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Show F PRESS PARAGRAPHS " -Th Income tmx ftmeodment Is crtti-clae4. crtti-clae4. . Hartford Tlm?: "Why U thl fc-heme urrd an vehoiintly? Simply bocmuae. with a law limiting th Income ta to Incomes of t&ooo a year or mor, prac-tlraJIv prac-tlraJIv th whol burden of pavlnff th lioo.uoo.ooo a yr will fall on th peopl ot eight states, of whih Connecticut la one. If It were not for this postUhillty of diverting ths wealth of tha country U. ,. t 111 I It In the older tatee of the union to the poi-kets of the people In atstea where ac-cumulatlona ac-cumulatlona are aa yet amaller. we alioiild hear nothing about any Income tax amendment to the constitution. Boston Transcript: "With Massachusetts Massachu-setts arrayt-d aaainst the amendment It la practically Impossible for It to succeed this year. There are, however, two or three southern legislatures, which will convene next year, whose votes will undoubtedly be favorable, so that so far aa any humao discernment la concerned the Income tax will be In the 'constitution 'constitu-tion within a year from now, whether ItMSMi-husetts votea for It or not." 1'tlca Press: "The state of Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, the scene and center of larwe education edu-cation and culture, as well aa of great Industries, hss determined not to ratify the proposed Income tax amendment. In so doing It has set a pretty good example for other, slates to follow. There are taxes enough in thle country now as It Is without resort to any new device which will levy tribute on every dollar which any eitlaen can earn." Philadelphia Press: "If the ten middle snd New Enalsnd etatee continue adverse ad-verse to the amendment Its chances of sdoptlon are .small, as five other states In the south and west hajre declared asalnet It.. The fact that these opposition opposi-tion states CSO be ressnned with end urged to reconsider Indefinitely promisee to keep the books open for several years before the fata at this amendment la absolutely ab-solutely decided." Nw Haven Hr.atfr: "It wa by a comm votfj that th MaMiat-hUsetta aMi- tt went aajainfft the Inname tax amend -merit. Vow. it It will atand by Jta jrunt tt ran (Wont the meaaur. ao far aa Ma-m. Ma-m. linnet u lu concerned and perhapa for ile whole country, no matter what the tower houae on- Recon hill haa done or may do. Connecticut ahourd he comlnc to the reecue he fore many weeka with a canclttatva blow afalnat tha propoaad auieadmenL Phnarlelphla l-edr: "It B a relief, though not a aurprlae, to be a Mured that Masutachilaetta atlll atanda by the constitution consti-tution and antnftt the mtsxu1ded tlnker-Irur tlnker-Irur ot the Income tax advoatea. There waa alarm when the I emncratlc, bouse, under tha prompt in of Oovernor FOaa, voted for the pronoaed amendment, but tha aenate haa one mora voiced the ao bar sentiment of the old cora moo wealth- Minneapolis Tribune: "If downward revision of tha tariff, aa demanded In parly platforms, la to prevail, the federal Kovemment tnuat aooner or later have ome additional aourre of revenue. It rooaa ajosr aa If tt tnltcht he. a eho.ee be tween fevleral Income and Inheritance taxes, or direct taxation apportioned emon the atatea according to population. Tt Is eanv to tmatfpe how unpopolar tbe tatter reaort would be. nienmona -rimee-mspatcri: "in these rlsys of centralisation, of concentration of inverntnent. no slate la wise which sdrts to the federal aovernment a rUrht which la property vested In the stale. In fact, the proposed amsndment UK-e-poeed to tbe spirit of the federal constitution." |