South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-19
WIGGINTON SCORES
TAX LAWS IN TALK
BEFORE CREDIT MEN
Kalamazoo Man Principal
Speaker at Banquet of Local
Credit Association.

I Scoring the income and excess
profits tax laws as an unbeara Bile
/ burden on the industry, George r.
/ Wigginton. president of the Kala-
/ mazOO Loose Leaf Binder Co, Kaia-
mazoo. Mich. told more than 100
members Of the South Bend Associa-
I ton OF Credit Men. a branch Of the
national credit organization. assem-
held at the Hotel Mishawaka last
night. that these measures had rob
bed American industry OF its resiii-
ency, the one thing that afforded IL
an opportunity 70 continue in exist
ence.
y member Of the war board. where
his time was occupied in dealing with
the relationship between capital and
labor. Mr.. Wigginton made an eX-
tensive study OF the history OF in
I dustry and is intimately acquainted
with conditions at the capital. He
/ painted a vivid picture Of govern
ment in business and traced the
/ efforts Of the national government
/ 90 aid business from the time Of the
: revolution when monOpolies were
granted i'm many lines Of business
ana a tariff was virtually created
4 until the modern era when the PEN
I dulum began TO swing TIE other way
and the Sherman antitrust law. the
Adamson act and other measures
were written into the statute books
i'm the effort 20 prevent giant indus
tries from dominating the people OF
the nation
Business In Government.
Political government must cease
and economic government must re-
/ place it," declared the speaker.
sounding again the call for more
business in government and an ad-
/ ministration made up OF business
men who possess a knowledge of the
needs of business rather than legis
lators who travel to Washington
after they have demonstrated their
( incapability TO conduct enterprises
/ Of their own. we are 20 blame for
/ the men in congress and il is solely
up 90 US 10 see that we are ade-
quately represented there by a differ
ent type of law maker" said Wig
CLINTON.
Thar the national government will
assume more and more responsibility
for the conduct of industry in this
country as the time goes by is the
Kalamazoo mans opinion and he
holds that definite price fxation for
all principal commodities by a fed
eral commission is not far away.
Any man who buys anything be
low cost OF production from a habit
ually undertaking arm Is commit
tins crime against industry and -
as guilty as the man who steals from
a bank safe" was another startling
announcement OF the speaker
"Prott-a fair, legitimate one is
vital he added. concediug that there
had been much prohteering in the
years after the war.
Lauds Pinchot Nomination.
The domination Of Clifford Pinchot
/ as G o. p. candidate for governor or
Pennsylvania was lauded by the
speaker. who said it signifies ths
defeat Of "bossism" IN the United
States
AIR. Wigginton's plea for greater
morale in business echoed the mes
sage OF optimism delivered by Rev.
". ". Want. minister OF the First
Memorial church MiShawaka. ArH
f. speaker. who recommended the plac-
Ing OF the Bible and Bradstreet side
by side. TO the credit men present.
Rev. Want dealt in business funda-
mentals. declared tina, the destiny
or a community rests on the mora.e
Of its business men.
Music by Mrs Violet Shy Parks.
violinist. and Mrs Mary DooIitt,e
Grove. pianist, completed a progra m
presided over by Pres't j. c. Locke.
Mishawaka
Delegations OF several members
each from ElkhaIt Goshen. Iaporte.
! Plymouth and Michigan cities in
Guiding Niles. Dowagiac. 81. Joseph
and Buchanan. attended the session.
With a present net membership Of
153. indications are that the goal OF
81 viii soon be attained
a local delegation OF az least 25
| members 20 the national convention
y Indianapolis. June 10 Q. is con-
NFtntfv nredictpd.