Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-04-04

Of all the heads of families in the State be
ing about $500 EACH the average relief t,
each head OF a family in the State whicl
would be afforded by this magnificent lane
scheme would be the rrcdigious affair of on,
dollar and ffty-six cents The poor MAI
dependant upon his daily labor and owning
but three or four hundred dollars of world,
goods would be taxed Is ccuts III the yeal
less than he is now The great body o.
men of average moderate means would each
be saved the matter of q dollar and d hal
in the year. And the man Of independence
and fortune of ten thousand dollars would
be relieved i'll the comfortable stun of fifteen
dollars-in the event of Virginia 5 receiving
the largest possible stipend from the federal
government that can be anticipated by the
most imaginative and sanguine Dstrbu-
ZIONIST. Any less amount than the arge
sum we have supposed distributabie would
produce a corresponding saving, to the pnor
man of a fraction Of - cents. to the man Of
moderate means fraction Of nine shllines
and to the man of fortune IA fraction of fifteen
dollars.
We are sorry that the enquiry does not
stop at this point If it did, as something
is better than nothing, be it never So small
there would be some microscopic merit in
the proposition Of the Distrbutiouists Who
would not save the poor man his eighteen
pence in the year, the man of moderate
means his nine shllings, the man of fortune
his three guineas, of taxation? 1.-THE scheme
of distribution had but this one feature in il
that OF giving away money, it would be il
some degree meritorious, but it has another
side to it. The money distributed is talicf
from the general treasury, and must be re
placed dollar for dollar from some Other
source. 1t is the investigation Of that as
pect of the subject that reveals the scheme
as trick and cheat showing it to be de.
vice for robbing the masses Of the people il
order to bestow the fruit of the robbery up
on gorefauseats Of the States.
There are but two sources of revenue tr
the federal goyernment--salesof lands, ant
duties on imports. Every dollar of lane
money diverted from the regular uses of III,
/ federal government increases to that extern
the duties on the commerce Of the country
In view of the present surplus in the Treas
afy Congress has just reduced the TART
from about an average Of 80 per cent. t,
about an average Of - per cent. II a Law
should be passed authorizing the distribu
ion Of anything like the sum of $50, 800
| 40, say, in the period Of five years. The
saties would require to be raised TO high
Il point by several per cent. than that Il
which they have Just been redueed-to a
least an average Of 50 per cent; and ever5
lellar that would thus be raised. for distri
button among the State governments, woaC
( be SO many dollars Of increased taxes inlpo2
ed On the purchases of the peep}e, aughent
cd by the expense Of collecting the Tart
and the increased prices Of homo manufac-
lures produced by the protection Afforded
By the Tariff
Take single article for example The
finest broad cloth is bought abroad far 81
per yard. Under the present reduced Ia.
riff, the cost Of coat pattern would BE- "
follows:
Foreign cost Of . yds, g 90
Duty - per cent. %
Merchants and joI5ers' profits al
ded at S3d per cent. GA s. % 3 81
Cost to consumer SIS -
The Distribution of &85, 000,o 900 would
produce an augmentation Of the duty to at
least 80 per cent. This duty on coat put
tern would produce cost thus stated
Foreign cost Of 2 yds., So oo
Duty, = 81
Home jobbor'S and merchants joint
profit at 535 pr ct Oh $40 50 60