Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08

''"s sficJ 10 uOt sell lllcuIS w uithS
''ohey Of them ask you who are benS6t-
r0 Is the great mass of tax payers beae
a'ed' believe they are not, unless the de-
- r'eiion Of their pockets is beneit.
Gu I'M represent tho committee in refer
ehce 20 the Insane Asy lum. You seem to
wish to convey the impr. '.sion taat the COM
mt-tee suggested the pr ,priety, { putting
al entire stop to any further Expenditure on
Inc same, HAich is nos the TACT. The
committee aeNned it more adv ambiguous to
Aulsn portion, S. ffciens for he accom- mo-
dat1on of tile Insane of our S tate, than to
'inisi the who!e, which is not rec,lel a.
present, and wait perhaps, two or three or
more J, ars for the entire completion and in
sl:e 1'eas time iaSSsm our ssate indebted
ass sasa, conloS = lur in eane in our coun-
vat. fIss gems the 5'b Gsns,ssss' Assembly
N.scfshe u; se opiDson. In the act ,au,hor;z-
LBS thu erection. : OF the Iasaso asylum the
rsst = Of tl,stbuad, 'ns was linitsd.,o $50 Co.,
So commissioner y apppiataa 70 besta and 5
sopt plan foraL Moulding, were we're isstruc +
esa 70 asepts scL p. Mas would be suse 81 e
uois OF Enlargement. The commissioners t
$500 the Nv of idst notion, and aJSoreJ il
Jsast 80, wen Is already cost tive sssss at u
WAY 900, and is MOI .ear 6u ,s.eaj. So g
'n Tor the scale and styl e. tt
N'you attempt to ridctl s,s,,isu. III
the com aaitt. e, tn -. .s,rann,, "
o. adency 81 ,ould b, .aI.ha,g. .onr nj
's" '.;,,o> Is COR mitt se, suggest. that the p'
,u~ exps use Of the. same "A
-,-,ar, ,us Asou why tn ey shonsl not Ao-
,;rr,ts Jour piece If chalk. rs a stan
,x1 es,,xs ,ssuremsns' a competant teach
|.s,t,ss 50 titled to large salary. .e'
.,,gy .e not pay small sam to ha Why
,,ret sncy estab' .ished. Again:" Te hi:
- -sS, things is certain; If the Now one
l>,s duty, the' r expenses wou' Board did
a,v IF the Jounty Superin' ID equal the
al DOT, as would most liz 'endenf; II they
. ;;N tho Wy our eonr ely DC the case'
yam, men they would Attee would allow
than the val do more harm to the
~ Very logic DE of ten times his sala-
~. mako al reasoning, isn't To-
.,,, any difference as to what
''" is elected under rs to his com
-. or is one person mere competent
''" % or three equally learned, tu
Ia NE teachers and grant them Ger.
}" Acates of qualification to teach ? Is i,
necessary to pay two or three County Elk.
a,niners from five hundred and fifty to one
thousand dollars, (the salary of the CouI. ty
Superintendent for perhaps one weeks
services as Xalliner of teachers! Or would
1.-THE people be more likely to elect two OF
three incompetent persons under the title Of
Board of Examiners, than one person un-
der the title of County Superintendent 2
according to your argument, large SAL
aries are pecessary to insure conn etency
in rub)ic oficers. Perhaps your reasoning is
correct but do not perceive its clearncss.
Your remarks on tile report of the cons
mi,tee with regard to the re.u OF the
| ealaries of the county officers are 100 rldlc-
| uirus to be noticed.
s'Next comes the cap stone to this sagac.
ous and original report, a suggestion that
the income of professional men, public Off
GERS and clerks, &C., should be taxed''-
This takes you-don't be scared The com
sntteo will certainly exert themselves to
have you exempt from taxation, over and
above the most ordinary poll. Your reason
ing. if reasoning it can be called, is like all
your Recommendations ipoint. You 90
ON to say, ''We suppose mechanics, artists
and laborers, and all others whose capital
Is In their arms, hands, eyes and heads,
shoQ!d DO taxed as property Here you
| misreIresent the committee again. The
committee did not include mechanics and
laborers. l presume the mechanics tools
are taxed. Ii they are not, do not hesitate
to say they should be. The manufacturer is
| taxed for the machinery lie employs, which
nay not improperly be called his TOOLS
The farmer is taxed for his team, l.is wagon
and almost every thing lie uses it, the cult.
walton of the soil. The policy of our gov
.,,aor% /, aa1Iv ono nfe ouo1 toyot,,p
Then, is it not righr, is it not just and
equitable, that all capital, whether invested
in a mans head, his hands anything else
from which he derives an income, should b.
taxed in proportion to The income he drives
from it Tie value of capital, be it investe
in whatever way it may be, is estimated by
the income it produces Then does it not
follow. that if a m.n has a capital invested
in lis head, producing an income equal to
thesincome of the farmer or the merchant
who has ten thousand dollars invested in his
farmer merchandise, should pay an equal tax.
If there is any difference in favor Of the one
zo- the other, it is in favor OF the fnTmer.-
He can sell or impart his capital to another,
and still retain it and all the benefit in
come previously derived from it uumpaired,
and add the amount realized to his income.
On the other hand, if the farmer sells his
farm. it departs from him, he can derive no
more income from it, he is obliged to invest
the purchase money IN announcer farm or IN
some other way, or his income will Cease.
Your tinanciering calculations really
admirable. But we will take farmer who
makes 5000 year, and suppose his capital
to be $40, 900 then the mechanic with his
5000 income, with no property, S ould pay
tax equivalent to the capital OF the farm
er with his 1000 proper ty, that is $l0,-
900 20 Your financial services would be in
valuable to replenish our empty treasury
nhe General Government should secure
your services, and according to your piece
of chalk as a standard of measurement,
your salary should equal at least that of the
President of the United States, and would
not slew you down" bit.
You say, sit is difficult to know whom
your committee are addressing meeting,
Che county or the General Assembly" For
your especial information for | think no
person else needs to be informed) / will
state that the committee addressed the meet
Ing.
1onounce without argument or proof
s.nsnounce'' seems to be favorte word
re yours. Every person differing in opinion
,s,5h YOU on any subject is denouncer:
r,,a committee ''denounce' the General AS
,.nb,y because they think their expenditure
81 n. peoples mo ey is exsravagant The
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