The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-21
TELLS HIS STAND
ZumwaIt Explains to Sixth Dis
trict What He Would Do.
Bonus, Universal Taxes, Sec
ton Representation, Platform.

! Goodland Kan, July Pin re-
cent speech here before a large audi
ence CIerin Zumwah, Republican
candidate for congress in the Sixth
district, said: I'VE must send men
to congress who will stand in deter
mined and vigorous manner for the
interests of the west. Too many men
feel that because they are Repubh-
! cans they must always cooperate
/ with the Republicans of Massachu-
sets and Penpsylvania and other
/ eastern states"
| Continuing he added: 1.-THE con-
| gressmen from the east represent
Wall street and the great corpora
tions. We must elect men who viii
! fight for the interests of the toileHs of
! the west even tho they may be COM
PEELED in many cases to engage in a
bitter fight with the men of their own
| party from the great eastern states.
! The fundamental purpose of congress
/ is representation. Men from the
west must represent the interests OF
| the west.
| Speaks for Bonus.
"Just after the war we gave billions
| to great corporations to compensate
| them for their losses but not dollar
for the soldier whose loss of time and
opportunity will cripple him for life.
/ If we can afford to compensate the
I rich corporations we can afford to
compensate the common citizen who
suffered an even greater loss.
THE total value of all farm prop
| erty in the United States is, according
| to the latest government estimate,
| seventy eight billions. All of this is
| taxed. The government has in the
/ last few years, issued tax free securi-
Public improvement bonds and pre-
ferred stocks. none OF which are
taxed, swell this amount until we can
safely say that one-third of the prop
erty of the United States is not taxed.
Idle Spender Is Hit
"As a result of this system two
| classes are rapidly being created;
workers who pay taxes and idle
| spenders who pay no taxes. The
workers not alone till the farms and
run the shops and stores but pay for
! our schools and our highways, while
idlers who pay no taxes send their
I children to the schools and drive their
I cars down the highways.
I'm one of the larger towns in nv
district the owner of an estate valued
at more than 100000 has invested
every cent in nOn-taxabIe securities
! and pays but little more than the tax
on his automobile. A poor mechanic
who lives about a block away pays
: 1924 on his home and shop. The poor
man paid a heavy paving tax but could
not afford a car.
| That Is Fair Example.
This is a fair example of the re-
The untaXable securities are swift
! ly passing into the hands of persons
4 who produce nothing: who do not
] work Since their property cannot be
/ taxed they favor all kinds of public
works.
Thus taxes increase while every
| year more persons invest in non-tax-
able securities and join the ranks of
the idle rich.
Our government issued Liberty
bonds in small denominations that
even the poor might help pay for the
war and that non-taxab BILE securities
might be distributed among the poor
as well as the rich. The worker, how
! ever, whether he be poor or well-to-do
cannot afford to hold interest bearing
securities. The Industrious man has
no liking for idle wealth. He must
keep his money as well as his en-
ployees at work.
Calls 1t Cold Storage.
''He cannot bear to put his cash
! into cold storage. The farmer and
the merchant must use all of their
/ money in their business therefore,
! they, in most cases, sold their bonds.
In this manner all of the nom
taxable securities rapidly are falling
| into the hands of the wealthy and idle.
To an extent unknown before the war
the poor worker is bearing the tax
| burden of the idle rich
THE only remedy is to tax all Sc
curities.''