Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-08-25
(Poita Advertisement.)
Congressman Don1i11ick
TO THE PEOPLE OF OCONF'E.
Replies Criticisms and Stands ~ His Record Wake in Con-
gress While Servant Of People of The Thnd District

the Appropriation Acts of Congress.
The money must be raised by taxa
t.on OH the people. We are now,
since the war, owing a public debt
Z. lore than twenty-four billions c.
dollars, Oh which tho interest Day
ments alOnC are one billion dollars
each year. Eor the mex. fiscal year
Congress has aDDropri& .ons amount
Ing to more than Iiye billions Of dol
lars, which Is mOlr han three times
as much money as was ever appro-
priated In any one year by the Fed
eral Government before we entered
the war. To-day, just in two items
alone, we are appropriating as much
money as we did for all Of the activi-
ties Of the Government before we en-
tered the war, for we are now spend
Ing one billion dollars for interest
on the public debt, and nearly six
hundred millions Of dollars for pen
sions Of the Revolutionary War, the
Mexican War, thu Civil War, the
Spanish-American War, and for COM
pensation and pensions to the
wounded and disabled soldiers of the
World War, and to the dependents of
all those who were killed, or died of
disease, In the war. The people of
South Carolina, during the past year,
paid into the Federal Treasury twen-
ty-s1x millions, five hundred thousand
dollars in income taxes, which
amount Is more than Ave times the
amount Of the present State debt of
South Carolina, a debt which was
handed down to us from radical mis-
rule, from '68 to '76, and under
which we have been burdened for
more than forty years. Some people
who do not have an income Of more
than two thousand dollars may think
that they are exempted from Federal
taxation, and that all such taxes are
paid by the wealthy business and
professional men and the large cor
poratfons, but they must not fool
themselves, for every time you buy
package Of cigarettes, or a cigar,
or coca-cola-even when you buy
shoes, clothing, sack Of -four or a
SIDE or bacon, you pay tax into the
Federal Treasury. While on some
articles there are no special war
taxes, yet the manufacturer or pro-
ducer OF them has to pay his taxes
to the Federal Government, and he
includes these taxes in the cost of
the manufactured article Just the
same as he includes the cost Of the
raw material, the cost of labor and
the other expenses attached to his
business. With conditions as they
are, the country cannot only not
stand any increased burdens Of tax
alton, but we have got to try and
reduce appropriations, to relieve the
heavy burden that is NOW upon the
penp'H Mr. Don,inirk wna glnd to
say 'hnl mo Anlc1inan Legion OF
SoUth Carolina went on record
&sdIAAt mis- Ronu. nill, and further
stated tAat out d more than eight
thousand soldiers of the Third Con-
gresstonal District, only five had
written to him asking him to sup
port this bill. Mr.. Dominick, along
WITH the other six members of the
South Carolina delegation in Con
gress, voted against this bill. 1t is
an insult to the soldiers who we're in
the World War to attempt to com
pensate them for the service thew
rendered in dollars and cents, and
especially with the small pittance OF
f1ve or six hundred dollars, He stated
that he had discussed the matter on
every stump In his campaign, and
that Mr.. Bradley, his opponent, had
not yet mentioned it; that as Mr..
Bradley probably did not have time
IN his speeches to discuss 1t, he would
state for Mr.. Bradley in his own
time that Mr.. Bradley occupied the
same position as he (Mr. Dominick)
did On this question, because Mr..
Bradley had never criticised Mr
Dom1nick's vote upon the matter.
Mr.. Dominick stated that since his
first election, three years ago, Con-
greSS had been almost contipuous,v
IN session-so much so that he had
to spend on an average OF at least
ten months out Of every twelve in
Washington looking after the inter-
ests OF the people Of his District, and
consequently had not had the time.
nor the opportunity, to mingle at
nome with the people in his District
as he would like to; that he had
tried to be on the job; that there
were many in the audience who had
mad dealings with his office and who
could testify as to the prompt atten-
ton and the efficiency with which he
handled the matters in connection
with soldiers and their compensa ton,
insurance, and other matters taken
up with his office.
He closed by again thanking the
people for the confidence reposed in
him first by electing him, and by re-
electing him, to Congress. and stated
that IL they wanted the same kind
Of attention and efficient service for
the next two years, he would appre-
Ciate their SllOnOrt on the thfrty-nrat