The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-21

ures.
Business Men Must Pay.
Former Chairman Hurley of the Fed
eral Trade Commission I'm n recent
speech told the business men that they
must pay for the war. lie said the
poorer classes must fight and the rich
er people pay. At the same time 1t Is
assumed that a large part of the taxes
to be imposed by the val revenue bin
will be passed on"
In fact. much time was consumed In
considering how taxes could be levied
so that they could be passed on
And il may he taken as a certainty
that just as soon as the passing on
process begins the average common
man, the worker and Garner. must pay
his share as well as the business man.
River and Harbor Bill Opposed.
Each year IL becomes more difficult
to pass the river and harbor bin. This
year the bill had "hard shedding in
the house and seems doomed 10 GER
tain defeat In the senate. As more
opposition develops it Is found that
bad blood Is caused among members.
For instance, there was a row between
Madden Of Illinois and Moore OF Penn
s%ylyania. Madden was condemning
the proposed ~intercoastal waterway.
which is the favorite fad of Moore.
and the language got so hot that a de
mand was made to have 1t taken
down." which means an effort TO ex-
punge 1t from the Record. The time
was when the opponents of river and
harbor bills were laughed at, but now
they make a deal Of trouble.
Never Ending Complaint.
Where is the west? The man from
the Mississippi, the Missouri, the great
plains, the Rocky mountains and the
Pacific coast thinks he is from the
west. but along comes the fellow from
the Aleutian peninsula, and to him
Puget sound and the Golden Gate are
east.
1t was a man from Fresno, Cal, who
complained recently because a ews
paper remarked that a certain commit
tee had been distributed with regard
iO ktOEiuHuA NHtu Nnt IOiiO lnE
states were represented: Massachu-
sets, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wiscon-
sin and Wyoming. ''rhe center OF the
country Is about at Omaha" said the
Fresno man. and they undertake to
say that they have made an equitable
distribution geographically. The trou-
BILE with so many of them is that they
t1frI. n~1.tAsrr mood 90 sba vInIrar
river is the west"
Selected on His Merits.
Before General Pershing started for
Europe he had a talk with the presi-
dent and was Informed that no man
had recommended him for command
of the American troops In Europe
that he had been selected solely on his
merit and past record. All OF which
was quite gratifying to Pershing.
Thirteen Out of Ninety-six.
There are Just thirteen senators
present" remarked Senator Reed one
day when an important measure was
before the senate. There have not
been more than four to ten during the
last hour. | move the senate adjourn"
The senate did not adjourn, but the
condition shows that there is a won
derful lack of attention to important
measures these days.
Have silly Seasons.
The senate has silly seasons at times.
When considering the most important
bill relating to the wal Ii actually vot-
ed to make 1t a crime for army and
navy men to take or be offered a drink
of liquor. Then the senate made the
provision apply to themselves. Final
ly. realizing how silly 1T all was, the
senator's voted the provisions out OF
the bill.
Enough Oficers7
Occasionally 1t has been asserted
that there is a shortage Of army Off
GERS. If that In the case it is not or
account Of lack of applications for ap
pointments. The war department II
stacked up with offers to go to the wa
as officers. There Is q desire on thu
part Of the general staff to have non,
but trained and efficient officers, and
many applications will be rejected.