Word: states
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Fifty-eight institutions will be represented at the convention, the most important of which are Amherst, Dartmouth, Lafayette, Pennsylvania State Syracuse, Tufts, University of Chicago. University of Virginia, Wesleyan, and Williams. Columbia, Cornell, Princeton and Yale have not joined the association...
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...
...Judd '11 was the last speaker. He chose the negative side and delivered a logical and well-considered speech. We are indebted in proportion for the amount we receive. That tax is the most equitable which most closely shows the proportion of our indebtedness to the state. Now, property is protected by the state and therefore the most equitable tax is based on property. Such are the taxes now in force in France but the executive is not strong enough to enforce these taxes. The income tax, therefore, does not fulfill the question because it could not be carried...
...Sumner Mansfield '68, Belgian Consul in Boston, delivered an interesting and convincing lecture last evening on "The Congo Question" in the Living Room of the Union. As an introduction to his lecture, Mr. Mansfield gave a detailed account of the history of the Congo Free State. In 1876 King Leopold caused the formation of the International African Association which immediately sent an expedition to the east coast of Africa...
...natives have been taxed forty hours of work per month, for which they were paid the usual wages. In enforcing this there naturally have been isolated instances of cruelty and oppression, but it was a false report on the part of the British Consul of the Congo Free State that gave rise to the late accusations of misrule...