The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-12-27
SUNDAY NIGHT MUSINGS
Bv C. T. RAWALT


can beat Coolidge if he divorce himself from the
support of his father n-law.
VERY many Gunnson County people will be sad
dened by reading Of the lonely death of good old VIM
Tanney of Somerset. Just how the grim reaper found
him will be known, but that it probably sud-
den and painless is probable Mr. Tanney a fine old
type eff western citizenship. To be acquainted with him
was to love and admire him. 1t his choice not
necessity that kept him in the hills They friends
of his as they to of the who came here
early and remained for pure of the country Many
who did not prosper here refused to leave how
much they could better their condition by doing.
LET coSSREss ;i;fss KNOW
THE He has
lodges There are Soo5 Of him wSo pay n
come taxes and ten times of him pay Federal
zation to camp the doorsteps of the Capitol and
0 m after his s There are farm bocs but there
Every y e Of bsar rader
the majority take what they want 'e S0ve '''''
~af e Of
an be cunt pRe e
load of the taxpayer.
At ess x E rsdy M is aSe
s ef s snE a%y the as
The vast majority demand these reductions Amer
leans have been patient under wartime burdens car
red FIVE years into The Mellon plan is the first
=, The taxpayer has no ali the -yearound lobby at
Su % at has ss s Oh re and has
ury all are dead Breaking up the massed the
The way do it is for the average citizen @ to-
make it his business # tired Of high
e fH yon s nte Hsed gs g change
him hi by letter ,I or telegram Ten him petition and
You sent him to Washington He is your represen-
tative Remind him of these things let him know
Junction Daily News eWsi ana LOOK TO him for itrand
plausbly presented unmtigated fasehood diluted with
small modicum of truth Read paragraph one and con
slider: How sweety the News editor carols about the
dear taxpayer Poor fellow he organized hence
f course he is to be represented by Mr. Mellon The
fact that the farm bloc organized expressly to repre-
sent that particular bunch of taxpayers appeal to
the editor who seeks to put tax reduction
measure How the able of special privilege de-
plores the fact that small minority sincere men are
fighting battle to the very death prevent Mellon
from putting over bill that will operate reduce the
taxes of the rich enormously and very slightly the
great majority From premise of falsehood he
reasons that all farmers should get in the collar
grasp the ready and indct to congressman
and senators boosting Secretary MELONS plan The fact
is that each should write his congressman oppose
to the last ditch Since cogitating the above
ceved letter from New York Company with whom we
have some business, which reads follows:
New York, Dec. Is, 1923.
Publisher Empire, Gunnison, Colorado
,,uuos. Dear sir-our clients, including some of TIE
party to endorse the Mellon Tax Reduction Plan as the
nest and most constructive idea before
ihey strongly suggest that this only made efec
i've by continuous front page publicity
All business Will be greatly helped and the resulting
pi'sper''y WI" De shared by all Yours Truly,
we wonder if the News editorial is not inspired by
something like this letter Note they say nothing but
the widest front page publicity put it over Well
indeed do the proteerng robbers know that unless
silly press leads the people to the slaughter thev cannot
put over so steal The Mellon bill is exactlv the
of what the people desire need They do
TAX reduction The reduction should come from taxes
pad by the poor and middle citizen Every cent
now taken from the opulen and wealthy should be left
where 1T is and some additional added At leas,
enough to pay the soldier bonus without evving one
on the aborng producing class Mellon knows that pc
well as any man but he desires have the taxes of the
rich reduced and the soldier bonus defeated Ou;te
dHerent story than when they promising verbiro
10 the soldiers on their return. If an indignant Deity
We're TO strike dead the hypocres are now and have
preyed on the public in the patriotism He would
destroy at the same blow nearly every rich man who
seeks to pass this Mellon taxation reducing hill pos;
oy La toilette, Norris Borah Reed and the balance of
the real Friends of the people may be able to defeat the
measure or at last amend it its pernicios 20.
lures are somewhat abated but is mabtv SIRE tbot
desperate effort is to be made debate the common moo
pie more '' Peo'
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