The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-11-17
SENATOR HEFLIN MAKES
A GREAT SPEECH

Alabama, is not at all backward in
coming forward when he gets the Re-
publicans in Congress in tight place.
When he spoke recently upon the
tax revision question, Mr.. Eei,in put
the matter up to the Republican sen
ators in strong and caustic manner,
as will be seen from these extracts
from his speech to which we yield
our editorial space:
"Mr. President, it seems that the
Republican majority is removing all
government taxes from the shoulders
of the big holding companies and the
privileged protiteers and unloading
it upon those least able to pay taxes
of any kind. Distribute the taxes
equally and justly. When you tax the
big concern in any way it is so small
that it is scarcely felt by it; but your
tax on the poor is heavy and burden
some. | am reminded of the fellow
who was selling rabbit hash. a gen
tleman purchased and tasted some OF
the hash and said, i do not taste
much rabbit in this hash How do you
make it?' The vendor of the hash re-
piled, Il make it out of horse flesh
and rabbit meat. His customer ask
ed, What proportion of horse flesh
and what proportion of rabbit meat
do you use?' He replied, 'Fifty-ffty.
We'll, what do YOU mean?' The ven
dor replied, One horse to one rabbit.
THAT is what the Republican ma
jority is doing today.
"You are going on the ifty-ffty
plaza tax burden the size of a
horse for the average man and a rab-
blt-slzed tax for the favored million
aire.
"Mr. President, a little earlier in
the day we saw this Republican sen
ate remove the tax from fine and
costly furs. Yes; you have taken the
taxes off of these line and coSly lux
uries. They are beautiful things; ]
love to look at them; they cost Il
heap of money, and very few people
can afford TO buy them. The cost OF
some of them runs into the thousands.
but the Republican majority has fin
ed 1t so that they can be bought now
tax free, while the common man out
on his farm who wants to buy an
auto truck to haul his produce to the
market and to carry on his work
about the farm is going to have col
iected from him taxes on auto trucks
while fine furs go tax free.
Il am reminded of story which
was told by Representative Hum
phrles, of Mississippi, about a negro
down in that state, which illustrates
Just the result to the masses of the
taxes which are 10 be imposed by this
bill. A northern man went down to
Mississippi and bought a farm. He
went over to talk to negro who lived
on part of the plantation about the
soil and its productivity. He said. Tn
Gle, understand you make fine crops
here tn. negro SAID, Yes, sir: do.
but d" ducks get it, The northern
man said, The what The negro re.
peated, De ducks gec II all 'Whv,'
the nortnern man Sa !, the gentle
man from whom | bought this land
never tod me anything about any
ducks eating up n" CROP. But the
negro repeated, DE dlc!,s get it,. The
northern man said, i viii 70 back to
see the man of whom DIr:ha scd the
farm He went back, and he asked
What about that plsce YOU sold me-?
The negro says that the ducks eat the
crops. Why the man saiG,I never
heard of any ducks being there. VIII
go with you over and see about it,
Ihe former owner of the place asked
the negro, What about the ducks cat
ing the crops | never saw a duck
here The negro said, We'll, YES,
sab; you know when I 90 up there to
settle my accounts you say, the cot
ton has come to so much. but Won
bought Sl25 worth of sugar and Won
say, i de duck that you say, You
bought $500 worth of meat and dc
duck that; you bought coffee; YOU
bought flour; you bought clothes.
shoes, hats and all and each time Won
says i de duck that SO when we get
through with it it Just about evens un.
ana Just tell them de ducks got it.
That is exactly what Republican
senators are doing in the pending
Dlll-'de ducks are going to get what
the little fellow has got. The man with
but little working capital the man of
moderate means, the common man.
VINO requires necessities upon which
TO live, is gong to pay the tax; and
When ne gets through with it under
the Republican administration de
ducks will have pot II au,u