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income tax  \namendment  \n[Portland,Me.]  \n[191-?]  \nCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISION  \nBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET  \nORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \n336.73ZLibby,Charles Thornton,1861-1948.v.3The income tax anendment.[Portland,Me,Maine incone tax lengue,191-?j24 p 23 cm in 26 cm。Caption title.Signed(p.12):C。T。Libby.Volume of panphlets6/3/48E人  \nRESTRICTIONS ON USE:   Reproducions may nof be made withou permision from Columbia University Libraries.                   \nTECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA  \n35mREDUCTION BATIO:      11:1MAGE PLACEMENT:IA IIA IB IIB  \nFILM SIZE:              \nDATE FILMED:                  3/4/98INITIALS:                  下TBACKING\\#:                                                                                                        31856  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n3e2  \nTHE INCOME TAXAMENDMENT  \nCONTENTS  \nPageFULL TEXTOFTEE AcT,  \nWHO FOR THE LEGISLATURE??.SENATOR BROws(Rep.)1in speech in U.S,Senate .13  \nTHEFAIR AND JUST TAx Gov.Foote's(Rep.)message to N.J.Legislature 13HELPED SAVE THE UNION    .Hon.Judson Harmon,Governor of Ohio 13NEw YORK EcoxoMIC CLUB—DIsCUSS10N Seator Borah          .13NEW YORK EcoNostc CLUB—DiscUsS10N Hon.Lawson,Purdy..   14NEW YORK JoURNALOB CoMMERCE  ,  Note.               15WEAT Gov,HUGHES ACTUALLY SAID.  (From U.S.Senate docu ment)15LETTER OF HoN.ELIHU RooT(REP.).1read in New York Iegislature 15MR。ROOT IS UNANSWERABL三..,New York World  .       16RooT ON INCOME TAX.Portland Press      ..16INDIANA REPUBLICAN STATE CoNVENTION..            ,,    17SENATOR BORAH,(REP.))·In speech in U.S.Senate  ,17THE COLLHCE PROFĘS5ORS·.Portland Argus·..   18ILLINOIS FOR THE INCOME TAX.Chicago Tribune,,,.18PERIL,S OF INDIRECT TAXATION.,N.Y.Journal of Commerce.19WHAT WL,HAPPEN?.      ,.Portland Press.      .19FuTURE OFLARGE FORTUNES.    ,Boston Transcriptt 19THE KINGDOM OF MORGAN.Knoxville Sentinel..    20THE ROCKEFEILER FoUKDATION    .New York Globe..,,20CARNEGIE ON PosT-MORTEM WEAI,TH.Philadelphia Bulletin  ,,21THE PEOPLE BEAR THE CosT  ,,,Life,,,      ..21FOUR STATESHAVE RATIFIED    ,Boston Transcript,      21LITTLEFIELD,HAMILTON AND INCOME TAx Springfield Republican,.22IsCOME TAX GooD REPUBL,ICANTSN  .Lewiston Journal,23THE PEOPLE CAN,IF THEY WILL.    Portland Argus·.   .23WHATTHE VOTERS OF THE STATE WANT Gardiner Reporter-Journal.23THE MosT IBPORTANT THING        Fairfield Journal.    .,23SUMMARV OF SITUATION,.24How to procure copies of this pamphlet.24  \n[8.J.Bs40.Stxty.firsatCongrress of the C'nited Staten of Amerlen,at the frstseaaton,begun andheldi t the city of Washlngton on Monday,the fteenth day otMarecli,one thouand nlne hun.dred ind nine.]  \nJOINI RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of theUnited States,  \nRe solved by the Senate and House of Representotives of the UnitedStates of Anierica,in Congress asgembled,(truo-thirds of each Houseconcurring therein),That the following article is proposed as anamerdment to the Constitution of the United States,which,whenratifi sd by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several Stntes,shall bevalid to all intents and purposes as a partof the Constitution:  \nArt cle XVI.The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes onineon es,from whatever souree derived,without apportionment among thesever:I States,and without regard to any census or enumeration.  \nJ.G.CANNON,Speaker of the House of Representatives  \nJ.S.SHERMAN,Vice-President of the United States andPresident of the Senate.  \nAttet:  \nA.McDowELL,  \nClerk of the Houe of Representatires.  \nCHARLES G.BENNETT,  \nSecrelary.  \nBy HENRY H.GILFRY,  \nChief Clerk.  \nI ce tify that this joint resolution originated in the Senate.  \nCHARLES G.BENNETT,  \nSecretary.  \nBy HENRYH.GILFRY,  \nChief Clerk.  \n# WHO FOR THE LEGISLATURE?\n\nThe Income Tax Amendment-ShallHuge Fortunes Be Made ForeverExempt From Taxation?  \nThe State Legislature of which the members will be nominated th","cbCaiax2T7foESA8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiax2T7foESA8","pdf",1396028,16,"English","# WHO FOR THE LEGISLATURE?\n## The amendment’s stakes for Maine and twelve states\n## Claims about the income tax system’s status","[{\"question\":\"Why is Maine’s legislature described as important in the pamphlet?\",\"answer\":\"Because it will accept or reject the constitutional amendment that would allow an income tax, determining whether it goes into effect or is declared unconstitutional.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the pamphlet say the amendment would change about taxation?\",\"answer\":\"It proposes an amendment giving Congress power to lay and collect taxes on incomes without apportionment among the states.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the pamphlet justify the income tax system’s legitimacy?\",\"answer\":\"It claims no alternative views are possible about its general standing, stating that many foreign countries use it and referencing earlier U.S. history and constitutional rulings.\"}]","THE INCOME TAX AMENDMENT - WHO FOR THE LEGISLATURE? | PDF",1789959650]