Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-05-30

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which we were associated III lie war,
and those loans win! of course. consti-
tute assets not liabilities. and will not
have to bes taken care OF by our tax.
payers. 81.
tThe main thing We shall have tc
care for. Is that our taxation shall
prest as lightly as possible on the pro-
| ductive resources of the country, that
its rates shall be stable. and that 1t
shall be constant In Its revenue-yield.
ing power, ts4tA
aMany of the minor taxes provided
for in the federal legislation of 1917
and 1918, though no doubt made neces-
sary by the pressing necessities of the
war times can hardly find sufficient
| justification under the easier circum-
stances of peace. and can now happily
be got rid of. Among these. ! hope you
will agree. are the excises upon vari-
Gus manufactures and the taxes upon
retail sales. They are unequal In the
Incidence on different industries and
on different individuals. sTheir collec-
ton is difficult and expensive. Those
which are levied upon articles sold at
retail are largely evaded by the read
justment of retail prices. On the other
hand, I should assume that It is ex-
! pedient to maintain a considerable
range of indirect taxes; apd the fact
that alcoholic liquors will presently
pQ longer afford a source Of revenue
by taxation makes 1t the more neces-
sary that the field should be carefully
restudied In order that equivalent
sources Of revenue may be found
which OF will be legitimate and not
| burdensome to draw upon.
Import Duties Correct.
"There is, fortunately. no occasion
for uHaestaking In the immediate fu-
ture, any general revision Of our sys.
ntfyb of import duties. No serious dam
| CIR Of foreign competition now threat
ems American industries. Our country
has emerged from, the war less dis
turb$d and less weakened than any Of
the European couhtries which are our
| c6mpetitorsss In manufacture. So far
| from there being any danger or need
OF aSceptuated foreign competition, It
\ IA likely that the conditions of the
tnext few years VIII greatly facilitate
the, MARKETING. Of American manufac-
| tuges abroad. Least .of all should we
[ depaft,frpm the policy adopted in the
+ tafff1 act of 1914 Of permitting the
dsfred ENTRY into the United States Of
ths, raw materials needed to supple
me9t andi enrichs our own abundant
,gspgP supplies oes ssDl ~aSe ~ NJ
b ~ s,Asks Woman sunrasI. sen
tt i,x3ins YOU not perhIt me,s turning
from these matters. to- ispsak. once
! mere, ,and, very earnestlyysof the pros
! posed ,amendwents to the Constitution
/ which would extend the suffrage to
/ women and which passed the house
81 Representatives at the last Session
] of the congress7 1t seems to me that
/ every scopsidaration Of justice and lof
public advantage calls for. the impe'
'hiate adoption of that amendment and
I IT'S spbmfssion" forthwith to the leEis-
res az the several Sstat4s Thronsh-
/ out oil the worlalthis long delaved ex-
l yetsibn of the SUFFRAGE is, looked fer.
/ THE, Telegraph apd, Telephone lines
/. Will Of course, be- returned to theiE
Owners so Soon as the retransfer can
Be-. efetted Without Administrative
conf f1sionsL so s'sooni uthar sis, oasVv the
i .chapEancane be madel with ,least pos
sIBIei lpcongepience, tol.the public and
I to fhe owners themselves. The, rail-
froad3 wfif be handed over TO their
Y oSwhdrs aatn nfhe 'eHdlAoft the @aiehdar
year .ifiKs were i'm, ,fmlnediatet contact
with othat administrative. questions
whhh .mnust govern the retFanySferi q q
\ the Telegraph and telephone lines,
Y could hams tile Exact date for theft re-
lsfufh AIso. oeUntIf u AMI IN fiediredtf' con
TAFT with the practical questions in
! VOWED can only suggest in the cass
OF the .telegraphs and, teleph0peS, al
/ in the case of 'fheir railways, 1t Ii
clearly ~ ,fesifable nh the pubic dfhfef
est that tsoine ieeisiatdonn should sBe
considered which, may tend dto .tmake
of thsse. indisnef.pssasblel nef.p ipstruEpeptal
tiles lof our modern life, a, uniform and
7 cco=orhinafed system Which WIN afford
tsthoSd who use' them d Complete llhc
Z Ger csffahnsnaeansiD Df communications, tieF
Observation-Disclosures tjfs the naiiitafs
forcdapf. the cupntrye has pragrasses
to such uht, a point. that It seeemss TO pe, ep
tyfel1 safe now. to remove the han up
ii a<cla 1 4 fna'h hxfact,irk and sdtAl ~ xi,Sn.