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Show ((PLOSIONS CLAIM 19 WORKERS SALES TAX IS URGED; BONUS j DELAY ASKED Gary Declares Himself Still Optimistic in Steel Industry PITIES PESSIMISTS Objects to Alleged Exemption Exemp-tion of Labor Unions From Control I NEW YoRK. May 26. President, Harding denied an intention ot mod-1 dllnir Jn tho steel business lasit week hen h asked forty representatives leaders In that Industry to investigate; the practicabiliy to eliminating the I 12-hour day, Judge Elbert H Gary, said today In prefacing his annual I address as president of tho American Iron and Steel Institute He discussed the White House con-' I ference at length, .-aylng that the i president was relyiug on the steel men themselves to "make the adjustment ' in wo: klne; hours which public sentiment sen-timent now demands ' NEW YORK. May 2fc Elbert H I Gar) in addreaa as president of the ' 1 American Iron and Steel Institute. In) s-s-lun it Hotel Commodore today. arivic.it-d that congress take the tariff tar-iff out of politics; thatt play no favorites fa-vorites In Its tendency to regulate I things; that It Hubstltule a silcs tax! for th Income tax; and that It forget the soldier until the nation is less ee-verely ee-verely burdcneil financinlLj-. As for he business futuro of America, Ameri-ca, Mi Gary declared himself as "still 1 an optimist" in the Iron and steel Industry. In-dustry. He said "the profits are not I satisfactory, but few. if any. ought to be doing business at a loss." Ml SX H I. PM u I "Pity the blind, deaf and foolish pessimist of the United States." he ai-Jured ai-Jured memb-rs of the inHtltutioii. "Vc are carrying hitherto onheard of fi-i fi-i nancial burdens. To bear them gracefully grace-fully and contented!) there must be : not only forbearance, encouragement, 'and assistance from evry department. Of government, up to the limit of pro- priety and Justice, but there must also b 1 ntertalned constantly by every Individual, In-dividual, a silrit of patience, pluck energy, generosity, loyally and charily, fully up to his or her Intelligence." Surumarir.ing his remarks on the tariff question. Judge Gary said: "As between parties, the main differences, dif-ferences, as I see it, is that the Republican Re-publican party b is stood for a 'protective 'pro-tective tariff and the Democratic ; parly for a tariff for revenue.' The. settlement for this controversy ehould In. hide both " I in a plea for impartial sjovernment-lal sjovernment-lal control where It is undertaken, he i insisted that ' all lines and depart-, depart-, ments Of economic activity of slmllur I importance should be subjected to the same treatment," LADOK EXEMPTED Then ha b- -n a disposition In recent re-cent years he declared, . "liass suae laws which measurably exempt labor Organisation; and rcceni.. fanner associations, as-sociations, from governmonlai Investi-on, Investi-on, i.pervision and LonLrol agaauat wrong " To permit such organfluttlons to do. as the result of combination. ' thing's that are claimed to be beneficial to them, which are denied CO others, is to create class s, m favor some and to Injure In-jure the whole body polillc." the steel magnate declared. "This is not equal opportunity and e.ual obligation." he harged In this conn-' lion. Indue Garj took :, :, ,1.: it in'-.-:igat.l.n and publlCit-tlon. publlCit-tlon. when carried to excess." Constant, parllsan and reckless In-dulgence In-dulgence in this pa-tltn- by representatives represen-tatives "t government or what is much worse, by self-appointed, unqualified ndwi.luals 01 ai s.k .atl"iis p. .-lug as public benefactors, may be and ft-n Is misleading and antagonistic to the general welfare, he sal). The bonus nuostion.V he declared. "Is not ye' tip- for determination Even though there ma be 1 wo sides to the question a-s to whether or not a soldier has escap-d disability, physical phys-ical and mental, should be passed 01 ask payment of a bonus, it v. ould noi be useful for us to consider or form opinions on that question at present. "There has been considerable propaganda In behalf of the propo-i propo-i sal." he continued ' Personalities an4 vituperative cbmment have been in tlultred In. Prejudices have been created. cre-ated. High government officials, senators sen-ators and representatives, have b a 1 Importuned and to s certain artenl abused for opposition to or lack 01 Interest in the 'soldiers' cause.' National Na-tional Ingratitude! for loyally and sacrifices sac-rifices has been dlbarged Legislation has been propowid, amended, discussed dis-cussed and haltel Because of thts situation I reeling Of unrest and resentment re-sentment has ariien and the effjet (Continued n ""ago Tw. SALES OF TAX IS URGED; BONUS DELAY ASKED (Continued from Pago One) Si upon th- natural progress of SttoftS I to return to the normal conditions 3 ,,f peace and industry has been do PrOHAHOBTOWORk. Tun.v v soidierB Ilk all otnei 1, m ed opportunity to work, and to continuously con-tinuously furnish this chance, cour-; cour-; 1 u.l capital should be given to ' industry. The load of taxation ought ' to he lightened, not Increased. En-' En-' terprKe has utaggered under this Ur-I Ur-I don. It WOtild nor ue difficult to break its back Thesa art not idle words. The I are a solemn warning, not only to ' soldiers, hut to everyone who Is ai j present Becking what Is neither rea-1 rea-1 sonablo nor patriotic " Of taxation, he said-I said-I "The fairest method is found in the sales tux. so called. It Is th moil easily, cheaply and certainly col-lc col-lc teu It has been found in other countries to bo practicable, satisfactory satisfac-tory and successful " Th'' present lncomc tax Is too ex-, ex-, pensively collected, Judge Gary asserted as-serted and many who ar? able to pay escape For the good of all tho , people a sales tax is desirable." |