Evening journal., 1918-07-02

of this country being somo sio,-
0o0pO0. there Is no manner Of
doubt that some thirty odd billions a
year so directly and indirectly 10 The
general American public. n The work
ers Of this country. men and women.
number S0,OO0,Oo0 and II they average
as high as those 20lO,O00 railway cm-
ployes, then there would he upward Of
S35,000000 Of production accounted
FOR. Although more than half OF all
railroad employees IN recent days have
received leSs than SIS 8 month and al
though more than thrce-quariors-in
fact, S per cent--of the railway EN-
ployes have received less than 500 a
month, it Is a certainty that all the
other workers IN the United States
taken together do not average as high
as the railroad workers average. But
II they average no more tnan $500 a
year, there would be more than S2i,OO0,-
600 accounted for out OF the whole
s40,0O0Oo00O0.
There Is, then, no way 10 set the
money which must be poured into this
war TO win 10 except TO take 1t from
everybody. There isn't a man, there
isn't a woman, there isn't a child,
there isn't baby that can escape
paying the economic penalty OF the
present war.
Why not face the truth? Why not
begin on this problem Of financing the
war with the knowledge which ought
to be clear to any brain that is not
impenetrable, that II you are to go on
with 1t everybody must stand all the
tax burden he CAM
But If out Of the few Mr. Ktchin
cannot get income that Is not there to
set, any more than he can get a gal
Ion OF water out Of a quart jug, he
and those who enact tax legislation
with him can break the juS
Any tax that kills an industry or a
business is going TO stop the revenues
which can pour into and ought to be
made to pour into the treasury from
that industry or business. Likewise,
it diminishes the very income Of the
many who have been working in that
field, getting out Of it their livings,
and paying out OF it their dues, direct
and Indirect, to the government.
Any tax that does not gill, yet
llAl OltACo du lAAuotl VI BhoAADoo NtACeno
It's flow OF possible revenues into the
treasury.
Any tax that merely prevents a busi-
ness or industry from growing deprlves
The treasury Of some taxes mat might
low from a greater business with high |
sr earnings and richer profits.
Any tax that weakens the capacity |
IF a business or industry 30 produce
and profltably destroys its
,redit.
Any tax that drains an individual |
Try destroys his credit.
Without surplus income and without /
'redit, a business, an industry, or an |
cannot lend the govern
nent money, because such business, in |
iustry or individual without surplus |
income and without credit cannot get |
he money to lend to the government. |
The financial capacity Of this govern |
nent TO win the war depends upon rev. |
9nue measures which will tax, directly |
lr indirectly, every soul In the coun- |
try. There is no other way to gather |
in the necessary funds. There is no /
getting away from It, This means not /
only the full corporation taxes that |
ire safe, the full excess profits taxes |
hat are safe, the full individual in
,ome taxes that are safe. II means |
axes on tea. coffee, sugar-on every /
luxury and on many more things that /
ire not luxurles. 1t means, II neees-
AIRY, more taxes on letters, on tele-