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Show and Income taxes. So polities will not cut much of a figure in this particular part of the program. Certainly the men who are candidates for re election will bo very careful not to betray any desire to put the entire burden of taxation taxa-tion upon those who are least able to bear it. Quite the contrary. The most natural thing for them to do would be to go after the profiteers and tax them to the very limit. There may be a personally per-sonally owned senator or representative here and there who will attempt to legislate leg-islate so that those who have made illegitimate, gains out of the war may escape with the "swag," but if such legislators exist they will have to be extraordinarily clever if they succeed in any such purpose on the eve of election. elec-tion. The one thing certain at the present time is that prices are sureto go higher as the result of increased freight rates and tho levying of additional addi-tional taxes, but we cherish the hope that some means will be found to check the rapacity of those who are trying to get rich while others are dying for their country. MAY TAKE RECESS. Party leaders in congress have agreed that a recess shall be taken from the loth of June to the 1st of August, by which date it is expected the house ways and means committee will have the new revenue measure ready for consideration. It is thought the house will not consume more than ten days in debate before taking a vote, which is expected to be favorable. Then the house will take a thirty-.day recess while the senate wrestles with the revenue problem. We believe the' plan will work out all right, that the legislation legis-lation desired by the administration will be put through and the senators and representatives allowed some rest and relaxation while the work is progressing. progress-ing. Unless politics is injected into the debate the senate should be able to get through by the middle of September Septem-ber at the very latest. The members would then have six weeks left in which !o take part in the campaign before election day. According to all accounts the leaders lead-ers of both the great political parties in congress are agreed that the bulk of the revenue to be provided will come from excess profits, inheritance |