The St. Joseph observer., 1921-11-05
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without hiring constitutional lawyer
to interpret It; end IL there is any law
which goes on the statute books that
should have simplicity written on It's
face It is the law that goes with the
hand of taxation into every hamlet of
the land.
"There are one or two cases here
where / happen to understand what
your amendments mean. but IL 1 sat
down TO study out, with the law books
before me what I thought was tho in
depreciation OF the amendments you
have put into this bill It would take
mo from now until next spring TO do
the work. and IT would take anybody
else that long, except a man who has
been giving constant and continuous
study to it and who has made 1t the
sole study OF his life.
II think 1 can say without contra
dlction that what I say OF myself is
true Of you. have not found a man
on the finance committee. or a man
In the Senate. who can toll me what
all the clauses of this bill mean. or
what oil these changes mean. 1t has
been the story here every day. when
amendments to this bill came up and
members of the Senate have inquired
as to the meaning of them, that the
reply was that they would have TO get
their information from the experts of
the treasury department.
"I think the difficulties which rest
with you, not only in this bill but in
the Tariff bill which now slumbers
I'm the finance committee, are that
you do not want to be candid with the
American people. On the surface you
want to say that you are reducing
taxation. but behind the closed doors
you want to raise the taxation"
Pomcrene Wants Explanations
Following a colloquy between Sem
ator Underwood and Senator Penrose,
chairman of the finance committee.
Senator Pomerene (Dem., Ohio) made
this sapient and telling observation:
II have been greatly interested in
this little colloquy. The Senator from
Alabama, who is perhaps the leading
exponent of tariff legislation on the
Democratic side. excepting, OF course
and only, the senior Senator from
North Carolina (Mr. Simmons), has
said that the bill is so drawn that it
would take him until next spring TO
| understand 1t. The chairman of the
finance committee tolls us that the
explanations arc embalmed in trans
script of the stenographic notes taken
| before the committee. Neither the
chairman Of the finance committee
nor any other member Of the finance
committee on the other side Of the
chamber has attempted to explain
fully and in detail the mysteries of the
bill.
"If the Senator from Alabama is
not able to understand this bill am
at a loss to know why 1t should be
rushed through here and voted upon
without being discussed or explained
by the majority side In the chamber"
No Light Taxation for 25 Years
There is one Republican leader in
the Senate whose utterances on mat
ters of taxation indicate that he has
never been impressed by tho promise
of his party to reduce taxation, or that
he has been favorably impressed with
low estimates OF needed revenue.
Senator Reed smoot (Rep.. Utah)
has lost few opportunities II any to
impress upon the public that there
will not be and cannot be any ma
terial reduction in taxation. OF the
many statements he has made along
this line he has within the last week
added the following:
How are you going to materially
lessen taxation when for many years
we will be required to meet obllga-
tions of the government that will run
Into billions or dOllarsG
He then cited $4,000, 600, 900 as nee
essary to meet the interest on our OBJ
legations, to care for disabled soldiers
and the sinking fund. and added:
80 that anybody who thinks that
there is going to be light taxation IN
this nation for the next quarter of a
century must have his mind disabused
of such an idea. 1t cannot be realiz-
ed. and we might Just as well prepare
now a tax bill which will provide the
billions which we will have to raise
every year rather than to have any
mere temporary measure"
But some Of Senator Smoot's Re
publican colleagues and others in the
executive branch OF the government
go right on trying to fool the people
with the statement that the Republi.
can party will keep its campaign
pledge to reduce taxes.
Moses Calls Tax Bill "Iattered Rag
The surrender OF the Old Guard re