The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-31
IN AooRGSS OEFoRE JOINT oEo
SION OF coNoREss.
President calis Upon oe:ens 70 Pass
Msssuess to Levy Taxes at Once
On Die Incomes and luxurlss.


Wilson personally took charge Of the
war tax legislation Monday. and ap-
pearing Unexpectedly before . Joint
session OF Congress. declared II was
necessary to proceed Immediately
with new war tax laws.
Plans. which might have delayed
the work but which involved . work.
ing agreement between both parties.
have fallen through. The President
told the Legislators there was no way
to meet the problem Of financing the
war but to have Congress remain In
session and 90 ahead at once.
The President called upon Con.
gress to eliminate politics from the
consideration. Politics. he said. Is
adjourned" The principal increases
In taxation. the President said. should
be on incomes, war profits and lux.
uries.
It would be manifestly unfair. the
President said. to wait until 1919 be.
fore determining what the new taxes
would be. The Presidents address
was comparatively brief. taking less
than fifteen minutes for delivery.
In specific terms the President gave
Q distinct warning against lobbying
In connection with the new blu.
There 10 indisputable evidence Of
profiteering at present. the President
said, and he declared 1t must be
reached BY the new legislation.
"Profiteering that cannot be got at
by restraints Of conscience" said the
President. can be got At by taxation"
There need be NO hesitance in tax.
ing the country" the President told
Congress-. III It were taxed Justly"
He appealed to Congress to approach
the great task without selfishness or
fear Of political consequences.
An intense and pitiless light beats
upon every man and every action in
the tragic part Of war that 10 now
upon the stage" said the President.
The President was greeted with
cheers when In his speech he init.
mated almost 1T the outset that new
revenue would be drawn from war
profits, incomes and Injuries.
The crowded galleries and the
House and Senate rose and cheered
loudly when he declared that hun.
dreds Of thousands of American
troops in the field and in ships are
crowding to the front with regiment
after regiment to Join them until the
enemy shall be beaten and brought to
. reckoning with mankind.
His hearers lauded his declaration
that profiteering should be reached by
taxation and that the country Is ready
for any necessary sacrifice.
The President concluded with an
appeal to Congress to do its work
ungrudgingly and said he could not
guarantee q proper administration Of
the treasury unless the question were
settled at once.
Addressed Auditors Without Notes.
At the conclusion Of his prepared
address, the President. pausing. laid
his hand over his manuscript and
added another precedent-breaker to
the long list he has established in bis
dealings with Congress. He addressed
tho assemblage extemporaneously
speaking earnestly and forcefully
while his auditors sat In q rapt AND
surprised silence:
may add this word. gentlemen"
said he. Gust az was leaving the
White House was told that the o..
pected drive on the western front had
apparently begun. You can realize
how that solemnixed my feeling -
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