New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-12-24
TAXES.

/ ny the "eE-ceing Of the teo?.a CT LIS SAFE
TAXES.
have word to say about taxes, on account
Of the importance Of the matter. aud because
hope 10 excite By thus beginning an attention
to the subj Ct upon which propose to wr.te. If
mems immediate interests are certain to be p;o-
mcted by q change, We have reasonable chance
of seeing 1t effected, and one Of The chief objects
l have is to produce general relief from un-
necessary public burdens, OF all descriptions
doubt whether better test of the goodness
of any government, can be applied than to in
quire IS to its expenses. If know thu, gov.
eminent expends literally in paying large saia-
res, IN maintaining large SANDING army and
navy, in sustaining an ex'ravagant pension list !;
and fixes a high compensation for professional
and official services l need not to be informed
that 4 large portion oil It's productive laborers
are paupeEzed. and reduced to one kind or an
other of slavery.
We are often enough apprised OF the condition
OF other countries, Tor it tends to produce con
,entment il 1t appears by comparison that our
own is little better off, We read with great
sympathy Of the desti:utlon and wretchedIeSs Uf
immense numbers suffering from the exsctiohs
of lie governing few scross the water, out we
are not eui'e apt enough 10 contemplate the
actual condition of the pioneers Ia suffering from
like causea among ourselves, or investigate the
influences that are swelling theiE numbers with
frghiui rapldity.
We Go every thing in this couatsy in rapid
way, and we rushing with KIND of rall'oad
velocity to e social condition rot uniike that of
tne Observation-Disclosures People of the Old
Wurlc; brakeman is wanted at least 10 check
the downward social progress We are making,
and | mean 10 seize the lever for q time until
relieved by some one more skilled IN lis use.
l can trace go many Of the existing evils 10
unjust constitutional and legal provisions that
have come to regard political reform as more
important than any other that IS now proposed,
yet it is not necessary that action should be sus
pended in behalf OF any other 10 accomplish this
may hereafter have occasion to call tables,
figures, and statistics 10 my aid, bat | Will not
ire the re.der with them until | shall have en-
listed his interest by reference to some general
facts which lew among the taxpayers OF this
State are ignorant of.
The Tax Collector goes through our towns,
once year; his gatherings are small portion
of them for the State Treasury, the residue 10
paw the expenses OF the counties and towns. In
regard TO the Safe tax | have little to say. II
has been and pil be subject Of pattisan dis
cussion, and beside 1t goes TO pay existing IN
debtedness, which | care not how soon Is dis
charged the inconveniences that result from
this exectoR Will be temporary compared TO the
exactons for town and county charges, that
viii be as permanent as the bad system IN
der which they originate with these. shall be
gin but do not mean 10 stop until shall have
looked at the salaries and pefquisites oil State
appointed officers.
Those who pay taxes know that the tax-geth.
erers demands upon them have mure than doub-
| led upon a given amount of property within the
last ten years. know counties where the tax list
has been swelled within that period from $40
600 to $4,000, and from 81 10 S27, Ue0. A
small norton is on account of the State lax, but
the great increase is IN the expenses CT counties.
There are several counties in this State whose
taxes each equal the whole expenses OF the State
of Connecticut. Oneida is one Of these, Onon
| dage is another.
Taxes in this country instead OF growing
heavier should grow lighter. If the moral influ.
ences that are SO constantly excred land that too
1T great expense of time and money to somebody
are effective, the political machinery required for
keepipr society in order should be s!mplfed and
cheapencd.
1t is not true that the great body of the people
are growing so much worse 10 require such
increased expense to preserve order; those who
pocket the emoumcnts of official station are
growing more rapacious, more and more like the
horse ech, and the tameness with which one
lust exaction Is submitted TO is regarded lnvl-
ta,ion 10 perseverance,. The system is bad, not
the men; the laws require to be altered, reformed
I shall show now. b.
IL
,ure of domestic wooleps in this city, is yet IN
its infancy, yet enough has been cone to SLOW
that the business, notwithstanding many dis
couragcmfnis, can be prosecuted with safety and
profit. We have several factories engaged in the
manufacture of wooden s.ufis, in a small way,
compared with the gigantic establishments at
the East, which, in The aggregate, turn out a
considerable number of yards in the course Of
the year.
During the present season about 45, GOO yards
of substantial woolen cloth have been shipped to
distant markets by canal, and not less Than
| 25 900 wares have been sent to Canada. where
the article meets with ready and profitable sale
after paying duty OF per cent Last year
the quantity shipped by canal did not exceed
| 10000 yards.
| Mir. Chester Cook has lately introduced the
manufacture Of pantaloon stuffs. In his mill,
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near the falls, he has put up several looms for
weaving all varieties of the article, checked,
corded, aud twied. Almost every pattern, how
ever difficult, is initiated with comparative ease
These looms are quite curiosity. We hope the
| enterprise will meet with success.
There is quite demand for these and the
other cloths manufactured here, al the east, and
we Learn that some establishments send of week
ly over 1000 yards 10 Boston and New York.
Rochester Democrat.
FROM THE SANDWICH lsLANps.-A couespon-
dent o, the Boston Atlas, IL letter dated Honolu-
IL. June Ist, writes community will arise here
which will make Honolulu the Genoa oftae Pacific.
TIE Governor OF Oahu is completing fine palace;
the King is prepared 10 euiid. 4 6ne hotel, kept by
Mr. Thompson, oil Chsrlestown, is doing well.
Another hotel, on larger scale, vii! soon be
opened.
DANIEL TYLER, ESQ. of Norwich, has accepted
the appointment OF President OF the Morris Canal
| Company.
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