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Vol VI. No.9
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MISSOURI WINS.
THE DECISION WAS TWO TO ONE
In the First Annual Dsbate B-tween the Universities of Missouri and Kansas, Missouri Is Victorious.
A fair sized audience heard the Kansas-Missouri debate at Frazer hall last evening upon the following subject: Resolved, That an income tax would be a desirable part of our system of taxation.
Chief justice Doster of Topeka presided. The judges were President Boyd of University of Oklahoma, H. S. Julien of Kansas City, Missouri, and J. W. Glesd of Topeka.
Judge Doster after a few preliminary remarks, introduced the first speaker for the a firmative, Mr. W. S. Kretsinger of Kansas University.
Mr. Kretsinger said that our present system of taxation was unjust; that it was inadequate in that it lacked in fiscal stability He said that the opposing side must prove that our present system was adequate and establish the evil of the income tax. An income tax would enable the government to adjust the amount to be collected to that required. He affirmed that three-fifths of our present taxes went into the coffers of places of trust: that our present system was unjust, because it distributed the burden unequally upon the people; it raises prices; that property does not share its due part in taxation. He would reduce the tariff and require wealth to support its share.
Mr. J. S. McLntyre the negative for Missouri. After thankening the students for the kind treatment the Missouri debaters had received, he said: "The affirmative has not even claimed that the income tax is not a just one in theory. Ever man pays his taxes according to ability. What is man's ability? The affirmative must explain its workings.
The income tax is undesirable. 1. It is inferior to the present system. 2. It will be shifted. 3. It is inquisitorial. 4. It will be evaded. Our present tax is voluntary, more than one half of it is levied upon luxuries; It can collected and it is free from evasion. Adam Smith, Ricardo and Mills say that a tax upon trade falls upon labor or consumption.
The income tax is inquisitorial and reveals a man's profit to his competitors.
In regard to the evasions of the income tax Mr. McIntyre showed on an illustrated chart that during the civil war the tax was evaded about one half in some states while in others it amounts finally to an evasion of nine-tenths of the tax. Mr. McIntyre closed by briefly recapitulating.
B. B. McCall was the second speaker for the affirmative. He referred to the argument of his opponent as an illustrated lecture. He said that our present system of taxation is based upon consumption. He said that our present system was inadequate to the needs of government and it was not conducive to progress. He briefly outlined the condition of the treasury from 1789 to the present time, The revenue cannot suffer in time of stress, In times of prosperity we had a surplus, in times of war we had a deficit. From conditions in the United States in the last few years it is evident that a change in our system of taxation is necessary! A nation of income tax would remedy the defects! It places the same amount in the treasury that it takes from the pockets of the individual. It does not paralyze business it gives some degree of elasticity in our revenue He cited the success of the income lax in England and refuted the argument that it would be more inquisitorial here than taxes,
Mr. L. E. Durham, the second speaker for Missouri followed Mr. McCall. He said in part: The political conditions of the United States are against an income tax. The constitution attempted to provide against class legislation, but an income tax would bring about class legislation. It must necessarily be sectional because wealth is concentrated in certain portions of the country.
Sectional lines are always drawn when the question is considered. There will also be animosity in this section legislation and the income tax is a good example. The tendency is to make the exemption higher and higher in order to make it fall upon the rich.
There must be three conditions to make
taxes elastic. The government must be able to anticipate receipts; it must be able to anticipate receipts from customs and if it has an incom tax it must be able to anticipate receipts from this tax. Mr. Durham then showed by a chart how much harder it is to anticipate revenues in the United States than in England. England is an old country and incomes are more firmly fixed. This country has no budget as England and therefore it is much harder to determine what revenues would arise from an income tax.
Guy Simpson said that the purpose of the affirmative had been to build argument. They had compared two systems and had discussed the income tax from the points of justice and adequacy and that he himself would discuss from an economic standpoint. He said that taxes on consumers would be unjust; that they would be shifted from manufacturer to merchant and thence to the actual consumer, and necessarily a very great part of the burden would fall upon the poor. The expense of collecting taxes, if we had an income tax in addition to our present system, would be the same, yet there would be a double source from which to collect. He said that the affirmative advocated an income tax with an exemption—moderate living expenses would be exempted. The income tax answers ever requisite for an ideal tax.
My first colleague proved that income tax is unjust, second colleague proved that it is not elastic.
W. C. Hoch said in part:
The law works in Germany but laws there are more injurious.
The political and economic conditions of England are entirely different from what they are here.
Incomes in England are more fixed but even there the tax is evaded. The income tax is a necessity in England but it is not a necessity here.
The income tax has proved a fiscal failure in Italy, India and the United States and an ethical failure wherever it has been tried. There will be a great cost in collecting it.
He said he would admit all that the affirmative had claimed for the income tax with one provision, that it should be state income taxes The federal government raises its revenues indirectly rather than directly.
Mr. Hock then briefly summarized the arguments of the negative.
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FORMER JOCKEY CLUB MEETS
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Large and Fashionable Crowd-Feature of the Afternoon.
The goddess of laughter and murmun reigned supreme yesterday afternoon. Arbor Day, 1898, was a gala day for Kansas University students. The occasion was the third annual meet of the K. U. jockey club and it may be confidently asserted that all former meets of that noted racing association were completely outclassed. Well known students masqueraded as horsemen, jockeys, policemen, and two even went so far as to dom feminine garments and do the high society hose-show act coming out to the track in a trap drawn by two snow white horses, with a swell footman in the person of Ben Herfoot. This turnout was undoubtedly the most unique of the afternoon and with Miss Jack Harris as driver and Miss George Robinson for his companion created meriment wherever seen.
THE PARADE.
The parade started from the rink at two o'clock and marched east to Massachusetts street then south to the end of that street. No parade more replete with odd coo-tumes and handsome turnouts has ever graced the streets of Lawrence.
It was led by three mounted police whose haughty looks proclaimed that Lawrence was theirs for that day.
Behind the police came the Indian band on foot, next came splendid turnouts in which rode the directors of the club followed by all kind of traps and carriages.
In this aggregation were represented almost every nation on the globe. There was the Italian and the native of that country farthest north from whence only Dyche's courge could rescue stranded Peary.
The mixed band brought up the rear of the procession.
Taken as a whole the parade was entirely successful participants excited the laughter of all who saw them.
AT THE TRACK
The parade reached the track shortly before three o'clock. The German band led by Hudson, and accompanied by Dr. "judy" Allen, the celebrated patent medicine man soon made its appearance. The band which was brought especially from Koster and Bral's for the occasion was very anxious to show itself off and it was sometime before the police could get them off the track which they would persist in marching up and down playing. By 9 o'clock over three hundred people had assembled.
THE SPORT BEGINS.
At 3:10 sharp the contestants appeared for the novice bicycle race, and the crowd held their breath as Starter Means pulled the trigger. The men got off well with Leonard and Toby as pace makers. Avery won by a good margin in 1:24 3-5 with Hamilton second
Of the ten horses entered for the second race, but two came to the post, much to the chagrin of the many friends of Moody's "Poker_chip" and Blackman's "Do it again," who had placed great confidence in the speed and endurance of these steeds. The finish was the most exciting of the day and to many it looked like a dead heat. Kentucky Blue Eyes, Harry Riley, jockey, won, however, by a nose from Morgan, the cowboy's Jimnie G., from the Blackstone stables. Time 14 1-5 seconds.
In the next race, the 100 yards dash, a chance was given to size up the *Varsity* sprinters. Only three of the eight entries started, however, and Speak had rather an easy time of it, winning in 11 seconds, Cook getting second place.
The sack race afforded much amusement. Sutton won first, Snyer second, while Copley fell all over himself in a vain endeavor to take long steps in uterine defiance of the sack Moulton won the wheel-barrow race, Snyer second.
The potato race was the third of the ludicious events. Owens took first place, though pressed hard by Phillips.
There were seven starters in the half-mile bike handicap. Avery took this race from scratch, making his second victory in the wheel race while Hamilton 10 yds. again took second.
The 220 dash was won by Speak with cook secend; time 24 sec.
Just as the horses were led into the track
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for the big event of the day the K, U. Derby' Secretary Wood came hurrying down the track with a telegram just received from "Lucky" Baldwin reading, "Horse entered from Theta stables to stainlie is a ringer. Really Eugene Field's Lady Lil." The telegram was handed up into the judge's stand and read by Announcer Chamberlain. Its contents was no sooner made known than Jockey "Tod" Sloan Cockins, Kittie's rider, was off his horse in a moment and gesticulating wildly. At the same time Foxhall Keeney Rodgers managing representative of the Theta stables, jumped out in front of the judges' stand and shook his fist in the Secretary's face. Hot words followed and the secretary demanded both jockey and manager be ruled off the track. A crowd gathered around and it was all Marshal Jim Monroe Manley and Patrolmen T. Roosevelt Learnand Parkhurst McChellan could to avoid a fight. As it was Rodgers led the marshal a merry chase half way round the track and Speak got away with Patrollman Learnard's hat. Quiet was finally restored. The judges after mature deliberation decided the charges to be unfounded and to be the result partly of Lucky Baldwin's jealousy of the Theta stables and partly of the known enmity between the secretary and jockey Cockins. So after fining Cockings go and ruling Rodders off the track for one year, the horse was allowed to start.
COCKINS WINS THE DERBY.
The excitement having subsided the horses Brown stable's Kappa, Hudson jockey, and the Kittie, took their places for the start. Both jockeys seemed disposed to delay the start but after a warning from the starter the horses got away well on the second trial. Kappa took the lead at the flag and sustained it undiminished to the quarter pole. Here Cockins on Kitta began to urge his horse and passed Kappa at the three eight's mark. Once into the stretch Kittie increased her lead at every stride and passed under the wire, a good winner in 59 seconds.
After the Derby the judges awarded the special prizes. Miss McCurdy got the blue ribbon for the best lady driver, the Brrb girls first prize for the swellest turnout, while jack Harris, George Robinson and Ben Kerfoot in their masquerade as swell society women with their footman took the prize for the most ingenious turnout with their trap and white horses.
NOTES.
To much praise cannot be given to Cooper, Walker Boone and McKinnie.
Dale Gear's modest is guilty of those wores "hold ups."
Moulton showed he was thoroughly used to being hitched to a wheelbarrow.
The best costume of the day was that of a Mexican worn by Millo Morgan.
The way Owen went after those Murphys took the cake.
Smith and Steele fought desperately for lost places in two bicycle races.
The way in which Miss McCurdy handled her span of horses excited much admiration.
The music produced by the German band demonstrated that each member was an artist in his line, but we must confess we we don't believe his tine is music.
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