Evening star., 1918-08-27
REVERES MEMORY
OF Mr.. GALL|NGER
Board of Trade Adopts Reso-
Iutions in Tribute to Late
Senator.
REPORT ON WAR FINANCES

paid tribute to the late Senator Jacob
H Gallinger of New Hampshire at a
special meeting at the Willard yester-
day afternoon. Resolutions relating
in detail the many qualities of the
former republican leader and telling
particularly of his friendship for the
District were unanimously adopted.
Reference was made in the re.olu-
tions to the fact that Senator Gallin-
ger stanchly supported the move
ment to enfranchise the people Of
Washington and fought with equal
vigor all attempts to abolish the half
and-half principle.
Extract From Resolutions.
The resolutions as read by President
William T. Galliher were in part as
follows:
"A firm believer for many years in
the extension of the suffrage to the
people of the District, Senator Gal
linger hoped to aid in the adoption of
the necessary constitutional amend
ment to that effect. His death now,
before the measure has come to a
vote, is a distinct loss to the cause
of enfranchisement of the defran-
chised Washingtonian. But the hope
remains that his influence will pre-
vail and that the Senate will, in the
spirit of his long continued advocacy
of this act of justice to a community
denied the basic right of American
citizens. carry through the measure
which bore the stamp of his unquali-
fed approval.
His Service to the District.
Senator Gallinger rendered great
service to the District in his con-
sistent and stanch advocacy of the
organic act, governing the fiscal re-
1ations of the capital community and
the federal government. Whenever
that vital principle was assailed he
was always at the front of the line
of defense of the fundamental rule of
capital maintenance, which has
yielded a national city of such in
spring proportions and without W hich
this result. so gratifying to every
American citizen could not have been
accomplished.
THE Washington Board of Trade in
thus expressing it's sentiment is con-
fident that it also reflects the high
regard of the entire community of the
District of Columbia for this good
man. who, in the ripeness of his
years. has gone to the reward conse-
quent upon faithful labors and a
righteous life, and tenders to the
members of his family sincere SYM
pathy in their bereavement"
Approves Plan for Financing War.
The board adopted a lengthy re-
port approving the principles out
lined by the United States Chamber of
Commerce for financing the war. The
report explained in detail the war
profits, excess profits and income
taxes and the proportion of each
which should be used in making up
the desired revenue.
The necessity for giving the admin
istrative branch of the government
broad powers of exemption in order to
furnish relief from overtaxation to
industries which were built up solely
for war and which may be useless
when peace comes was emphasized.
The report recommended that in tax
ing widely used commodities the ex-
ample Of the allied countries should
be followed of placing a heavy tax
on a few articles rather than a light
tax on many. This. it was urged.
would reduce the opportunity for un-
scrupulous merchants to profiteer
with taxation as an excuse.