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Show LET ER GO, GALLAGHER! The ratio of total taxes In the United States to corporate net profits pro-fits has mounted until, at present, nn average of one dollar out of every ev-ery four goes to the tax collector, according to John J. O'Connor, of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Tills "Let 'Er Go, Gallagher!" spirit on the part of our official tax-raisers menaces every American industry. It menaces, as well, all invctor, large and small, and the millions of workers whose Jobs and living depend on business progress nnd prosperity. We have seen, In England, Australia and elsewhere what exceslve governmental expense ex-pense can do to a nation's Industrial Indus-trial structure. Unless government, through its own efforts, becomes efficient and economical, it will be up to the people, peo-ple, through the vote, to force efficiency ef-ficiency and economy on it |