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The Washington times., 1922-10-08
Says He Was A.
founded When MELONS
Proposal To Reduce Tax
On Big Incomes Was
Adopted BY G. O. P.
Majority i'm Congress

Reserve Board il composed of
seven men and can act at once
and arbitrarily.
When I last saw q list Of the
members there were two bankers
(the law requires this), two law
yers. two professors and a news
paper man. There was not q
single representative Of q large
group. The farmers constitute
about 30 per cent Of the M
tion's population. This is the
largest group, the laboring men
constitute the second largest
group, while the third largest
group 10 made UP Of business men
who are not bankers Out a small
percentage Of the business men
are bankers).
The farmers, the laborers, and
the business men who are not
bankers, the three taken together,
constitute more than half OF the
population Of the nation, and
they are the ones upon whom the
rest Of the people live, and yet,
while the bankers had two rep
resentatives, the lawyers and the
professors each two, and the
newspapers one. none of the three
groups mentioned had a represen.
Stative.
The Washington times., 1922-10-08

by the way, Ia responsible for every
beneficial measure that has passed
tho Senate. succeeded in raising
tho maximum rate to 80 per cent
tho change was made in the provi-
sion repeating the excess profits
taxi.
In conference the two commit
tees agreed on q 40 per cent COM
promise-a rate of per cent
above the 80 per cent In the House
bill. and 10 per cent lower than
the 50 per cent rate in the Senate
bill. I should have said in the be-
ginning that Secretary Mellon and
President Harding stood back Of
the revenue bill as It was present.
ed to the House. and that both
Secretary Mellon and the President
indorsed the compromise measure;
the leaders Of the two Houses also
supported the compromise.
And yet. in spite Of this pressure,
ninety.three Republicans. nearly
all from the West, Joined with one
hundred and. six Democrats and
fixed the new rate on incomes at
50 per cent-10 per cent higher
than the conference compromise.
When before did 20 small . minor.
ity in the House ever secure the
aid Of 20 large q fraction Of the
majority and fix 20 important .
rate In Q revenue bill? I think
there ID NO parallel in all American
history.
Presidsnt Harding has had more
difficulty with his revenue bill than
any former President. and It was
due wholly to an inexcusable at
tempt to relieve profiteers and peo-
pie with large incomes At the ex-
pense Of the people with smaller
incomes.
The Washington times., 1922-10-08

lowed. China recognised the full
Independence" Of Korea
But tho powers OF Europe did
not care to see Port Arthur and
the Liaotung Peninsula In Japa-
nese hands, and q combination Of
Russia, France and Germany
brought enough pressure to bear
to force Japan to give 1t back to
China. At once Japan started the
diplomatic machinery to work, the
purpose being the isolation Of Rus
sia, the principal objector to the
Liaotung steal.
England, the United States.
Germany, France and Austria
were thoroughly In sympathy with
Japan when she declared war on
Russia. It was even suggested
that America should Join Japan in
the event Russia should prove too
powerful.
Again the japanese navy proved
its superiority. One after another
Russian fleets, each one more
powerful than the whole existing
japanese navy, were destroyed.
The result was that Japan was
given control Of Port Arthur and
the southern half Of the Island
OF Saghalien. and, like Germany
after the war with Austria, was
recognized as the dominant Ger.
man state, 80 was japan recog.
nized by Russia as the dominant
power In Asia.
IN CONTROL OF KOREA.
To that end Russia recognised
Japan's control OF Korea, with the
result that in 1910 the Korean
nation ceased to exist and an inde-
pendent people were forced under
japanese rule.
Every nation IN the world then
recognized that 10 deal with Asia
q v.s necessary 10 Zeal with -
The Washington times., 1922-10-08
What Kind Of Farmsrf

The farmers, however. had
influence enough to override
Secretary Melons protest and
secure the acceptance by the
House Of the Senate amendment
giving a farmer q place on the
board. Press dispatches say that
the President is looking for a man.
Unless the banking interests have
changed their attitude they will
try to secure the appointment Of
a man who will be nominally a
farmer, but actually a banker
possibly a banker who has fore
closed enough mortgages to give
him the ownership Of a number Of
farms.
The Democrats voted quite
unanimously for the farmer mem.
Der of the board. 1t would be well
also to have laboring man on the
board, since the laborers-the
second largest group-are directly
interested in the personnel Of the
board. And why not a representa-
tive Of the business men who are
not bankers-the men who borrow
money instead Of loaning II?
These three classes have repre-
sentatives in the Presidents Cabi.
net; we have a Secretary OF Agri-
culture. a Secretary of Labor, and
a Secretary Of Commerce. Why
not have on the Federal Reserve
Board q farmer who farms.
iaborer who labors. and a busines,
man who In not q banker7
This article has dealt largely
with the policies that have caused
the revolt among the farmers
the most formidable revolt among
them since the revolt IN the early
ninetiea other causes OF com.
pisint will be treated In future
articles
The Washington times., 1922-10-08

Ways and Means Committee actual
ly contained tho provision. and
all the reactionary Republicans
were back Of it-and II must not
be forgotten that the reactionary
leaders are in control Of the party
at Washington.
According to the tax records Of
last year. less than 5000 persons
paid a rate above 30 per cent
the number being something, over
4,700-but the reduction conferred
q benefit Of 10000. 900 on, this
small group with large incomes.
The bill, a. presented to the
The Washington times., 1922-10-08
By eraser sCHoRNHEIMER.

~ "hshCASAs CSAhoAs3NAhEAKuChs
"HE striking material parallel
Of Japan to Germany has
- been evidenced to a more
marked degree during the last
few years than ever before.
But the strange thing Is that
since the opening Of japan by
Commodore Perry, in 1902, this ma
ton has paralleled German his
tory In almost every way.
History repeats itself; but sci.
dom do we have both material
and historical parallels in nations
in the same historical period.
No doubt the cause for this lies
in the orientation Of the Japa.
nese government to meet the new
conditions after Perry's entry.
With nothing to work on except
the intelligence Of her leaders and
the great ethical code Of the
DusHluO, tlcI0 wan HotuiHk lOT
Japan to do but to model after
that which she believed to be the
best In the modern nations Of the
world.
STUDIED THE WEST.
The west was studied by thou.
sands of the most intelligent Jap
anese, with the result that Japan
realized the menace OF the west
to her very existence. As q
result, Japan was nodded into a
military nation on modern lines,
although on ancient lines she had
always been q military power.
The insular feature Of Japanis
geography was realized to the ex.
tent that q powerful navy rose
from almost nothing, patterned
after the great British service.
Although Japan developed her
navy along British lines, she neg
isctsd no opportunity OF inoor.
The Washington times., 1922-10-08
A Fine Imposed

In the first place, 1t tended to
restrain profiteering by Furnishing
the profiteer to the extent Of the
tax. 1t was a sort Of fine imposed,
through taxation. on those guilty
Of extorting from the public.
In the second place, It was the
easiest tax to pay. because it was
paid out Of excess profits or profits
which the profiteers should not
have collected.
I might add q third reason:
The Washington times., 1922-10-08

House, contained what was known
a. the retroactive clause. which
made these two items take effect
on the first Of January Of last
year. although the bill did not pass
until late in the year.
The Washington times., 1922-10-08

namely, that II was the only tar
that person could repeal (so
far as he himself was concerned
without the aid Of law. II any
one objected to the excess profit
tax. all he had to do was to cease
collecting excess profits. and then
he would have no tax to pay on
excess profits.
The Washington times., 1922-10-08
Revenue Law Passed By Re
publcans Last Year Has
Also Aroused A Nation
Wide Protest, Especially
Among Farmers and
.e" -"..
= Business Men

the new law, Il will not make ~
many Democratic votes as the
revenue law passed last year. An
eminent French economist. Bastist,
said that the chief virtue Of In
direct taxation was that under
1t the government could get the
most feathers off the goose with
the least squawking."
The Washington times., 1922-10-08
RYAN SAYS TARIFF WILL ELECT DEMOCRAT
Greed Protected Interests Shown By New Rate
MIR. Bryan'S Subjects

Other articles which wiz ap-
pear In Tho Sunday Washing.
ton Times are - follows:
H-Progressivism ~ Con-
servatism. ...
M-The Eighteenth Amend
mont and Its Enforcement.
Iv-Ship Subsidy and tho
Strikes.
The Washington times., 1922-10-08

divide II with the Government.
While the repeal Of the tax on
excess profits was utterly In
excusable, there was another re-
dhction which was. II possible.
more easily understood and ex-
planned: namely. the reduction Of
the tax on big incomes from a
maximum Of IS per cent to q
maximum Of 80 per cent.
When this was first proposed
by Secretary Mellon. It seemed so
astounding that I had no idea It
would ever be incorporated in a
bill, but the bill proposed by the
The Washington times., 1922-10-08
Republicans to Rescue

When the bill reached the Sen
ate, the agricultural bloc, which,
The Washington times., 1922-10-08
Taking It Off Rich.

In other words. II he would quit
stealing he would not have to
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-18

firm or corporation doing business in
the city and demand an exhibit of the
license.
The officer shall make a report to
the Mayor whether or not any person,
firm or corporation is doing business
other than that for which licenses
was obtained, and if so the offender
shall be proceeded against accord
ingly. The tax ON every license grant
ed for the unexpired portion of the
year shall be charged pro-rata, un-
less otherwise provided.
Section 2-All persons, firms or cor
porations prosecuting any business,
employment or occupation, not special
ly embraced in this ordinance, that re-
quires license under the law Of this
State, shall be required to take out a
city license and pay the amount of tax
imposed thereon by the State law for
such business, employment or occu-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-18
LICENSE LAW

An ordinance for imposing and col
Letting licenses within the City of
AleXGniri2. Va. fCr tho fiscal wear
commencing on the first dew of June
1000 oH3 ending on the 81 day Of
Nav, 1923.
BE it ordained by the City Coun-
eli of Alexandria. Va.
Section That no person. firm or
CORPORATION snail prosecute any bust
ness. cmrlovmcnt or oCcupation i'm
the CITY Of Alexandria during the wear
commencing on the lSt day of June
1922, and ending or the 31st day of
May 1922 for which a license is re-
CURED by This ordinance, without first
obtaining such license and paving tax
mroSnd thereon under the penalty
hcr"iuaftCr prescribed. And the CITY
Licenses required and the taxes I'M
posed thereon shall be rs follows:
2-Hot"l EeCpCr, the sum Of thirty
five ($35( dollars, when such hotel
rs as MANY rs ten rooms for rental o.
permanent or transient guests And in
addition e. Such So"ci2l tax of Thirty
five (&%5) dollars there shall he levied
an additional tax Of two (&2) dollars
on each room I'm excess Of ten rooms.
;f . ch1rre is made for It's use bv
transient or uorMauent guests. \ hotel
having loss than ten rooms for trauSi-
ont OPP permanent guests there shall
be evied t9v Of three fS3) dollars on
each room This license tax shall in
clUde the right 20 furnish meals for
lunch without paying additional tax.
&-RoopinE house. ae distinguished
from hotels mconin~ by term room
ing house. any huj'din~ or dwelling
house fitted M with beds. cots etc. for
rental or usc daily. weekly or monthly
there shall be q license tax of one (SD
dollar ON each bod on cot 20 the mum
her of twenty t20l beds o. cots. and
fifty (50) certS on each bod or cot
in excess Of twenty (2Ol.
On any house or building, other
than apartments. hotels, rOomin9
houses, managed for and furnished to
sublet 20 transient or permanent
guests. there shall be levied tax OF
three tS3) dollars for each room.
5-HOuse Of private entertainment
as defined by the law Of this State, the
sum of five ($5) dollars.
6.-CookShops. the sum of five (S5'
dollars. Eating houses ard dairy lunch
rooms. the sum Of fifteen l$l5) dol
larS, an3 seventv-five (75) cents adj
ditionol for each table used Cor &C
commodation Of guests, allowing sly
persons for each table.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-18

patton, under the penalty prescribed
for violation of this ordinance.
Section 3-ThiS act shall be in force
from and after its passage.
Passed the Common Council, April
Ord, 1922.
H. r. BURKE, President.
Passed the Board Of Aldermen April
11th, 1922,
+. F. MARBURY, President.
Approved April -, 1922.
JAS. NJ. DUNCAN, Mayor.
Teste-Daniel r. Stansbury, Clerk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-18

GREENE Entered into Eternal life
April nth. i'm hcr S9th wear, ANNE
APPLETON STORROW. wife &C
the late VIM. 6. Greene. of AleXcN-
dria, Va. and daughter of the lac
Colonel Samuel Appleton Stocrow.
and his wife. Elizabeth Hil Car
ter OF Farley. Va. Funeral servi-
cos from the residence Of nor son.
Or. Louis S Greene. 1925 Connec-
ticut Avenue Washington. d. c.,
Wednesday. April 10th ut p. m.
mtormont in IVY Hill cemetery
cole.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-18

Winchester-Fr that have been
burning for nearly a week in the
Blue Ridpe Mountains in Clarke and
Warren Counties, have been eytin-
guished by rains. Little on no effort
was made by mountain residents 20
put out the fire. saving st wa an an
nual occurrence. The flames, how
over. we're watched by property
owners. I'm The western section Of
Frederick County, where there is =
national forest. wardens enlisted the
cid Of scores Of mon and fought 4
fire for two days before surrounding
IL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-18

Woodrow Wilson. despite an in
creasing interest in national politics,
will not participate in the comin" on
qreesional elections. He viii remain
in Washington, Giving whatever adj
vice is possible. hut there will he no
campairnin@ on his part. even in The
form Of writing letters. He IS con-
tent. rs he has been since leavin" the
White House. to sit on the sidelnes
and watch the proceedings.
Mr. Wilson is taking far more in
terest in politics now than mt any time
since leavino tho White House. He
reads a great deal about developments.
He has definite views, but he is con-
tent for tho present to keen them 60
himself He is in constant fear Of
bcirp r1ierepresentod.
With az contepderS for tho Demo
cratic Presidential nomination twO
wears hence eoekino his support. Mr..
Wilson is said TO believe ne has 4 bet
ter chance Of preventing arv formido-
he break from so-catlcd "Wilsonism".
A policy Of neutrality. IN addition, will
toad 20 increase his STRENGTH when
the critical time comes in the affairs
Of the Democratic party.
Isaac Gregg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-18

Under the treaty signed between
Germany and Russia, Russia VIII be
admitted TO trade relations with Ger
many under conditions similar TO
those which the sieuatories to the
Versailles treaty enjoy under the
terms Of that pact and similar to
those which the United States enjoys
under the Treaty of Berlin. Russia
in the future, may trade with Ger
many on on equal basis with other
nations.
The reuomcing of pre-war claims
against each other bv Germany and
Russia is ut believed to he particu-
larly significant. Attaches Of the
German Embassy here said today that
while they did not know the extent o.
such claims they did not believe them
70 BE- largo. The supposition would
be, these attaches said, mat the claims
of one nation would be Just about Off
set by the claims OF the other.
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WASHINGTON DAYBY DAY
fContinued from Page One.)

Continued from Page One.)
delivering the message to the New
York Democracy. IL IS also under
stood that Tumul.y says in his letter
that he did not intend that the mes
sage from Mr.. Wilson should IN any
way be confused with the political as
pirations of any candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent and that if it had been known
that the message could SO have been
construed, he would not have delivered
it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-18

when you touch them with or drops
remover-used by millions OF people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-01
CHANCE SUGGESTED |FOR STATE HIGHWAY
New Route of Birmingham Montgomery Highway Pro- posed Via Avenue

It is understood that number of
 Ithe people of Jefferson county, espe-
 lcially citizens of Birmingham and Bessemer, have requested S R. Bat sson, state highway commissioner from this district, to use his in
 {1uence with the commission to To-
 lcate the Birmingham Montgomery lhighway is such a way as to avoid
 bringing this highway over Shades hnd Red mountains into Birmingham. II Those in favor of the movement IIcontend that when this road is paved Nall the way between the two prin- ffiple cities of Alabama. an enormous truck and passenger traffic will be ldeyeloped immediately. Travel up land down the mountain will be ex- rtremely hazardous, it is said. both to life and property.
 lL It is claimed that an almost level
 fhighway can be had out of Brming-
 iham via Avenue F. by Oxmoor. Park wood and Helena, interseeting the
 lfld Montgomery highway at Pelham.
 Pelham
 fi This route. 1t Is understood will be |tbout two miles shorter than the present route and will place Besse- 'lner within short distance of the Rdion will be reduced to a minimum. Z,lt is claimed, as Iae old abandoned HHight-of-way may be utilized most of !he distance
 Mir. Batson is said to favor this fEhange if the board of revenue will Tuarantec the state highway com 1 nission that it will maintain the l resent highway in good condition | erpetually
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-01

ing, riot duty, leadership and disci- pline. military history. administration and liaison. That is a lot of work 70 cram into three months, but We did
 not have afternoons off as the other classes, and by hard work We were able 10 complete the course on time. Of course, this is not q beginners course, but a course for prospective instructors and the students are sup posed to have had the subjects be-
 fore. The enlisted mems department was for specialists only, horseshoers. cooks, stable seargents saddlers, etc The course for the regular officer lasts nine months and at the begin
 ming he is issued three horses, re- mount that is q colt, a. school horse and jumper. The officers are
 taught the fine points in equation by taking the school horses. They learn to spring properly with their
 Jumpers and, in the mean time. teach
 what they learn to the remount. The euardsman is issued two horses,
 jumper and pistol and abre horse. lie has not the time to train a re-
 mount. The class in horsemanship was most enjoyed because cavalry ma. loves horses, loves to be around them and loves to riae. Besides, there was no burning of midnight oil
 to prepare for class. The first day out our instructor showed us the slide known as the Magazine canyon slide, and told us that, before we graduated, we would have to take that slide. We were looking at II from the bottom and it certainly did not look like q slide It looked like an oNerhanging cliff and was about zoo feet high. Several of us who were
 married immediately took out s3o00o each accident insurance. It turned when we managed to coax our
 mounts over the edge, they could
 not stop and argue about it.
 The trip to the bottom was short and snappy, with the instructor yell
 ing For the love of Mike, keep your legs back,' This was quite unneces-
 sary. as 1t was our only means of steering. reins being taboo.
 Proud of Record
 We are quite proud of the class record. The commandant gave us two days for graduation exercises. The
 first day was spent in outdoor ex- hibitions. In the morning was had q pistol competition and sabre com petition In the afternoon we pulled
 off an exhibition of the famous Mag
 azine canyon course. The next day we had our exhibition silent drill in tthe riding hall. al the end of which we received our certificates Tn the afternoon we left for our respective homes in 20 different states happy to be going home and sad to 5e leav- ing place of such wonderful CO., onerafiva spirit and heary good fei- lowship.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-01

 best. They evidently don't specialize Tn plump and pleasant garb along the Rue de La Paix. which is still an other reason why lot of US Ameri- cans should see America first; There's no reason, by the way. why Papa Joffre should not be thin as . reed very soon. In one day he was the center of attraction at a tree-p plant inG. three receptions a luncheon. a dinner, military review and theat- rieal performance.
 Daylight Saver
 But day in the life of a Joffre is nothing compared with that in the life of a daylight saver. For a week no train will go at any hour whice corresponds with your watch and a trip across New York state will be succession of putting the old time piece forward and Jerking it back in compliance with daylight or non- daylight rules in the various towns visited. Oh, we'll it takes your mind off your troubles. If the government would present watch and a set of railroad tickets to every bolshevik hereabouts there'tl be little radical ism left after the first week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-01
., JESSIE HENDERsoN
so~-iai Correspondent 0f The Age-Hera Copyright. 1922. by The Age -Heraldl

(CopyriEbt. 1929. by The Axe-Heraldl
 New York. April 30.-Truth is so much more entertaining than fiction, it's a wonder anyone reads anything but the newspapers. This week we have had the United States shipping, board captain of a transport who turned burglar. We have had the arlbedecked? countess who came over in the steerage. We have had a bridal kiss 2,500 feet above Broad way and Forty second street. And oh, a number of little things.
 After piloting American soldiers oxerseas between floating mines and Hun subs, Capt. Herbert J. Slabery could not stand a mere routine job after his ship was out of commission and the war over. Or else he couldn't get more routine job Anyway. he fell in with a sprightly gang of hold u1 mea who initiated him into their customs and sent him forth to earn an honest living. The captains first attempt was his last. For the gang faded on the approach of policeman and Slabery. dashing out of a cigar store with the contents of the cash till. dashed into the officers arms.
 While Slabery was being ques- toned by detectives, patrolman amazed those present by saluting the prisoner The patrolman. who had travelled across on Slabery's boat. could not believe the captain was really a hold-up gangster. This in- cidenx got under Slabery's skin and he explained the workings of his gang with conscientious thorough ness which has made it necessary for the authorities to shield him from the gangsters' vengeance They've tried all methods of clearing out the |yeggs. But to achieve that Apurpose