San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29

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rowing ana ABOUT IaclHSS,
Jur.o,,oo&I,, tho onswer
anu Consequently viz e'A' ~
becomes more difficult every
1,4 - .o,,o
year. expenditure anu ie'o
nuo oro two divarpinp lines
Huo "ie WV
which grow further and 1urther apart
and French politicians, with simple
faith in a kind OF Einsteln theory In
finance. think that they will, in the
and ueet
A.. ocornu.
AT the emu Vi 'ne wal LILO
iative deficits OF France amounted 10
100 ,OOO,O 600 francs. Additional dct,
icits, piled up since the war, reahceo
the colossal figure OF l6O,OOO,oOo,VoV
and by the end Of this year another
thirteen milliards Will nave been adu'
ed. 1t is q national paradox that
people who, individually, are the most
frugal and saving in the world should,
I'm the aggregate be such an lmprov-
ident nation.
Every French household asINres TO
the end of each year. Every french
ministry lands the nation, at the emu
OF its time, IN an increased dellciehcs
IT, n.rl;oments and therefore in
d;,ootlr lie yo;n;sters are chosen Iy
tha rno:+ frraai neosontrv and bour-
sao;s;nand wortino ciass-to he
tvnd i anr cnuntry What il tbe
.YnIon at;on of tb;s ;ncons;stencvp
pa NS,, r1r mo snE~,D
DUN Line ~ Of '
1t is to be found in the very quail
Jty that makes them saving people.
They do not like parting with their
money and so they resist or put OIL
taxation with every artifice known to
their ingenious Gallo brains.
Britain and America Immediately
they entered the war imposed heavy
additional taxation on their people. 1t
reduced the amount of their indebted
ness and when the war was over II
was found easier to continue the high
taxation levied during the excitement
of war than it would have been to
impose it for the first time when the
national temperature had cooled down.
Both countries were mus eI"pieu no.
only to meet all current charges put ., 10
.oarot;a,, 81 daht
n,,r.Iy nave orr
nniiAiN Thho VH'
Britain has, by this means, already
reduced her war debt by hundreds oil
millions sterling. Taxation was NOT
reduced in our country until this had
been accomplished and permanent ar
rangements made for steady reduction
Of the debt by f5O,OOO,OOO year, pay
able out of annual taxation.
On the other hand, french MINIS
ters have taken the easy course OF re-
sorting almost exclusively to borrow
ing. During the war they found
, plausible excuse for putting OH the
unpleasantness OF imposing new taxes
in the fact that the richest province
OF France was IN enemy hands;
1t was essentially an unsound plea,
FOR the remaining provinces were con-
siderably enriched by the enormous
war expenditures In their areas.
France, having been deprived OF her
factories and workshops north OF the
Aisne. the workshops 81 the Douth
became all the buster and more pros
porous.
DEVASTATION EXCUSE.
When the war was over and the last
provinces were recovered, there was
further excuse in their devastation.
How could you impose fresh taxation
on these shell-plowed fields and these
ruined cities? The first duty Or
French craftsmanship was to repair
the devastation and then you could
tax. Under this pretext, the remain
ing nine-tenths of France was exempt
ed from taxation adequate to the ma
Until the day OF complete restora-