The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-28
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:. ~~I--s rATcH: I am fn ''out vi town Tobacco
Manufacturer +" hut having been born in tie city
of EicLmoud. a well as having Irref en- business
there fr s. yssla, it il but natural hat should
feel an interest in its welfare. and particularly in
tie resrryasiou Of it's high ch Aacter. 1t il. how
ever about in nay hu III bic estimation TO peri citrate
az Of great injustice under the tax bill Just
passei AID although its 9persti0n NAV enure IT, 40 y
benefit. I should feel asif duty had been compro-
missed il cid protest aeu lst il am not ElGcb
yerl cd in Constitute nal lore. bu5 have always had
tie impression that the Ccnstit1tOn of the Mate
expressly torids partial lsgislatuE Where, the
fore. does The ,mmon Hall get the right to maxi
the distinction between liens, invo we'd i'll this tax
bill? II The professions OF the mere ant The man
ufacurer and ordinary storekecper are taxed, why
are not those of thu doctor wyer carpenter black
smith &c alsc? Ii certainly cannot be owing to
any greater ranty Of acquiring ability to meet
the tax the part of the former, as believe that
statistics will show (socording. At any rate, TO the
authority Of Gen Dearborn, OF Boston that OILY
three in every hundred escape n55lvency at soiIe
period other Of their career. Can this be aid Of
The merchants, however hsve themselves some
what to blame. They ought long sincs TO have ra
sisted strenJously the GLASS tax" which they have
teen pa, ing siECe 1893 Probably the Fmalness II
| the amount each re made them Indifferent 10 it
his subject was. believe brought to the notice f
the Cor mon Hal but ouce and til en- il was justified
only on the gre una that the merchants them
had originally asked for its imposition. Aud why
did they do 80? At the period referred 10. QS8)
the tow9 contained mere handful" of trader;
there police or mig watch To have ther per
and properly protected. thos, few preferred TO
De EDallLHlnb oltChu
hardly ima that such ground coula be graveiy
assumed now. under circumstances so entirely
changed
Toe city has gotten itself into straight and
pincinally by subscriptions to public works. which
all sd init. however, have trestlg noIea'e ed its
tusine-S brt il he demonstrated that any class
o. it's citizens have heen somuch ben fit cl thereby
as the owners Of real estate! think t. Let any
one of them compare his rents with what they
Were hen The tax so and soc per SlfG and he
BtPt ackrovl. dRe that the additional taxes fall far
short of his increased rents And pray, who has
pail On that way all the increased faxes? Why.
the very cas-. to great exeat who under this tax
bill are 80 unJustiy dealt with. The owner OF real
estate paysonly his proper dwelling or such land
as Re permits II lie u1improyed. and yet whilst
laying Others backs heavier tuedens. that class
will. pari pl$Su" to be consistent now reduce
tents. Mons Z IRONS )"
hope the call or public meeting on this sub
ject Will be heartily responded to, and that at it
some steps, (if any can be devised of an entirely
lawful Chara( teri may be taken. to ward of the
blow that this tax I'LL must give to the business Of
your city. 70 2S-lt SOUTH SIDE.