Word: burdens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Governor Warren T. McCray of Indiana, whose private financial difficulties caused him to call a meeting of his creditors (TIME, Sept. 10) was relieved of his burden. His creditors accepted his suggestion for a trust agreement to operate his holdings until his debts can be paid...
Disaster, out of the earth, shook the foundations and shattered the superstructure of Hondo, principal island of Japan. Tokyo and Yokohama and all cities for 400 miles along the East coast were reported to be in ruins. The magnitude of the disaster was the entire burden of the reports. The chief news was that direct communication with Japan was ended. Apparently the cables were snapped...
...more money, taxed. If the surtaxes of the rich man are lightened, the average constituent feels that he (the poor man) will suffer, regardless of the fact that the Government may get more money. The La Follette insurgent group are potent fosterers of this impression. They maintain that to burden the rich is to unburden the poor. The argument has a popular vote-getting appeal. They say that there is a coming soldier bonus that must be paid...
...soldier bonus is now, in truth, something more than a likelihood. But if Secretary Mellon is right (and there seems to be much well founded opinion that he is), to reduce the surtaxes would be the best possible way of preparing for a bonus. He holds simply that to burden the rich beyond a certain point is also to burden the poor. Nevertheless, the insurgents in Congress demand that if there be a revision of income surtaxes it be upward instead of down, with excess profits taxes restored. They charge Secretary Mellon with favoritism towards the wealthy. It is probably...
None of the acting was distinguished, though Mary Carroll, as the daughter of the hills, carried the burden of the evening satisfactorily. George Thompson, her ancient father, proved the accuracy of the old descriptive ballad : "' Oh, mountaineers have furry ears...