Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-25

ua- Nl"' SuA& S0O nave USdOo SOul 1h
: t,on7e:ax r.t3rn. llAvo managed
ssEaehosv to Pay that first install
men! ana :1al .ne to regain your
normal . HoiSe, l. may tie safe
70 io%-roiuce % you tae presiding
sshias 70 :he preparation Of revenue
bills. ~. ''powc: behind the throne"
g taxation. tho . who suggests the
civers vas for The government to dig
:nee s.oCs pockets and who estimates
With an uncS1ny accuracy the amount
sou s:.Ul)i hass there.
Bot, remembering that the income
TX 81 but i part Of the new law, with
lewis vet to come upon your purse
through your shopping, drinking.
smoking, t~teotregoing and travelling.
s: seems vol TO remind you that il
bodily BARN should befall this man
Congress virtually would bo helpless
to modify the current taxes when the
rn1d. There is. therefore. an e:er1cne
Of Misrepresentation in Isfraining from
shys:cal attack upon him and in re.
spectins the warning In the Dakota
dive, which Henry Watterson recalled
the other day. It read. Gentlemen
will please not shoot the pianizte; h
% doing the best she knows how"
II you have reached a conclusion as
to the identity Of this man. dismiss
It. Undoubtedly you are wrong. Mem
bers Of the revenue.raising commit
tees Of Congress are allowed n
guess; all others may take as many as
they please and write your "
ticket"
Guess Who 1t Is?
It's not Wilson. McAdoo, Glass or
Roper.
It's not Penrose, Lodge or smoot
nor Simmons. Underwood or Hoke
Smith.
It's not Kitchin, of Scotland Neck
nor Fordney, Of Saginaw.
Champ Clark and Jim" Mann n
Uncle Joe" Cannon are innocent.
Even Burleson and Creel must be
acquitted.
The guilty man is neither Democrat
nor Republican, Socialist or Bolshe-
visit.
This Mephistophelean genius OF
finance is Joseph s. Mccoy. q govern
ment actuary.
II you insist on coming to Wash
A--A-- sr.o.,- - ~,,%V u,lfh Mr. Nc.
Coy you are due for a shock when
you meet him. When somebody or
other wrote that there are mystically
in our faces certain characteristics
which carry in them the motto Of U
souls, wherein he that cannot
A B c may read Jul natures" he
showed that as a Judge of human ma
ture he vas a fine essayist. As an
expert on taxation he probably would
select the becalmed countenance Of a
free trader for the face of a pro-
tectionist, as Mr.. Mccoy has as little
Of guile in his face as could be found
anywhere beyond the %beribboned
boundaries of a bassinet.
His is an engaging smile. He has q
boundless good humor. He is not
young, so you cannot charge his evil
designs upon your purse to the score
Of "parlor Bolshevism." He is getting
along in years and time has mellowed
his nature into a happy regard for all
mankind, however much his most re.
cent effort in revenue raising may
lead o to believe the contrary. His
-. indeed. an agreeable personality
and a thirty-minute chat with him will
TO more to make easy the writing of a
check for income taxes than all of
Commissioner Roper's sedatives Of
patriotism and duty, tinctured with
gentle reminders Of the penalties
against dodgers.
Four curiosity as to where Mr.. Nc.
Coy comes in" as the dictator If III.
measure OF your financial contribu.
tions to the government is not i'm.
proper, since the dear old constitution
Is specific on the point that "al hills
for raising revenue shall originate IN
the House Of Representatives," III.
House doesn't even draft the language
O. the bill. That is done by an erner,
in legislative diction.
Seeking Whom He NAV Taxn
Nowadays, the procedure inc;de,.
the enactment Of a new tar hin =.
something like this:
XIX - 40
The Secretary Of the Treasure ~.
covers all Of a sudden that after No.
ing for a new postoffice at Jayvil,e.on
the-Bum and for the dredging of Tho
dusty" oklawaha River. there will bs
Q balance Of about a dollar and eiehtv-
three cents in the public treasury.
Looks like we'll have to hav.
Now reyenue bill" he muses.. and ada.
q Q clerk. Get Mccoy on the pbon.
and ask him to come owe to NV
amcs"
when Mr.. Mccoy walks over to III.
Treasury Building, a short distance
nosa the Bond Building. where he ha.
! little ONCE distinguished solely by
nat-top desk piled 80 high with
IlaperS that you have to walk around
i - md him, the Secretary tells him
e tie national crisis.
Looks like well need about nix
ltiltons.. says the Secretary
That oushta be easy replies the
expert Give me q few days, NJ.
scretsxy. and III bring youfa list Of
lninsestO tax.
1GcCoy goes back TO hs Uttered
H starts thinking and figuring.
tGenghts and his pencil covsr I
1arsAol human happiness and'en-