Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-26


tors on our public streets preaching
Or the guarded utterances> OF news
papers sympathizing with our enemies.
can be tolerated by our people.
"A real democracy Ia government
In which all classes are equally favored
and 1t is the cause of real democracy
which causes US so freely to expend Of
our blood and treasure.
I'VE cannot, especially in times like
this, permit any persons or classes to
be especially favored. Nor can any
class OF our citizens take advantage
Of the war to further their own private
without laying themselves
open to the charge of treason to the
government The man who attempts
to further his own interests at this
time is an enemy to our country's best
interests; the man who encourages civil
trouble Of any kind Is a public enemy
and so equally is the man endeavoring
to exploit any selfish interest and he
Ii really as dangerous as German
spy.
WHoLE-HEARTED SUPPORT.
Especially important is 1t. in my
Judgment, that the government should
be upheld in all of it's efforts to win
this war. We should give the govern
ment our whole hearted support, no
matter how we may personally feel
upon any matter. After the decision
has been made by our authorities in
regard to a subject, we should ac-
quiesce. In no other way can we do
our full duty. There is no time to
matters after conclusions have
been reached. We must present to our
an unbroken front and give
them no reason to believe that there is
a divided citizenship in these United
States.
I'm, times like this. speculation lie
rife, prices are inflated and necessities
of life are In some cases above the
reach of our citizens. 1t becomes nec-
essary, then. to fix prices and these
should be fixed by the appointed agents
of the government and should be of so
liberal a nature as to leave ample
profit to the producer and entirely
eliminate the speculator. 1t is right
to SO fix the prices OF all of our staples
and ell patriotic citizens will acquiesce
in such actions and make no complaint
even II expected profits are reduced to
a fair scale.
Every class OF people as feariy-As
possible, should be treated alike in this
regard.
49, PAY AS WE GO. f
"The expenses of this war will be
greater than that OF all the other
contests that this nation has been en-
gagged In since the Declaration 'of In
dependence was proclaimed. This
generation should pay as nearly as pos
sible the expense Of this war instead OF
saddling 1t onto our children and their
and therefore we must ex-
pect to pay heavy taxes and should
cheerfully bear such burdens. 1t Is
right that the added profits of any
business should be followed by added
taxation of that business. but l do not
believe in tho doctrine that the i'm
mense profits such industries have
made should be so taxed as
to force payment of taxes to the gov
eminent Of the greater part of their in
come. Such proceeding would in my
Judgment tend to stifle business and
ioi aeiiAp upon oui Peo
PIE IN many respee,e' ano l tnink that
tne congress mas Wisely conciuoeo up
70 the presen' time not TO 30 TAX THESE
INDUSTRIES oul the power mas peen
given TO 'he president an dthose acting
unoer MN TO Tx prices ana the only
sensible way IN my Judgment IN order
70 apoMsh unis eVi OF UNIQUE prolits IL
TO INK the prices OF sucn commoditles,
80 that only q reasonable profit can
pc mace from their manufacture ana
sale.
WAX PROFITS.
TO permit these immense PROFITS to
continue and then under the guise or
taxation to take these profits for the
use OF the government would De TO
work oppression upon our people. as
the Increased price woald come out of
their pocket and not out OF the pockets
OF the manufacturers themselves.
MY friends ! have briefly and I'M
perfectly touched upon several mat
ters that ! consider important In our
p,esei' Aisonoles' nave tieu 70
but / feel that this has been so i'm