El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-27
WILSON WOULD
TAXPR0FITEER5
Make Him Give Back Part
Of War Profits, Is Presi-
dents Advice.
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not be paid until the June Of
next year, and the treasury must an
l tlcipate them It must use the money
they are to produce before il is due.
IL must sell short time certificates of
D Indebtedness. IN the autumn a much
larger sale Of long time bonds must
be effected than has yet been at
tempted.
What are the bankers to think Of
the certificates If they do not GER
Q tainly know where the money is to
I come from which is to take them upg
And how are investors 10 approach
! the purchase Of bonds with any sort
Z OF confidence or knowledge Of their
own affairs If they do not know what
taxes they are to pay and what econ
Omies and adjustments Of their BUSH
ness they must etfectZ / cannot as
sure the country Of a successful ad-
] ministration Of the treasury in 1918 if
the question of further taxation is 10
I be left undecided until 1919.
We Are at Crisis Of War.
THE consideration that dominates
I every other now and makes every
I other seem trivial and negligible, IS
| the winning OF the war. We are not
| only In the midst Of the war; we are
at the very peak and crisis OF IT,
! Hundreds of thousands Of our men,
] carrying our hearts with them and
our fortunes, are in the field. and
| ships are crOwding faster and faster
/ to the ports Of France and England
l with regiment after regiment thous-
I and after thousand, TO join them until
! the enemy shall be beaten and
I brought TO a reel oling with mankind.
] There can be no pause or intermis-
sion. The great enterprise must, on
] the consequence. be pushed with
l greater and greater energy
Must Increase Our Power.
] ME volume OF our might must
| steadily and rapidly be augmented IN
I til there can be not question Of re-
Z sistidg IT, II that is to be accom-
I plished, gentlemen. money must sus-
I tain it 10 the utmost Our financial
I program must no more De left in
doubt or suffered TO lag than our
! ship program or our munitions pro-
gram or our program for making mill
lions Of men ready. These others are
not programs, indeed. but mere plans
upon paper unless there is to be an
Z unQuestiOnabIe supply Of money.
Politics Is Adjourned.
That is the situation and it is the
situation which creates the duty. no
choice or preference Of ours. There
is only one way 10 meet that duty.
We must meet it without selfishness
or fear Of consequences. Politics is
adjourned The elections will 90 10
/ those who think least Of it; to those
who go TO their constituents without
explanations or excuses, with a plain
record Of duty faithfully and dfsfn-
terestedly performed /, for one, am
always confident that the people OF
this country viii give a just verdict
upon the service Of the men who act
for them when the facts are such
that no man can disguise or conceal
them There is no danger OF deceit
now. An intense and pitiless light
beats upon every man and every
action in this tragic plot OF war that
is now upon the stage.
Go After Profiteers.
II lobbyists hurry TO Washington
TO attempt 70 turn what you do in
the matter Of taxation TO their protec- I
ton or Advantage, the light viii beat
also upon them There Is abundant I
fuel for the light in the records of !
the treasury with regard TO profits I
Of every sort The profiteering that {
cannot be got at by the restraints Of 4
conscience and love Of country can
be got at by taxation There IS such I
profiteering now and the information I
with regard 10 It is available and in I
disputable.
The COmpulsion of Duty.
i am advising you TO act upon this .
matter Of taxation now, gentlemen, /
not because / do not know that you .
can see and interpret the facts and I
the duty they impose just as well /
and with as clear a perception OF the /
because there is a certain solemn sat
lsfactiOn in sharing with you the re-
possibilities Of such a time The
world never stood in such case before I
Men never before had So clear or so
moving vision Of duty. l know that
you viii begrudge the work TO be
done here by US no more than the men
begrudge us their who lie in the
trenches and sally forth TO their
death. There is a stimulating COM
HanarH d. naamH tee 49,
this task 10 which / in lite your i'm
mediate consideration viii fe per-
formed under favorable influences i'll
we can look 10 what the country is
thinking and expecting and care moth
ing at all for what is being said and 4
believed in the lobbies Of Washington
hotels. where the atmosphere seems to =
make it possible to believe what is be-
ueved nowhere else
Have you not felt the spirit Of the
nation rise and its thought become a
single and common thought since
these eventful days came in which we
have been sending out boys to the
other side2 / think you must read
that thought. as I do. to mean this:
that the people Of this country are not
only united in the resolIte purpose to
win this war, but are ready and will
ing to bear any burde. and undergo
any sacrifice that 10 may be necessary
for them to bear in order TO win 70.
W need not be afraid to tax them. II
we lay taxes justly. They know that (
the war must be paid for and that it is
they who must pay for il and II the
burden is justly distributed and the
sacrifice made a common sacrifice
from whom none escapes who can
bear It at all. they will carry 1t cheer
fully and with a sort Of solemn pride.
Proud To BE An American.
Il have always been proud to be an
american and was never more proud
than now, when all that we have said
and all that we have fOreseen about
our people IS coming true. The great
days have come when the only thing ,
that they ask for or admire is duty, I
greatly and adequately done; when
their only wish for America is that
she may share the freedom she en-
joys; when q great, compelling SYM I
pathy wells a. in their heart for men
everywhere who suffer and are OPP
pressed and when they see at last
the high uses for which their wealth
has been piled up and their mighty !
power accumulated and, counting J
neither blood nor treasure now that
the final day Of opportunity has come.
rejoice to spend and to be spent
terror in order that they and men /
day Of righteousness and justice and
peace
Shall we grow weary when they bid
US actg'
Taxing of War Profits Cheered.
The president was greeted with
cheers when in his speech he intimated
l1unnef ar fha oufeaf that uar- ~avaurrai [