Arizona state miner. [volume] (Wickenburg, Ariz.) 1919-1927, 1927-04-16
AND
DEMOCRATS ARE
NOT AG REEF
Grand Old Party Favors
Taxing of Necessities
Democrats Stand for Hon
est Competitive Tariff.
BY G. HUNTER OSBORNE,
Director of Publicity

coming to Lnese headquarters from
the middle-west, through newspaper
clippings and in other ways, are that
Republican Congressman returning to
their districts are saying to their
constituents in speeches and news
paper interviews that there is really
no issue between the Democratic and
Republican parties,' say statement
by Congressman VIM. A Oldfeld,
chairman of the Democratic National
Congressional Committee. "Some of
these congressman are saying that
there is no difference between the two
parties even on such questions as tax
alton and the tariff.
between the Democratic and Republ-
can parties as there was between
''There is as sharp difference today
Jefferson and Hamilton. Broadly
speaking, those who dictate the fiscal
policies of the present Republican ad-
ministration favor taxing necessities,
both in internal and tariff taxes. The
Democratic party stands today as it
has stood since Jefferson, for taxes to
be levied according to ability to pay.
This has been clear issue on every
tax proposal before congress since the
Republicans came back into power in
1921
Secretary Mellon dictates the fis-
cal policies of the administration. In
the tax reduction bills passed since
1921, his first and seemingly only con
Germ was to reduce the surtaXes. The
tax reduction bill of 1921 gave relief
to the rich, while taxpayers of mod
crate and small incomes got virtually
nothing 1t should be remembered
that in that year, when Secretary
Mellon wished to enormously reduce
the tax rates on incomes of $66,OO0
or more per year, he suggested to
the Ways and Means Committee the
Treasury loss this would entail could
be made up by increasing the doc
umentary stamp taxes on notes, deeds,
etc., by twO-cent tax on every bank
check, by increasing the postage rate
on first-class mail and by federal
license tax on automobiles. hese
would have added $300,000,000 an
nually to the tax burdens of the mass
es in order to relieve rich people of
surtaxes on big incomes. The demo
Gratis defeated every such effort, and
again in 1924 forced proportionate
tax reduction measure through con-
gress, instead Of the discriminatory
measure which Mellon and President
Coolidge favored If they had had
their way, only wealthy taxpayers
would have been relieved.
cit should also not be forgotten
that ever since 1919, when Republi-
cans gained control of Congress, the
Republican leaders have played poll
tics with the question of taxes. They
entirely disregarded President Will
sons urgent recommendation for i'm
mediate removal of unnecessary war
taxes with the close of the war and
forced the people to pay hundreds OF
millions of dollars in war taxes they
would not have had to pay it Pres1-
dent Wilson's recommendations had
been followed. And this year, the
country is paying nearly a half bill
lion dollars in unnecessary taxes be-
cause the Republican leaders prefer
red to postpone further reduction I'M
til 1928, national election year.
ION the tariff issue, the Democrat
ic party stands for an honestly COM
petitive tariff. The Republican party
stands for and writes tariff bills for
special nterests-indeed their rep
resentatives actually dictated several
schedules in the present Fordney
tariff act. Furthermore, this issue is
of vital interest to the farm question,
and is inextricably bound up with the
problem of farm relief. The Repub-
lican party forces the farmer to sell
his surplus products in a world mar
ket and to buy his supplies in high
ly protected market. The result has
been bankruptcy for hundreds OF
thousands of farmers. At the same
time, the Steel Corporation was able
to pay last year dividends of nearly
fifty per cent. The Democratic party
stands for a tariff just to the farmer
as to the Steel Corporation.
"And what of the issue of clear
elections and honesty in government
Democrats set the machinery IN mo-
ton that uncovered the gross cor
r1ntion in the Pennsylvania and IL
iinois primary elections. They start
ed and prosecuted the investigations
that disclosed the graft and cor
ruption in the oil leases made by
Secretary Fall to Doheny and Sin
clair. and in the Department OF JUS
tice and Veterans Bureau. Not one
sOld Guard Republican has ever RAISED
his voice to condemn this rottennes'
or even criticize those responsible 10
if President Coolidge has been oml
nously silent through it all, and in tn
Senate, odd Guard Republican lead
ers conducted a disgraceful filibuste
seeking to prevent further disclosure
in the Pennsylvania and Illinois pri
maries, or any other state.
"There are very vital differences be
tween the parties in their principles
and in practice there seems to be
striking difference in morals.
WILLIAMS in Grand Canyo
National Park from Bright Angel t
Grand View being paved at cost Q