Show RIGHT KIGHT TO biffi r THE preservation 0 of this government means more to the rich man than it means to the poor man it if the government does its duty which it 11 scarcely ever does it protects the tha ufa life of the poor man it guards him and his from harm barm slid and enables him to go about his hia humble business ill n beace and safety it does a all 1 l that lor for tho the rich mart man and in addition guards his vast property interests to this I 1 have no objection I 1 expect the government to p protect the small property Y interests I 1 have and it if they were much larger I 1 should still expect the government to protect the them the point I 1 desire to make la Is that my obligation to the government increases in proportion to tile the amount of my property the government claims the tha right in return tor for the protection afforded the individual citizen to conscript him into the military service in other words to say that his hia life Is forfeit when required by the government it if I 1 that claim Is well founded as to the right of the government over the person of the citizen how low much more Is it true as to the right of the government to conscript any part or all of his property no bonded debt should be incurred by the government with ath its power of taxation it should collect from the wealth of tho the country what ever amount may be necessary to pay the expenses of the government whatever those expenses might be it for war purposes it Is necessary to collect a billion dollars ot of the wealth of the country this year 6 billion dollars ought to be levied in taxes and those taxes should bo be vastly greater in the case of rich men than sa in tile the case S of poor men or men of moderate means it has been said that it the tax were ers made very high it would be ba evaded by til these eje lich men well most of them have taken some pains to advertise their patriotism and it if they did undertake to evade the payments of their taxes they would be worse traitors than the men who undertake to avoid the draft and should be punished with much greater severity if they did not come acroca tile the government should seize their business promptly and operate it tor for the public As i have said belore before the government should issue its notes in payment or of lib IU obligations and as these notes would te receivable for or all kinds of obligations as well as SOT for payment of taxes they would pass current until in the course of business they found their way back into the united states treasury in payment of taxes and there would be destroyed new notes being leine Issue doby the government la in payment of its constantly recurring obligations in i this way the volume of 0 currency would expand and contract in proportion to the needs of the people and at the close of the war no interest bearing obligation would be left as a burden on succeeding generations cut but the caume coume of congress especially of 0 the senate indicates that wealth will be dealt elih with tenderly it will be the slacker as usual there will be no deprivation in the homes of the rich the poor and moderately well to do will be the ones called on to economize T A mcneal |