MR TAFT'S PROPOSALS.
Per Press Association—Copyright. Received June 18,^8.15 a.m. . . ,; . NEW YORK, Juno 17. President Taft, m a message to Congress, recommends the tax cabled yesterday and an amendment of the Con-: stitution, enabling the United States Government to levy an income tax without appointment among the States. He adds that it is-undoubtedly a proper tax, which the Government ought to have, and might be indispensable to the nations life m a great crisis. (The following is the message referred to: "Mr Taft favours .a tax of 2 per cent on the net earnings of corporations, estimated to bring into the Treasury 50,000,000 dollars annually.")
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7825, 18 June 1909, Page 2
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