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Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-27
EXTEND SCOPE OF
THE INCOME TAX
WEALTH MUST PAY BUR-
DEN OF GOVERNMENT.
Report of U. S. Internal Revenue
COMMISSIONS Shows Astounding
Record of Wealth Concentration.
Trom Committee on industrial ReIatlons.l

From Committee on Industrial ReIationsJ
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-"The Asso-
citation for an Equitable Income Tax,
of which Register John j. Hopper of
New York is president, and among
whose Officers are Commissioner of
immigration Frederic C.. Howe,
Charles II. Ingersoll, Amos Pinchot,
Edmund y. Osborne and George l..
Record, is urging congress to increase
the tax rate on all incomes of over
81 100000 to from one-fifth to one
third of the total income and the
rates on all large incomes proportion
ately," says Benjamin C. Marsh in
report made to the committee on in
dustrial relations. at urges also
that the tariff on sugar be promptly
repealed and the duties on the nee
essities of life and cheaper grades
of luxuries be reduced, and that the
rates on incomes from investment
over $4,000 should be counted as
unearned incomes.
Congress seems inclined to dsre-
gard these first principles of democ-
racy and to impose higher taxes on
food and other necessities of the
i working classes. The workers of
America should realize the injustice
of our present system of raising rev.
urged by the Association for an
Equitable Federal Income Tax. 1t
is un-American and unjust to con-
script working men for military serv-
ice as long as the institution of pri-
vate property based on special priv
ilege remains.
Concentration of Wealth.
"The growth of huge fortunes in
Great Britain is an important cause
of the present European war. Not
all the tactful and unhappy lives of
diplomats can hide this fact. Cotton
manufacturers in Lancashire were
making 35 per cent and paying cruel
ly low wages, while the underpaid
workmen were being taxed much
more heavily than the recipients of
the incomes due largely to the pay
ment of inadequate wages. America
is in danger of following the stupid
example of Great Britain.
"The report Of the commissioner of
internal revenue is the most astound-
ing record of the rapid concentration
of wealth in few hands in this coun-
try. For the year ending June 80,
1914, only sixty individuals in the
| United States were recorded as hav-
ing a net taxable income of over
| 81 100000 each and their aggregate
net taxable income was $127 100000.
For the year ending June 30 1915,
the number of net incomes of over
100000 exactly doubled to 800
and the one hundred and twenty peo-
pie received at least 100000, 900.
During this year there was marked
increase also in the number of all
persons receiving large incomes, as
follows: Persons receiving incomes
of $5OO,OO0 to $1,0O0,00O increased
from SO to 1872; those receiving from
100000 to 100000 increased from
| lat to 354.
Power of Privilege Grows.
! I'm 1914, there were only 2,348
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-27
Especial to The Bulietin.)

PUEBLO, Jan. 25.-There was an
open meeting of the Pueblo Trades
and Labor Assembly last night to
hear addresses by Grant Hamilton,
representative of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, and H. c. Williams
of Grand Junction, chairman of the
state legislative board of the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen. The
hall was crowded to capacity and
much enthusiasm shown when the
speakers declared that the paramount
issue confronting the labor movement
of Colorado was the repeal of the in
dustrial commission law.
Several members of Pueblo county's
delegation in the legislature came
from Denver to attend the meeting,
which was presided over by President
F. B. Dunbar of the Assembly.
At the conclusion of the speeches
the following declaration was adopted
and copies ordered sent to members
of the legislature.
Danger Confronting Labor.
"Conscious of the danger confront
ing the organized labor movement of
Colorado so long as the industrial
commission law remains upon the
statute books, the Pueblo Trades and
Labor Assembly, in consonance with
all other organized wage earners' un-
ions thruout the state, demands the
unequivocal repeal of the industrial
commission law and the amendment
of the workmen's compensation law
in order that administrative officers
may be provided for. Our reasons for
this demand are:
"First-The industrial commission
law was enacted in defiance of the
thirteenth amendment to the federal
constitution, which especially declares
that men shall not be deprived of
their liberty except as a punishment
for crime.
"Second-The industrial commits
sion law confers upon the members
of the commission the power and au-
thority to invade the meetings of our
unions, thus setting aside and de-
stroying the right of free assembly,
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-27
Prosperity and the Great Fear
By SCOTT NEARING

June, 1916. Of the 1853 persons un-
employed 2,527 were unemployed be-
cause of isability-sickness acci-
dent, old age, etc, 1928 because of
lack of work; 1904 because of strikes
and lockouts; SOC because of bad
weather; and 49S for other causes.
In short the modern system of in
dustrial production is so organized
that in one of the most active indus
trial sections of the country, in the
great centers of industry, during a
year of unprecedented prosperity,
thousands of people were constantly
out of employment because of condi-
tions over which they themselves had
little or no control.
The year 1916 has been one of few
erish industrial activity. Yet, even
in this most prosperous of prosperous
years, the great fear of unemploy-
ment was haunting thousands of
homes in one of the richest states on
the American continent.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-27
64O-ACRE TRACTS
ARE GOING FAST
NEW F E D E R A L HOME
STEAD CAUSES RUSH.
There Are 100000 Acres of Gov
ernment Land in Colorado,
100000 of Which Come
Under This Act.

The passage of the 64O-acre graz
ing homestead act, which became a
law only a few weeks ago, has started
a rush of landseekers to the western
public land states such as has not
been experienced in a good many
years, and those who have been
watching the results in Colorado and
adjoining states express a belief that
there will be almost no desirable
homestead land vacant at the close of
1917, except that which has for va
rious reasons been withdrawn from
entry.
The Colorado state board of immi-
grafton has been confronted with a
homestead law. One of the most diff
ficult tasks the board now finds be-
fore it is to keep people who for va
rious reasons are not likely to sue
ceed here, from coming to the state
to take up 640-acre homesteads. Ever
since its reorganization little less
than a year ago, the board has de-
voted almost as much effort to trying
to show people with no means and no
qualifications for farming that they
ought not to come to Colorado as it
has devoted to bringing to the state
good farmers with means and ability
ana experienced people with money to
invest in other lines. The enactment
of the new homestead law has greatly
increased the number of inquiries
from people with no means and nc
knowledge of farming or of agricul-
tural conditions in the West.
There is at the present time slight
ly less than 100000 acres of gov
ernment land open to homestead en-
try in the state. OF this amount per
haps 100000 acres probably will be
designated as subject to entry under
the 640-acre homestead act. At the
present rate of filing nearly all the
desirable land would be gone within
few months.
The board realizes the immense
benefit the state will derive from
having this land on the tax rolls and
producing revenue for the state anC
| the several counties, as well as adding
greatly to the general prosperity thru
| greater production. In order that the
greatest benefit may be derived By
everybody, it is making every effort
in its power to get on these lands
people who will improve them anc
make them their homes, rather thar
those who have no motive in filing
other than to obtain such rights as
they can sell at a profit to actua
settlers.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-27

The man or woman who works for
wages is followed thru life by great
fear that turks at the end of every
week, and shows its hideous visage at
the opening of every winter. This
phantom is called unemployment-the
loss of job.
Unemployment may attack wage
Garner for many reasons. Sickness,
accident, strikes, lockouts, shut
downs, labor saving machinery-are
some of the causes that lead the boss
to say on Friday night, I'VE will not
need you next week" That sentence
is as frightful as it is final. The job
stops The wage stops. Unless an
other job can be found, the wolf will
be whining at the door.
Prosperity reigned in the United
States during 1915 and 1916. The
present generation cannot remember
a time when the wheels of industry
were turning faster, when the de-
mands for labor were more insistent,
when the products and profits of
American industry were more vast
than they have been during these two
years.
The call for labor is sounded from
every city. The casual reader of the
daily papers would assert with con-
viction that there were at least four
jobs demanding the presence of every
three able-bodied men in the country.
Despite this impression there was
a serious unemployment problem in
the United States during this whole
period of apparent prosperity. The
unemployment facts for the most
prosperous year in the twentieth CEN
tury are published by several states,
among them Massachusetts, which has
been hive of industry ever since the
beginning of the war. The latest
Massachusetts bulletin just published
gives some interesting facts on unem-
ployment in 1916, of members of la
Dor unions in Massachusetts. No facts
are furnished for non-union wage
earners.
On June 80, 1916, that is during
the summer when there was the
greatest demand for labor, 1858 un-
ion men and women in the chief cit
les of Massachusetts were unem-
ployed. This number constituted Az
per cent of the total membership of
the unions making reports to the
bureau of statistics.
During the previous winter the rate
of unemployment had been higher. In
September, 1915, it was per cent;
December, 1916, SO per cent; March,
1916, SO per cent.
1t is interesting to note that this
unemployment was distributed rather
evenly over the different trades, with
the exception of the building trades.
Thus in June, 1916, the rate of un-
employment of the boot and shoe in
dustry, the textile industry, trans
portation, printing and allied trades,
and "all other industries and trades
was from 3 to per cent. In the
building trades it was 7.6 per cent.
Unemployment was therefore very
general, and not confined to any par
ticular industry.
The report further shows the causes
which created the unemployment in
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-27
CEREAL WORKE ORGANIZE

Employees of the Quaker Oats COM
pany at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have or
ganized and are chartered by the A.
F. of l.. as Cereal Mill Employees I'm
ion No. 15,403. These employees sus-
pended work short time ago and it
was later agreed that their wage de-
mands would be submitted to the
company's Chicago office and if the
reply was not satisfactory to the
workers the matter would be arbi-
trated. ,.asi Z
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-27
NOVEMBER U. s. IMMIGRATION.

The federal bureau of immigration
reports that 40,576 immigrants ar
rived in this country during the
month of November, last year,
as against 28,297 during November,
1915. The effect of the European war
is shown in this latest report, which
states only twelve immigrants came
from Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro
and Roumania. During November,
1913, or prior to the war, immigra-
tion from these four countries to-
tailed 1852. The grand total for all
arrivals during November, 1913, was
117,031.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-27

and controverting that fundamental
principle which underlies our repub-
ican form of government.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-27
BONUS ANNULS THE CONTRACT.

The Wheeling Traction company
recently announced bonus system
and now the Street Car Mems Union
calls the company's attention to this
abrogation of existing agreements.
The workers refuse to accept the
bonus system, which depends upon
the companys good will, and have
presented a demand for wage in
creases.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-27
ASKS REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

The Iowa State Federation of La
Dor has prepared it's demand for rem
edial legislation, on behalf of Iowa's
wage earners. The list includes a
recognition that labor is not COM
modify and that strike injunctions
shall be prohibited; to provide for an
eight-hour day on all state, county
and municipal work; create the office
of state building inspector.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-27

individuals who received a net tax
able income of 100000 or more, with
an approximate gross income of
$685., 5,OOO, 900; while in 1915 there
were 3,704 such individuals with an
approximate gross income of Sl,O5O,-
100000. One-tenth of one per cent
of the population, including the de-
pendents of these taxpayers, received
nearly one-twentieth of the total ma
tional income. Not one of those re-
ceiving this enormous income secured
it from his own exertions. All were
due to some long-standing privilege
or to some more recent opportunity
for exorbitant profits due to the war.
On the other hand the number of
those receiving incomes of from three
to five thousand dollars fell from
S2,754 in 1914 to 69,045 in 1915.
prosperity has not reached ma
terially below the top, while the high
cost of living has largely offset, if
not more than offset, the advantages
to the working people of slight in
creases in their wages, or small sal
aries.
Must Pay Its Fair Share.
at is significant that at the same
time that these huge incomes are
being taxed too lightly, while increas-
ing so rapidly, the beneficiaries of
privilege in the country are urging
military conscription of the workers.
"If the present administration at
Washington wishes to convince the
people that Wall street and the in
sidious and pervasive powers of priv
ilege have been driven out of the
nations capital, they must compel
privilege to pay its fair share of the
cost of government, as urged by this
association. The receivers of these
swollen and increasing incomes are
now trying to force this country into
aggressive warfare thru securing
! concessions, under the guise of com
mercial expansion.
"Such an income tax as suggested
will not only distribute more equit-
ably the cost Of government but will
help US to prevent the policy of fl
nancial imperialism, planned by the
un-American results of privilege and
monopoly-our billionaires, and near
billionaires.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

Left Lizzie twe're talking
about the dog) is the cham
pion skater Of the world in
her class. This little wire
haired terrier gets over the
ice in truly surprising fashion.
Miss Dorothy Klewer is the
dogs skating companion.
Nassau Photo Film Serrice.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Caught in Their
Own Gas ATTACK

ssokk
The bitter bitten. The Bod.
just before launching a sr'
prise attack, often uses bomI.
to throw up a dense scre.,
Of smoke and mask his now.
ments. Should the wnd
change direction. many Of h.
men in the bomb squad a.,
overcome before they q,
dash out Of the danger zone
This is what has happened !
the distinctly unusual pictur,
shown. The German soldi.n
are flying before a dead,
cloud Of gas meant for Il.
French. Two Of the Hun,
have been caught by the "a,
waves. one inhalation Of
which is enough to droc
them.
This ost remarkabl.
photograph was taken a few
months ago on the French
froht by a German officer,
who later managed to send
it out via Holland.
z Dheo Bozssaxi
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

Right This unique
photograph sh o VS. a
field of over a quarter
million heads Of lettuce
growing under glass
bells, "cloches,' as they
are called in France.
Growing is not stopped
the year round, the pro-
duction being kept at
the same high rate even
in winter. Mr.. c. D.
Mckay is living up to
the British governments
request to get every
thing possible out of
every inch of ground on
his Burhill Intensive
Gardens, at Horsham.
Underwood q Under i1ood.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

Left Two British
Tommies completely fill
up the entrance to their
dugout, hidden in a field
back of the firing line.
@ Underioood q Underwood
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-04
A DEFENSIVE WARFARE

Tae resolution before Congress
should not be confounded with Il
formal declaration OF war, which would
mean our active participation in the
confic. now going on on European
battlahelds. The declaration that the
President has asked Congress to make
is tina: "a state Of war exists, and
has existed between the United States
and Germany for some time past.
Hon. James Francis Burke, of Pitts
burgh who spoke at the patriotic
meeting held in this city, Monday
evening. and who for ten years was q
member of the House Committee on
Military Affairs. in recent public
statement, explains the difference be-
tween a state OF war and declara-
ton Of war. By citing an historical
parallel to the present situation:
In 1898 q state OF war existed be
tween the United States and France for
many months. Our. ships were being
fired upon and sunk and our diplomatic
representatives were ordered out or
Paris and il was out OF this occasion
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-04
LIFE, LOVE AND DEATH

Sid me 10 live Green fire of Spring is
breaking
Der hill and tallow. over dale and hill
Light. little laughter Of soft hrce&cs,
waking.
Shades IN" bright blossoms till their
rulorS spill;
Yet in my dreaming heart is tiumbly
aching
One troubled vein that throbs with
anguish still.
Bid ne To love. Give me my heart. my
dearest.
And lif- were made a mighty SYM
rhony.
Concordant or all gracious sound thou
nearest
OF ancient f"rcs, and of Orient sea.
Where through one theme runs ever
sweetest. cIeareSt.
Singing. dear heart. alone of thcc--of
he.
Ei1 m" t" die. If that my death could
spare thee
One bitter tear. one sigh Of grief
could. save.
Then were il thine. ON wings OF love
Ed bear ih"E
Through starry dc"ps. beyond tn"
cheated grave.
0aly with cod in hottest hcav'n 10 share
Thy heart to me. thy soul To Him vino
gave.
--Pnriry y. Child in New York Evening
Sun.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-04
ZIP TO THE GOVERNMENT

If we are about TO enter war, anu
there can be no doubt now that We
are. the Democratic control in Con-
gross and the administrative depart
ments of government will have to I'M
prove in efficiency and capacity If tho
hest results are TO be obtained. This
is suggested In no carping spirit. II
is merely the reflection Of experience.
The country will be all right If the gov
arnment measures up to what it ought
20.
The industries are prepared Tor
war. according to reports received
from all over the country. The gov
eminent is not When bids we're
ooened some time ago for colossal
stocks of army supplies hundreds OF
firms were on the job ready to fulfill
contracts at short notice, but the gov
eminent lacked funds to enter into
contracts. aud necessary app l'
tons Ills had failed in the Senate
Factories and railroads are ready to
move like clockwork the instant war
is entered into, but thousands Of pa
triotic men throughout the country
are obliged to drill without guns, and
the stocks of ammunition are so low
that target practice is reduced to a
minimum.
Industrial America developed its
efficiency under Republican policies:
the Federal government lost its ef'
dciency under a halting Democracy
and a quibbling administration. The
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-04
THE RECKONING TO COME

A fend for figures has dipped into
the worlds trade statistics and figured
the war promoted commerce OF the
leading commercial nations. Keeping
in mind the increased prices in the
last three years il is interesting 10
note how the distribution Of commerce
between the principal trading coun'
tries. has been summed up. That OF
the United States has advanced from
S4,277, 900. 900 in 1918 to $S,S7S,Oo0.OOO
in 1915; Great Britain. from $3,164'-
oOO. 900 to sT.oSo.0 900 900; France. 81,
s5s, 100000 to sS,91S. OOo.Roo: Canada
s1oe5. 100, 900 to sIS5S,bOO,OO0. and
Japan. s67S,o0O.o0O to se3I,oOo,ooo
Other nations are not in the same
category and statistics are not pre-
sented for the rest Of the world.
There is much meaning behind the
figures which does not appear on the
surface. With nations at war con
sumption and destruction have been
vastly out of proportion to their own
production and they have been get
ting heavily in debt. Future produc'
ton and trade will be long burdened
with payment for what has been pur'
chased from others in this period.
The United States has protited greatly
at the expense OF others and accumu'
lated capital and credit for future
use: but the end is not yet. What the
course of another year will bring no
man can tell, but one thing certain is
that a period or REIMBURSEMENT Will
have. to come when the great conflict
is over. which will change the course
of commerce in future years beyond
'any present calculation.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-04
Pirnples Disappear

There is one remedy that seldom fails
to clear away all pir1plcS blotchcs and
other skin eruptions and that makes the
skin soft, clear and healthy.
Any druggist can supply you with
zcmo. which generally orercomcs all
skin diseases. Acne. eczema, itch, PIN
pies, rashes, black heads in most cases
give way to zcmo. Frequently, MINOR
blerishcs disappear overnight. Itching
usually stops instantly. Zcmo is safe:
antiscntic liquid, clean, easy to use and
dependable. 1t costs only CSC; an extra
large bottle, Sl.0O. 1t will not stain, is
not greasy or sticky and is positively
safe for tender, sensitive skins.
The E W. Rose Co. Cleveland. ..
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-04
IRRATIONAL PACIFISM

Paciham as 1t is being promoted BY
n few ultra propagandists With epithet.
Tituperation and invective IS as In
furious and offensive as open disloy-
atty. Some Of these performances are
very wearing on the public patience.
If not actual indictments against the
internal peace Of the country. While
The intelligence cannot believe Sen
ator La Toilette desires to give aid
and comfort to this class Of disturbers'
his action yesterday in interposins his
objection to the consideration Of the
administration programme with re-
spect to the war situation Is not sus-
ceptlble Of any warm commentator.