| Show POSTERITY SHOULD PAY the burdens of this ahw a war should n not t be saddled entirely upon the people of this generation Rene ration posterity glorying in its to results should pay its share of the expense to ley levy abnormal taxes upon all commodities will be hut but to put a financial and physical strain upon the people which they can ill afford to bear for when the necessities of life are wed taxed it is the consumer who pays pava the bill the common people and by that term we mean the treat great mass of the p people ale who earn their living from say day t to day are already stag andor bering under burdens that are far too heavy for many of them the complacency of congress in the face of high way robbery by the food barons is a forcing them almost to to the point of desperation the stomach ch demands food and often the pocketbook in not able to supply it in sufficient quantities the food barons are hogging the substance and the people are paying for the husks two much of our war revenue should not be raised by mar immediate mediate taxation posterity should pay its share in interest and principal on long time bonds the people have loyally submitted to the necessity for economy and are virtually living on a war schedule luxuries have been eliminated and expenditures have been limited to bare necessities too addition of a heavy tax to this would be the utmost m folly I 1 if f congress conge a wo would u id become as p patriotic as it bap expects c of f the people lows then let it anae enact laws that wilt wil guarantee the farmer and the pro ducer a fair price for his products and the bonau co mer then will not b be require required d to pay more than a fair margin of profit oer door the cost of production by the utter elimination of all speculators and other grasping hogs and let posterity p pay ay part of the bill |
