Word: would
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...account of the transitory character of the student community this number will never be large. Some there will always be who will not go to church at all, and some who go only on exceptional occasions, being discouraged from regular attendance by the remoteness of the churches which they would like to attend...
...income tax, yet this tax is felt much less by the rich man than by the poor man. There is an inequality of sacrifice. But the solution is that the rich man should be taxed more in proportion to his income. In this way the income tax would force the people to be perfectly honest. France's income would be increased and the national debt would be diminished. An income tax more nearly approaches ideal justice than any other tax France can impose...
...next speaker was A. D. Brigham '12 who chose the negative side. Theoretically the burden of taxation is distributed as equally by the present system of taxation as it would be by the Income Tax of 1903, but in practice the former is far the more equitable. If the tax-payer wishes to avoid taxation, he could easily do so by the income tax. This tax fines a man's income directly whereas the present tax (the "mobilier") taxes a man on the rental value of his dwellings; and it is easy for a collector to ascertain the number...
...Engineering," will be in Emerson F this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock to answer any questions that may be asked relating to his lectures. Mr. MacKaye has not answered questions at the end of each separate lecture but asked that any of his audience who wished to question him would wait until after the last lecture. At the meeting this afternoon he will be prepared to explain any difficulties that may have arisen in the minds of any of his hearers during the course...
...hold the second election now, when this party controversy is at its height, would be manifestly unwise. Whether a postponement will make matters any better is not certain; the experiment is at least worth trying. A calmer spirit on both sides may do much toward patching up in the second election the differences which are now so threatening...