The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-15
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viii De some considerable tim" WIN
every effort before tho great WORK
cnn BE- cleared away
would simplify tho form ~ re-
turn. and mako 10 40 plain tha' 10"
ordinary liyman could uudcrei"nd
and interpret ll A. tho present tlm',
nobudv knows what ~ means. ne
treasury department had 90 PLAN,
eluplo form Of return WaA turned
er 20 experts and now "VctN N'"i5
In In a maka OF mlsundcTslnndlug
| would have a tax commission
Of At least % men. uonperllh'.n IN
character. appointed bv IA" pr""'
don't and confirmed by Tho senate.
would select thsm from the nhu"h
at large and from rcprea'h Nl'IV'
bitaiuosu cntorprin"s men 30 lar "a"
possiblo. familiar WIN the Ef'a.
hunnsfu Interests ~ the country ]
would nav, th, railroads reprcscni-
od, tho banks. boo farms tho ta'-
tors stock RAISING. mhgkcunr Trans
portation and every great "nitrpil'
~ far aA possible. tcprcaoutcd 10y
men who Wrr, familiar WIN hu'h
buainrta
fl would be- tho duty of ths com
mission to make an estimate oi th'
necessary amount FOR conducting ih'
affairs Of the government 10 mako
inquiry ne 10 the best and most Teas.
bio manner ~ raising M" money
the Icvying and collecting OF same,
and prepare and forward thiS To ih"
treasury department as a rcconW"n
dation 10 cUnRrcea. ! would put a'''
men In thH place and giyo ih"m I"nR
tenure Of office, and think mo
a A IA "a ~
the prceont system that all men
would wonder why We mad delayed
10 long in adopting It
The 2 nor cont tax on retail sales
would not increase the cost OF the
article To tho final conHumer. Let
me illustrate:
Tho producer Of tho raw matorial
must now pay income and excess
profits tax, tho trnnaportor paws
such tax, the manufacturer. tho
Wholesale man, and the jobhcr carh
pay income and excess profits tax
and when tho article iD sold TO tho
consumer, II carries In itB cost 20
him cvory penny or the tax whlch
has been asseased against II all along
the road. Nobody knowing Just what
his income and excess profits tax
viii be, owing to the uncertainty or
tho law and ita application. every
body adds what he thinks Will he the
tax and an equal amount AZ n mar
gin Of safety, and the whole In added
In tho price OF tho article 10 the
ultimate consumer, and instead of
paying tax of 2 per cent, the con
sumner pays u tax of 20, 30 or 90
per cent
Every citizen who enjoys the bcne-
fits and protection OF the laws,
should contribute to tho expense OF
tho government. and contribute his
just share. This ought not to be con
sidcred ~ burden, but ought to be
| gladly assumed as a duty OF cit
izenship.
I would continue the tax on patent
medicines. admission to theaters
| railroad tickets and the ex--so tax
quito largely as 1t now exists
would also make scent postage. be
cause that would be widely dis
tributed tax and would produce
| som eth ing like 81 80. 100000 per year
and having provided for the take,
above set forth, would see tina
they was promptly and regularl,
| paid. business once released from
| the nightmare of the present excess
| profits tax law would be untram'
meled. and would go forth with gian
strides for tho future. Unshacklet
and freed from the Incubus of this
| unscientific, uncertain and ill-con'
| sidered law, II would have an oper
| field for future success.
have no criticism to make OF oul
| government for the manner In which
| n attempted 10 raise the tax for it'
| Immediate necessity. The peril was
great, the money was instantly
needed and II had 10 bo collected 10y
| the government from the most acces
sihie sources, but now that the i'm
mediate danger has passed, calm
| judicial survey OF tho situation
should be made and "A tax laid alonl
business and scientific methods, ant
one which will create n revenue sui
| ficient for the needs of the govern
i ,nnnt and rniIr.a IN nInhl "a IA o.,