The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-13
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.u,bority TO that OF state and mu-
.icinality and including tho smallest
nnlitical subdivision, constitute tho
,,os, dangerous phase Of govern
nsnt today. The nation cannot re-
.,ain except in its own activities.
w, II can be cXemplar in a whole
some reversal
'sThe staggering load Of war debt
y,gst be cared for In orderly fund
,ng and gradual liquidation. We
.b,il hasten to the solution and aid
Effectively in lifting the tax burdens
a. We strike rcsolutely at oNpendi-
ture.
Two Ways to Cut Expenses.
"Our current expenditures arc
,,,,ninr az the rate of approximately
s 200 0O0, 900 a year and the burden
60 urbearablo. There are two agen-
s,ss 10 be employed In correction;
n,a is a rigid resistance I'm appro-
raaiior and the other Is the utmost
soonony in administration. Let us
h,ye both. have already charged
Senartmeut heads with this neccs-
.,v am sure congress Will agree.
and both congress and the admins
,,ation may safely count on the sup
mort Of all right minded citizens, bc.
sause the burden Is theirs.
The estimate OF receipts and eX-
,,ndturcs and the statements as to
,te condition of tho treasury which
Se secretary OF the treasury Is pre-
pared 10 present to you Will indi-
eoto what revenue must be provided
,n order to carry on tho govern
renrs business and meet its cur
rcrt requirements and fixed debt
charges. Unless there are striking
cuts In the important fields Of OK
pendturc. receipts from internal
taxes cannot safely be permitted 10
,all below $4,000 100000 in the fis-
,lI years 1929 and 1923. This would
mean total internal tax collections Of
shout one billion less than in 1920
and one half billion less than in
1871.
Relief Must BE Internal.
"Thc most substantial relief
from the tax burden must come
for the present from the rcadjust-
mcnt Of internal taxes. and the re-
vision or repeal of those taxes
shich have become unproductivc
and are 80 artificial and BURDEN
some rs To defeat their own pur-
pose. 4 prompt and thorough -go-
ing revision OF the internal tax
laws, made with due regard to the
protection of the revenues, H., I'm
my Judgment. a requisite to the re-
uyal Of business activity I'm this
country. II Is earnestly hoped.
therefore that the congress Will
be able To enact without delay a
revision of the revenue laws and
...lg
are necessary to protect American
trade and industry.
1T Is OF less concern whether In
ternal taxation or tariff revision
shall como first than has been pop
ularly imagined, because we must
do both but the practical course for
earlier accomplishment will suggest
Itself to the congress. We are COM
nitted to the repeal OF the excess
profits tax and tho abolition OF
incquitios and unjustifiable exas'
pcrations in the present system.
Prosper America First"
'"rhe country does not expect and
will not approve a shifting of
burdens. II is more interested in
viping out the necessity for impos-
ing them and eliminating confusion
and cost in tho collection.
THE urgency Tor an instant tariff
enactment, emergency in character
. and understood by our people that II
is for the emergency only, cannot be
y Zoo much emphasized. I believe in
y The protection of American industry
and Il is our purpose to prosper
America first. The privileges Of the
American market to the foreign pro-
ducer arc offered too cheaply today
and the effect upon much of our
productivity is the destruction Of our
sef reliance, which is the fOunda-
ton Of the independence and good
fortune Of our people.
Worlds Best Market Handicapped.
Moreover, imports should pay
their share of our cost OF govern
ment-today American agriculture is
menaced and it's products are down
pre.war normal. yet we are on
Rnsering our fundamental industry
through the high cost Of transporta-
non from farm TO market and
through the influx OF foreign farm
products because we offer. essen
tally unprotected, the bost market
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