Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-14
A SOCIALIST REJOINDER.

huftoi L iiitS-NepuDIICdH.
The enclosed article, written by an
other than myself. has come to my at
tentlon, and | would respectfully sug-
eest that YOU give it as much pub
licity in the columns of your paper as
your editorial Wealth to Be Con-
scripted." The article was written by
a member of the socialist party and a
student of economics, who knows
whereof he speaks.
VI. NJ. O'Bryon.
The Times Republican of July 9
had an editorial capped with the
phrase Wealth to BE Conscripted.'
The average man believes in it, and
the socialists have voted for it in a
referendum. 1t has always been con-
scriptcd by taxation-whe men were
permitted to volunteer. The socialist
idea is a menace To the country. Then
the Times Republican says something
ABOUT Henry Ford and the corScripti3 a
of his factory to make Tying machines.
Section of the Federal Reserve Bank
Act paragraph 4. reads as follows:
Federal reserve banks. including
capital stock and surplus, thHsn. and
the income derived therefrom, shall be
taxation except taxes upon real estate
Wealth so far. since the beginning
of this war, has been eonscripted by
an immense bond issue with the in
come derived therefrom all exempt
from taxation. Suppose the boys con-
scripted for war were to be exempt
from fighting. as bond holders whose
money was conscripted are exempt
from taxation. War would be as much
OF a pleasure to the boys as clipping
coupons is to the bond holder. .ttu
Public Health Bulletin No. 76 page
20 says: Between 1900 and 1913. the
average increase in retail prices Of
food was about 60 per cent. During
the same period, wages Increased lees
than 80 per cent This leaves the
wage earners 80 per cent worse off
than they were in 1900 and the food
spectators 80 per cent ahead. l quote
from the T.-R.. June 15: Food adj
vanced 80 per cent in one year. Prices
jumped 9 per cent in one month,
March Is to April 16. Add this 32 per
cent to the 80 per cent and the food
spectators are So per cent better of
than they were in 1900, and the wage
earning public 81 per cent worse of:
and there has been no war tax yet i'm
posed upon the wealthy income takers
of the country. Congress Is now con-
sidering a war tax to be imposed upon
the wealth Of the nation, but who pays
the war tax when the food spectators
can increase the cost OF food, clothing,
and shelter to the people to the extent
of 80 per cent in one year? Why, the
people. of course!
1.-The boys conscripted have a money
price set on their heads when sent to
war. Suppose they were allowed to
increase that price to the government
the same as the food spectators are
permitted to increase the cost Of Nv
ing to the people. That would be an
other pleasure tor the colder hoy. That
would be another pleasure as coupon
clipping and income taking is pleas
ure to the income taker.
Under socialism, there would be nc
war. The proposition Of the socialists
to conscript men and wealth for war
would be menace to those who are
demanding war and collecting incomes.
The socialist proposition to conscr1pt
men for war Is to submit to a vote Of
the people whether they would have
war or not. II the war proposition
carried, those who voted for war would
be sent to war. The voter would con-
script himself Those who voted
against war would be permitted to stay
at home. The socialist proposition to
conscript wealth would be that, II d
tax Of 80 per cent on incomes was i'm
posed, the spectators In food, cloth
ing, and shelter would not be permit
ted to raise the cost Of living to the
people 81 per cent in one year, there
by making the people pay for the war
The cost Of living under the socialis.
idea would be menace to the coupon
clipner and the income taker."