The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1825-09-08

wooden booths, ,wilhou glass windows OF chim-
nice. We spesk oi a period within on, Own
fecoliec,ioo. Il 10 not many yea,s ago ihs,
he cottsEes in the. .counuy had no 400 ,o&
bu, that which nature ful ni.bed, md Ihsi q
composition Of lime ans sand wa, bchsid ~
tho oeIghbo's ofbim who enjoyed sucb 20.
iormenf, ss luxu's 10 be euutd The mud
walls were rarely covered with a coat Of olss.
seung; the'e was 90 ceiling unde tue sttaY
roof end when any chamber va. In he house
n wss accessible oniy by lsdds =, o. by post,
with ho,ches iadonted 10 rces,,s The too, in
climbing TO o.. Ths doors and windows did
not close suSicieniy TO exclude ,hs ain o:
snow, and IN We, weather, poJdss We pes,.
tered over Tho inequalities ~ the mud aoor.
u 10 DOW iste 10 the country to sc- eousge
without brick, or stone, or wood Aoor, with.
out stars 10 its ehSpbefs, without plss,ering
on tho oal!s, end 1i,bou, doors end windows
'oiefsbIy wea,hsr.ught The iu,oiiore and
domestic u,snsih ae iBcressed and Improved
WITH The houses. The psuei,y and the homs-
'nesa which appeared tory or ff yrsrs sgo,
present 10 the recollecicD OF tAusc who eau
remomoer The state Of that dsy, o sticking con.
'rast with The compsrotve sbuDdanc and coa.
venienco which ero now eshlbned.
Instead OF straw beds, and n singlorug fdv
covering, arc substituted feather or Aock
beds, several bIanke,,, shes,s, and often cots
Ton quilt. chairs and ,ables occupy tho place
,i benches end jpn, s,oois. Wooden trench
ere bays given way TO e.,henvsso plates
and dishes. and 10 tbs iron pot 10 now com.
monty added The gIidiron, bying pan, sid
suee' pans. The enumeration OF ,he,s ara.
cIss msy seem triH'pg--bW le, every one,
who smlIes at il, follow on English rsvcl'er
'hfough less advanced counties, ha will tiud
now tue i, is ,ha, these little things are g,eac
% ii,ua men.
The clothing OF our poor be, advanced with
he picgfes o! o'het enjoymeus The IN.
ey woclssy ga'men,r which iotWe',y &C we'd
as . ba'bor for jiItS both 20 mslcssnd fsrnsles,
~ been ,bfowu aside, nnd th~l pioce uccu-
I'D by others mote ReS,bie 400 oilnvf e.
a'wod This rney be The Cause, IA part, "
&c Immense increase 10 the qvq0ny oI soap
vhirb be dvtyi. paid WI.h;h tho lost
giy years hss gtsfurly INC esssd ffons
hr,y to ninety lvs million poood
The rnost impo and, We rosy add, ,hS
sno0 p'sssipg PAT of the day 'mpssed os us
IN this disis,op Of our extensive subject, Is 10
show--Dot the, poverty docs not egist--nos
hat il 10 no eyil--aot that !, - o coodnion 10
which neither sympathy nor aid 10 to be ex..
isoded but, tho, in this country. tho evil has
boen gradually diminishing. both in 'ho num-,
be' oi Tho persons who arc the objoc, OF II,
and 10 the degree Of privAtion 10 which they
e,o subjected.
In Mr. Chslnor's Estimate of,hc Compsr.,
alive Strength OF Gest Bntsin, we find some
facts aud calculations which clueidste tho re.
latina nufu of bs MN, aud III o( hn
commonly in tho reign Of K,ng Willism. IL
sppssfs that the numbsr of fsmilIes, of all de-.
scfipions from that Of tho King, down 10
those OF the glpsis' and beggars, hen nu.,
merous clsss was l,34o,ga6, snd those Of the
'sbore's, out. ,.scrvants, coitsgsU, and upeis,
was $4,000, or sou,cwhst mote thvn one
half. Asco ding to en- es,ims,e Of what you'd
DO tho produce 0f tex on windows 10 1896,
when the hearth tax wss TO DO abolished, sod
one on windows substituted, IL spposfs that of
.hs houses cslcuIpted, but, peihsps, etcono.
ously, q, 100000, those inhabited by per.
sons receiving aims amounted 10 $50, 900 I;
hose BY persons not paying TO church and
poor TO 10000; those by dsisulier' from dis
treas or fraud 10 10000, leaving only $50 900
capable Of paying ,hs tan. by 40 account
made up ., tho tax .oGice in 1908, he pUnbs
Of houses actually psyiag the tar was sos 81
whilst that Of those ipha6itsd by the poo sod
incapable Of paying It, was esdms,ed 81 7io,s
600. We do not place implicit con6dsoee-
IN these osrly estimates OF state n,s, nor
sddues them ss preei,s data 10 be relied on.
We give them merely to show what. in tho
apprehension Of tho best.ipformed potspns
at those periods, and according TO tho best
calculations, was the proportion bo'ne by
those whom poverty rendered untaxsble,
20 those who wero capsule Of contributing 10
the public exisencies.
hero can bs no doubt but that OF each of
ihoss periods tho numbers who escaped tsxe-
tion wore mose than those who sctualIy con-
tibu,ed /; spd that The ssme state Of things
continued 10 . later day, though, from tho
wan, Of Tho exact data, We fod j, impossible
% trace the precise period st which II ceased.
rbs houses charged to tho window lex 10
1901. were e24. le% /; and those not charged
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