The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-10-29
Wanted to Strike at What He
Called Agricultural Greed;
Was Against Guaranteed
Price for Wheat Crop.
VOTED WITH WETS
ON 80 OCCASIONS
Senate Attitude Prbves Hard
Ing Always a Reactionary
and Unfriendly b Spirit and
Industries Of VEST.
IIardIng's R4ord

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! As a guide to the v&ers Of Oregon
who pay taxes. who a& interested In
the farm loan and fedelaI reserve sys-
TENS. and who are supporters OF gov
ernment for the whole public. the
stand Of Senator Warrk g. Harding
on pertinent issued isl herewith set
forth from voters and ulterances taken
from the official record of senate pro-
lceedings.
Speeches Of the O5o serntor as
printed in the Conaessional record
show conclusiveIy init he i a cor
poration man. His record indicates
whom he would tax dad how
For instance. hereA au 'szsept from
speech Senator Harding delivered on
the floor OF the senateon February ~.
1917, as copied from the confessional
Record. page 42TT:
II for one am speaking a. opp0sl-
ton 10 the pending revenue bill be-
cause Of the two hundred and twenty
Six millions OF unfair, unjust. unrcascn
aa.e and uacalled Tor class tax npcn
the Grsai Corporations Of the land
THAT &22s, ,gt ., 1gA lax 81 zt9E HakA- !
ing wanted to remove from the cor
porations where would II come from
il the corporations didn't pay itg
1t was proposed In the senate to
place a tax OF eight per cent on prof
its in excess Of eight per cent of capi-
tai stock. on this question the press
identfal nominee said. as quoted on
page 427S OF the Congressional Rec
ord
II want to put into the record, Mr..
President. that this tax I'm the first
place II not necessary; that Il b revo-
iutionary; that IL Is unfair: II II sec
tional in character: Ii Is Distinctly class
legislation and not designed but will
he inclined to discourage success; and
then. In the last analysis. II Is utterly
TO collect II along lines
OF less application
The money that 1t derived from the
excess profits tax Senator Harding
wanted to collect somewhere else than
from the corporations Where elsef
Voted for Corporations
The revenue act 1917 was designed
ID raise funds for procecution or the
war. To this bill several amendments
were offered on which the voters cast
BY Senator Harding were significant
An amendment was offered to eltrn-
mate more than s460. 0.00a.0 900 In con-
taxes. a tax on the whole
public. and meet the deficit BY In
the tax on war profits. Sena-
tor Harding voted against the amends
He didn't want the taxes on
war profits increased, to remove those
,n the man of small means
The following amendments were
hen proposed;
Providing a 73 per cent tax on war
,rofits. Harding voted against II.
Providing a 70 per cent tax on war
,rofits. Harding voted against Il.
Providing a SIS per cent tax on war
profits. Harding voted against H.
on similar amendments providing ~
md so per cent taxes on war profHs.
Harding voted nay. He voted against
,ach attempt to throw the cost OF war
,n those corporations who profited
most from the war.
II was proposed to raise the CORPORA
ion income tax by proportions, vary
ng from one ninth to one-third. Hard
ng voted AGAINST increased taxes on
he corporations. Five times ne voteu
lga'nst such proposals.
When it wss proposed to raise M
come taxes to so per cent on incomes
n excess of si.00O.o00. Harding voted
gainst it. He thought miliionaires
we're taxed enough.
While Senator Harding was figntins
,ver attempt to increast the tax on
he huge corporations. he opposed an
amendment to EXEMPT the income OF
arming and professional corporations
rom such taxes.
Spent the Peoples Money
Another instance OF Hardings urn
for the corporations Is his
,tand on the armor plate question. IN
1915. as a result OF charges that pr'-
.ate armor plate plants were exacting
profits for manufacture o.
heir product. it was proposed that the
erect plant 70 Supply ass
,wn armor plate Senator Harding
,oted against a government plant he
insisted that the government pay. with
nonev collected in taxes from tns
seople OF cvery state In the unlon'
.normous profits for armour plate
purchased from private plants. ne
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