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Show MEN OF MONEY ARE NOT SLACKERS How will the big money interests receive re-ceive the new war taxes which levy great tribute from the rich? The answer' in full is yet to be given, but the following is the view of one of the best informed bankers in the United (States: ! "The new war revenue bill will soon be on the statute books. Income taxation taxa-tion will be very heavy. But neither this nor the excess profits tax will be as confiscatory as some of the more radical members of congress have desired. de-sired. Wc all must do our share in what will undoubtedly always stand out prominently among the greatest crises of the world. The staggering figures that are being granted in the form of appropriations, and the bond issues and the forms of taxation to provide for 'these appropriations, all are merely a measure of the determination determi-nation of the administration to bring to bear at once the very utmost of our fighting efficiencj-, in order that the conflict may be brought as promptly as possible to a victorious close. It is no time for half measures. We have -already surprised the enemy by sending send-ing to France a considerable army of clean-cut, intelligent men who are eager eag-er and able to fight for democracy. We must continue sending well equipped I men until we have an army that will by its strength, intelligence and determination deter-mination convince the enemy of the futility of continuing its losing struggle. strug-gle. Preparation and more preparation prepara-tion cannot fail in this way to prove the most effective means for conserving conserv-ing the lives of our young men. Finan-i Finan-i cial sacrifices must be patriotically I borne. The war must be won and all I must do their bit. Peace is in the air. Austria under its new ruler wants peace. Political developments in Hungary Hun-gary this week show a corresponding feeling in that division of the Dual Kingdom. Bulgaria, too, it is reported in responsible quarters, is desirous of beginning peace negotiations The German people earnestly desiro peace. But the German military machine still stands out apparently as determined as ever, obviously hoping for some development de-velopment that will pormlt It as victor vic-tor to bring the war to a close. This is a situation that cannot endure much longer. Thus it behooves our country to bring forth at the earliest possible moment every ounce of our fighting strngth, not alone in men, but in all other forms of our great national wealth." |