The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-11-02
AZ TIMES REPEATED

MO MATTER what anyone may think Of the league of nations no
IN matter what our views may be as to wet or dry laws; no matter
: : how we may regard attempts'of government officials to regulate
supply and demand by legal process pretty much everybody is agreed
mat indscrmlnate and sectional taxes imposed by yengeful kitchen
revenue raisers upon certain parts of the country and certain lines of
prices American consumers have been compelled to pay, and that
this practical question Of unfair and badly regulated and admins
ing the election now decided by the votes in the ballot boxes.
ing, price raising taxation foolshness of the present administration
than that in a letter handed us a day n two ago by a leading Albu-
pany, organized in 1887 and thus one of the oldest industrial organ
izahons now in existence in the United States. 1t points out a CON
dition and suggests the necessity for immediate action as the first
duty OF the congress when 1t reconvenes. Taxpayers and consumers
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used by labor. which result in the need for greatly Increased wages com
pared with a few years go. which wage cost is The greatest single factor IN
the cost OF the product they make. The conditions In the stove and range
Industry are parallel In all othors forms n manufacturing
"ConHderng the enormo increased made in certain form OF taxation
We are confronted with hese facts:
-The original income tax in 1903 was two per cent In two or three
years IL vas Increased to fou per cent In 1918 IL amounted 10 about IS
per cen for he average manufacturer In 1919. including te excess profit
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esessso o. I'VE thousanH dollars a Increase Of three hundred and nTy per
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Try to Impress pop yoar senator and CONGRESSMAN the necos-
ay or The s,sstest economy and nd s Re ascs efficiency my IL II me fondn nc
burdens OF the present grinding taxation