Milford chronicle., 1922-02-17
THE BONUS AND TAXATION

WASHINGTON-"For the men who
served this nation in its time of need,
the American people entertain feelings
of deepest appreciation and gratitude, -
says the Republican Publicity Association
through its president, Hon. Jonathan
Bourne, Jr. 1.-The Republican party, as
the present authorized spokesman of the
American people, has endeavored to give
expression to that nation wide spirit. 1t
is true that for two years or more after
the armistice, there was manifest fail
ure to adequately care for those who
were injured or We're disabled through
diseases, but this was not due to lack
of sympathy or recognition of the obliga-
tion that rests upon the nation. The adj
ministration then in power was delinquent
in preparation for peace as it had been
in preparation for war and the return
ing soldiers found no proper provisions
for their care. Immediately upon taking
charge, of the administration of the Gov
ernment in 1921, the Republicans began
reorganization of soldier relief and re-
habilitation agencies and made larger
provision for hospitals and vocational
training. The need of all this should have
been readily apparent long before the war
was brought to a close and adequate hos
pital space should have been ready in
advance of return of the crippled and dis
abled.
with few exceptions, the returned
soldiers fully understand the actual sit
uation and know that delay in caring for
the injured was not an evidence of lack
of appreciation on the part of the people.
They know the record of the Democratic
administration for mismanagement from
beginningto end, and they do not hold the |
nation in general responsible.
In its endeavor to manifest its graft
tude toward the veterans, the Republican
administration does not believe in the
policy expressed by the well-known ad-
vertising slogan, Say it with flowers
So far as money can voice their aclnow-
Judgments, the American people are will
ing to Say it with dollars No one as
sumes, however, that the measure of our
gratitude can be expressed in dollars, or
that the veterans will so accept it. Such,
an assumption would be an insult not
only to the veterans but to all the peo-
pie. So-called bonus legislation, or 'ad-
justed compensation is not an attempt to
pay the veterans for their services-it is
an effort to render additional help to
those who need help in getting back to
when the nation has done all that it
can do. it will have fallen far short of
what it would like to do. In an under
taking of such large proportions, there
are limits determined my economic laws
beyond which the nation cannot go with
out reaction which would do the SOL
diers more harm than good. To pay ad-
justed compensation necessitates raising
enormous sums of money and the only
way to raise money is through taxation.
Taxation must eventually fall upon pro-
lucers and when taxation passes certain
limits, it becomes repressive of produc-
lion and Injuries the whole nation, the SOL
Hers among the rest. 1t would little prof
t returned soldier to be paid bonus
f the taxation measure destroyed the
profits of the industry in which he had
'een employed and eventually cut off {
more from his salary than he received in y
)onus. This is a feature of the problem
o which thoughtless and irresponsible
PEOPLE would give no heed, but which ma
ional legislators must keep constantly in
mind. n
Passing a bonus law means passing a II
ak law. Every man who supports a bo- I,
us must, if he is honest, also support a II
ak. The question before Congress today v
is not one Of patriotism or of o
ratitude, but the intensely practical p
ask of devising tax that will produce ii
evenue for a bonus without doing more ei
arm than good" ot
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