The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-28

action in this tragic plot of war that
is now upon the stage. If lobbyists
hurry to Washington to attempt to
turn what you do in the matter of
taxation to their protection or advan-
tage the light will beat also upon
them.
There is abundant fuel for the light
In the records of the Treasury with
regard to profits of every sort. The
pioneering that cannot be got at by
the restraints of conscience and love
OF country can be got at by taxation.
There is such profiteering now and
the information with regard to it is
available and indisputable.
am advising you to act upon this
mater of taxation now, gentlemen,
not because I do not know that you
can see and interpret the facts and
the duty they impose just as well
and with as clear a perception of the
opllgat1on involved as / can, but be-
cause there is certain solemn salts
FACTION in sharing with you the re-
probabilities of such a time. The
world never stood in such case be-
Tor. Men never before had so clear
or so moving a vision of duty.
know that you will begrudge the
work to be done here by us no more
than the men begrudge us theirs who
lie ID the trenches and sally forth to
their death. There is a stimulating
comradeship knitting US all together.
And this task to which I invite your
immediate consideration will be per-
formed under favorable influences if
we will look to what the country is
thinking and expecting and care moth
Ing at all for what is being said and
believed in the Hobbies of Washington
totels, where the atmosphere seems to
make is possible to believe what is be-
lieved nowhere else.
Spirit of Nation.
Have you not felt the spirit of the
nation rise and it's thought become a
single and common thought since
these eventful days came in which
we have been sending our boys to
the other side? think you must read
that thought, as I do, to mean this:
that the people of this country are
not only united in the resolute pur-
pose to win this war but are ready
and wiling to bear any burden and
undergo any sacrifice that it may be
necessary for them to bear in order
to win it.
We need not be afraid to tax them,
II we lay taxes justly. They know
that he war must be paid for, that it
IS they who must pay for it, and if
The burden is justly distributed and
the sacrifice made a common sacri-
f1ce from which none escapes who can
pear 1t at all, they will carry it cheer
fully and with sort of solemn pride.
l nave always been proud to he 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, greatly and ADEQUATE.
ly done; when their only wish for
America is that she may share the
freedom she enjoys; when a great,
compelling sympathy wells up in their
hearts for men everywhere who suf-
fer and are oppressed, and when they
see at last the high uses for which
their wealth has been piled up and
their mighty power accumulated, AMI
counting neither blood nor treasure
INV l1dL LASII uIIdl udy OIL OppOTIOn-
ity has come, rejoice to spend and to
be spent through a long night of suf-
fering and terror in order that they
and men everywhere may see the
dawn of day of Righteousness and
justice and peace Shall we grow
weary when they bid US act?
Extemporaneous Address.
In his extemporaneous address
President Wilson said:
May 1 add this word, gentlemen?
Just as I was leaving the White House
1 was told that the expected drive n
the west front had apparently been
begun. You apparently realize how
that solemnized my feeling as 1 came
to you and how it seemed to strength
en- the purpose which I have tried to
express in these lines
l have admired the work of this
session. The way in which the two
houses of Congress have co-operatei
TIL the Executive has been generou.
and admirable, and it is not in anr
spirit of suggesting duty neglected,
but only to remind you of the COM
mon cause and the common obliga-
tons, that 1 have ventured to come
to you today.