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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-05-05

utilities and generally laid industry
and trade fat. could be written and
enacted only by madmen; and the
present situation is conducive to san
ity even in the most i'll balanced
Legislators.
Moreover, many OF the projects put
forward by persons who would trans
form a financial programme into
penal code will not bear examination
and on analysis must be discarded
even BY their proponents One OF the
numerous proposals of this kind that
have been advocated will serve as an
example II is particularly interesting
because it has the support of pro-
Germans, Of their dupes. pacifists hon.
est enough but unintelligent. and OF
the fantastic philosophers whose sole
object is to punish diligence, thrift
and skill by penalizing practitioners
of these virtues.
1t has been urged by these disturb
ers that a whacking tax should be
laid on excess profits. and then that
the owners Of the businesses earning
such profits should be subjected to
another whacklng tax on their IN
comes. In their eagerness TO inlet
injury on business and business men
the authors OF this proposal over
looked the fact that II the money was
taken from the business in the form
OF a tax on excess profits IL would
never reach the owners in the form
OF dividends. in other words, they set
out TO take the same money in two
different places, ignoring the not inn
material circumstance that If it was
collected under an impost on profits
| IL would never be available for an
income tax.
There has been much talk OF con
fscation" of incomes and profits. The
word slips easily from the tongue and
fits the schemes of some wild eyed
Missionaries. But statesmen on whom
rests the burden of framing a law to
I'M the Treasury not only for the war
but in the years to follow, will not
find it. easy to write confscation into
a workable statute They must think
OF the future as well as OF the pres
ent. and conserve the enterprises
from which the taxes to support not
war only but the country in its peace
ful development must come.
The radical, immature. lOpslded re-
concentrations OF unframed thinkers
are not translatable into statutory
forms. The mere act OF reducing them
to writing exposes their fallacies and
reveals their impracticability The Re-
personalities and Senators must pro-
vide adequate revenues; they can be
raised only by heavy taxes which
will take from all according to their
means; but schemes based on cOnfs-
cation and the punishment OF enter
prise for achieving success will not
long endure when responsible states.
men undertake the exacting labor OF
drafting a tax bill
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-05-05
LANES n Prize

WILMINGTON Republicans should experience pleas
" ure in renominating James F. Price for Mayor
Wilmington voters, without regard for party should
experience pleasure in reelecting him to the Office
which he holds.
Mr.. Price has been good Mayor lie has dis
charged the duties OF the Office with dignity and ability
His official acts have been performed all times with
an eye single to the public interest His influence upon
our municipal life has been wholesome in all re-
spects
So far as the limitations OF the charter upon the
power or the cty's executive would permit he has
done much more for tho public benefit than many other
Mayors have done In many instances in which his
Official power would not permit him to force action Of
a beneficial nature. be has used his powers of per
suason to accomplish the things he has had in mind.
Mr.. Price well afford to stand before the Re
publican voters and the people upon the admirable
record he has made and the Republican voters and the
people we'll can afford 10 continue him in an Office
which he has filed with such distinction
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-05-05
With The Photographers

Blessings upon those who have nothing TO saw vet
refrain from inhctng verbal evidence upon usiESpo-
kane CWash) Spokesman Review
There is hope. always. Hope springs eternal i'm the
human breast But is there, present balm i'm Clead2
Are there potatoes Louisville Courier-J Journal
There proud moments in the life of every small
boy but having TO escort his sister to party is not
one Of them.-Florida Times-Union (JacksonyilleD
Russia is displaying much agility in the new dance
which consists in taking step forward two back
ward hestating and then side-seppng-New York
Sun.
Il won't be long until the honor OF possessing the
worlds largest merchant marine will belong unoues-
tionaby TO Davy Jones.-Southern Lumberman Nash
vile)
In view OF The present price quotations il looks as IL
This country needed good deal less advice on sales
manship and good deal more on buying Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-05-05
The New Federal Tax Law
LION the New York sun

The House Ways and Means Com.
mittee has torn up and thrown into
the waste basket the draft OF a war
revenue bill prepared by its sub.com-
mittee. The writing Of measure
designed TO produce the highest pos
sloie income for the Treasury with
the least possible hardship to the tax
payers Is now progressing slowly in
executive sessions of all the members
OF the committee The committee may
shirk its task and leave the job to
the Senate
80 tar these sessions appear to have
engendered more heat than light. This
Is not surprising; nor will # be re.
GREETED If the heat consumes and des-
troys the false notions of the purposes
to DE served and the effects To be
brought about by war taxation that
nave lately been prevalent at Wash.
ington
From its beginning the discussion
or war revenues has been complicated
by the activities OF prO-German pro
pagandists, paciiists and half baked
theorists ambitious to use tho power
TO tax for Interior purposes. The pro-
Germans want to hamstring the ma.
ton The paciiists try to make fnan-
eng the war difficult The half baked
theorists strive to put their misshapen
ideas into operation under the cloak
OF a grave emergency. In each cate
CORY are men and organizations Ell
ueayoring to convert the tax laws into
punitive measures, and TO subvert the
collection Of money for the Treasury
TO the furtherance of their own pet
schemes. respectable or vicious as
they may be.
None Of these agencies OF discord
is likely to have It's way. The reason
they viii not prevail is simple. The
magnitude Of the task set for the
trainers OF the new law will compel
them to proceed sOberly and care
iully. They cannot evade the princi.
pal the only object of their delibcra-
tions, and that object the collection
of sufficient money from the public.
Is OF such dimensions that IL will
crowd from the mind Of any states.
man all other considerations
The compulsive force Of circum.
stances will exclude from serious
controversy all matters Of minor i'm.
port A tremendous sum Of money
must be raised by the Government. To
raise 1t the whole authority OF the
nation is available. but that authority
must be eXerted with regard not only
for the needs OF the Treasury but
with a view to the preservation Of the
sources from which the taxes must
be derived. A tax law that produced
revenue by destroying business would
defeat its own object tax law that
consumed the substance OF the peo-
pie IT affected. that closed up shops.
factories, wholesale and retail estab.
lishments, that bankrupted public
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-05-05
SLEEPING ON POST

nj newspaper in Wilmington has been more friendly
IN in Its attitude toward the policemen than this
paper has been. We feel however that VIC ex-
press community sentiment when we say that If the
Board Of Police Commissioners not to be permitted
to punish, by fine otherwise, members OF the force
who so far forget themselves sleep when on duty
there is for the continued existence Of that
board.
The men on post are paid to remain awake and
to protect the public. and not TO to sleep leave
the public at the mercy OF the underworld Happily
such offenders few on our local force and those
who remain awake and do their duty should exper-
ience pleasure in assisting the Police Commissioners
in bringing TO punishment those members OF the force
who by their recreant conduct bring discredit upon
tho force
And certainly City Council should be the last body
in our city to attempt TO put premium upon police
delinquency, particularly when sleeping on post is
involved in the matter
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-05-05
NO sTALEMATE!

T HAT Won llindcnburg line continues to give way
before the yalorous assaults OF the British ana
the French.
There is denying that in the prosecution Of the
present offensive warfare the French and the British
are suffering heavy lossts Advices from the other
side OF the Atlantic show however that the Germans
ore being moved down by the thousands in ondeavor-
ing TO check the Ango-French advance
In the German line there Is manifest weakness
which both encourages and iustihes the British and
French assaults
Existing conditions the western warfront show
that the Germans longer regard themselves as be-
ing invincble; that the British and the French no
longer look upon them being dnvincible and that
the Allies determined not TO accept any stale
mate They are out to defeat them sgnally and con-
clusiyely.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-05-05

I T is with profound regret learn that Ebo W. Tun-
nell, former Governor OF this state is i'll at his
home in Lewes We hope that his illness is not OF a
serious nature and trust that he will be restored
TO his accustomed good health Mr. Tunnel is one OF
Delaware's prominent and highly-respected citi-
zens. For many decades he has been conspicuous IN
the Democratic party in State and has played
leading part in shaping its policies. In a personal
there are few men in Delaware who possess as
many warm friends does this old and representative
citizen OF Sussex
When we say wish him a speedy and complete
recovery feel that express the sentiment all
Dolawareans.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-05-05

Republicans in the Fifth ward are fortunate that
they have only one Councmanic candidate in the field
and that that candidate is former Magistrate James w
Robertson. He is a prominent and highly-respected
resident OF that section of city II elected he should
prove to be exceedingly useful member OF Council
He has served in the Legislature and in various other
public capacities. His past experience should stand
him in stead in his prospective official capacity
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-05-05
THE TRAITOR
BY BERTON BRALEY.

He hangs out flag from his home and his Office
He always stands up at "The Star Spangled Bann
In talks and discussions he rails at the Prussians
Allarm. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1915-19??, 1917-10-01
krigsprofit

Washington den q aug.-Fol-
jande enorma summon utgora
krigsprofit for 1916, for tolv o1ika
truster som tillvarkat krigsforno-
denheter.
Det ar beraknat att profiten i
ar blir annW storre.
United States Steel Corpora
ton -$2o7 ,o45, 1853.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
$53,715,W1.
Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
Sc, ,O87, 1877.
Utah Copper Co.. $32,174, ,480.
American Smelling and Rein
ing Company l1,158,04.
E. I. du Pont ed Nemours &
Co.$76, ,581 ,72o.
General Chemical Co. Sc, ,7W,-
1o1.
Central Leather Co. $l2.Q1o,-
3o7.
American Sugar Refining CO..
$4,211 ,4o8.
Republic Iron and Steel Com
pany$11 ,687 1868.
Allarm. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1915-19??, 1917-10-01

Under hela denna It'd stodo le-
derna obrutna, med undantag av
de ia platser dar "avtal'' hade in
gatts mellan A. F. of L. och sag
varksagare. !.
Strajken drog pa delta satt ut
pa tiden och fragan borjade dis
kuteras inom I. w. w. att for
andra front.
Forst var det da tanken pa
mojligheten att halla lederna
samman delta vart en- alltigenom
ekonomisk sida av saken. Straj-
ken kostade pangar, med under
hallandet av hundratals picket
campar, vilkas arbete som strajk-
vakter var absolut nodvandigt!
Samtidigt voro de manga tamil
jerna vid sagvarken i behov av
understood. Inkomsterna voro be-
gransade fran organisationens 81 :
da och meningslosheten att dra-
ga ut denna gamla form av svalt-
strajk lag i oppen dag. Eft rela-
terande av saker som tilldragit
sig pa platser dar jag gjorde be-
sok under min vistelse darute
sskt1lle s.za:ra .lfs,, intressant-
men maste utlamnas delta sam
manhang.
Nog av, fragan utlades till om-
rostning och resulterade icke ett
avkallande av suaj jken men en-
formforandring av dess uttryck.
Arbetsgivarna ha som bekant
en- jarnhard organisation kallad
"The Lumber Mems Protectiv
Association of the Pacific North
vest En- liten grupp regerar
dar med farmland, och hoga bo-
ter arc alagda dem som bryta de
overenskommelser som ingatts
emel1an dem saliva. ON MI ar
betarna skulle lyckas, genom
ma1medveten taktik, soka att GO
ra det, som arbetsgivarna sa ofta
forsoka emot oss, bryta upp dem
inifran. Vad mer? Senaste da-
gars tilldragelser ha visat att de
lyckats.
Den ena arbetsplatsen efter den
andra har gait in pa attatimmars
dagen, val inseende att profit en-
dast kan vinnas genom arbetets
... .. (Forts. sida 3.
Allarm. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1915-19??, 1917-10-01
VARA BARN.

Vara barn skall ej 1eva grander
i dystra och ruckliga hus,
dit solen sa sallan sander
slit varma och smekande Gus.
Vara barn skall ej blekas ON kin
och mattas.i ogonens CLANS,
mar warren sjunger vinden =
som trader i solen sin dams.
.Vara barn ar>for. rara och fina
att tyna i svalt och nod.
De borde som halsan skina,
som rosen daggfrisk och rod.
Vara barn skal1 ha mycken foda
ty livet sa kravde och bjod,
och alta sig starka och roda
ON kinden av mjolk och brod.
Vara barn av fattiga fader
ga kladda trasor som skarn,
men nej, de skall kladas i kladel
och bli till sni prydliga barn.
Ty ej ar det skam att fodas
j grundhus till usel lott,
men lita de sma forodas
ar storre an storsta brott.
Victor Arendorn.
Allarm. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1915-19??, 1917-10-01
s'DULINGEN. I"
Eft mime av Fra Diovolo.

Det var under den stora skogs-
strajken. I en- liten avkrok av
varlden lago tva sagvark vars ar
betafe ocksa gingo med straj-
ken. Platsen lag pa en- slatt
omgiven av hoga bergryggar pa
ALA sidor. Kampen fordes har IL
ka bittert som pa nagon AMMAN
plats. En- del ivriga och tragna
att vinna, att halla ut, andra, We
ka i knana och med gangjarn i
ryggen: .
Det fanns en- krog pa platsen
och det var dar jag traffade
"Dulingen'. Warrior han kallades
sa kom man smart underfund
med. Han hade EFT egendomligt
talesatt som var orsaken dartill.
Han var personligt en- varklig
typ for en- utslapad slav. skogs-
arbetarens harda I lott stod i'll
ryckt pa hela hans person, den
magra framatlutande gestalten,
med armar krokiga av reumatism
och hart arbete.
Hans gang var osaker och
vacklande aven da han var nyk
ter, och han famlade a1ltid efter
;stod, ay fruktan att falla.
Hans ogon voro roda och an
strangda men Diet var alltid dem
EFT uttryck av humor, som ater7
speglade sig hela Diet farade an
siktet med den uppatstaende ma
san och de borstiga mustascherna.
"Dulingen" var gammal pa
platsen Nagon gang for lange
sedan, hade han agt EN- valskott
farm i narheten, ti1lsammans med
sin bror. Vid broderns dod hade
s1akten fodrat ogonblicklig ater-
betalning av hans andel, delta
hade harmat "Dulingen" sa djupt
att han sa1de rasket och sop upp
NJ hade han arbetat for man
ga, langa ar Diet rika skogskom-
paniets tjanst, och med regel-
bundna mel1anrum kommit i'll
fran skogen och supit upp sin for
tjanst.
Vid delta tillfalle hade han E.
mellertid "tagit sig fritt" med
resten, d. v. S. gait ut pa strajk
for battre forhal1anden.
"Vi ska sticka ihop, vet du"
brukade han saga.
Allarm. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1915-19??, 1917-10-01

Sista gangen jag sag "Dulin-
gen. tog han mig i handen.
"Vi ska sla pat" sa han. Annu
svalter vi inte, vet du. A inte
gar vi tebaks forran vi winner!
Maj, vi ska sticka tesammans,
vet du! Men du ska ia en- no
ton a ga hanga del sjalv'.
Han var en- av de manga som
fullkom1igt brackts ner av det
forslavande arbetet skogarna.
Han hade dilig karaktar, sager
nagon, han sop ju upp vad han
fortjanade!
Ia, men den som arbetar ar IN
och ar ut skogen och tillbringar
sin fritid i de us1a baracker som
anvandes till bostader, far inte
nagon stark karaktar. eDu1in-
gen" ar en- av den gam1a STAN
mems "1umberbeasts', men han
forstod den nyare tidens kray.
-.'Vi ska sticka tesammens q sta
pat, vet du! De a. enda vagen!
Sutteli!
Det finnes manga sadana som
"Du1ingen' vasterns skogar,
som efter EFT forfe1at 1iv anda har
manlighet nog att fatta, att for
adarnas tillvaro ar foraktlig, aven
ON de ej aro forfa1lna eller for
supna. Och det ar darfor "Du-
Ilingen" far dessa raider.
Allarm. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1915-19??, 1917-10-01

Han hade de lojligaste benam-
ningar pa ALA personer beroende
pa vilken del av landet de voro
fodda.
"Nu kommer den djakla Stock
holmar'n vet du, nu ska vi 'bita''
|honom pa femkort Kom hit
'tdretlanning.
"Dulingen" tyckte ON att spela
femkort mar han. vann forstas.
ga, ia, hade edjukation i gam
la landet, vet du, men ia kan inte
putta upp nae argument pc
swedish, vet du! Men nu ska ia
fo1a del pa femkort"/ sa' Dulin-
gen. I laget var ocksa en- dansk
och han forstod, men kunde Aej
tala svenska.
"Tak unajted stets' hi don't
understand swid, vet du'
"Ja, men da ska du ocksa ta1a
engelska p
"Sutteli.
M forlora Dulingen, da svor
han: "Vi1l du vara beskedi a ia
en- genuajn notion a ga a hanga
del sjalv, du''.
Men vann han, da skrattadc
han med hela kroppen.
"Ge' mel en-. sup pa knalien, d6
ia bet honom, vet du.'
"Nej, Duling, du far inget
brannvin nu."
"Ga a lagg del, du a sjuk vet
du," svarade Dulingen.
Dagarna gingo ALA lika for
"Dulingen" som de andra, han !,
gick emellan krogdisken och sin
sang en- trappa upp.
En- dag gick han ner for att Sc
pa pojkarna som hoggo we'd mere
vid floden. Han hade en- flaska
bakfickan, men Diet gick for fort
i utforsbacken och han foil. Han
kunde inte resa sig, men flick
hja1p av de andra.
"Kom nu far nj en- sup, ia, blu
der, vet du".
Men han var den flitigaste med
flaskan och slutligen somnade han
solskenet.
Efter mycket besvar blew han
vackt~ och hemslapad.
Allarm. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1915-19??, 1917-10-01
ReyolutiOn6r takfik.
ARG. 3.
Av Ragnar Johanson.

Den stora strajken inom skogs-
industrien de vastra staterna
har nu intratt EFT nytt skede.
Efter manader av en- hardnac-
kad strid, under vilken den NEST
glansande solidaritet har presto
rats har fronten andrats. Trots
lognhistorier fran arbetsgivarnas
kopta tidningar fortgar strajken
ON an forandrad till slit utseen-
de. Strajken ar kort overflyttad
till arbetsp1atsen.
Mangen star nog annu undran-
de infor sporsmalet, WARRIOR ej ar
betarna redan vunnit de vilkor
som uppsatts, och torde nagra
forklaringar vara pa sin plats.
Efter nagra manaders intensiv
agitation inom skogskampar och
sagvark brot strajken ut spontant
forst ostra Washington, Monta-
ma och Idaho, darefter spred den
sig ned till kusten, dar arbetet
nedlades den 16 JUL. Fo1jden vart
en- fullkomlig lamslagning av in
dustrien de ire staterna och del
Wis aven j Oregon.
Ala mojliga medel anvandess
cnot arbetarna, valid och fam.
gelse, logner och beskyllningar
utan all grund. Delta medforde
endast EFT resu1tat, sammanhall-
ningen blew obrottslig.
Under .denna It'd har faktiskt ar
betarna inom skogsindustrien lyc-
kats utfora mera an F. of L. ut
fort under hela sin existens.
De synpunkter ifraga ON strids-
foring som av I. w. w. framhal-
Its under de tolv ar som gait to-
go sig har for forsta gangen sitt
uttryck inom skogsindustrien.
So1idariska gingo arbetarna ut
och sta annu med samma obrutna
front som har striden borjade.
ON orsaker skola sokas, warrior
q vilkoren bifal1its, far den stors-
ia tyngden laggas pa A. F. of l..
med sin sa vanliga taktikforing.
Det ar i forsta hand, Diet orga-
miserable strajkbryteriet fran de-
ras sida som varit orsaken till att
arbetarna annu aro pa strajk
Vid de forsok som gjorts att
vacka en- overenskommelse mel
Ian arbetare och arbetsgivare ha
de senares trogna vasaller A. F.
of L. gait arbetsgivarnas. aren-
den, men hindrats att helt bryta
strajken genom den makt som I.
w. w. hade inom industrien.
Vid strajkens borjan voro arbe-
tarna brannmarkta med namn
och beskyllningar av varsta Stag,
.
men varefter tiden -gick larde
man sig inse att har var a1lvar
bakom handlingen och man bor
Jade att diskutera huvudvilko-
ret for strajkens belaggande, at
tatimmarsdagen.
Resultatet blew att denna payr-
kades fran guvernoren av Wash
ington och darmed kan den i pri1l-
clip sagas vara vunnen. Int dar-
for att vi vantat pa hans utslag
eller hjalp. Nej, visst inte! Han
har delta fall ingen som helst
makt att indriva sina 6nskningar.
Men han var pressad att erkanna
att den strid som forsiggick hade
yarit sa forlamande, och med vet
skap ON I. w. W's solidaritet,
si -utsigtslos att kunna bilaggas
utan att vilkoren fylldes, att han
tvingats att intaga standpunkt
!: for arbetarna.
Allarm. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1915-19??, 1917-10-01
VI BARA FRAGAR

On arbetarnas loner aro utbe-
talade av fortjansten fran de
produkter de tillvarka, ar det ar
4betsgivarna som betala dessa 10
.ner, eller ar det arbetarna som
.beta1a sig saliva?
qnd. Work.
Allarm. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1915-19??, 1917-10-01
HETT!

General Sheridan sade:: "Krig
ar helvetetY Den varma platsen
skulle a1ltsa vara Europa Nu,
mar Amerika skalf ga till Europa
for demokratien, blir den logiska
foljden att demokratien har gait
at helvete! Det ser nastan sa ut!