Show THE INCOME I 1 AX LAW LAV the dam democratic socratic party in hi its national polley la Is generally wrong but we sympathize with it ully fully in the spirit behind the income tax law it may be a faulty law it may need corrections but the principle that the rich moil manol of this country ought to pay a full ull proportion of the expenses of this government Is so correct that that never ought to ie he lost sight of neither the nor the regular resu lir scudle soldiers sol diera 3 are ever cabied out nut to protect the property of the poor it Is always the rich who adelea are in danger the rich expect protection and thy they ought to pay for that protection it Is noto notorious ilous too loo that the he rich erich never py pay their full pro rata of the taxes the burdens of the government are carried along generally by the middle class it if we may so speak that id 19 a man worth Is very liable halle to pay his tull full pro rata rala of the taxes levied the man worth 0 never does there are so many ways he can cover it up an and d then the amount he does pay Is so BO large that people accept at a glance the belief that he Is paying his full pro rata ram ot of the governments Govern monts expenses tho the income tax Is simply AL a slight tax on net profits it ought to be paid bald of course there are annoyances about lt it men dislike to have their books examined they dislike to give away the state stale of 0 their business by taking an oath of how much they have cleared during a year but when society was first firse organized that Is civilized society certain underlying principles lead had to be accepted one was that men to live in civilization must give up some primitive rights another was that to secure civilization civilisation the must have means to protect its citizens and that the agents sd in that work must have pay and the man who receives most whether it be from the tha mines or from owning the control ot of a railroad or having ha vine a corner on some great reat industry or in any other way Is the man who ousby to pay most for or the privilege of living under a civilized government and having that government protect mill him |