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received tilpin an _independent jour-ml. |,¢_ ln ,e;ne_rit:s_wlmt it' desert-has an » ~;ruik`.»fst°m9at orpubuc mlm ln-i_hfo__.§__nl£eo_i Btatea concur-inn; png., hi! Wnyll" ll; pup. u,h9¢~T_¢h§_ iligtement In _ follows: _

Andrew-'J_aciw0_ll_. He has constantly dlserihlinated 'lllliiot New ®ng`_land.l New York and Pennsylvania in favor ol the South and 'tile Democratic sect-` lang ot the West. _ “Nor has he been willing to take, the advice even 0! the leaders oi his own party, but has depended upon a iev/‘ subservient adherents in both houses ot Congress to carry his meas- ugeg throug_h,imnch as George lil de- pended uponthose who were called "lite i(in_g's`1t_‘iends." He ima treated (lie niernhersi of his cabinet like glel-ks, Qiviug, them complete ch.arge` of me i\»¢">i,|_tl"ne` of thedepartmentn, but seldom _taking their advice. ills altitude' in short, has been that of the 5¢l\ool-master. , "During `irls' "tlrst administration he “ids able, hy this use ot his pea‘sonal,‘ lulluence, to secure some desirable; legislation. His popularity in Wash- lllgmn was not great, but his skill in public speech won for him a large. lollowing umong the P00010. Al'nerl~l cans, despite their democratic ideas, 1. have allways admired the ‘strong man/ and been willing to trust him. But. in time ol' war the porsonul and partisan nlenleiit may he n danger."

Warning o( War Unheeded.

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ot' the phrase ‘He has kept us out ol wnr.' so constantly- reiterated during the election, it is lair to say that the wllmry ns n whole was tar more ready than the President, though ite mili- tal'y_um’eadiness was undeniable, to ,loin the Allies. He prevented due preparation for an event clearly tore~ seen.. on tho ground that Germony would have-a legitimate cause oi com- p1,,lu¢.l(.we.appearod to threaten her. Voices were raised in-"warning, Hoole- velt, Lodge, Leonerd_Wood, all spoke out bravely, and thereby earned the ' Pre'sldent’s 1 undying elllliiiy- _

“The peitiuess which kept our 11108!

distinguished army oilicer at~home ;,l\_lll|¢qng_h thlrwar because _hehad ndvochted preparedness at a time when gh, President opposed’ it rb- veals the Weak side oi _Mr. WilB0l1'S character. Hisrelusal to o\l0W Nf- Roosevelt‘to go to France was lil-

ngllqr exarnple of the same unamiahie quality. _ » - A f -"rnei truui ll- that the President lm; 'an olinggerated heliet in the P°W' erol more »words. Aa 8 f\'\°“d °f_

:nine once said, his attitude is that ol! the men ot letters who writes. `sb|n`e_thlng and lllillllii, "Nm" that -is over with.” He protested against GGY.- many's illegal and inhumane acts. he warned ‘her not to r€D9l'- Uwm' bu” lui took no steps to make the row'-ii' ion impossible."

_.If he hmcglled the nation in arm!

when the Lusitania was sunk theft- nponse would have been immediate. and enthussatic. At such a time tho people need u leader. Who doubts 50,, ,_h~ey~~ would have answered -Tlieodore Roosevelt? Even without H leader the rising tide ol anger BTW

‘slowly but relentlessly`.

wllgen “Puahed into War. -

“Thu 'yresident » was tpushed m°°~ war; hir. did- not set _the N00- UU me issofniinute he _employed every |»ossibl’é expedient to stave _it 05- N°" 'wits' thisfsll. After wsr vu actually ‘ticular-'ed, time was wasted in_!u1-_UE ndelnys. lit. was not until Eiilluld ‘m .i»‘rance~ mul _lurseil im” ‘°“dm‘ M

lroops that troops helen W b° 'wt'

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To "meet the regular expenses of administration, to pay war seryice

gratuities to dernohilized soldiers, to provide pensions for disahled soldiersiand for the depend- ents of those whonhave lost; their lives, as well as to carry out the program of pulolic works which is heing undertalten to relieyeunemployment, it is estimated that the Dominion Government will require to raise this year a reyenue of shout ' '

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Last year thc Dominion Goyernment revenue was 260 million dollars

and was deriyed from the following sources: V 4

Canadian Customs Tariff . , ` ll6 millions Special War Tariff . . . . 45 millions Excise Tax . . . . . 26 millions Business Profits Tax . . . 2l millions

income Tax and other Sources . 52 millions

1 Total . . . . . _2_6_Q' milliorlg

How is the shortage of 140 millions to be made up?

At the very moment when Canada is struggling with this prololem

the Western Grain Growers come forward with insistent demands for: , _ ' '

_ l) “An immediate and substantial all-round reduction of the customs tariff." 2) Free trade-:~with_Great Britain inside-of flye years. ‘_ '

_ (3) Reciprocity now, “and free trade later, with the United States. ' _ '_ _ if _

These demands ere apparently, made in the hope and-helief that,lif they are grar}ted,fl~lqosp meltingrimhem will'h;_¢

relieved of a large partjof _wllfat th¢37'fo'lll the f' Burden of Taxation" whic'h_ the tariffimpopes upon them. _ t_ expecta- tion _can only he realized if the »reye`nuefr`a`ised hy means of the tariff is substantially reduced. They may argue that under a' lower tariff the fvolume 'of' goods -imported will increase, and consequently there ~willihe~ no decrease in the revenue. But mark this-é-they wantthe 'duty _removed entirely from i_m`p_lemen'ts,'lum_l>er, cement, oil and otheferticles of which they are large consumers. lf' the revenue is to maintained uhder such a ‘rearrangement of theturiff schedules, other classes of the people must pay what the Grain Growers will escape. _ _ '

Passing to the 'next point, how would the Grain Growers provide for the' prohalale shortage of |40 ‘million

dollars this year? Theyfaslt the Dominion Goyernment io impose the following taxes:f~-A direct tax on unimproved lenda, increated taxation on personal incomes, increased inheritance taxes andincreased taxation on corporations. _ _ _ `_

Vacant lend now pays taxes to ‘the lvlunicipalities and. in some Proyinces. additional taxes to the Provincial

Government. Income taxes arenow paid loy individuals to the' Municipalities and also lto`th_e Dominion Government.

inheritance taxes are now imposed hy all the Proyinces, ranging in Ontario, for example, from one to twenty Igor cent. Corporations. are now taxed as persons hy h/lunicipal Goyernments, Provincial Governments and the __ _ot_ni_nio_r\ Government, and also' pay special taxes to every Province for the privilege of being corporations. ‘ V ` `

Last year the tariff _collected sixty-one per cent. of the total Dominion Government Reyenue. Does any-

one helieve that the forms of taxation advocated lay the Grain Growers can he increasecl sufficiently this year' to ohtain the revenue which would he lost hy tariff reduction, and also' the additional l‘l0 million dollars required, with- .out cripplinglirtdustryl, stifling husiness and throwing thousands of worltersout of employment? ` '_ ’ _ The United Status has all the .forms of taxation ndvocated hy the Grain Growers, hut still finds it necessary to _maintain its customs tariff. _ _ _ . ‘ » ' '

If the Grain Growers are to escape almost all taxation, including the " great _increase caused lay the war. what

will happen to the people who will he driyen out of husincss through having to -pay not only their own texas law; also those of the Grain Growers? _ Will they try to grow grain? lt islm.;»re likely _ that they will go to the United _States ‘ to get worlc, as other Canadians went fifty years ago, and leave a population, chiefly farmers. eyer growing smaller, to beer all the taxes, ever growing greater. - ' - `

A Again we ask where is the extra revenue ‘coming from?

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