New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
The Burden Of Taxation on Profits
Is Too Great, According to
F.. F. Hutton

ourselves powerIess to prevent them
All of this is due to the fact th..
the great majority Of inteIljgen.
thinking Americans who unders.s,a
that the welfare Of the indiv;d,.1
is dependent on the good Of tbs
whole country lack organization
During the war there was ouicklv
shown the deep and fundament.,
patriotism which the country ms
sesses. We need it even more no,,
to face the problems of peace
ALI Labor Unionized
Every form of labor, includir,
the Potato Pee,ers' Union, has IT,
organization. They all pay a small
amount Of dues, which eventua,v
comes to the American Federation
of Labor. This is the biggest truss
in all the world, and every unbiased
observer must recognize it as sucb
What has the business man n.
day in the way Of representation al
Washington? Nothing.
There is no hope for any i'm.
provement until men get together
and perfect national organization
over and above the chambers of com.
merce in our various cities. an or.
.yanization which should be estah.
ished not only for New York CITY
but with branches in every city o,
size between here and California.
Th' need for such an organization
has been SO clearly demonstrated
hat there should be an instantane.
ous response. Like other big things
which have finally materialized, i,
has often been talked about in gen.
eral terms. The country has seen
the futility of sitting quietly by ir
the belief that laws which are plain.
ly against all precedents of our ma.
tional life will rct be passed simply
because Of that fact.
To Look After Business
"The organization should be
'tarted. The best business brains
or developing it should be EN-.
2loyed. They should be properly
compensated for services performed.
The business men of this community
-o-day-50,000 of them, represent
ng all branches of commerce
would gladly pay s10o per annum
iues to such an organization, ap.
proXimately s5,O0O,0O0 year.
Follow out that idea in every city
f size and Importance in the United
states. and the organization would
De powerful. The duties of these
bodies would be to look after tho
interests of business, to give co.
operation to business and to see
hat laws are enacted CT changed
20 meet business conditions. Ths
organizations representative wouli
be received at Washington in tbs
same manner as the Representatives
of the American Federation of La.
Dor are received. Their demands
would not be political in any way,
but Washington and our govern.
ment would be getting the services
of men Of ability whose suggestions
on given subjects would be very
valuable, and this would give the
country an opportunity to work out
its salvation on other lines that
other governments enjoy.
1--WE lack cooperation, and we
have always lacked it. With our
form of government big business
and big enterprises are construed
as menaces. The laws try to keep
Gown the Dig things and big Thoughts
and the government has in no way
given them cooperation or encour'
agement. This must be changed if
we are to exist as healthy nation.
Where would we have been during
the war without the United States
Steel Corporation or the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation? Although its
life had been sought for nine years
through legislation, the American
Shoe Machinery Company got q
clean bill of health and is now rec
ognized as legitimate child. With.
out it, during the war, we neyet
would have been able to give proper
footwear to our soldiers. This can
be said of many big industrial enter.
prises.
The Crippled Railroads
"Due to the existing drastic and
unreasonable laws, our railroads