The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-06-05

lection of the many and results in OPP
portunity for a few of the people to
produce and sell at. advanced prices
and compels the mass OF the people
to purchase at higher prices their
necessities.
In these after-war conditions the
American production of manufactures
and raw materials. and especially the
output of the farms are in excess of
our ow inability to consume.
In order to keep our cultivated
lands in use, our factories in full and
tinually and profitahly employed, we
must market these great SURPRISES,
especially of agricultural products, 10
citizens or other nations.
unless we are in position to buy
from them unfettered BY tariff re-
strictions, they can not and Will NOT
buy from us.
support Remedies
Il urge the citizens of our state and
all other states of our common aoun-
try, to avoid support of the specious
tariff remedies of republican propa-
gandists, which are at best but plas-
ters on temporary aches and result IN
permanently debiltating our business
and commerce.
This is time of stress and recon
struction following upon and caused
solely by World war Each of us
have our consequent, individual, daily
troubles and worries. On account OF
these let us not, in the tangle OF
present personal details, lose our Wis
ion of the great future fundamentals
of world trade, necessary to all.
LET us follow carefully and thought
fully the leadership of democratic
principles that will gradually, through
tariff adjustments, bring needed rev
Id mt ton RI
American industry and finally permit
through reciprocal understandings
with our world neighbors, expanding
business between them and us.
I'VE have grown too big to live
commercially to ourselves. If we
prosper, they, as we, must be emp Dyed
If they would buy our present and flu
ture great surplus of raw materials
we must, in turn, buy of them.
Taxes
"The present transition period from
war to peace creates much of annoy
ance and costs to all citizens.
"Under such conditions, we are apt
to act on present impulse and without
due consideration for future results
The question of taxes is one that
often brings irritation and sometimes
thoughtless criticism and action.
"All of our people should give care
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facts:
..The operation of our government,
state, county and city, for the prote' :
ton of each of US, can only be main
tanned as we individually in just pro-
portion as we have of earning, con-
tribute. through taxes, to its support.
.sCrime and oppression, when pos
sible, should be prevented. but must
be controlled and punished.
"The weak In body, mind and SOU
must be aided, directed, segregated
otherwise, they increase crime. Its
costs and wastes and multiply from
generation to generation.
Education
''Education must be maintained and
spread so as TO reach all citizens. oth-
erwise the uniformed are unable TO
intelligently act for themselves and
through their ignorant undertakings
burden and menace
themselves and others.
Means of communication and trans
portation which are necessary to the
spread of education and information
and the exchange of business must be
maintained and largely Increased, Our
roads and waterways must be devel-
oped to insure decreased costs and In
creased volume to our production from
farm and factory.
.Savages say, Let the weak die
The sooner the better; the race II
stronger by their going" Christ said
pity the helpless" (,
Our institutions to control, i'm
prove and strengthen the maynard, tbs
blind. the deaf, the dumb, the feeble
minded. those sick in mind and heart
must be maintained and broadened In
order to help these unfortunates and
for our own protection.
"An these and many others are ouI
Individual liabilities and through oul
common government, each of US mus
discharge his proper and just proper
ton.
"All cost money, which must be
raised through contributions which VIZ
levy upon ourselves and call taxes.
Not Liberal
1--WE in Alabama have not been es-
pecially liberal in naming our con-
tributions. In fact for every 81 o.
value which we own, under our pres
ent state tax rate of 25 cents on 81
per cent of value, we contribute but
Is cents, This is less than one hall
the average amount contributed tt
state taxes by five southern states, In.
GLIDING Georgia. Tennessee and Flor.
ida and one-quarter legs than the low.
est. Our tax is not high, but very low
Our attention should be directed tc
practical effort towards, not reducing
taxes, but sequalizing the present con.
tributions on just basis to each in
dividual and industry and to seeing
that those who we select from time
to time as our officials intelligently
and efficiently spend the moderate
contributions we are making in order
best to discharge our common liabill,
ties. ~
Alabama must not take any back.
ward step but must insist upon con.
servatively progressing. We must no
be diverted by temporary growing
pains or the clamor of the selfish OF
uniformed and must see to ii thai
those we select for office, are mo-
politically near-sighted. and see only
their gym immediate interests.
y Americanism
The passing of a World war, cover.
ing four years of strife and destruction
and two years of waiting and mac
tivity, has, left in it's wake DESTROYED
customs. demolished purposes, un
charted conditions and great uncer
tainties.
The employment and business, O
each and all of us citizens of ou
great country, il 1t is to be continued
must necessarily be on new bases
carefully worked out through mutua
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