| Show THE TILE WAR REVENUE BILL How the war bill will read when it receives the sanction of the president president president dent after having been in both houses of congress and i in I committee on conference is a matter of The There e can b bno be beno beno no question that the bill as it passed pasted the house has be been n improved upon by the majority of the finance committee com corn m tee in the senate partly by modifying modi modi- modifying objectionable features and also by adding new v ones Under the bill as agreed upon in the senate committee the government should receive sufficient revenue to carry carryon on the war on a cash basis arid and without the issue of interest bearing bonds for at least a year if no not longer This of course does no not Dot t coincide with the views taken b bythe by bythe the money power on this The money changers ask not for lor a an n increase in taxation to carry carryon on the war but for increased taxes to pa pathe pay the interest on the bonds which the they want the government to issue for fort t their exclusive benefit With the them the war is simply a matter of speculation speculation speculation lation and the greater the duration of the war the larger their profits The provision for for a tax on th the e profits of corporations has has' been added by the senate committee an anif and d if retained in the tile bill will act as a sort of income tax and will have tobe tobe to tobe be borne by the wealthy class We must not not therefore be to sure that this provision will ultimately be retained in the bill it it is so much the better belter The coinage of silver in the treasury is ordered ordered order order- ed In the bill That will give the government about of clear profit profi An issue of greenbacks to the extent of willbe willbe will willbe be a welcome addition to the currency currency cur cur- rency reney of the country that has been greatly contract contracted d of late years to the i injury jury of trade and commerce Of course the money power ver in both houses of congress will combat all of these propositions yet there is a abare abare bare possibility that some of them will receive the sanction of law It may be well for the people to watch the proceedings in congress on this bill They have a chance to see for themselves who are their friends and who are their enemies Any Anyone Anyone one an any or all of these mentioned provisions of the bill and voting for tor an issue of ot interest bearing bearing bear bear- ing bonds must be put down as an e enemy of th the thi people a tool of the money money- power Denver Denver Evening ost |
