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offices is being effected 20. accoyamo-
date them to a new order Of things.
improvements are being put into ef-
feet by the collectors as rapidly as
they are developed. We nave a force
Of field investigators known as reve-
nue. agents. These Officers are being
brought to Washington in large
groups to receive instruction that viii
enable them to work in harmony with
the bureau in the investigation and
adjustment of cases to which they
will be assigned on Their return to
their posts of duty throughout the
United States. The effort is to give
the field and bureau forces a nation
wide viewpoint.
In working out the organization
and administration Of our bureau and
field work, we have many difficulties.
Two of these difficulties come from
"A lack of consideration on the part of
those whom we are seeking to serve.
We cannot successfully administer the
law il the. men who are trained for
our work are taken from US as rap
idly as they attain positions. Of re-
sponsibility and usefulness in our
organization. We are limited in the
salaries that can be paid 70 the men
in our service. and we ara restricted
in the selection Of new men by the
civil service law.
Special Training.
We are making an effort which I
think is unusual in the Government
service to give our employees the bene-
At of special training. The expert
ence to be gained in the internal reve-
nue. service is valuable, and I think
that our people would under normal
conditions be willing to remain for a
reasonable period to rOund out their
experience and to give the Govern
ment a reasonable return for the ex-
penditure which has been made in
carrying them through the first few
months Of their appointment and in
giving them special training without
cost Unfortunately, at this time
business firms. law offices, tax bu-
reaus, and other private institutions
appear to be willing to add very lib
orally to the compensation which they
would ordinarily pay to any man who
has had an experience, even the brief
est, in the internal revenue service.
Our people are. therefore, subject to
extraordinary inducements and we are
finding II very difficult to fill the
places of those who are continually
leaving us.
It seems to me that the public is
vitality interested in the solution cf
this problem, and those who seek 10
improve their own position at the eN-
pense of the bureau have vital in
terest in the efficiency OF our organ
ization. Is it not reasonable for me to
feel that we should be placed in po-
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have been made by these men who
cannot be said to have had Shy per-
sonal background that would cause
them to be arbitrary or bureaucratic.
1t must be remembered. however,
that a doubt resolved by us against
the Government is a final disposition
of the question and that the Gov
ernment has no appeal, while a doubt
resolved against a taxpayer leaves
him yet a remedy in court. With
this serious responsibility upon them.
the men of our law division, I am
sure. have done all that any men of
their profession could have done to
clarity the new tax legislation for
the purpose of its administration and
to preserve the interests of the tax
payers as well as the interests of the
! Government
Our new Solicitor is also a man
from the outside, of wide experience
in the practice of his profession. who
brings to the tax subject matter the
fresh and constructive viewpoint Of
an alert and progressive American
lawyer.
Looks to Profession.
I feel especially justified in looking
to the legal profession for co-opera-
tion in the purposes Of the Internal
Revenue Bureau. The objective of
this great profession Is, naturally,
''law enforcement" Taxpayers are
calling upon their attorneys for ad-
vice in making their returns. 1t seems
to me that proper observance of the
ethics and ideals of his profession
will cause the lawyer to give consid-
Grafton to the element of good citizen
ship which is involved in the payment
of the income tax. Just as it is the
duty OF the medical profession to pro-
mote the general health and SANTA
tion of the community and the nation,
| it is the duty of the legal profession
to promote the respect for law and
order, to inculcate patriotism, and to
lead the way in the acceptance of pO-
litical duties.
Our objective, as well as that of
the legal adviser. and of the courts.is
and should be. to attain an equitable
basis for the administration of the
tax laws. 1t will be unfortunate If
the courts are burdened with appeals,
which the bureau itself, under the
! law, is prepared to entertain and to
properly decide.
At Collectors office.
The first contact with the taxpayer
is at the office of the collector of in
ternal revenue. There are sixty-four
of these offices in the country. They
were established and organized when
the tax on intoxicating beverages was
the principal subject-matter of our
service.
Necessary reorganization in these
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sition to compete in the market which
is attracting the services of our en-
plOyees or that the competition
should be removed?
Relief Provisions.
The other problem to which I refer
is the administration Of the relief
provisions OF the law. Congress has
gone so far in its desire to perfect
the revenue legislation and to prev snf
the working OF injustice to any tax
payer that il has included provisions
giving wide discretion to the commits
siOner Of internal revenue for the re-
lief OF taxpayers in cases in which the
enforcement of the law would be
manifestly unfair or inequitable.
Probably il is only natural that a
large number OF taxpayers have
seized upon these relief provisions
as affording an opportunity for -e-
ducing their tax liability under the
law, and that great pressure has been
brought to bear upon me in the ef-
fort to bring a very large number Of
cases under these relief provisions.
1t must be obvious to all that IL
these relief provisions are used ud-
ministratively to defeat the purposes
of the legislation and to bring about
new rates of tax they will be revoked
by the Congress. They must not be
so used. Rather they must be used TO
carry out the underlying principle OF
the law. which is that the burden OF
taxation shall be equitably distribut-
ed.
The Congress did not provide that
the rate Of tax shall be the same for
all taxpayers, OF even for all tax
payers OF a particular industry.
All Treated Alike.
It intended that all taxpayers sim
ilarly situated shall be treated alike,
and in determining whether or not
taxpayers are similarly situated it
provided that regard must be had to
all relevant facts and circumstances,
including such matters as gross in
come, net income and profits per unit
Of business transacted and capital en-
plOyed. It is clearly our duty to
examine critically into all the facts
and circumstances Of an appealing
taxpayer and il the application OF the
general provisions of the law works
upon it an exceptional hardship, to
determine which taxpayers are in all
respects most closely similar to the
appealing taxpayer. and to give TO
it the treatment given to them. We
are not, however. permitted to give
relief to a paxpayer merely because
his rate of tax is greater than the
average rate OF tax of the industry
to which it belongs.
have the utmost confidence in the
right thinking and right doing OF
the American people, and I believe
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many years will unite and solidify
our people.
The method or financing the war
must have had n like effect. Most Of
our citizens have contributed TO the
support OF the Government through
the popular loans and the income tax.
There is something TO be said also of
tho effect produced by the response to
the need for economy, both in ma
tlonal apd personal affairs. The habit
or thrift has been greatly accelerated.
Efficiency in business and in indus
trial processes has been promoted by
the need for the utmost production
and at the same time for tho Conserva-
tion of materials and men. We have
renewed and strengthened our conf
dence in ourselves. America claims as
her own field of accomplishment the
things that are thought 10 be- impos-
sible. There - 10 task too difficult
for our people
Possession Is Pleasing.
In considering the cost OF the war,
we should not lose sight of all these
benefits. 1t is one trouble with the
partial payment plan that possession
gives such a real sense Of ownership
lAAeI -'iISN pay ultHtS become lTk-
some and seem almost unjust. Our
people should not forget that the in
come tax, heavy as it was last year,
did not reduce the profits OF enter
Drises generally to the pro-war level.
and that in spite Of the tax, practical
" all OF our citizens had more money.
or its equivalent, after paying the tax
than they ever made before Even
now, with increased rates Of tax, the
earnings Of American business in 1918
will not be reduced to the level of the
profits before the war The war
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A concise analysis
of the greatest tax in
the nations history,
by an able official.

The Washington Times
address made 6y
gathering publishers magazines
BHdHess
the
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and tkGt
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GET NEW CERTIFICATES
FOR 1916 WAR STAMPS

stop sticking those 1919 war saw
ings stamps on 1913 certificates. The
1918 certificates, even though they
have blank spaces left, should be laid
away. New certificates for 1912
stamps are being issued. Get on
This is the appeal in an official cir
cuiar on the subject just issued.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-30
IS TRAPPED in
MINE BY BLAST
Explosion Entombs Workers in
Rock Island Company Shaft at
McAlester, Okla.

McAlester, Okla, June 30.-An
explosion entombing Is miners,
possibly killing them all, occurred
in Rock Island coal mine company's
mine at Anderson, five miles east of
here about noon today None of
the 200 miners in the shaft have
been able to reach the top yet, but
it is believed most of them are
safe. Rescue teams are prepared
to descend as soon as the machin-
cry can be repaired by men work
ing at the bottom of the mine. The
explosions main force was in dig
gings three-quarters of a mile away
from the main works. The cause
of the explosion is as yet unknown.
Later in the day IL miners were
known to be dead and three more
expected to die as a result OF the
explosion. Rescue crews are at
work
(The Rock Island coal mining
company mine at McAlester, Okla,
scene of the disaster, is owned by
a corporation owned by the Rock
Island lines. Robert E. Lee. son of
the late Robert Lee of Rock Island,
who died here recently, is the gen.
eral manager of the company
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-30
GERMANY WILL
CUT FOOD COST
Under Agreement With Railroad
Strikers Government Proposes
Reduction of Prices.

Berlin, Sunday. June 29.-(By
1.-THE Associated Press)-Under
agreement with the railroad strik-
ars. the government proposes a
reduction in the price of foreign,
especially American, food, totallinS
|, 500 ,o00. 900 marks. to be distrib-
uted and charged to the empire in
free states and communities.
. Half a pound of horne meat now
costs two marks, 90 to so pfenig,
and in future will cost from so to
IS pfennig. A quarter of pound
of rice, which now costs three
marks, will be reduced to two.
Cereals will be lowered from two
marks 20 pfennigs. to one mark 10
pfennig, and one mark so pfennig.
The price of foreign meats will be
cut down from II marks to four
marks 55 pfennig per pound
American bacon, quarter pound
of which now costs from seven to
eight marks, will be reduced to
four marks and four marks so
pfennig. Fifty grams Of foreign
fats, the price of which now is
from six to seven marks, may be
bought under the new regulations
at from FIVE marks to FIVE marks so
pfennigs. Foreign potatoes also
will be cheaper under the new sys-
tenn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-30
DRAW PLANS TO
FOIL RADICALS

Chicago. June 30.-Final Prep
arations TO guarantee against out
breaks of radicals here on July 4,
were begun today swith the return
of Chief of Police John Garrity,
from New York, where he attended
a conference of police chiefs and
federal officers, under the direc-
ton of William Flynn, chief of the
national bureau of investigation.
The conference was called for the
purpose of discussing mob out
RACES in many citis June 2 last,
for the cooperative launching of a
prospective drive to forestaIl any
disorders which may have been
planned for next Friday by radical
elements
Operatives of the department of
justice and army intelligence sec
ton. as well as city detectives,
have organized a thorough cam
paign and close watch is to be
kept on all gathering places of
those suspected of plotting vio-
lence against the government or
individuals.
There has been no request
made for state military forces to
participate in possible troubles on
the Fourth of July" said Adjutant
General Frank S. Dickson. but the
military organization is in i condi-
ton to respond to any emergency"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-30
PEACE SIGNED,
ALLIED AND FOE
ENJOYS LEAVE
Paris Conference Circles
Relax = Activities
Come to a Halt.

Versailles. June 80 DIR. Haniol
Won Haimhausen and % persons of
the German delegation left for
Germany this morning on a special
train from Noisy-le-Sec
Paris, June 30.-Thero was COM
plete relaxation in peace confer
ence circles and in Paris gener-
ally today after the period of ten
sity which eliminated with the ac-
ceptance by Germany of the peace
terms and the final signing of the
treaty at Saturdays memorable
ceremony in the Versailles palace.
The calling of a meeting of the
council of 10, which now is the su-
preme body of the conference, will
depend upon the completion Of the
program for the future proceed
ings now being framed by the
principal powers.
(By the Associated Fress.)
With the treaty of peace with
Germany signed, there has come a
virtual halt of the activities of the
peace conference. Treaties with
German-Austria, Hungary and Bull
garia are still to be completed,
and an adjustment of the future
status Of Turkey must be made,
but for some days, it is expected.
the peace making machinery will
be operating only through commits
sions which are studying different
phases of the problems before the
allies and preparing reports upon
which the conference will act.
Peace Leaders Scatter.
President Wilson is on his way
to America. Premier Lloyd George
is in England, and many of the
other leading figures of the peace
conference have left Paris tempor-
srily. OF the American delegation.
only Secretary of State Robert
Lansing and General Tasker Bliss
are at Paris. The principal Ger
man national delegates will leave
Versailles for Berlin today.
Within the next 80 days the al
lies will submit to the German
government a list of persons who
are charged with responsibility for
causing the war, or who are alleg
ed to have violated the rules Of
civilized warfare.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-30
DOCTOR CHEATS
ELECTRIC CHAIR;
SLAYS HIMSELF

Mineola, n. Y, June 30.-Walter
K. Wilkins, the aged physician
convicted of numbering his wife
committed suicide by hanging last
night in the Nassau county Jail.
After spending the afternoon
writing Wilkins got permission to
go to the bathroom. He stepped
upon trash can and tied a rope to
a pipe above his head. The other
end of the rope he made into a
moose. He fixed the loop about his
neck and jumped off.
His pulse was still beating when
guards discovered him. Physicians
tried to resuscitate him with a
pulmotor, but his neck was broken
and he died shortly after o'clock
When the jury returned a first
degree murder verdict Friday aft
er % hours deliberations, it rec
commended clemency. But the
judge said the law compelled him
to sentence wilkins to the electric
chair
wilkins was to be sentenced
Tuesday.
wilkins claimed his wife was
killed by one of three burglars
whom wilkins and his wife dis
covered in their Long Beach home
after returning from New York one
evening last February. The state
alleged the aged physician killed
his wife for her money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-30
12O LIVES Aftk-
SNUFFED OUT BY
QUAKE IN ITALY
Earth Shock in Florence
District Reduces Vic
chic to Ruins.

Rome, June 30.-One SL1-
dred twenty persons are ST.
mated to have been kili~6 in
and near VicchiO, the o. utter 0f
the earth movement Sunday In
the Florence district, according
To the Tempo. The town of
VicchiO was reduced to a heap
OF ruins and a number of vii.
lagos were destroyed.
Last evenings earth shock which
was felt mainly in the region OF
Florence, was Larceptible as far
away as Venice 1t is reported
that there were some victims al
BOrgo San Lorenzo, Is miles
northeast of Florence, and at d.
comano, near the latter town. The
convent of Regello, south of Flor
ence, has been isolated. A num-
Der Of houses in various places are
destroyed.
dispatches from Florence Sun
day night reported a violent earth
shock there and in neighbo=ing
towns. The damage in Flcr4nce
was slight, however. il was au-
nounced. and it was not believed
that extensive damage had re-
suited in the other towns affected. }
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-30
PACT IS GIVEN
FRENCH HOUSE
Clemenceau Presents Text OF
Treaty to DepUties-POincaire
Sounds New Warming.

Paris. June 30.-In presenting
the text of the peace treaty TO the
chamber of deputies today Premier
Clemenceau made a brief speech in
which he recalled the French ma
tional assembly which met at Bor-
deaux in 1871 and added:
I'VE make peace as We made
war. without weakness. Internal
peace is a necessity for external
peace"
The task of the allied and asso-
cited powers is not ended with the
signing of the treaty with Ger
many and the nations must con-
tinue to be united in order to see
that the causes of the treaty are
carried out, President Poincare de-
clared in an interview in the Paris
edition of the London Daily Mail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-30
.IRATE BREST
MOBS STONE
U. S. TROOPS
Armed Clash Follows the
Trampling of Frances
Flag by Yankee.

Brest, June 30-Two French
civilians were killed and five
+. American soldiers and sailors
were injured severely. and
more than one hundred wound
ed in riots here last night. Two
, of the American soldiers are
expected to die.
The casualties occurred as a
result of the exchange OF shots
betu cen American military and
naval police and French sail
0rs.
The trouble began. according tc
available accounts, when an Amer
lean naval officer. who is said tc
pave been drinking heavily, tore
aown French flag and trampleC
bn it.
A crowd of Ere achmen attacked
he officer and 1t is said, kicked
and beat him until he was uncon-
Scious.
Americans who passed by. and
who were not aware of the cause
pf the fight. went to the aid of the
naval officer. The fight then be-
came general.
MObs Stone Americans.
A mob of French civilians and
soldiers and sailors attempted to
rush the Hotel Moderne. where
American officers were quartered
They burned a sentry box and
threw stones at Americans in uni
form wherever they found them.
The Americans, it is said, retail
ated.
A company of marines with fixed
cayonets was hurried to the scene
and the Americans soon restored
order.
Ordered to Barracks.
Admiral Hanri Salaun, the
French naval commander at Brest,
ordered the marines to return to
their barracks. AS the marines
back to their quarters, it
Is declared. they were pursued by
! mob throwing stones and bricks
The city is quiet today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-30
.OWDEN NAMES
new TAX BODY

z Springfield. Ill. June 30.-Gov-
6arnor Frank o. LoEden, this morn
Ing announced the appointment of
III iembers of the new tax commits
M on created to supersede the state
bard of equalization. The mem
bers are;
Frank F. Noleman of Centralia,
chairman; Colonel James B. Sand
born Of Chicago, commander of the
One Hundred Thirty-hrst infantry;
and C. c. Craig of Galesburg. for
merIy on the Illinois supreme
bench. Justice Craig is a Demo-
crat and the other two are Repub-
licans.
Members of the new tax COM
mission, who will receive $4,000
annually, will assume their duties
tomorrow when the administrative
Measure bringing the commission
ilto being becomes law
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-30
LATE BULLETINS

Paris, June 30.-Serbial and
italian troops have clRshed
near Dizrai, according TO un-
official repOrs received here
today.
Helsingfors. Saturday, June
2S.-The evacuation of PetrO-
grad by the bolshevfki is pro-
crossing hastily, according to
recent DEGREES Of the bOlsheylk
government received here. War
Minister TrOtzky has ordered
that the fortress of KrOnstadt
be blown up.
Washington, June 3O.-Eigh-
teen American soldiers we're
killed, one officer and eight
men severely wounded and IL
slightly wounded in an engage
ment with anti-kOlch8k forces
near ROmanOvka on June %.
EkaterinOdar, Friday, June
20.-The army OF Kuban Co.'S
sacks, operating in the heed of
the Don river, has captured
1000 bolsheViki and 10 guns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-30
BUSINESS MEN IN
MEET PLAN FREE
AMERICAN PORTS

New York, June 30.-Represeut-
atives of chambers of commerce.
boards of trade and other CONNER
cial organizations of San Francis
co, Philadelphia. New Orleans,
Baltimore. Savannah. Boston, st.
Louis. Chicago. Detroit, Cincinnati,
Oakland, San Diego, Seattle, Ta-
coma, Newport News, Mobile. Mem
phis and Bellingham. Wash. met
here today TO discuss the proposed
establishment OF free ports in the
United States-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-30
The Weather

Generally fair tonight and Tues
day; warmer tonight and contin-
ued warm Tuesday.
Temperature at a m, So. High
est yesterday, 81. Lowest last
night, 81.
Velocity of wind at q. m,
miles per hour.
Precipitation, none.
Relative humidity at p. m, 40;
at s a. m, rs.
Stage OF water, s feet, fall Of i
in last 4S hours.
J. NJ SHERIER, Meteorologist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-30
RIOTING IN ROME.

Rome. June 30.-Serious disor-
ders marked ani-government dis
turbances in Rome Saturday night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-30

Washington, June S0.--Presi-
dent Wilson signed the rail-
road appropriation bill, the In
dian bill, some minor measures
and other documents which
needed signatures to become
law before July 1, In mid-Ocean
at 8 a. m., Greenwich time, TO-
day.
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