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Show ' SEEN SEENand SNard [ [ and HEARD HEARDaround H EARDX EARDXNATIONAL SNardCAPITAL around the we y fJJY ' NATIONAL CAPITALS CAP CAPITAL II At ' t- t - tBy NATIONAL3 , Field Feld F FeldFAMOUS eld t , . FAMOUS By /3 3 / , y WASHINGTON Carter CORRESPONDENT / ? . . , Washington-Federal Washington Federal Washingtonreder'll Washington -reder'll reder'll rederll - ' taxes ta\.es ta.es ta .es es takes \ . are arenow arenow renow _ now running runnln at the rate of $8000 8000 $8000OOOOOO 8000OOOOOO $ S000 , thev they thevwIll theywill thevwill 000,000 000000 , a n year ye'lr yelr ye'tr yetr ' ' , , \ with Hh assurance Increased lsed some bome at this seaSion ses sea sesslon sesslon wIll be Incrc < , , slon Sion of congl congiess ecs ess ; , more to follow.State followState tollow follow . . State and local t'l'tes tltes trees fi ' ' es are running runningat runningat at the rite r'lte rlte ' of about 5) 5 I ) 000,000 000000 , 000a 000 000a 000s a year . So tint th'lt thlt that ' the present tax ta"C taC tae " bur bur- burden burden . - den dw of the United States Is about$17,000,000000 about17000000000 about $17.000,000 17.000000 17000000 $17,000,000000 17000000000 $ . , , , , 000 a n year ye.Jr yeJr . , , with a n cer certalnty certalnty certainty talnty tint OI'1t OI1t that ' It will w111 sv111 be larger 1'lrger 1lrger ' beforeIt before beforeIt beforeIt It Is smaller IThe IThe I IThe The Domes fiJUles fidutes , not the prophecyhave prophecy , compiled complied by experts of ofthe ofthe ofthe ha\ ha line hae \ e a been the Department of Commerce Thevhave Thev They Thevha"e Theyhave ha\"e ha "e e have \ " not been put la In the form of a afinIshed afinished afinished finIshed icport eport report 1 as yet , but the gifatof glbt gist glbtof gistof of them has been passed along nlong tothe to tothe tothe the Ticisury Treasury TIC ISury department dppartment officialsand officials officialsand officialsand and ' administration 'ldmlnlstratlon ldmlnlstratlon iclminfstratlon leaders lenders on Cap Cap- CapItol Capitol . - itol tol ! mil rrIIJ Hill now working "orkmg orkmg " on the pres Ares present Aresent present ent taproblem tax ta\ ta tat \ . problem'the problem problemThe The 'the ' 1 he startling st'lrtllng stlrtllng stsrtling ' fact Is that this thismales thismakes thismakes males makes , tlie the average a\erage a erage \ tat ta't tae ' : for every everym'ln everyman everymin m'ln mln man ' , woman Homan \ om'ln omln ' and child chlId In the Unit Unit- United United . - ed cd states W4 1134 c134 : ; a yeir ye'lr yelr yesr ' But llut thiscounts this thiscounts counts people on relief , dependents dependentswhose dependentswhose dependentswhose whose relath relatives es ire 1re ' too proud tolet to tolet let them thetn go on relief , and anum anumbel a num numbei numbei bel bei of other classes which pay farbelow far farbelow farbelow below their fi\ fi nv \ average fieruge eruge erage of taxesEs tax taxes taxesEven < > s Even Es ' en tlie the folks on relief paysome p'lY plY p'lYsome plysome ' some t'l tl ta\es ta es tixes ' \ ' : es , , of course , , as for In Inst'1nce instance Instance st'1nce st1nce stance ' , , the federal tit tax t'l tl ' ' : of six centsa cents a package p.1cb.age p1cb.age p1cbage . . on clarettes cI cigarettes , ; arettes , , . perhaps perh1ps a alittle alittle alittle little liquor l1quor tax now and then , , oreven or oreven oreven even occasionally occaslon'1lIy occaslon1lIy ' the ten cents apath a ap'lc1 apick p'lc1 plc1 path ' . on playing cards cardsBut cardsBut cardsBut But when "hen hen " it Is considered that 20- 20 20000 60-000000 60 000000 O- O O000 , - , , - - 000 000 people , roughly , are arc on re re- relief re relief . - lief , and that most of them tllCm con- con contribute con contribute . - tribute very little lItte ] In the way of oftaxes oftaxes ottaxes taxes , , the average of or $134 134 $ ' ? 134 per per per- person person . - son should be marked up consider consider- considerabivfir considerably . - abv-f1r abv f1r abiv-fir abiv fir ably ] - fir more than the very heav heavy heavytales heavytaxes , " ta tales " , = es paid by the rich would pull pulldown pulldown pulldown down the avenge average paid by the middie mid midde middie de die ] class chss folksThere folksThere folks folksThere There is no scientific " , way ay of com com- computing computing . - puting putlng this , but probably prob'lbly problbly ' the aver aver- average aver.age average . - . age paid by each member of theself the theself theself self supporting family hmny fimlly Is ! s not fu fir fufrom faifrom firfrom from 0:200 0200 5200 ; : 200 a year ye1r Which meane means meansthat mean'that meanthat ; ' that father contributes an average averageof averageof averagof ( of sometliing something like m.e me . $300 300 $ ; : OO to $1000 1000 $1 1 $ 000 intaxes Irtaxes In Inta ta taxes ' : es , , whether he kno knows knots " , s It or not notof , of which his Income tat tae ta " ' { Is a ver very verysma verysmall ; sma small ] fraction frnchon Indeed unless 'l l fi ' 'lther's father's fathers fither's ther's thers ' Income goes well up In thsurtaxes the thesurtaes thesurtaxes ( surta\es surta es surtaxes : \ In which case of com course couisehe se , he will till " , II ! be paving p1vlng a good deal more moreWhat moreWhat What Smith Hit At AtThat AtThat That Th1t is the sort of thing . Al .AI AI Smith Smithw Smittwas w " 1S as hitting at In his liberty I iberty lea lea6ue lea6uespeech , u uspeech ufspeech e speech , , when he said s'lld slld ' that It wax waxno , wasno .a a . : . no use thinking tbmklng of paving paying pa ) Ing this tbls bill billfor billfor bllfor for goveinmental governmental go , el nmental e expenditures pendltures ' < by byt'1xn bytaxing t ttaxing t'1xn t1xn taxing ' [ tlie the rich because tlie the nch rich richsimply nchsImply nclsimply sImply did not have h'l\e h'l hl e ' \ that muchInteret muchInteret much muchInterest Interest Interet . , ' rates r'ltes rltes rites ' plav play an Impm important importantpart Impoitanpart tant tantpart part In this redistribution 'redistribution ' ' of ofhealth owealth health ' \ e1lth ' ' prngiam prog13m program , which sshlcb \ hlcb Is going onas on onas 01as as suicly smely surely as though the admmstrn administra administration admmstrntlon administratlon [ tlon tion at Washington Washm6ton and nnd for th'lt thlt th'ltmatter thi thimatter thamatter ' t matter the administrations admmlstr1tlons In tlr tlw tin48 48 43 state st1te capitals c1pltas ] , , tlie tltt the > thousands thousnnds o ocity or orcity ocity f city halls h'lJ1s hlJ1s hills ' and the thousands thons'lnds thonslnds ' or orcounties o ocounties ocounties f counties throughout tlie the land "ere ere were "ereall wereall " wenall all committed to tlie the Iluey Juey lluey [ Lon ? , share the "ealth ealth wealth " pl'ln plln plan ' The 'l'he lhe ' ' middle class cl'lss cllss ' homo home 0\\ 0 0ner owner ownerwho \ \ \ ner nerwho ( 211 who has a mOl mortgage mortgagerecently moitgagc tg'lgtf tglgtf ' ' recentlv recently recentlv.placed .placed placed 'placed recently'placed . ' placed or icnewed leneW'ed leneWed terrewed ' , , Is saving sJ.vlng sJvlng . a littleon little littleon ( ? on Interest The oeminent government o o\ o \ , Cl eminent nment has hasbeen hasbeen been faille fault falll ' successful succes ful In relucln reducin ] ' , " ; interest Intel InteJ est rates . . . But he Is getting 2 2per 2per per cent or less , . , Instead of 4 p per percent < cent ct'nt ctnt ' , , on Ills his savings swIngs bank b1nk account accounand [ t ' , and the dividends d1Illends divldends d1\ d1 \ Illends that th1t tliat reduce hlife hie his hislife ; Ufe life In In&uiance Inuiance insurance & Ul1nce premium or bu buy ad addltlon'll addltlonil a [ ] ditlonal dltlon'll dltlonll dltlonil ' Insuiancc InsUl'lnce InsUllnce Insutance ' are smaller sJJJaller Tt The TheInSt1r1nCe TheInsurance insurance InSt1r1nCe companies comp'lncs complncs ' [ cannot c\nnot c nnot ' \ obtain obtainthe obtainthe obta ; the return on their mone money . } that th'1 th1 ' t tli the\ the they thedId theydid ( - \ did before the slash shsh in Interest Interestrates Interestrates Intere ; 31 ratesMe1D ratesMesnss rates Me1D\\ Me1D Mesnss Meanwhile Me1D111le \ \ 111le hale , , just as prosperity prosperityseems prosperityseems prosperil ' seems to be he rcturnlne returnln6 returnlnb the , ' prospect prospectof ; elfor levelfor of the folks just abo above , e this Ie level lev ' el for bigger Income fiom flom dl\ dl dlIdends duidends duidendson dnidemon \ Idends Idendson InherItances inherstancesis on their 1m Invested ested S'l\ S'l Sl S'lingsor savings-or savings or savings ' \ ings-or ings or - or Inher inhe Itances ItancesIs stances-is stances is -Is Is - jeopardized by DrOS pros pects that th1t tlie the next ne\t ne t : \ big stop step In I Inta inta'cesnot ta ta'ces-not ta'ces taces not " , = ' es-not es not - not the one now In contci contem eontem eontemplatlon contempia pia platlon probablvtake probablytake tlon for tills this yeal-w1ll yeal w1ll year-wlll year wlll yeai - wlll probablv probably probab take another chunk chunh of eorporatic torporatlon corporation torporatlonearmngs corporationearnings earmngs earnings antthe cantthe "Most Most 'lost lost host ' " New Ne\\ Ne NeDe'llers \ Dealers De'llers Dellers Deilers ' cant \ wai ant the present 15 per cent slice thego5ernment the thegO tl gO\ gO gOernment go5ernment \ ernment takes of COI 1on 1onnet coiporatic corporation corporationnet por'l porl ' ' " net ( > earnings 'lrnlngs lrnlngs ' boosted to 25 per cent cen . - . Labor Takes StandA Stand A suggestion buggestlOn that thut John L LPWI Lp\\l Lp l Lewis LPWIpresident \ < : . , president of or the United Mine Work Workers Woi W01 k kers : * ers , replace repl'lc repllc replied ' Vice President Garni G1rner Garner G1rneras Garneras ' as President noo Roosevelt evelt . s runnIng runnir runnIngmate mate tills this fall f'lll flll ' Is of course cou.r.e cour.e coure eourae : . absur absurd , but under the , suggestion Is ofthe one of < developmentsin the most slgnH1C signlucint signllicint mt developmen developments de , eopment ] : . In Inthe the history histoi IuStOl . ) of or.anl oranl organized or . ani ed d labor In 1 the United UnltLd States Stutes The enllor.e- enllor.e endore- endore endon , , enllor.ement endorement : . - ? - ' ment ndmlnlbtl'1tron administration of tlie the Roosevelt Itoosclelt Boo ! > l\ l \ lelt elt adminibti ndmlnlbtl'1 ndmlnlbtl1 administra ' tron tion theUnited , , lock , , stock and nOlI barrel b1rrel birrel , by the tl United Mine 1\1lne 1 1lne \ Workers Worl.ers Worlers . and nnd their thefr ar am a ralgnment rlignment arralgnment amrlignment of the American Amerlc'ln Amerlcln Americin ' Liberty Libeil Libel ty le'1gue le1gue league ' as a u group of labor hbor Libor oppic Opple oppres : . sors oppressors , , Is far f'lr flr fir ' more significant thun than tlni thunIs thanIs " " Is genelalh genernli5 realizell realized It Is not Just the wocrs orkersIt workemsit mine work ' " wo ork crs ers-It ers It ems-it ems - lt Is the new movement mo'ement moement ' In or org1nlzed organized ganlzed g1nlzed ganized attachon attackon labor laborlien 11 \ \\lien lien \ \ hen the attach attack attt on tlie the Libel LlJel [ tv t Liberty le'1 le1 league leiue ' m'lflee muleevery ; ue was "as as tas " nr m'lfle mlfle mule ' " eveiy every e elY nun nnn min voting for it w t \ is thlnb think tlili 1L . thinkmg Ing mg of the Du Rashob RasLob Fonts Ponts and ane ] John R Ras 110 Itis kob hob Lob In terms of General Generul l\Iotor l Iotor \ Motors : . . It is these UH.se UHse tbcse . big [ Industries mustrles ] now ' org Org1H orgiit 111 Izcd Ized , , ' " which hch [ open such shining doors doorsof > rs of liope hope for hl highly Inhly ? llIy incroa&ed incroaed increased Incr1 ( , ' & ed unl union unionilues dues ilues ues , , and power ooter ooterSo 1)0 10 ) ' " er erSo obseisersslew So that th\t th t ' \ , . as political politic Iolltlc ) I il ] obsel obseisers obscivi ' ers view slew , Iew ersIew thf th ( situation sltu'1Uon sltu1Uon situillon ' - heie hele here . , it ! is s the \ th N"v7 Nv7 Nl Nwr N " \l l \ Peal 1'c11 1c11 Peil ' in labor that I ! is ' ) < , b'lt1.lng blt1.lng blt1lng backing ' . baekl'ip baeklip b'lt1.lng'IP backing'iptheltooieseft 'IP IP 'iptheltooieseft iptheltooieseft ' ' the Roosevelt Iloo"ie Ilooie " , eIt Isew hew e , Deal Of the } " theh'ro thetsvo " h'ro hro tsvo ' objectives objeclhes - of oC the thp labor ] load leaders e'1dels e1dels ' ( ' I r ' In sympathy smp'lthy smplthy ) ' with Lewis Le\\ls Le ls Levels \ and againstthe ag'11nst ag11nst against ag'11nstthe againsthe ' the t he policies pollcles of William 1Vllllam Green Gre.en . , , pres precy pres- president president . - ident Went of the Amencan AmellC'1n AmellC1n Ameucin ' I ederatfon ederatfonof edcratlonof e eratlon eratlonof of Labor , one seems sure of ai at attainment at- at atainment . - tainment talnment ainment t , , the other very fiery \ ery much be beclouded be- be beclouded belouded - c clouded louded cloudedTlie cloudedThe loudedThe Tlie The actual nctu'll nctull actusl ' labor hbor objective ob1 t1ve , , theubstitution thesubstitution the thesubstitutIon substitutIon ubstitution s of vertical erUcal sertfcal \ unlons- unlons unions- unions unlonsunions unionsnions unions-unions unions - unions u nions embracing embrncmg all the employees employeesof employeesot ot of one Industry-ceems Industry ceems Industry-seems seems Industry - : 'seems seems ' fairly fnlrly wellassured well wellassured wellassured assured by the trend of events eents e\ e es \ ents eats Itis It ItIs ItIs Is no secret that the heads of at atleast atleast atleast least one of the very large hrge compa compa- - compane13 companies companies - ne13 nies [ at present non unionized Is Ie : ; per- per perfecUy perfectly per perfectly - fectly fecUy willing ' to have ha\c ha c \ a union of lls his llsworkersprovldlng hisworkers Itsworkers Itsworkersproviding workers workers--provldlng workers provldlng - -providing providing - It Is one unionSee union unionSee See Chance for Victory VictoryHenry VictoryHenry Henry Ford rord , General ' Motors 'Iotors Iotors 'lnd lnd 'Ind Ind 'lndChlJ 'IndChrysler ' ' andChr ChlJ Chrysler sler may map be forced orced to acceptsuch accept acceptsuch acceptsuch such a union The Le Lewis ' " Is cro crop crowd " , d be- be believes be believes . - lieves I1eves Its chances of victory hereand hE're hEre ' , , and In do the steel Industry and the theelectrIc theelectric theelectric electrIc Industry , , will wlJl be muchgreater muchgreater much muchgreatpr greatpr greater und- und undr und.r rinds . - r Roose\ Roose Roosevelt RoosepIt \ pIt than th'ln thln thin ' under underanyone underanyone underanyone anyone the Republicans might nommate nomInate nomInateBut nom nomin'lte in'lte inlte mate ' in'lteBut mateBut But some veiy velY very astute labor hhor leaders le'ld leld lead le'lders leadera ' ers era , , " who "ho ho for obvious reasons reacons ; 'lre lre ire 'lrenot irenot ' arenot not putting puttln out their necks at thepresent thepresent the thepresent present moment , think thlnl , the mixture mixtureof mixtureof mixtureof of politics with "ah ah wlth " the fight fi ht for vertiial vertical ver vertIcal tIcal tiial unions Is highly unfortunateThey unfortunate unfortunateThey unfortunateThey They "believe believe " elleve that th'lt thlt ' the whole causeof C1use cruse C1useof cruseof of union ' labor I'lbor Ilbor Tibor may m'lY mlY miy ' suffer a serIous serIoussetb'le.le serioussetback serioussetback setb'le.le setble.le setblele setback ' . due to the stampede ctnmpede ; to theRoosevelt theRoosevelt the theRoosevelt Roosevelt band b'1nd b1nd bind ' wagon W'1gon W1gon ' by the United UnitedI1ne UnitedMine UnitedMine \I1ne I1ne Mine : \ |