Show TUE 1 TAX ROAD practically torte blie quarter of the national income went to the government in 1931 the exact percentage la is 22 1 aa as compared with 14 4 in 1030 1930 and 0 4 in 1013 1913 when in a single beir the proportion of national naome consumed by taxes can rise almost eight per cent it Is time tor for the thoughtful citizen to take action a the present trend la is plain the united states has started on the long dark road that australia austral a germany fridland Fri gland and other countries hae hn e taken the result if it keeps to that road will be the same as in those countries industrial stagnation steadily increasing unemployment unbalanced budgets possibly impairment of credit and alwais wais evening higher taxation government must retrench ex acely as bul bu anesi nesi and individuals hale retrenched the past two years it must weed 0 it annece sarv departments part ments banish waste and duplication of effort in short promote tho borough efficiency present high taxes have not resulted from front the cost of legitimate grovern mental functions but from the cost ot of illegitimate f ft motions ventures ven into the operation or regulation of busness efforts to artificially peg prices etc high taxes drive capital away from business and find force it into tax free bonds rhey make for hoarding and are thus the best friends of depression this tax problem la is a real lemand every citizen must face it |