Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-01

ment and finally war burdens, turned
federal taxation to a colossal burden.
NO one seriously complained while
! the national crisis hung over us. but
we must work out a readjustment for
stabilized and prosperous peace. We
ought to make wealth bear its full
share of tax burdens. and we ever
will. having this thought in mind and
also thinking of the excessive cost of
( living. l doubt If the excess profits
tax for war precisely accomplish :
the end we seek in peace. though We
do not disagree about the worthy in
tent. Its operations have been dis
appointing. it's costs multiplied and
pyramided. and righteous changes and
notifications ought to be sought at
an early day.
Put Up to Congress-.
Il would gladly recommend a
change. but l am not yet prepared to
suggest an equitable substitute.
though | should have no heSitancy in
possible solution. The reduced cost
of government is already pledged. and
reduced appropriation by Congress is
already recorded. We must not para
iyZe American production by taxation
at home or destructive competition
from abroad, because our mutual in
terest in productivity has made us
what we are
Despite all the depreciation. 1 can
not bring myself to accept the no
ton that the INTERPOLATION among our
men and women has departed.
I'VE are democratic people. Our
state was founded by people who
brought with them the ancient So
cial customs of neighborhood con-
fraternity--the tie that knits COM
circle makes of the mass homogene-
Gus people
1T is good that our producing in
terests are diversified. In that lies our
great strength as nation. The man
ufacturing centers and the food
producing areas complement and sup
plement each other. These two grand
divisions are bound together by com
mon ties of nationality, of history
and of aspiration. There is not and
them. Our imperial domain provides
us with the material means of our
greatness. There is a disposition of
some to inveigh against one section
, or another. as selfish interest may
suggest. but the broad national wei
fare contemplates no east and no
west. no north and no south. Pride OF
locality is most commendable. but
patriotism is not sectional Political
~ we may divide as God gives US TO
see the right. but materially, social
" and economically we must be an
dependent.
War United Factions.
81 rejoice to recall that when the
great world war summoned our sons
to duty and to death. perhaps, there
was no question about geography.
The boys of the north dressed front
with the sons of the south. and all
went triumphantly forward to un
dying fame. never questioning the
origin or the environment. much less
the locality of their comrades. Upon
the messy rocks in the gloomy and
fateful forests of the Argonne are
commingled the blood of the plains
and of the metropolis. with that of
the boys of the great lakes and sons
from the land of the palmetto and tht
fragrant magnolia.
by cultivating the spirit of friend
Illness. by a recognition of interde-
pendence. the problems of life are
made much easier for all. There is
a growing tendency to look to gov
eminent for all remedies, forgetting
there are natural laws that will oper-
ate TO correct evils, if given a fair