East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-29
HARDING OPPOSED
MEASURE TO TAX
BIG WAR PROFITS
Opposed Almost Every Move
Made With Aim of Reaching
Men Who Make Fortunes
During War.
BY WARD A. IRVINE

PORTLAND, Sept. 2g. - Senator
Hardingss. fidelity to the great cor.
porations of the country and to those
OF large incomes viii be exposed to the
1 people of oregon. among other things
by scores of speakers who are soon
TO go into every corner of the State,
Cox headquarters announced this
morning. The speakers will show that
the votes of the Ohio Senator were in
Variably cast against the excess profits
tax, against increasing the tax on war
profits, and against increasing the
taxes on those with incomes above
Sl,OOO,000 a year.
senator Harding's record of loyalty
TO the big corporations is one of the
most striking in the history of Amer
lean political life," is the statement of
DR.. +. I. Hedlund, Multnomah County
chairman. in telling of the plan to ex-
pose the Harding record. st leaves no
question as to whom Harding thinks
should bear the cost of government in
the United States. Our speakers will
tell the story of the Harding votes to-
the people of Oregon before Novem-
ber."
The story runs like this: An amend
ment was offered to the revenue bill
providing for the elimination of $780,
$4,000 in consumption taxes, taxes
collected from the whole public. the
deficit to be made up by increased II
taxes on war profits and on incomes in
excess of $4,000. Senator Harding u
voted against the amendment.
Another amendment provided for a
rs per cent tax on war profits. Hard
ing voted against 1t. II
Another provided for a 20 per cent II
tax on war profits. Harding voted
against it,
Another provided for a 65 per cent
tax on swar profits. Harding voted II
against it. Ill
Another provided for a so per cent
tax on war profits. Harding voted
against it,
Another provided for so per cent
AK on war profits. Harding voted
against it.
He voted against four amendments
that the tax on large COR
'oration incomes be increased.
He voted against raising the rate of
ak on the larger incomes, and voted
Igainst raising the rate to so per cent
IN incomes in excess of $1,0OO,000. III
Although Harding invariablys voted II
gainst increasing the taxes on war II
'rofits, and those of larger incomes, III
Individuals or corporations. he didn't II
want the farming and professional corr \
'orations to be exempted from income
axes. He voted against exemptins
hem. And he voted against giving
publicity to income tax returns and to t
'rofiteering. a
His attitude on the subject of tax /,
tion is defined in an address in the b
.enate on February 90, 1919. He said:
Il for one am speaking in opposi- :,
ion to the pending revenue bill be-
ause of the two hundred and twenty
tx millions of unfair, unjust, unrea-
enable and uncalled-for class tax upon
he great corporations of the land"
Speaking on the excess profits tax,
le said: iii
81 want to put into the record, Mr..
PRESIDENT, that this tax in the first III
lace is not necessary; that 1t is revo-
utionary; it is unfair; it is sectional
n character; it is distinctly class legis-
alton, and not designed but well in
lined to discourage success; and then.
a the last analysis, it is utterly i'm
to collect it along lines of
ust application"