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...never enforced, but in 1862 Congress passed a 3% levy, plus a 5% tax on incomes over $10,000, thus introducing the now famed principle of taxation according to ability to pay. There was little dissent. In 1864, more gradations were introduced. Was Representative Justin S. Morrill (R., Vt.) the voice of reaction or of conscience or of ironic prophecy when he opposed the bill? He said: "This provision goes upon the principle of taxing a man because he is richer than another. The very theory of our institutions is entire equality, that we make no distinction between the rich...
Crimson skiers placed fourth out of a field of nine in the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association's Divisional Championships at Lyndonville, Vt., this weekend...
Crimson skiers will participate in three meets over the coming weekend. The schedule includes contests Saturday and Sunday at Worcester and Amherst, Mass., and at Lyndonville, Vt...
Crimson skiers could finish no better than 36th at the fifth annual Victor Constant Memorial trophy races this weekend at Stowe, Vt...
...Southern Baptist of Knoxville, Tenn. When no Chinese would testify against him, the Reds "found" a pistol in his bed in Wuchow, and dragged him off to jail in his pajamas (TIME, March 12). This week in Hong Kong, Father Mark Tennien, Roman Catholic missionary from Pittsford, Vt., and a prisoner in Wuchow before he was expelled from China by the Communists, told the rest of the story...