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Show ftyjl Bill WILSON SHOULD Hf Ijl ECONOMIZE H "i jlf llcprcscntatlvo Sloan of Nobraska H ij ij sounds tho popiilnv slogan, and again Bl l"! I coiiduinns the Wilson administration II out of their own mouths. Ho very t timely says-Kveryliody says-Kveryliody In tho Unitod States f, with a duo sunso of our conditions ' for the last sUteen months has hocn economizing. Hvcn horo In Washing- t' ton moro members and senators are bsuj dining at Chllds and fewer at tho H1 Kow Wllard than hnvo been for two 16 1 IIHTi, decades. tjfh The following Is an editorial from Ha the Ileatrlce Sun, tho leading Demo- i 1 cratlc paper of tho congressional dli Hl ', trict which I roprcsout: K i Our holoved country is at peace H i with tho world, yet It Is .proposed H' io Impose a war tax upon our H ' people, and, what Is worso, special B taxes upon husliicss, which has not H I vbeen as hrlslc as wo could wish. Ipfore the i;ovcinmcut Is fully com-i; mltted to that policy for Increasing its 'Incomo why not consider doing something to expenditures to mako them cottro down to speaking terms with income? In our Individual affairs when Income Is curtallod by bad crops, slow businoss, sickness, flro, storm or any causo whatovor, wo try to got nlont; without somo of tho things wo would have bought had tho Incomo been unimpaired. The summer vacation Is shortened or cut out altogether. Tho straw hat that saw Its best days a year rgo Is mado to servo. Tito old automo- bito 1b polished up and used another anoth-er season Instead of being traded In on tho newest creation. When his Income slacks up the prudent mnn tries to put the brakes on his expenditures. Tho gentleman with whom wo liavo Intrusted tho runnnlng of our government do not seem to apply tho samo principles to tho public's affairs that thoy would apply to their own. Why not try to mako appropriations meet incomo, part way at least, Instead of Imposing burdensome taxes upon tho people and upon business In peaceful times In order to got money for government govern-ment luxuries? To a man up a treo It looks ns though somo occwv omies might bo effected "nnd still tho White. House carpet not bo threadbare" Tho farmers, business men, nnd laborers of tho United States' aro not prepared to accept and aro making their protost felt against tho levying of war taxes In tlnio of peaco whon tho Treasury can bo replenished by the exerclso of tho reasonable economy econ-omy which the citizens of tho United States aro now observing, nut tho groat reason for levying this war tax In time ot peaco Is not to replenish replen-ish tho Treasury, but to enable tho banks to keep tho $75,000,000 now on doposlt. Chairmnn Underwood said this money was deposited to tho ox-tent ox-tent of $60,000,000 in the banks nt tho time his party came Into powor; nnd his party's administration has Increased that amount to $75,000,000. This Is a romarknblo utteranco In the light ot tho following plank In tho Ualtlmoro platform: Wo condemn the present methods of depositing government funds In a few favored banks, 'largely situated situ-ated In or controlled by Wall Street, In roturn for political favors, fa-vors, and wo plcdgo our party to provldo by law for their deposit by competitive bidding In tho banking Institutions of tho country, National Nation-al and Stato, without discrimination discrimina-tion as to locality upon approved securities subject to call by tho government. |