Conscript wealth.

• Author: Browne, Edward E.
• Position: 1918 - Brief article

It may be a greater sacrifice for a man of small means to be taxed a few dollars so that he has to forgo all luxuries and many of the necessities than for a man of wealth to be taxed 95 percent of his total income.

We have passed a law conscripting the boys of this country. We go into the homes of all alike. The- humblest cottage in the land, if the iron fate of chance decrees that one, two, or three of the stalwart sons shall be offered to their country, is not exempt. Many parents would rather give over home, farm, all their worldly effects than have their boys go, yet they bow to the voice of duty and their country. We certainly should not be...