Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-09

ia furnish the best fields. All of
these regions border on Iowa and in
some instances the land is just as
good as in this state.
CONSUMPTION OF WEALTH. !
New York World: If we con-
script men we must conscript
wealth, is the cry of the La Fol-
lettes and, Gronnas. OF our 10000
900 men between the ages of 81 and
81 we have summoned thus far
6S7, 900. In the greatest bill of tax
alton ever accepted by any nation,
q measure which it is to be noted is
in addition TO all other taxes, usual
and unusual, calling in one year for
$2,625, 100000, more than $780,.
100000 is eXacted from wealth in
taxes upon profits and incomes.
We are not to suppose that by
this levy we exhaust the possibili-
ties OF taxation To do that at
the beginning of war would be sui
cidal. But ignoring altogether the
normal contribution which wealth
makes to the common fund, we have
dollars conscripted at the ratio of
IS to &c, while men of narrowly Sc
lected ages have been called only at
the ratio of less than / in 10.
Examining the war tax bill more
closely, we find that, except for
postage stamps, practically every
other dollar of its s2,625, 900, 600 is
to be exacted from wealth and lux
ury. It is estimated that since 1906
the veal the United States has
Increased at the rate of $4,000, O00,-
900 a year. Practically one-third of
that increment is now commander
ed by the new war taxes.
At the last census we had 20,-
53S,347 men of military age, IS to-
As. The regular army, the national
guard, the men selected for service,
the navy and the marine corps will
presently aggregate 100000. A
sufficient answer, therefore, to our
La Follettes and Gronnas is that we
are conscripting wealth much faster
than we are conscripting men.
LOYAL AMERICANS.
Crawford county has many citi-
zens of German birth or extraction,
and it is quite evident that the bulk
of them are loyal to Uncle Sam in
this great war. A few days ago a
patriotic meeting was held at Ma
Mia, in that county, and the follow
ing resolution scoring Senator La
Toilette and his German follow
ers was adopted:
Resolved, That the traitorous
language and sentiment expressed by
Senator La Toilette and his follow
srs in and out of the senate cham
Der be resented and condemned as
ending aid and comfort to dan
serous enemy, thereby obstructing
he proper conduct of the war and
the lives of our brave
PATRIOTS who are about to enter the
This resolution was offered by Mr.
:. +. G. kehr, who moved it's adop-
ion. The motion was seconded by
iy Hamann. The introducer of the
esolution and the man who second
d the same are Germans. A large
majority of those present were Ger
lans. Mr.. c. F. G. Kehr, business
ian of Manila, has father and two
listers In Germany, brother in the
Ierman army and n brother-in-law
4 the German navy. Mr.. Kehr is
ne of the leading patriots of the
ommunity. Hy Hamann, who sec
nded the resolution, is son of
ohm G. Hamann, prominent Ger
ian farmer OF the community.
1t affords the Freeman-Tribune l
eruine pleasure to record such :
lcts. The Germans of Manila. how
yer, are entitled to no special cred
for being loyal to the United S
tates at this time. That is the log
al and natural attitude for them
, take. However, there has been c
} many evidences of disloyalty q
nong men of German birth or ex-
action living in this country that r
lie impression might prevail in
me quarters that a majority of 4
lem are disloyal, which is untrue.
,yal Germans in other communities 4
Iowa would serve Uncle Sam by
flowing the example of the Ger I
ans OF Manila.