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Show posterity suoi i.i imv The bii rdens of this war should no; be saddled entirely upon the people ol this geuertiLiou. 1'osLeriLy, f.;lory-Iritf f.;lory-Iritf In Its results, slionlil pay its Hhare of tile expense. To levy abnormal taxes upon all commodities v.-ill lie but to put a financial fi-nancial and physical strain upon ,the people which they can ill afford to bear, tor when the necessit ies of life ure taxed it is the consumer who pays the hill. The common people and by that term we mean the great mass of the people who KAItN their living from day to day are already staggering under burdens that ure far" too heavy for many of them. The complacency of congress In the face of highway robbery by the food barons is forcing them almost to the point of desperation. despera-tion. The stomach demands food, and often the pocketbook is not able to supply It In sufficient quantities. The food barons are hogging the substance sub-stance and the people are paying for the husks. Too much of our war revenaie should not be raised by immediate taxation. Posterity should pay its share In interest and principal on long-time bonds. The people have loyally sumbitted to the necessity for economy, and are virtually living on a war schedule. sche-dule. Luxuries have been eliminated and expenditures have been limited to bare necessities. The addition of a heavy tax to this would be the utmost folly. If congress would become as patriotic patri-otic as it expects of the people, then let it enact laws that will guarantee the farmer and the producer a fair price for his products, and the consumer con-sumer that he will not. he required to pay more than a fair margin of profit over the cost of production by the outer elimination of all speculators specu-lators and other grasping hogs. And let posterity pay part of the bill. |