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Show SOLOMON SLOAN'S ADVICE ON HOW TO RUN THE UNIVEESE. Mr. Editor: If I were Iwss, Nobody would ever inherit more than $10,000. no matter how rich his father misht be. Being born rich is a matter of luch now. If I were boss it would be a matter of law. The right oJ" he state to take a man's fortune when he is dead is already established. es-tablished. What is tha inheritance tax but a declaration of right on the part of the commonwealth as to the fortune of its citizens? If the state made a business of confiscating con-fiscating tha wealth of the dead, the livingrjvould not have to pay taxes. The state revenue would be far in excess of the expenses of the government. govern-ment. The surplus could be used for the education ed-ucation and maintenance of minor chil dren', for the building- of great public works, for the development of means of transportation, for the encouragement encourage-ment cf the human race to greater and better things. Huge fortunes left ot irresponsible in dividuals become misfortunes, not only to their possessors, but to every one with whom they come in contact. If the sitate made it impossible for a ma nto die rich the major incentive for accumulating great fortunes would be removed. Of what u.ie for a man to spend his life in amassing great wealth when at his death it must go into the common lot? The money power would be broken, the oppression of labor by capital would cease. Instead of striving and struggling to get rich the race would devote itself to the solution of the secret of happiness. happi-ness. Comfort would be kind and ranks would . be leveled. If no men were made rich by inheritance inherit-ance the millennium would soon begin. And that's the way it would be if I were boss. SOLOMON SLOAN. New York Herald. |