EX-SENATOR HUSTING’S PROPHECY
| Must Recognize Equality Of Duty
(Concluded)
There is another thing shout this
There is a sense ef equity and justice
in all men. Jlen are willing to d<
their part if others are willing to d(
theirs. This country has seen a divi
sion—a small one, and I hope and be
lieve—on the part of some people
■who have been against this war. The}
are taking every opportunity they cur
to block this war. We have newspa
pers, we have societies and league!
and councils and things of that kind
/ that are looking for every opportuit;
to come in and stop or hamper or ham
string the activities of this governmen
in. the prosecution of this war.
know there are some of them talkin;
busily amongst the laboring men
amongst the wage-earners or the mei
who we might say are in less affluen
walks of life, who say that this is ;
millionaires war, this is a munitici
-makers war; that in this war' all thii
government cares about is to get tin
men in the field to fight; and they an
going to put the expense of this thin;
all in tlie sape of l>onds, so that thos<
who toil will, by the sweat of thei:
brow, mingled with the blood of thei
veins, have to stand the awful cost o
this war. That is what they say; anc
they are working ui>on people,tryinj
to prejudice them into the belief tha
this is a war, like most former wan
have been, where the wage-earner am
the man in the humble walks of lif<
has got to shed his blood and give hi!
sweat in the presecution of the war.
Now, that is not true; but the bes
way to prove that it is not true is no'
to expect the men who are going tc
war to have the money furnished tc
them by the people in the way of con
sumption taxes and other taxes leviei
upon the necessities of life. You an
burining the candle at both ends wher
you do that. You are making the man’s
living higher and you are piling u;
the costs upon his back. When some
body says th.at this means only put
ting this burden on the backs of pros
perity, I say that that is a fallaoj
When we bond ourselves we are put
ting it upon the backs of the men whe
are worfking today. They have got tc
pay the interest, and in less than one
generaiton at 5 percent you have paic
the whole debt; whereas if we get it ir
taxes or at least a substantial amouni
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of it in taxes, we are paying now, and
we are paying it as we go, and the
brawn of the Nation and the wealth
! of the Nation is doing each its part,
i So, if you do levy substantial taxes
' and light bonds the burden will be dis
tributed between those who can fight
and those who can pay.
I say it is not fair, it is not just,
it is not right, it is not wise, and it is
inot prudent to do otherwise. Let
those fight who can tight, and let
1 those pay who can pay. Let each man
1 do his bit in his own way. That is
' I good statesmanship as I take it. That
'' is good sence, fairness, and justice.
Preserve Credit For Rainy Day
1 say again that we ought to impose
' and levy all the taxes that we can, as
' long as it does not injure business
1 so long as it does not betray our effi
ciency or our prosperity. That is wha1
1 mean by not injuring business. There
1 is no argument as to the fairness of it
as to the justice of it, as to the wis
dom of it. It is a question of expedient
as to how far you cun go. I say you arc
not going to far when you let the
spring more than run over, more thar
bubble over, when you are just dipping
from below, where it does not effect
the source and does not diminish th‘
supply, and when you leave 50 per coni
or 20 per cent of excess and wat
profit# plus the profits that these en
terprises have always earned »nd
' against which our people complained
before the war because excessive P’iee?
were being charged and excess profits
made.
Remember that you are still giving
them those high profits before the war
plus 50 per cent or 54 per cent undei
the amendment of the Senator from
New Hampshire; you are not crippling
anybody, and you are laying away for
a rainy day the credit that you may
neod very badly before this war is over.
If you cut one billion off the top oi
the bond issue and put it on below be
tween them it reduces the discrepancy
by $2,000,000,000; but if, before tne year
is over, you are going to put on a bond
| issue of sixteen or seventeen billion
I dollars against three-billlon-do'i ,r tax
j bill, to the extent that you have failed
; to take the taxes that you shou.d have
taken and to the extent that you have
heaped it on top of the pile of bonds,
just so far you have cut down your
own credit. If this war lasts a couple
of years, the Lord knows that we shall
j need it.
Some people say that they must
have money to buy bonds that we are
going to issue at some time, and that
we should not take their money away
so that we may sell them bonds later.
Remember, however, that we cannot
force them to buy bonds. If they are
willing to pay taxes now, and only
pay them because they have to pay
them, then, when the government is in
its last extremity, if it should come that
far, as far as getting money is con
cerned, how will we get the money
unless we yield to the dictates of their
terms as to interest rates and pay their
price, as the government has had to
pay the price in former wars? Not only
that. Perhaps they will not buy our
bonds at all; and what then? Every
dictate of wisdom, prudence, justice,
fairness, and righteousness demands
that we got an adequate tax; that
the men who can afford to pay shall
pay an adequate amount of tax and
contribute an adequate amount to the
prosecution of this war.
The taxes that I think were just
and fair have been voted down; but
the amendment of the Senator from
New Hampshire (Mr. Hollis) certainly
ought to appeal, it seems to me, to
every Senator, because it is just and
fair.
Exoprionce of British Cited
It was said here that England started
with taking 50 per cent of the war
profits by way of tax. I think the re
sponse made by the Senator from Cal
ifornia (Mr. Johnson) was unanswer
able, that they have had three years of
\or profits, not a cent of which has
been taken. They have got that nest
egg. Besides the assurance of the ex
cess profits, three years of war profits
have not been touched, and yet we
talk about crippling them. We talk
about discourageing these money pat
riots, and insult thorn by saying that
if we do less than is fair from our own
standpoint, give them the benefit of
every doubt, resolve every doubt
against ourselves, they will quit and lie
down, and say, "Manufacture your own
ammunition, make your own guns; we
are thru with you. We refuse to fight
with our money. We refuse to support
our hoys across the sea with' money.
We are strong for the war, but not with
our money.”
I do not think that is good Ameri
canism. I want to reassert my confi
dence inthese men that they will not
do anything of the kind. Some of them
are trying to make the best bargain
they can: but If I understand their
sentiment, their idea in this war is that
I they are going to be good game sports
j men, as it were. They are going to
come across with what the country
asks them. They can not do any less
than that and remain good Americans.
They can do more by volunteering and
making it less difficult to get a good
! bill through.
! I sincerely hope this amendment, at
j least, will be adopted, and that we
lean go before ho people and defend the
bill. .Let no one here think that the
people are going to be offended, that
I the bill is going to be unpopular be
! cause it makes men pay what they
j justly ought to pay. There may be
j some unreasonable men that think it
J is unfair, but there Is a sense of fair
ness in the American people which
has evidenced itself in many ways and
at many times. They know about what
is right and what is fair; and I want
to say that I think that this idea of
higher taxes, instead of being unpopu
lar among the people, is only unpopu
lar in restricted circles I want o say
that its seeming unpopularity with the
! Senate is not reflected in the people at
; large, because while they are willing
| to pay the blood price, they want those
| able to stand it to pay the money price.
1 hope this amendment may he adopt
j ed, so that we can go before the people
l and point to this as a bill which con
| elusively establishes that Congress is
j setting out on the right track, that
i Congress is going o see that justice is
! done. It is going to encourage the peo
ple, it is going to encourage our armies
and our navies, to know their fellow
' citizens are willing to carry their part
of the burden during their absence.
We are just setting out now, just tak
ing the first steps In this war. We
ought to put our best foot forward
when we start this march, the length
I and the difficulties of which we do
not know. We should be sure that we
take the right step, and keep in step,
until we reach the victory at the other
end of the road.
How The Senate Voted
The vote on the Hollis amendment
stood as follow*;
For the amendment—24.
Ashurt
Kin
Beckham
Borah
Brady
Broussard
Gronna
Hollis
Husting
Johnson, Cal.
Johnson, S. Dak
Jones, Wash
Again se the
Brandegee
Calder
Chamberlain
Colt
Curtis
Dillingham
Pall
Fernald
Fletcher
France
Frel inghuysen
Gerry
Hale
Harding
11 itchcoek
James
Jones, N. Mex.
Kellog
Knox
Lewis
Lodge
McC umber
Martin
Nelson
New
NewLands
Overman
Page
Absent or
Bankhea/l
Culberson
Cummins
Gallinger
Goff
Gore
Hardwick
Hughes
Kendrick
Kenyon
Kirby
La Follette
McKellar
McNarry
Myers
Norris
Phelan
Sheppard
Thom? -on
Trammell
Vardaman
amendment —15.
Penrose
Pittman
Poindexter
Pomerene
Ransdell
Robinson
Saulsbury
Shafroth
Sherman
Shields
Simmons
Smith, Ga.
Smith, Md.
Smith. Mich.
Smith, S. C.
Smoot
Sterling
Stone
Sutherland
Swanson
Underwood
Wadsworth
Warren
Watson
Weeks
Willioms
Wolcott
not voting—17
McLean
Owen
Reed
Smith, Ariz.
Thomas
Tillman
Townsend
Walsh I
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“Spring’s Awakening,” Elizabeth Holden,
Fay Ross, Sarah Shields,
Helen Riggs, and Lilly Johnson.
“Over the Hills,” Alice Morris.
“Easter Day is Coming,” Robert Lyle,
Leslie and Lawrence Smith.
“My Redeemer Liveth.” Clifford Holden.
"I’m Glad I’m a Boy,” Walter Gawne.
“The Easter Chain,” Victoria Anderson,
Gladys Laiblin, Ericka Larson,
Ingeborg Stevenson, and Emma Nicola.
“Ressurection Day,” Dorothy Morris.
"Christ’s Ministry,” Barbara Haering.
“Jesus is Here,” Alvin Polet, Billy Chace
and Orwyn Riggs.
“I Think I Know,” Helen Anderson.
“The Pussy Willows,” Esther Freeding.
"Feeding the Multitude,” Enid Laiblin.
Sup’t. R. B. Julian.
Rev. C. H. Shank.
‘Piano Duet,” Lucile and Alison Adams.
“Christ, the Lord is Risen,” School.
“The Messengers,” Gwendolyn Riggs,
Joy Ross, Helen Grantham,
and Edna Wheeler.
“America,” Congregation,
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Warm and Cold Punches, and Fresl
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April 6th.
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the proposed Snake liver harbor are
now open for inspection, at the office
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for assessment work performed for
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items in our store at once.
Our country and nation first
Our own individual welfare nex\
Thorulf Lehmann
Candidate for City Clerk
E. W. BURROUGHS
Election April 2,
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