Show 0 GIVE OR TAKE Ii I i I The bond issue is inevitable Financiers Finan-ciers who opposed the war up to the last resort for fear of the financial loss i it might bring them are determined i that the people shall make that loss good I There were two ways to avoid a bond issue but the administration party has avoided them both there were two courses to pursue which would have rendered this bond business unnecessary unneces-sary Prompt invasion of Cuba with an aggressive campaign in the West Indies and a war revenue measure which would have placed the burdens of taxation upon the shoulders of those who ought because able to bear them I I But congress contains so many corporation j cor-poration agents so many men who represent the money lasses that any bill proposed for the purpose of taxing wealth its just proportion meets their persistent opposition Rather than be compelled to pay an income or corporation corpora-tion tax they would prefer an opportunity oppor-tunity to invest in government bonds i t They would rather make something out of this war than aid according to their means in Its prosecution It is1 I better to take than to give says the modrn statesman 1 II I i |