The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-28
PRESIDENTS APPEAL
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la\'S t'hN mus pay ''Ii 'l''it II '''''-.'
al III" present raI'.ud,r year. who's" ii'-
.ounlIu,:~ a;.I Expenditures VIII lh'h Ice
closed. W" ca:nnu get in"r' :Srd taN"S
uai,.S Inc country Knows what ;i"%
az. l." lac and practices H." n"r"$StrY
economy 10 MAKE th'm available.
"I"iu!irnrsS. earl? d''iiIiitcn"SS Us TO
what its task Is L. l." IL absolutely
nrc, S;trv for the successful adminiStrh-
zion III ;!r ;rcnSury: II cannot fran"
far and workable. regulations in haste:
and Il mast franz its r"Cul1ti"H.i IN
haste. II il is not ID know It's exact 'HSN
until the very cv" az IT'S performances.
The present tax laws are married, m"r''-
over Ivy iEcqultIcs which ought To I've
rrincd"A.
lndlSpulahlc facts. every one; and We
cannot alter or blink them. T" state
them is argument enough.
And yet perhaps you Will permit
ME Iu dwell FIR Il moment upon tho SIT
un,lon they disclose. Enormous loans
freely spent III IN" stimulation nf in
duStry of almost every SORT produce
mutations aud HN;raraEan"rS which
presently make III" whole economic
StruriuT" questionable and insecure ma
the very haSI$ Of credit is cut away.
Only fair. equitable distributed taxation
nf NE widest incidrnc" and drawing
chiefly from tho sources which would
hr likely ~ d,morIIlzr credit by thea.
very abundance. cln prevent Initiation
and keep our industrial system free Of
speculation and waste. We shall natur-
ally turn. therefore l suppose 10 war
profits and Incomes and luXurics for
the additional taxes. But tho wHr prof
it's and incomes upon which the in
creased taN"s will .br levied Will h" the
profits and incomes Of IN" calendar
Year 1915. 1t would be rnanifcstty I'M
fair to await until tho carly months OF
1919 I" say what they are TO be. 1t
might be- difficult. I should imagine,
TO run the mill with water that had al
ready gone over the wheel.
Moreover taxes OF that sort will not
Tic paid until III" juno of next year and
tho treasury must anticipate them. ~
must use tho money they are 10 pro-
ducr before il is duo. 1t must sell
short time certificates Of Indebtedness,
IN the autumn L much larger Sllc 81
long time bonds must be effected than
has yIt been attempted.
W!lt right bankers 10 think Of the
cCrtllca.cS If they do not certainly
know where the money is to como from
which is Ia take them up? And how
arc Investors TO approach the purchase
Of bonds with any sort Of confidence or
knowledge Of their own affairs if They
do not know what taxes they arc 10 pay
ard what economies and adjustments OF
thrir business they must effect" l can
not assure the country or Il Succc SSful
administration of the treasury in 1915
il the question OF further taxation is
TO be left undecided until 1919.
Tho consideration that dominates
every other now. and makes every other
seom trivial and negligible. is the WIN
ming of the war We arr NJ the very
peak and crisis OF 1t. Hundreds of thou
sands Of our men. carrying our hearts
with them aud our fortunes. urc in the
held and ships are crowdinE faster and
faster 10 the ports OF Franco and Eng
land, with regiment after regiment thou
sand after thousand TO join them until
the enemy shall be beaten and brought
20 = reckoning with mankind. There can
be no pause or intermisSon. The great
enterprise must, on the contrary. be
pushed with greater and greater energy.
The volume OF our right must steadily
and rapidly be augmented until there
can be no question OF resisting. IF that
is 70 be accomplished. gentlemen. money
must sustain it to the utmost. Our
financial program must no moro bc left
In doubt or suffered to lag than our
ordnance program. or rur ship program.
or our munitions program. or our pro-
gram for making millions or men ready.
These others are not programs. indeed.
but mere plans upon paper. unless there
is TO be an unqueSLionahle supply Of
money.
That is the situation and !: is the sit
uation which creates the duty. no
choice or preference of ours. There 'io
only ono way to meet that duty. We
must meet * without sclliShncSS OF fear
OF consequences.
Politics is adjourned. The elections
will 20 to those who think least 81 il {:
To those who go to the constituencies
without explanation or EXCUSES with E!
plain record Of duty faithfully and
disintcrcstcdly performed. I. for one
am always confid"n. that the pc"pl" If
this country will give IL just verde;
upon tn" service OF the n:n Who ;."l for
them when the facts are such that 20
man can disguise or conceal them.
Thr-" is no danger OF decor now. an
intense ard pItilcss light beats ur,n
every man ard every action in ;hr"
stage If lobbyists hurry Ia WaShnr
ton to attempt 10 turn what you d" Iii
lhc matter Of taxation u their prni""-
ton or advantage. the light viii! beat
also upon them. Their" is ;Ihuuiln; fuel
for the light in the records Of III" trc::i-
ury with regard To profits uf every sort.
Tho prof.; cCrlnG that carn,t hG ;;"' 1t
by the restraints Of conscience ant Eve
or country can hc got II h. taXaii"n.
There is such nrCfit""rinE now an1 ~"
information with regard To /: - await
able and lnliSputahln.
am advising you IT, act upon th:;
matter Of taxation now. gentlemen got
because do not know that ynu can 50"
and interpret the facts and tn" duty
they impose just rs we'll ana with as
clear 4 perception Of the obligation ~
rnlvcd. as ! cam but because th"-" Is =
certain solemn satisfaction in sharing
viii, yurI III" responsibilities Of su ii Il
time Tho world never stood IL :Su"'t
case before. Men never h"r"r" had :"
clear or SO involving vision "f duty. |
know that .'nu will LrGrudCc tn" w"!*
to be done hero by US no more than 'h2
men brgrud;c us theirs ~hn lie in thu
trenches aud sally forth IT, ih'Ir death.
There is a stimulating CnmrHh' .>hir
knitting us all together. And thus task
In which invite your imm"llai" con
Eidrra:ion will be performed under fav-
orablr Influences if We will lon!. 10 villa.
the country is thInkn" ari cxr' "ttnI
and care nothing n ali for what - l"ih::
said and believed in III" l"i'h''s "i
Washington hotels. Where tn" ;iiHli:-
. phrrc srr;n& to MAKE II possible :" i'"-
lievc what is believed nowhere 'l*'..
''Havc ynu mott felt the siir' ri the
nation rise and It's Thought h"''"rl" :,
single and comrlin Thought "In"" these
cam. in l,rI