South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-21
THE COMING DEMOCRACY

denounced as waseful and inefficient and that it IS
for the service of the community but for
the utmost prOfteering.
nations land should be under common owner
ship as we'll railways mines and the production OF
electrical power Life insurance and particularly what
call industrial life insurance is TO be under the CON
of the government. The manufacture and sale Of
alcoholic drink is to be taken out of the hands Of
private individuals and assumed by the government.
The labor party holds that the municipalities should
not conne activities the necessarily costly
services of education sanitation and police nor rest
acquiring control of the local
electricity and tranways but that facility should
them acquire all the land they require
and extend their enterprises in housing and town
planning parks and public Libraries the provision Of
Organization of recreation also to retail
coal and milk.
Under the head of "A Revolution in National FL
nance" how to provide revenue the national
and local government amounting to PROBABLY thou
sand million pounds in addition TO dischargn
the principal Of the enormous debt II IS proposed
as follows; It opposes protective tariff in any form
should be strictly limited to luxuries.
DIRECT TAX ON INCOMES.
raising the greater Of the the labor
necessary Of family maintenance, and the
direct taxation of private fortunes both during life and
after death. A scale Of graduate income tax is
recommended ranging from one penny pound Tor the
lowest shllings the highest incomes
The surplus Cor the common good is the final plank
and provides: That in the future surplus wealth shall
enlargement OF individual fortune but
the good That in this surplus arising from
naturalization ucipalization of industry and
the taxation OF private incomes and riches there
will be found the new capital which the community
the perpetual improvement and increase Of
its enterprises"
Many of the pleasures and recreatons, now confined
rich will provided all alike, public
pense at calls for more warmth in politics. for
apathetc acquiescence the miseries that exist
for Of the cynicsms that saps the life Of leisure
that good will without knowledge is warmth with
out light"
Shortly after the report OF British labor party
published, there held il London the inter-allied
labor conference All the factions the pro-war labor
socialist parties the western European democra
endorse They hope Joined by the American
labor orgs nizations and sending a committee
America confer with Gompers the executive
council OF the American federation Of labor
bilities OF labor achieving worlds peace he
says: Peace will come when the working class
men has discovered by interchange OF views. the
ditions honorable and democratic peace worthy
Of the unma ginable sacrifices the people have made
and have pressed these terms the several govern
ments with the resolute declaration that peace
be made these terms and other"
DISCUSSING WAR CAUSES.
discussing the causes of the war. the report Of
by the German armies threatens the very
independent nationses strikes blow all faith
in treaties. In these circumstances a victory
imperialism would be the defeat and the destruc-
ton OF democracy and liberty in Europe. They de-
mand that Belgium shall be liberated and compensated
They ask that there be established league OF nations