The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-08-30
HIGH TAXES AND Low WAGES.

! he burdens of taxation are incrsas,ue aes
the wages OF working people are decreasing
hess iaets will not be denied and the resui
none can toreeH. They throw over the fifu;s
a gloomy prospect, and provoke the enquiry a.
| TO the causes.
! Ii will not be forgotten that our State Iagis,
lature appropriated $3,500,000 Tor war purpa.
SEES besides legislating out of ths Stale Tfeasoi
ry many millions more for the benefit OF iva
souiless railroad Companies. Then law VA
passed TO increase the State taxes YEARLY tg8
and one hat mIiS, to pay the interest on fbs
war loan and another law was nas.ed 3
authorize The County Commissioners aad Assos
clate Judges, to increase the County taxes Is
pay for the support OF the families OF absent yolt
untaers. This additional tax programme Is ns,
Tor one year only, but for manv years-wlt8
the certainty Of like increase beng made d
the same annually as long as the war continues
and corrupt Legislation is tolerated Tor the ben,
rht OF railroad spectators. Next we see Cons
gress pass lax bill providing for the raising II
$4,000, 600 as an additional revenue for del
trayIng the expenses ofthe government. peDn#
sylvania quota of the tax is Sf.946.7I9. A
direct tax shall be laid on the value Of an land
and lots Of ground, with their Improvement
@''N4 Wv ''AtiaS t'otS'e3 IlAu several 3fitI3RE
subject 10 taxation shall 0e enumerated and val
neo, 6y The respective aSSesSors at the rate eacf
ol them IS worth in money on the first day of
APrIi, eighteen hundred aEd sixtytwo. A
tax OF per cent, per annum is to BE- laid on All
yearly incomes OF over $500. Gold watche4
are 10 be taxed S silver watches fifty cents
Carriages are to be taxed from one 10 fltv dola
lars each, IN accordance with their value
The tariff laws OF the last session ha ve also beeJ
changed, providing an indirect tax upon lhf
consumptlons OF llie-thal is, duty or war tar
has been fixed upon sugar, ccfIre, teas, mola,-#
seS, spices, &c, &c, which viii increase ihe.r5
price about one Htrd. OF these articles the Ia
boring man consumes as much as the President
oI The United States or as the millionaire. conss-
queHtiy. under the operation of this new tariff
the la5orIng man who works for seventy-6va
cents day must pay towards the support q.
Government, on these articles Just as much as
The richest man IN the land, or else must dpoy
himself The use of these articles which have be-
come necesSaries of lie, and more so TO the Moor
than TO the rlch. The laboring man. wh2t !n
EsoIsfJCss "a sugar, asEd Ten pouhds 81 tea 70
year, will, under the operation OF this tafd,
pay towards the support Of the Government, on
these articles atone, tax of from flCeiue or IF
teeH oottdFS per year, aud al Tue same ttheI DIS
u ages must be reduced in consequence OF the
prostraton OF trade and scarcity Of labor and en-
PIoyment. Is this the protection promised BY
the Republican leaders last tall ? Is this the
change for which so maay Of our laboring men
were induced TO vote for Curtin and Lincoln
These are Republican ''good times'' !''-lhis is
the way they propose to restore the country
back to The primitive days of its prosperity -
this is what the '.Union Savers" were such
fools for trying to prevent! May Heaven pro-
tect US from the Iuin OF Republican rulers
.AiLenfoWn Democrat