The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-05-26
CARY FAVORS
SALES TAX TO
WET BONUS
CONTINUED from First PageD


is made necessary for Inck Of ready
money on account OF taxation.
Former soldiers. like all others,
need opportunity TO work In any and
all lines OF employment and. TO con.
tinuously furnish this cnanCe cour-
age and capital should be given 10
industry. The load Of thYatl0n ought
TO be lightened. not Increased. Enter
prise has staggered undet this bur
den. II would not De difficult 10
break its back. These are not idle
words. They are a solemn warn.
ing.
Therefore do not hesitate TO say
that II and when there Is paid
bonus TO soldiers the amount should
be provided by a species OF taxation
which Ia universally distributed.
More than this. I think. in ar
cordance with principles already re-
ferred to, all taxes should be assessed
and collected IN proportion 10 bene.
fits derived and the ability TO pay.
Sales Tax Fairest.
THE fairest method OF taxation II
found I'm the sales tax, 50 called. 1t
is the most easily. cheaply. and Ger.
tain collected. 1t has been found in
other countries to be practicable,
satisfactory, and successful. Tho
tendency Is to make persons more
economical and saving.
THE sales tax IL Just because II
leaves TO everyone the opportunity
TO decide what the amount shall be
over and above actual necessity. II
Is less difficult to collect large
amounts and works less hardship to
honest people because II II so widely
distributed. A cent each TO twenty
men Ia twice as much a. 10 cents to
one man. Under the present income
tax laws the cost OF collection Ia un-
reasonably large and many who arc
able to pay escape.
For the good Of all the people az
net result sales tax 10 deslr-
able.
II verify believe with fair sales
tax business would he better, the
country would be more prosperous,
individual opportunity increased,
and every one made happier. Every
plan which IL just and applies in due
proportion to all the people, in hene-
fits or obligations Is likely to be the
most satisfactory and TO build up the
nation on sound and safe founda-
ton. Those who have read with
open and candid minds the many
very able articles on this subject
which have appeared In the news
papers must be convinced of the
logic and fairness OF this form of
taxation.
at is hardly necessary, II proper,
to refer to possible legislation reiat.
ing to the payment or cancellation OF
the sums due our country by toraiEn
nations. For the good OF both credi:
tor and debtor all honest debts should
be paid, II possible, though gen
erous and humane creditor will al
ways be liberal in extending tho GATE
of payment in times Of urgency,
Judge Gary's statement, in briet,
on farm and labor organizations, roll
lows:
Comedies Labor Right.
ITO permit labor associations or
farmer organizations to do, rs the
result OF combina ton, things that
are claimed to be beneficial to them
which are denied to Others is to
create classes, to favor some OF them
and to injure the whole body polite
1t tends to array class against class
and II adds to the cost of production,
And be Il remembered the general
purchasing public in the end must
pay the bills. | willingly admit as
to labor. toward which no one has
better intentions than l. that In tho
long past, as the result OF class eX'
lstence, 1t was not Justly treated,
Alao, know by experience ana
otherwise that the farmers, the most
essential element OF our national life,
have not uniformly received ADEQUATE
financial returns on their investment
and labor,
IF 1t Is necessary, in order to
protect workmen against imposi.
ton, to permit them to organize
into organizations and thus act col.
lectively let it be done under and
by virtue of the general laws, sub
ject in management to Govern.
mental investigation and super
vision and control against wrong,
oppression, snd violence. Let them
account, under direetihn OF the