The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-11
TUESDAY. MARCH ii 1919

EVERY man or woman with an in
come above 81 900. is today struggling
with that Democratic Monstrosity
known as the Federal Revenue act.
Evsry business man is in despair over
tts intricacies, its idiocies and its
Tremendous exactions. 1t is burden
upon almost everyone. TO a great
many 1t approaches confiscation. No
one fully understands it No one fully
can understand it. The Government
has flung Chinese puzzle at every
taxpayer and has ordered him to solve
1t by March Is under severe penalties
for failure to do so. No need Of heat
In offices and houses these days.
Every victim of Democratic in
efficiency and Democratic muddle
hsadedness is perspiring freely.
The whole policy regarding taxation
IL wrong from the beginning of the
war. What did we go into the world
fracas for? Nearly to safeguard our
sslves-we who are OF the present
generations? By no means. We were
also protecting the future Of our
ehiidren's children yet unborn. We
were looking out for posterity. Since
we were fighting for posterity, to pos
terity should have gone more of the
burdens. But the idea Of Democratic
leadership was to heap as much of the
cost Of hostilities upon the citizen OF
today as he could stagger under and
make the bond issues correspondingly
light, whereas the reverse proposition
should have prevailed.
What is the result Of this blunder?
Direct taxes not only unheard OF
heretofore, but inconceivable to the
fmagination-to the imagination, that
Ii, of the ordinary individual possessed
Of sanity. The administration calls
for business, commercial, industrial
developments speeding up SO that
places may be found for the un-
employed. But where is the incentive?
Does man burn his brains out trying
to build up competence when huge
portion Of it is taken from him by the
Revenue act? Does an industry try to
expand when it's increased efforts avail
little?
To put 1t plainly, the Democratic
Monstrosity labeled the Federal
Revenue act is blow aimed directly
at the development of the Nation. II
L. not scientific piece of work. 1t il
. hodge-podge continuance that ID
driving everybody carry. Let us hope
that it is also teaching everybody q
lesson that will bring fruition next
year when the Presidential and Con
gressional elections are on. For the
near-statesmen of Democratic afili
alton who have been running thi.
country have given forcible demon
stration of their utter lack of ability tt
handle any great question.
II they cannot steer finances to tn.
satisfaction of the hundreds O
thou is who are today lost in ths
mazes OF the fearfully and wonderfully
constructed Revenue law, how coulc
they be expected to do better with tn.
railway question, the telegraph ano
telephone question, all of the vita
questions that concern the restoration
Of the country to something like nor
NAL condition
So important is it that Republican
principles shall prevail and Republi
can president shall be chosen at the
coming election that every effort should
be made to get the peace treaties out o.
the way before the new year comes in
These treaties must be disposed of sc
that the national campaign can be
fought out on the issues of reconstruc
tion-Philadetphio Inquirer,