the craftsmanship. the genius
for government of Woodrow Wilson,
to solve, by sane and harmless meth
DDS, these two most annoying and
costly problems having to do with
the very foundation of our national
prosperity.
Jones and the Land Office
Third. The people of the West, in
particular, had been hampered and
retarded by the inefficient a~dministra-
ton of our land laws. Men from the
West were selected to administer
those laws, and now, due in a large
measure to the splendid mental abil-
ity, wide experience, sterling integ-
rity and humane sympathy of Hon.
A. A. Jones. we hear no more com
plants of the injustice of the Cen
eral Land Office, and the development
of the West is proceeding with
mighty swing that is prophetic of
waving grain fields, wellstocked
mesas and prairies, populous cities
and the desert blossoming as the rose.
For the first time in our history, we
of the West, have had the sympa-
thetic cooperation of the administra.
ton, and now we have assurance, if
the Democratic party is returned to
power, of more federal aid for our
schools, for our roads and for the pro-
lection and profitable development of
our agricultural, livestock and min
ing industries. and for the drainage
of our river lands.
The Tariff
Fourth. One of the most trouble
some questions of government, a
question that has harrassed this ma.
ton for q century, is that of the
tariff. The interests of the people of
this country r so diverse that it is
impossible for any congress to make
a tariff law entirely satisfactory or
Just. For scores Of years the
Republicans had framed the tariff
in the interest of the few and
against the rights and privileges of
the many. The Underwood bill
while destroying no industry, removed
the possibility of monopoly and artifi.
cial price-making. But the president
has become convinced, with practical
ly all thinking people, that the tariff
problem, like our transportation prob
lem, should be removed from politics
by the creation Of a scientific, non
partisan tariff board with power to
investigate and regulate, subject t.
the approval of congress, the laying
Of tariff duties, just as the Interstate
Commission is regulating
Interstate commerce.
We have every reason to believe
that such law will be placed upon
our statute books before this session
Of congress ends. The president is
it, and the country IS with
him, and we may confidently look for
ward to another great epoch-making
comparable in Importance in
our domestic affairs to the new bank
ing and federal trade commission
acts, before the voters are called
upon to exercise their franchise next
November.
income Tax Law
Another great cas- which the
Democratic party in the interest of
he people has written upon our stat
ate books is the Income Tax law.
rhe Republican theory is that the in
,ome tax should be used only to sup
by the deficiencies in revenue.
The Democratic theory is that the
tax is a tax intended to equal.
re the burden of taxation and it is
he only feasible wav to make wealth
contribute its fair proportion to the
support of the government.
Under the old system we derived
practically all our revenue for the
support of the government by taxes
hpOcCQ upOA tuC tlAuSS PCOplc Uuy Ii
md under that system each individ-
lal paws about the same to the sup
'ort of the government, the poor man
With his little earnings and his cot
age pays about as much taxes to
he general government as the rich
nan with his big income and his
'alace. To remedy that injustice and
0 compel wealth to contribute its
quail share to the support of the
overnment we impose a tax upon the
of the rich and to relieve
antilles of moderate means, we ex-
mpted incomes of less than $4,000.
md the government will receive dur
ng this fiscal veal from this source
sum in excess of $120, OO0, 200.
Not to Blame For Unreadiness
Sixth. After forty years of Repub- {
can rule that party turned over to
he Democratic party an army and a
avy so inadequate and insufficient
I strength and numbers as to leave