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Following A. A. Berle. Jr., '13, T. M. Gregory '10 argued as follows on the negative side of the question: John Stuart Mill states that "the income tax, on whatever principles of equality it may be imposed, is in practice unequal in one of the worst ways, falling heaviest on the most conscientious." The truth of this statement of Mill is illustrated in the experience of both the United States and England. In the United States at least 40 per cent. of the persons assessed, fail to pay any taxes on their revenue. The Parliamentary Commission of 1904 reported that...
...fifth speaker was C. S. Collier '11, who upheld the affirmative side of the question. The equitable principle in taxation is the principle of equal sacrifice. With this in mind we may divide the question into three phases: (1) The intrinsic justice or injustice of the present system, (2) the intrinsic justice or injustice of the proposed system, and (3) the comparative efficiency of the proposed tax. The present system relies chiefly on the tariff, and is very heavy on the poor; the proposed tax is superior, as it falls on accumulated wealth. The income tax is especially adapted...
This year with the stimulus of intercollegiate competition in basketball eliminated there will naturally be less interest in that sport. A transfer of support to hockey may reasonably be expected to take place. As a sport hockey is undoubtedly superior to basketball, and the fact that it is played in the open air makes it more valuable as a means of exercise...
...Symphony Orchestra in Sanders Theatre will be given this evening at 8 o'clock under the direction of Max Friedler. Tickets for the remaining six concerts at $5.50 and single tickets for tonight's concert at 31 are on sale at George H. Kent's University Bookstore. Single tickets may also be purchased at the door of the Theatre...
Tickets, at $2 each, for the Musical Clubs' concert to be given at Hotel Waldorf-Astoria on the evening of December 30 may now be purchased at Harvard Club of New York, and of R. Wheelwright '06, 41 East 30th street. Men in Cambridge who wish to procure seats may do so through J. S. Reed, 35 Bow street. As the concert is to be given in the grand ball-room, box seats will also be procurable. Boxes of 10 seats will cost $25; of 8 seats, #20; of 7 seats, $16; and boxes of 6 seats in the second...