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Show HON. B. T. LLOYD j ! WOULD HAVE ALL j IDO IMS BIT ) Hon. Ben T. Lloyd, U. S. deputy I Internal revenue collector, whom I Cache valley people still call "our 1 own Ron" from tho fact that ho spent so many years of his life In Smith- i field, Utah, has a scheme whereby ho would have every wage earner In tho ' United States "do his bit" irrespective irrespec-tive of any and all conditions. Mr. Lloyd argues that while tho country is at war it Is more Important than j at any other time that every human j being enjoying tho blessings vouch- f safed by the Stars and Stripes, should 1 bo a party to Its maintenance and I protection. Looking to such a condition, con-dition, Mr. Lloyd has recently wired i Senator King suggesting that he give 1 this matter consideration In the leg- I , Islatlon ponding bofo're Congress. J' Mr. Lloyd's message to the senator reads as follows: It Logan Utah, Sept. 21, 1917. jj Hon. W. II. King. V Care U. S. Senate, jf Washington, D. C. It not too late, pormlt sug- j I gestlon that new revenue law jl require Income tax on evory I wago earner in tho United I States, Irrespective of sex, na- B tionallty or citizenship, grading , per cent up as salary Increases H from five cents on five dollars per week. Require every cm- ! ployer to register his employees M and be responsible to the Oov- H eminent "at the source" same fl as corporations. This will make wage earners, even boys and mi girls, feel more strongly that Q they are a part of the Govern- H mont and that it the Govern- nfl s mont belongs to them, one and rp. i inseparable. This will tend to J strengthen patriotism besides it largely help defray expenses of J T the war. ft (Signed) BEN T. LLOYD. I |