Show r Paying the War Debt The new revenue law reaches farther into American pocket pocket- books o ks than any other federal tax measure ever did We will pa pay y l faxes es in scores of ways on incomes profits tobacco and numer- numer ius other things And we will pay high We Ve cannot avoid it I it must necessarily follow such an expensive undertaking as was d our i participation in the world war But the victory won on the fields of France was worth th e I cost There is is no question of doubt but that th t the debt is ours And it is we who should pay it It may take more scrimping and saving to pay it But i it t f wont won't take the Sacrifice we asked of boys we sent over tover there i So lets let's dig down dONn our poc pockets ets and pay our debt the e debt we owe for the the war we fought to make the world a better bette r I l. l place in which to work and live i But we were speaking of the war far debt We Ve were referring to th the war paying taxes We were not asking for voluntary contributions con con- f to war war tax profiteers p And there are such and many They are the men who increase the price 2 cents because bec use they ar are e taxed an additional 0 per cent Th They y add the war tax and then a little more for good measure In other words they are the men who use the war tax as excuse to boost prices higher than the e added tax makes necessary I It is a pity that the Simmons Kitchin-Simmons law doesn't carry a club with which Uncle Sam himself might curb the war tax profiteers Wed We'd like to see them sWatted hard and often But there is another club and its it's in your hands That is your Dour privilege privilege lege to refrain from trading with war tax profiteers They'll stop when they see they're killing t illing the goose which laid th their ir golden e ems s. s |