Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-24
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congress may OF may not do in regard
o a recess until after election, the
ourth Liberty loan, which closes to.
light, IS beyond its power either to
clip or harm. The war revenue bill,
.nder desultory consideration since
lst spring, may have an Influence
FOR good or evil upon the fifth Liber-
ty loan, but the present financing
aust end and promises to end sue
.essfully, with the people largely in
he dark as to the extcnt and charac-
er Of the taxation that they will have
o meet. #
D~iscreditable to congress as this
ituation unauestionably ia. the re
sonse Of the country to the loan, the
argest ever made at n time, has
an commendable in its enthusiasm
and generosity. Already there are
lore Individual subscribers for com.
/ lratively small sums than took part
In the third borrowing, when the
hole number exceeded 1900, 900,
and 1t is confidently believed that to-
avs final response from the well-to.
DO and wealthy, upon whom the un.
,ertainties Of taxation have reached
nost sharply, will be gratifying.
The delinquency Of congress In this
Emergency is SO regrettable in every
q that public attention should be
ERECTED to it sharply Inc increasingly.
q, as is now promised, hut only prom
tied Il e. =, . n q eracn "a Graarfarf frfav ht1l
oy Christmas, 1t will have been engag.
d upon that measure for seven
months. In less than seven months
miracles have been wrough elsewhere.
A victorious German army has beer
thrown back upon its inner lines
more than a million Of American
soldiers have. Joined overseas the hun.
dreds Of thousands who had gone be
fore, Bulgaria has made peace on the
allies terms. Palestine and Syria
nave been liberated and two Turco-
German armies captured or scattered,
and Germany and Auatra.TIungary
have been suing for peace on the
presidents terms, both promising the
decentralization OF their governments
IN all Of the achievements of war,
manufacture, transportation by land
and sea, finance, shiphuilding. equip.
ment, and medical and social activity
by which these mighty works have
been brought about, most men have
been operating in new fields. In the
matter OF taxation congress has FOL
owed familiar lines. Its indecisicn
mas not been duo TO inexporience bu'
10 Indifference. or to caution born Of
smidtty, or to denagogy, OF to sheel
Incidence. 1t Is the n agency Of
promptly and courageously q moment
GUS issue.
Taxes ara just "a necessar ~ in war
as bonds, sales or selective drafts. I
legislators are rightly inspired, te.a
ton need not be Jungle or q poiltica
maneuver. TO lay taxes Justly, NJ
matter how heavily they may res
upon the people. there al be no ex
cuae for indecision that cannot b.
pleaded everywhere else along tn,
whole line OF war activities. II tn,
hesitation that We have seen in thi
respect had been Visible in the fielt
we should not nave today the glorious
records Of Chateau Thierry. st. Milsel
and the Argonne. IN war delay IS sal
waysscostty and frequently disastrous
and that y as true in civil asin mil
tary circles Our one great Stacker /
congress-. While an other Americaps
with supreme confidence An them
selves, have been fighting and paying
alone, with,Its stupid eyes on th
Noveraber ballot boxes. has bee
bounding and dallying.