Show MKE LIKE TIIE THE HORSE if anything could forcibly illustrato illustrate the law of diminishing returns resulting ing from increasing coalts beyond figure the three cent postage has turned the trick postal revenue has been lost which will never bo be regained from the same class of mall lor for the simple reasor reason rea sor son that the public has devised ways to use thild class mall mail instead of first rhe same thing will take place with gasoline As gas taxes are shoved up beyond reasonable figures smaller cras cais will be or larger cars will be used less and the volume sold will diminish thereby producing less revel le ae for the stute state the same thing hlll III take place with property beyond a certain point the owner cannot pay taxes ahn that day comes he will let the city county or state take it and the tax rolls will be flooded with property and tax will mount the public Is no different than the horse you can lead the horse to water but you cant make him drink you can tax the public beyond its to pay but you can cant t make it pay the political subdivisions of this nation from the smallest hamlet to the Ile federal deral goi eminent should readjust the ton tax bill and public 21 cs 10 lo it the fw ability of the people to pay the papers are filled with ith reports of meetings of tax experts state tax commissions and other organization oftay of tax spenders who ho are arc lii in a large leisure to blime for the present taxation problems ot of the people As advisers on the financial affairs of the people tibey have for scars take the easiest faslet lourse course acquiescing in public dp do bards for extravagant public ex without raising their voices in ill protest or snowing exorbitant spending sp lending was leading the people een today mot most ot of the tax experts instead or of recommending drastic cuts in public expenditures art are hunting ways mays an aal rl means to increase exiting taxes or find new methods of taxation taxi tion the sanie same tiling thing Is going to hap pem to every city county state and the nation met that has to millions ot of they are arc going to hane hae to get along on ims money than they thought if as possible a car or two ago instead of inci eases in taxes or new methods of taxation to balance public deficits there Is going to have 0 o be decreased taxation sand ana public demands on oil a balanced scale will cent bally wipe out the deficits camilles la milles ric aie paying up chril bills now on red iced income atin simply by reducing their expenses below their income governments will haic hac to do the bame |