Evening star., 1925-06-29

dorsement is given by the Nashville
Banner, with the thought that Mr..
Underwood both leads and interprets
the intelligent judgment of the South:
KNOWS that the South realizes as well
as does the North that the power to
tax is the power to destroy: and that
the private owners of property can
be destroyed through the power TO
tax"
The Alabama statesman, and he is
one of the few statesmen that we
have remarks the Saginaw News
courier, makes it plain that taxation
should be regarded as absolutely a
non-partisan question and that the
real proposition is to have wealth
bear its full share Of the burden of
government. That is to say, he be-
iieves high surtaxes drive capital from
investment"
''The Democrats are out-NIelloning
Mellon,' declares the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. Senator Harrison
wants taxes cut to the bone Senator
Glass favors 20 per cent rate as the
maximum surtax. Senator Underwood
has urged a reduction as low as Is per
cent. That main line Of division will
be between those who wish to increase
the normal exemption and those who
wish to cut down the surtaxes
Doubt as to the effect of Senator Un,
derwood's stand. however, is expressed
by the Asheville Times, which con.
tends there is small reason for be-
lieving that he will gain much sup
port within the ranks of his own par,
ty for his scheme of tax reduction"
referring to the low rate advocated By
the Alabama Senator. So also the
Syracuse Herald holds that "individ.
ual opinions cannot be accepted as 9.
switch of the Democratic opposition
in Congress TO the support of the Mel
lon surtaX policy"
IF the Democrats in Congress fail
to follow such of their number as
Underwood, preferring to join the So
called Progressives in a wild-goose
chase of trying to make the rich pay.
their action will be plainly political"
in the opinion of the New Haven Reg
lister, and the Manchester, N. H.
Union considers that Senator Under.
wood has put himself at the front of
a party movement that will keep his
colleagues occupied for some time to
come" The st. Joseph News Press.
however, says that the examples OF
Messrs. Underwood, Smoot, Mellon
and Glass should be kept steadily in
view, and irrelevant partisanship and
factionalism should be rigidly ex-
cluded.' On the other hand, the
Kalamazoo Gazette suggests that "the
new movement in the Democratic
ranks may result in actual cleavage
within the JefYersoniaa party on the
taxation issue" Another source of
trouble is feared by the Albany News,
which urges that since both Republi-
cans and Democrats are convinced
that higher surtaxes should be cut
down, efforts to obtain credit for these
reductions should be avoided
1t is observed by the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram that Senators Under
wood and Glass have been criticized
by Democrats for their position. but it
says in reply: THE South needs capi-
tai. Its representatives in Congress
should be the last to consent to any
thing that will hamper the free EN-
ployment of capital in productive en-.
terprise. The Democratic party,
which lergerly and distinctively is the
party OF the South, would do well to
follow Glass and Underwood upon
policy OF sound taxation for the pros
perity Of ALI" J.-.