The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26
WASHINGTON NEWS.
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tries, but Of conservative busi-
ness growth and accumulation,
extending through one or more
generations of a family. Such
form Of tax as is levied against
these estates should rightly &C
crue to the state rather than to
the federal government, but
recognizing the prior claim of
the government, this fact must
be overlooked"
He proceeds to show that the
Massachusetts, state inheritance
tax law would compel the heirs
of a $5,OOO,O 900 estate to pay
their inheritance tax upon the
sum Of $3,5O0,OOO that will be
left when the federal tax of 80
per cent has been collected. This,
he considers, is a very severe
burden upon these poor heirs Of
the millionaire! Moreover, he
asks that the estates-however
large of all men who die in the
military or naval service Of the
United States shall be exempt
from this tax.
8 Norris on Packing Trust.
Forces are steadily being
modified in the national capital
for the battle over the govern
ment operation Of stockyards
and branch meat houses. The
federal trade commission stands
by it's report-that the economic
and political freedom of the peo-
pie of the United States will not
be secure so long as the Chicago
packers hold a monopoly upon
the livestock markets and the
facilities for distributing the ma
tons meat supply. The packers
are spending fabulous sums in
trying to discredit the federal
trade commission. Congress and
the various elements in the ma
tional administration are divid-
ed. The friends of an open mar
ket and the friends of private
monopoly are being counted and
identified.
In the midst of the confusion
as to where congress may turn,
this letter from Senator Norris
of Nebraska addressed to the
Farmers National Committee on
Packing Plants and Allied Indus
tries, shows where the construc-
tive-minded men are to be
found:
"For several weeks, as a mem
Der of the senate committee on
agriculture, I listened to testl-
mony from all parts of the coun-
try, showing that the farmers
and feeders Of stock were selling
their product to the packers at
a financial loss. At the other
end of the chain was the consum-
er, paying an outrageous and ex,
orbitant price for the finished
product; while safely intrench-
ed between the producer and the
consumer were the packers max
inc an unconscionable profit.
"The idea of having a market
place owned and controlled by
the corporations that do practl-
cally all Of the buying at sucn
market places, is in itself a al.
rect manipulation and control OF
the market by those special IN
terests, and should not be toler-
ated in a free country.
"My investigation Of the sub
iect has convinced me beyond a
doubt that there is a direct con-
nection between the large pack
ers and some of the largest
financial and banking instltu-
tions Of the country, and those
who undertake to bring relief
from the present conditions
must understand that these I'M
ancial institutions, with their
rami6cations extending all over
the country, are organizing al
fight for the preservation OF
existing conditions, by which
they are enabled to exploit both
the producer and the consumer.
Anything that | can do to
assist YOUR organization in