El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-27

eeEITILLIAM Won HOHENZoLLERN" literally translated
" means civilian Of High Taxes" And he Is cost
ing the world pretty penny.
His family dates back to the Middle Ages and acquired
its BY squattng by the high road and demanding
taxes z0en from the passers by for the privilege OF
going and living COMMITTED robbery Of this kind was
common enough in medieval times The robber baron was
the leading citizen Of that days the world then could not
proceed without him William HohenzoleTns family DID
invent this way Of making living they simply built
up the idea into fortune and kingship.
In those middle ages everywhere man was weak OF
industrious at his risk. The robber barons got him
The Hohenzollerns were thrifty rising family set in
tneir ways they kept aassng unearned increment
IN the same old way each generation adding something
the fmiy taxable area From little Tobber barons they
became argavs Of Brandenbug and then by steady
mutation Of everything they could reach, they
accumulated to the kingdom Of Prussia and finally to the
holding Of the empire Of Germany and place in the
They have not always been popular with their neghboTs
whose landmarks they removed Frederick the world
ae when he stole Sesia from Marie Theresa Of Austria
Maeaulay says that Fredeucks pratlcal pTociy1ties
black fight the coast Of Coromandel and red
scalp each other the plains Of Abraham" Some
inflammation Of the world then.
Current has II, and perhaps not unJusty, that
the causes Of this that the prince
preached MS father with being the first Of the Hohenzol
lens who had added nothing TO the taxable interests Of the
family.
Anyhow when an Austrian archduke was murdered at
Sarajevo William thrifty took opportunity to appropriate
Belgium and Luxembourg for their size the richest
in Europe and Teplee with taxable resources Also
he took northern France in which all the French coal and
iron industries are concentrated thereby rec1ng mis-
take Bsma made IN leaving the biggest iron deposit Of
the Bey basin the French side of the Lorraine frontier
William would have taken more but that was all he
could get the time Later he did take himself Rus
siss manufacturing district Russian Poland and still later
the very rich little Rumania At Brest-Litovsk he took
and Incidentally handed Russias oil fields at
Baku to Turkey for safe keeping The family taste for
taxable assets not to be denied.
Our present job is TO Gust William and put stop to his
tax gathering pTocFes outside Of Germany for the very
good and sufficient reason if for other, that
would have TO be paying tolls to the Hohenzoern the
high aEeT if he checked That German imperial
ambition includes the United States there is doubt
And have always had and cherished the privilege Of
choosing collectors rather than allowing any all
collectors TO choose because look good picking
Whether no. however VIII all have TO pay high
taxes for the rest Of lives and children after US
viii have to pay higher taxes because Of this Hohenzoerns
yearuing for taxes and more taxes.
But We won't pay them to William
II VIII be long years before life become again so
simple easy and above all cheap it before
this last Of the German Imperial High collectors started
increase his taxpayer lists The rest Of the world VIII
have to pay big taxes to be nd Of this collector Of the
highest taxes men and women and nations pay, but
the winning Of this is worth It to all and
and nations.
We spending money with both hands and viii prob
ably use scoop before we are through In It IS
cheaper to be lavish than economical But day all
this money must be paid and viii pay It. When
borrow a billion dollars Liberty Loan-and have
borrowed several billions and viii borrow more-we have
borrowed about SO per head since have about 100000
goo people; oI say We borrow $50 per family The inter-
est billion dollars at four and half percent is S45
100000 week That is every person in the country viii
have pay somewhat less than ten this
billion dollar loan. And he viii pay 1t.
However congress nay apportion taxes the costs VIII
be distributed among all for If all the taxes put
the railroads for example, the railroads would have add
II 10 fares and freight If Il all put the farmers
they would have to put up the price Of wheat and butter
and cheese and eggs Proporuonately-
Whatever It any business to do business including
its taxes, must be distributed among the customers.
So ve VIII all pay and pay high because of William
Of the High IaxeS ambition It is not billion but many