The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-08-04

LIMITATION OF REQUESTS AND lNHERlTANcES.
Touching the of limitation requests
nhertances Dr. John A. Ryan the University
states that no one does justice by either the spiritual
temporal who bequeaths above 100000
an heir since legitmately spend
the income from that sum-" That money invested
at six cent would yield income of S18OOO
which is sufficient to keep the wolf comfortable distance
from the door, Indeed the learned doctor might gone
farther without doing violence to his conclusion and
his principal and interest about oneha still within
the of reasonableness And what requests
which controlled by the individual who makes them
should also apply to those nhertances which
the control of the ntestate laws.
This is subject of transcendent Importance
sidered in relation to the equitable distribution wealth
and property In England and France long before the
exlgenc1es of the death duties collected by
the government from decedents in varying
measure according to the size of the estate.
cases. particularly in France the levies high
third of the whole estate and under the
finances these rates have been increased In many of the
States of this country there imposed direct and COL
lateral inheritance taxes of varying rates. and them
large sums have been added to the treasures
The problems of financing the will doubtless lead
more intensive cultivation of this rich field of
This kind of tax imposes hardship injustice upon
any 1t is predicated the theory that the
ship of property is not absolute but subordinate to the
of the for the welfare The
stress of conditions has emphasized the truth of this
principle and property be Communicated for the
public while it's is living, much is it
able to such after the has parted with it by
death When the State interposes it's claim upon the
cedents estate it is acquiring its moving along
the lines OF least resistance and imposes hardship
the heir egatee The larger the estate the the
ratio that should be apportioned to the State.
The heir egatee who receives sum anywhere near
the limit fixed by Dr. Ryan need not worry about his fu
ture needs and the State should be him
of inius Of
young like Vincent Astor the age of wenty-one
coming into the ownership of property worth sixty mil
lions not dollar of which he earned himself while hun
dreds of his fellow citizens struggling with their
swelling tax bills. Here where proper regu-
laton of such matters might have relieved the ordinary
of the State of New burden
several years.
Our old democratic friend "spud" returned to the
table of the ordinary citizen after absence of several
months, touching the high spots in the companshp of
such highrolers the tenderlons, the Chickens the
onions and other of the smart set We never
had suspected humble 'murphies of society ambi-
lions, but you tell.
Tuber tuberorum caed mile failthe.
Why do not of enterprising try
conservation purposes these
could be used in connection with the regular bills Special
combination club breakfasts lunches and dinners built
the lines suggested by the food conseraticnsts would
undoubtedly popular opportunity would
be afforded to the great multitude of those who de-
MED the privilege OF regulating their dietares do
their bit for the good of ALL Other lines of business have
proved responsive to the public call in various modifca
lions of their former routnes but
able discern the only changes made by the
consists in the boosting of prices and the diminishing of
the quantum of the portions" Why rearrange
add special conservation war menu to the
present bills of fare?