New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
McAdoo I lint Of Higher Taxes
Houses Virginia to Loan Needs
0''eafy oets Warm Welcome to Old Capitol Of Jefferson
DaV1s' Which Is just Awakening to Fact American
Liberty Is at Stake in War

now clearly enough that the matter
is urgent, and that the free institu-
tons we have been so long building
are in danger"
lie stopped to show me telegram
from West Virginia asking for bonds
and application forms at once. and a
promise OF a return far beyond ex-
pectations.
IF they were apathetic once, they
are so enthusiastic now that they may
have to be held in''
1t is in this fashion that the South
is no longer the South as it is con-
ventionally known. 1t has an air of
activity all its own. silent, repressed
even. yet actually energetic and active
~, engaged in getting at a necessary
lob. Doubtless it has not lost its real
flavor Of identity. Some of it was re-
turned to me in the answer of Gov
ernor Seay when l asked him what was
the South's understanding of the re-
adjustments of democracy that appear
TO be awaiting the end Of the war.
McAdoo's Service to Virginia
"I don't believe our people have gone
so far as to UNDERSTAND democracy in
that sense yeti he answered. "The
democracy that comes to their minds
when they hear the call to fight for it,,
IS The democracy of our Constitution,
the democracy Of the free institutions
that our fathers have handed down
to us"
Secretary McAdoo is Southerner,
too; yet it may be believed the vel
come Virginia is giving him to-day de-
rives more from an actual service he
once rendered. the state than from the
emotion of brotherhood. Virginia al
ways goes q long ways toward financing
h.n E--+
breath Of war, four years ago, smash 4
cotton prices Virginia faced long pull
ahead. It was Carter Glass, of Nirg MA,
who devised the instrument that went
far toward saving the situation. But
tho Federal Reserve system is headed
by the Secretary OF the Treasury. and
Nirginians express a real gratitude
toward him for the service the system
rendered in that difficult time. Elcr-
mond hasn't forgotten that for 2 viii c
the currency of Virginia was largely
in Federal Reserve notes.
Higher Taxes Believed Near
The Secretary went to call on Gov
ernor Westmoreland Davis a few min
utes after his arrival to-day, paying
his call in the fine old building that
Thomas jefferson helped design and
that was once the capitol of Jefferson
Davis After his courtesy call, the
Secretary made tour OF the build
ing, stopping long enough to view
HouGon's statue of Washington, done
by the French sculptor somewhere
about 1850 After that there was a
buffet luncheon. At the Hotel JET
ferson, with the Secretary standing up
and eating from q plate, he spoke
briefly to a group of insurance men.
and then took motor trip over some
CT the battle-ground surrounding Rich
mOnd. Mr.. McAdoo is cOmpanied by
Mrs. McAdoo, who Went with him to
the home Of John Skelton Williams
for dinner He spoke this evening at
the City Auditorium before large
audience.
The Secretary is continuing to en-
phasize points he made in his several
speeches at Philadelphia Saturday. He
has accentuated strongly the part that
proper financing and saving must play
in Americas s viii to victory The coun-
try must bend itself toward greater
saving Of food and clothing. The per-
sistence with which the Secretary en-
phasizes the need for greater taxation
for war purposes, to cut down waste
and extravaganza and to rouse the ma
tion TO It's duty indicate the actual
proposal of greater taxing measures is
not far distant.
Tomorrow Mr. McAdoo will speak
at Raleigh, N. c.. the home of Secre-
tary Of the Navy Daniels.