PAGE 2 THE CITIZEN, FIUDAY, JUNE 2, 1011. Income Tax Is Certain Thirty States Have Ap proved Only Five More Required By JAMES A. EDGERTON. kHE Income tax amendment U not yit a part of the coiirtltu tiou of the United Statu., al though the prospects are brlglit for Its ultimate adoption, lu the two years since congress submitted It to tlio states for ratllieatlon thlrry 3tates have approved, live short of the uuinher required. Six weeks ago the advocates of the measure believed the live states needed would ratify the amendment UiU year, but that now seems doubtful. The New Jersey sen ate failed to adopt It and has adjourn cd. In Florida It has been held up In one house, with adverse action feared l'hls leaves New York, Massachusetts and Minnesota as practically the onl;. states In which favorable action can bo expected this year. Even If all three shculd approve there would still be two short of the required three fourths. Next winter there will meet several legislatures that only assemble blennlall . and out of these the needed votes will almost certainly come. In the meantime the recipients of bloated Incomes will escape the threatened tax. It should be explained that when this amendment does pass It merely enable congress to enact an Income tax. In other words. It will make It Impossible for the supreme court to declare an Income tax law unconstitutional. It will place the country exactly where It was before one supreme court jus tice changed his mind overnight and joined In a 5 to 4 decision nullifying n former Income tax law. That was more than fifteen years ago, and It is certain that a vast majority of the American peoplo have been in favor of an income tax during all that time. It takes this people a long while to get what they go after, but they finally arrive. Trouble With Former Act. Speaking of the unconstitutionality of the former act, there is one thing certain whether or not it was In har mony with the constitution of the United States, it surely did not agree with the constitution of the nvcrago millionaire. Some people seem to think anytlilng unconstitutional which Interferes with their getting nnd keeping all the dol lars In the world. The trouble is thai on divers and sundry occasions thev have been able to make the natio.i stand for this idea. The principle of the Income tax is that those should pay the taxes who have the money. This seems n per fectly simple and practical arrange ment, but thus far has failed to work for the reason that those who have the money have preferred to pay It to lawyers, legislators, press agents and "yellow dog" lobbyists rather than to revenue collectors. Their motto has apparently been millions for bribes and campaign contributions, but not one cent for taxes. The result has been that those who haven't the mon ey have paid tho federal taxes when they did not know it. This may seem paradoxical, but la not half so para doxical as most of tho present system of taxation. Some day tho American peoplo will awaken to this fact. In deed, many of them are awakening now. "When tho whole nation gets its eyes fully open It will indulge In Ho meric laughter that Is, It will If not too Indignant. First Income Tax. The income tax was first adopted In England In 1700. Those who had the money raised as big a roar about that as their kind over here do now. As a consequence the law was repealed two or three years later, but was soon re-enacted In a different form. This time it stuck, there being no court In England, supremo or otherwise, that dares override the nets of parliament. About the middle of the century t!t. law was strengthened. At present the Hrltlsli government, so far ns practica ble, takes the tax out of the Income before It reaches the hands of the recipient, experience having proved thnt a taxpayer's honesty and patriot--Ism do not necessarily Increase in di rect ratio to tho size of his Ineom Frankly, tho olllcials had various kind." of trouble in collecting the tax, being met with all the forms of evasion from concealment to plain lying. If there ever was a tnnn that loved to pay UU taxes, the fact has not been chronicled in profnno history. I say "profane" history because that Is tho only kind that could deal adequately with the language of men paying taxes. In this country men "swear off their taxes and In all countries swear at them. Germany also levies an Income tax. and Franco is about to do so. Otlu-i countries hnvo It in varying forms. Usually it Is graduated, tho rate in creasing -with tho sizo of the income. For example, an lncomo of $5,000 per year is taxed 1 per cent, or $riO, one of $10,000 is taxed 2 per cent, or $200; one of 20,000 per year is taxed 4 per cent, or $S00, etc. It is this sort of an Impost that causes tho loudest yells from "big business." Income Tax In America. In America there was an income tax in some of the colonies, and tho nation 1 Amendment of Adoption Means That Those Who Have the Money Shall Pay the Taxes put on the screws in the graduated form during tho civil war. The In v. was repealed In 1872, and no new oiii was enacted until the beginning of second Cleveland administration. 1. was this act that the supreme court declared unconstitutional by a five to four vote, Justice Shlras haviiif. changed his mind. Perhaps no single cuango of mind ever cost a nation so much money. The pending amendment was intro duced by Seuator Norrls IJrown of Ne braska In the extra session of congress of 1000. It passed both houses during the life of that session by the required two-thirds majority and has been rail lied by the legislatures of the follow ing states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colo rado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky. Maryland. Malue, Michigan, Mississippi, Mis souri, Montnna, Nebraska, Nevada. North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas. Washington and Wisconsin. How the States Stand. Most of the states passed tho amend ment promptly nnd some of them by practically a unanimous vote in both houses. In others it was passed by one house nnd rejected by the other, but on an appeal to the people the next legislature was returned with both houses favorable. In only two states. Itlioilc Island and Vermont, was it de feated In both houses. New Hamp shire also rejected It, but Governor ISass has been trying to get the ques tion reopened. In tho other states the situation is somewhat as follows: l:i Connecticut tho measure is peudlug. with result In doubt. In Delaware the legislature ndjourned without action. In Louisiana it was defeated last year, but will be tho Issue in a campaign before tho peoplo this year and will almost surely bo adopted In 1012. In Massachusetts the senate is in doubt. In Minnesota favorable action is ex pected. In Pennsylvania the measur" is held up, and the result is very doubtful. In Utah it was approved In tlio house nnd defeated in the sen ato nnd In Virginia was approved by the senate and defeated In tho house. cst Virginia also had a divided ver dict, and in Wyoming the legislature adjourned without action. The out come in the other states has ntrcad.. been mentloued. The Fight In New York. Perhaps the hottest battle has occui red In New York. When tho amend ment came before tho legislature In 1010 Governor Hughes sent in n spe cial message objecting to its form. Ii; criticism was that tho language of tin measure made it possible for the fed oral government to tnx the incouit from state and municipal bonds. Tin ground of his objection will appeal clearer by a referenco to the wording of tho proposed amendment. It is n follows: "Article 10. The congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on in comes, from whatever source derived without apportionment among the hpv oral states nnd without regard to nuj census or enumeration." The last clause has referenco to the present constitutional provision that direct federal taxes must be appor tioned among tho states according to population. Hughes' Objection. The phrase to -which Governor Hughes objected and which has been the bono of contention in New York and elsewhere is tho one reading "from whatever source derived." The contention of advocates of the amendment la that tho Income from state nnd city and all other bonds i""rf"H :i - i"i - i"i"i'i"i"i - ; - i - CAREER OF DIAZ Horn of Spanish father and Indian mother in Oaxaca, September, 1830. Left orphan at age of three. At fifteen entered seminary to become priest, aided by Bonita Juarez. Changed his mind nnd studied law under Juarez. At sixteen started soldiering by enlisting against the Invasion bv United States. Was colonel nt twenty-three in suppression of Santa Anna, who tried to overthrow republic. Condemned by Santa Anna to be shot; escaped. Joined revolt against Herrera. Unsuccessful candidate for presidency against Juarez in 1858. Conducted three year war, opening tho City of Mexico to President Juarez, 1801. Fought against French invasion; taken prisoner by Marshal Bazalne; escaped. Captured the Emperor Maximilian, 1807, and ordered his shooting. Rose against Jnarez nnd continued rebellion against President Lerdo. Exiled April, 1870. Returned to Mexico, was caught, Jumped overboard, but was again captured, hut escaped a second time. Lerdo fled before him, and Diaz entered capital as provisional presi dent, November, 1870. Elected president for three years, 1877. Re-elected 1884; continued to hold office until May 25, 1011. Made Mexico a power among nations and won from all the title of "the maker of modern Mexico" and from Tolstoy that of "the prodigy of nature." Bhould be taxed, as failure so to do would result In creating a privileged class. Taxation of such incomes would not Injuriously affect tho rela tive value of these bonds, since nil other securities would bo equally taxed. 1 Nevertheless the Hughes special message had the effect of defeating the amendment in New York state and doubtless Influenced the result elsewhere. The New York senate of 1010 passed the amendment by one vote, but the assembly defeated It by two votes. This year It has passed the senate by about two to one nnd has every prospect of going through the assembly by n like declslvo ma jority. Governor Dix For It. Governor Dix has taken as pro nounced a stand In favor of the pro posed amendment as did his predeces sor against it. In letters to Speaker Frisble of the assembly and Mayor Gaynor of New York city he said in effect that failure to pass the measure would be a repudiation of Democratic promises and would spell party dis honor; that tho contention that the Democratic state platform Indorsed "nn" nmendment nnd not "the" nmondment pending was n miserable quibble, since everybody understood tho indorsement to npply to the amendment now before the states for ratification; that the clause "from whatever source derived" was entire ly just, since it would be only equita ble to tax all incomes nllke, and thnt tho argument that tho amendment would interfere with the rights of the states to impose an income tax was not made in good faith, since few states had imposed such tax or would do so, thus creating n situation that was inequitable nnd impractical. Governor Harmon of Ohio also sup ports tho amendment vigorously, as does Governor Woodrow Wilson ol New Jersey. Wilson succeeded In hav ing tho assembly in his stnte pass it. Tho advocacy of the measure is by no means partisan, however. When it passed congress President Taf t gave it his warm Indorsement, as had Theo dore Itoosevolt before him. One of the strongest arguments in favor of the tax was made by Senator Ellhu Uoot of New York. Hoot argued that, what ever the language of the amendment, state and municipal bonds would no bo taxed. Some of the Arguments. bome or the most vigorous argu ments In favor of tho measure were made in tho recent hearing given by a committee of the Now York assembly. Among those who appeared in behall of the amendment were W. It. Hearst and Professor Edwin It. A. Sellgman of Columbia university. Professor Se llgman did not mince words. He said that if any of his students should urge tho chief argument of the opponents of the measure viz, that the proposed tax would depreciate state and munlcl pal bonds ho would "flunk" him. The press Interpreted- this ns an attack on former Governor Hughes, who is now a Justice of tho United States supreme court Professor Sellgman In a signed letter said ho meant no reflection oe Justice Hughes, who had never made this ridiculous argument, but that his criticism was directed at those whe shielded themselves under Hughes great reputation. When asked what John D. Rockefeller now pays toward the support of the national govern nient Professor Sellgman said, refer ring to the Internal revenue tax: "Well. he doesn't smoke. If he drinks at all 11 la only a glass of beer. Ho pays very little toward the national funds." Witt an Income tax Rockefeller would have to give his share to the support of the government under which he has made his millions. Adoption likely Next Year. It Is probable that the income fas amendment will be adopted not latei than 1012. In a letter Just received from the office of Senator Brown, the author of tho measure, and written al his direction, he confirms the list ol thirty states that have already ratified and adds, "New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, West Virginia nnd Utah on account of biennial elec tlons or other reasons are unlikely tt ratify before tho 1013 legislative ses slons." This leaves ten stntes thai may ratify in 1011 or 1912, or twice the number necessary. i - H - i - i";"i"i"i":"i - !"i": AT A GLANCE. HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE Convenient Support For a Double Clothesline. Any one using a double clothesline over pulleys will find the arrangement shown In Fig. 1 for supporting the lower line qulto convenient. Tho sup port is made of a piece of three-quarter Inch square or round wood which has a screw eye turned into each end. The Hue Is run through these screw eyes ns shown In Ktg. 2. Charlotte Russe. This is a most delicate and delicious dessert and one that will be liked by whoever tries it. Run a little clear Jelly into the top of n plain round or oval mold and lay in some small pieces of fruits of va rious kinds, such as glace chortles, half apricots, sliced bananas. Allow It to set, then lino tho sides with lady lingers, cut straight at the edges, pi ess well together, then fill with tho fol lowing: Whisk up half a pint of cream to a stiff froth and three ounces of powdered white sugar, tho juice of a half lemon, three ounces of raspberry jam rubbed through a hair sieve to ex tract the seeds or any fruit and half an ounce of lslnglns3 dissolved In a tnblespoonful of boiling water. When tho charlotte Is required for table dip the top of the mold Into warm water for a few seconds, wipe dry with a cloth and turn tho mold on a glass or silver dish. Cape Cod Stew. Fry five slices of salt pork that have been cut in strips until crisp. Cut two pounds of beef into large cubes and brown in the fat after having taken out the scraps. Put all into a kettle and cover with boiling water. Cook gently two hours, then add parsnips scraped and cut in halves, turnips cut In round slices and when nearly done white and sweet potatoes whole or cut in halves if large. When the potatoes are nlmost done lay dumplings round on tho top, but not so that tlio water will touch them. Cover closely and cook fifteen minutes without lifting the cover. Put tho meat in the center of a platter, tho vegetables in a border round it nnd the dumplings on the outside. Thicken tho grary, cook five minutes and pour over tho meat. Eggs In Creole Style. For eggs creole cook half nn onion that has been chopped fine In a couple of tnblespoonfuls of butter, and when the onion Is yellow ndd two big toma toes that have been peeled and cut in pieces and three minced green peppers. Cook the vegetables about twenty mln uts and season with salt. Put sliced hard boiled eggs into a baking dish, turn the sauce over them and cook in the oven until tho mixture Is thorough ly heated through. Shad Roe. To cook shad roe deliciously for sup per boil tho roe in salted water for about ten minutes. Then put n couple of tnblespoonfuls of butter into a pun, and when it is melted turn In tho roe broken up, tho yolks of two hard boil ed eggs mashed fine, a cupful of grated breadcrumbs, a little minced parsley, pepper and salt When tho mixture Is thoroughly blended add a table spoonful of lemon Juice and serve. Apple Snow. Tress through a colander two cupfuls of stewed apples. Tho apple sauce must bo thick like marmalade. Beat this npplo sauce for a few minutes nnd then add three-fourths cupful of sugar. Beat In a stiff froth ono and one-half cupfuls of rich sweet cream. Mix the npplo and cream lightly. iut this so called "apple snow" into n glass dish and drop currant Jelly with a teaspoon over tho top. Stains on the Hands. When vegetables nnd fruit are pared the hands arc generally left stained. To take this out rub over with n cut lemon or wash tho places with a little vinegar. Deep stains can bo taken off with pumleo stone. Wash in weak suds and rlnso and wlpo dry, with an emphasis on the necessity of drying tho skin well, for this will keep away roughness and chaps. To Wash White Skirts. In making whlto underskirts, if ono wishes to wear them before washing and ironing, dip rufilo in cold starch and let stay ten minutes, then iron. They will not bo so hard to wash when soiled as they would bo without any Btarch. On wash day put a tnble spoonful of turpentine, in boiler, also In blue water. To Soften an Old Paint Brush. If a paint brush has been put n wlthont cleaning it can bo made s ' and pliable by Immersing In boll.n vinegar. After simmering in th s fow moments wash thoroughly 1 warm Boapsuda. rinse and dry. 1 ypSf A Soft Answer, The wife of a man who came homo late insisted upon a reason. 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