The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-21
UNCLE SAM BUSY
WITH WAR WORK
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down the senatorial threats a higher
tax on corporations in the revenue
bill which reached its critical stage In
the senate.
Needing President Wilson's ideas.
Secretary of War Baker or Provost
Marshal General Crowder will prob
ably issue a statement to guide ex-
emption boards in a more liberal pol
icy toward married men.
Crowder will probably advise the
boards that insofar as possible they
should CLEAN all single men before
drawing on married men.
Peace Discussion Postponed.
[By Carl D. Groat, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Presi-
dent Wilson today postponed discus
sion with his cabinet of the pope's
peace proposal in order to give un-
divided attention to war work.
Russia, through the embassy here,
has said the pope's proposal will not
do in it's present form. This, of
course, has been the attitude of all
the allies since receiving it.
The whole question now is what
to include in the constructive reply
President Wilson is expected to send.
He must accept those provisions OF
the pope's proposals calling for dis
armament and arbitration of future
international differences. He cannot
accept the status quo ante provisions.
He cannot admit willingness to sit
about a peace table with the Ger
man people represented by a pawn
of Hohenzollernism. He must de-
mand guarantees that will not be re-
garded as "a scrap Of paper" and
these he believes impossible except
from a democracy. He will point the
way to peace for the German people,
but will make 1t clear it cannot come
through the Office of the kaiser's iron
autccracy.
The first reply to the popes appeal
appears to be a general allied often,
siye of tremendously increasing vio
1ence along all fronts. save Russia.
That peace is ahead, is the convic
ton here. The pope has laid the
ground work for peace negotiations
President Wilson will give momen
tum to the building. Another year
will see the end of the struggle, ex
perts here now believe.
La Foilette's War Tax Plan.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-The PEG
pie of the United States will not toll
crate further taxation Of life's neces
saries, Senator LaFollette, Wiscon
sin, told the senate today in speech
flaying the governments war finance
policy.
If the attempt is made, he said. the
mass of the people will lose conf
dence in the war. He urged imme
diate consumption of big incomes anc
war profits to make wealth pay the
biggest share of the cast.
He predicted that war expenses a
the present rate will reach thirty Il
forty billion dollars next year alone
"The majority make a passing sug
gestion that at some other time more
convenient to the owners of big in
comes and huge war profits ther'
will be another tax bill. At the mex
session, or in the next congress-o
IN the next world?
"But why not now9 Why put i
off? Whose interest is to be served
by keeping down taxation on income
and war profits, and mortgaging tht
masses to the money lenders "
La Toilette urged striking out con
sumption taxes on tea, coffee ant
sugar and raising all the revenue
through increases in the war profit!
and incomes. He would increase the
sum to be raised by the bill 81 500,
100000, making it total $3,506, $40, 900
81 am no prophet, but 1 am greatly
mistaken if the people accept this
bill. Consumption taxes upon the
necessaries of the people will be ne
longer tolerated in war. Surely it is
not too much to ask that they be re
lieved of the burdens of war taxa
ton until those who profit by the wal
and those who live in luxury and Sc
curity have contributed a substantial
portion of their surplus"