The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-04-01
DIGEST" POLL 2 TO 1
FOR MELLON TAX PLAN
WINNING IN TEN GEOGRAPHI-
CAL DIVISIONS, IT RECEIVES
1,452,0O2 VOTES TO 641,e8o.

By a vote of more than 2 to l, and
with a majority in every one OF the
ten geographical sections of the coun-
try, the Mellon tax reduction plan has
won the approval of the 2,O93,982 per-
sons who voted in the tax poll con-
Quoted by The Literary Digest" The
total figures, which appeared i'll the
last issue of the publication, show
1,452,002 for the Mellon plan as against
641, $50 opposed-a 693 per cent ma
jority.
A summary of the vote shows that
even in the west north central states,
the heart of the radical" territory,
Including the Dakotas, the Mellon plan
won by vote of 204, 100 to 1892.
This was the smallest proportions ma
jority in any group. In the east north
central states, including Wisconsin
the vote stood 328,474 to 170,176.
Six to One in New England.
In the New England states the ma
iority favoring the Mellon plan was
6 to /. The total vote stood 141272
for as against 23,776 opposed. In the
Middle Atlantic states, comprising
New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania, a huge majority was rolled up
The vote stood 320,993 for one plan
and 62,873 opposed.A
Among individual states only one,
up to and including March II, showed
majority against the plan. That was
South Dakota, with OLA for and
9,283 opposed-a close margin. The
greatest majority for the plan IN any
single state was found in New Jersey,
44,414 votes favoring it and 5,725 OPP
posed, a proportion of more than /
| to l.
Record Straw Vote.
In commenting on the results the
editors point first to the TACT OF huge
vote The more than 100000 ballot
Represented a poll twice as large as any
ever gathered before, except in an OF
| fetal election. 1t was the most amb1-
tious STRAW vote" ever undertaken
and demonstrated the nationwide IN
terest in the matter OF tax reduction.
The huge vote is much mixed up
with superlatives, for it is connected
with the largest attempted reduction
| in national taxes ever presented IN a
congressional measure and touches, on
one side the hugest soldier bonus
ever proposed" continues The D1-
gest" editorially.
"The poll itself as we'll as various
sections of the country which 1t repre-
SCENTS, can be credited with some inter
esting variations. The first favorable
percentage reported six weeks age
was SIS. which fell steadily through
four succeeding reports to 68.7 loss
of IS points. During this time the
whole country was indeed cooling, tc
some extent, toward the Mellon plan
"Other plans were beng proposed
and put in competition with the ad
ministration's measure. The American
Legion, aroused by Mr.. Melons TIA
announcement that no real tax reduc
ton would Re possible if the soldiers
bonus were paid, marshaled nation
wide opposition. However, after
reaching a low-water mark some three
weeks ago the Mellon plan appears tc
have held its own, or even to have
come back some fractions of a point.
Percentages by Groups.
Percentages by groups showed the
New England states leading with 8t
per cent for the plan. The Middle
Atlantic states reported IS per cent ii
favor The majority in the west north
Central states stood at 81 per cent; III
the west south Central states at 62 pei
cent; in the Eastern group at 81 pei
cent The Pacific and the South At
lantic groups each approximated the
general average, showing % per cent
for the Mellon plan.