The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-12-21


| article the pecuiiality OF the system Of tax;
alton wIilcn obtains III the United States
! under which real estate is reqrred to pro
/ duce very nearly all the revenue required
/ for municipal and State purposes and Is
/ even now locked 10 to furnish. the addition
! al income, IN Il great measure, which !.
needed by the Government IN the present
] difficulties and which duties on imports
are wholly inadequate to produce. The
National Government obtained abundant
means from the customs; for State and
city expenses the property OF individuals
was assessed, III which assessments bat
little notice was taken OF personal prop
erty and on these assessment taxes were
levied.
what is now the effect OF land tax as
compared with an excise or spirits? The
former, by Easing rents, drives the indus
trious artisan out Of his comfortable little
house INTO the mean room OF tenement
building The hard working laborer who
at least had hls tolerable room, or perhaps
two rooms, Is forced into the garnet, swell
terlng in summer and freezing in winter,
or into the damp cellar. \ tax on liquors
in London than Philadelphia 4 better
house can be had in London Tor eighty
pounds per annum than can be rented
here four hundred to five hundred dol
lars, owing to our high real estate tay-
And no|' when the assessment rates have
.,'9 <. 80 anu ~ u, et''.9
~ .41'-N' - '',''v zen l"'-S-
~ .. '"e'i IS-'i e9-|'e s''-! lui'isF Win "
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g Europe, have, far generations mad. II
a study - extract a. mach money as pgac-
=. .'''' i.'-' d. 7--''''" '"S
a. - Us! .'i''@ 'ile p',I1" 50 - % '3
- - 10y - p's7'o-T' ana We ''-".
.-'' - -'''"0 non l--e'-4 ii l"-2 IL
SP7~' ''i " o.'i :',s,gi'' '.l'.,E-
49, "Io" P-i.'' va ."cl."-
80 III -'ii. Ni''o programme o. taxation
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the I'm Of Julv. i w.s jncresseJ -
,.'antv-five rer cent VIZ From eirht
~lEI..Fys per gallon 10 ten Stlli.IL- Fra-
.al.an.
When tax rates were lower tra. thy
are now. and -rouertv was rro.i.c..,..
-.arl. yi.l.eH III. .,s,..r, ,g-.,, or-.,.
.;or.,l ,,u,,b!.r.. iiI, nos. that ,o,,-..l
and State cx.,n,e, bav,s, gr-,,Iy iuer-,s-
at ,i.z load i..- l..c,,,.. a. ..-.r ..-tr.,.i ~, ,.
and ,.aer Csy-rrrDeut ,.,..r.--.. -, t.,.,...r
increase, tr9 taxation t.,,n rel a..,,. +,
+. birL time tia. we .toI,5 l..-i. o.. .-,.
4uire whether it /, not the turn of o,uer
sources Of ra--us,. to h. I.;g ,...I-r c,.-
irritation Eor-l.t a-v man s--n- , rtst
barlu-. he ;s NOT a b9.se;.9, icr De O.
cape, the in!ngst Everv man either own.
his house. or laws rent fer t. and many
!uea own or ret a place Of business a,.o
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70. We aste s5,ge statistic. o. Eur,s.h tax,
alton derived fras, cffiei-l l.-.,,..rr-,tts,r,',.
!i.l.ed n ADJUST last. in which il we.
shown that out Of more thantwo hundred
millions OF dollars raised, er-.ss.rs et c.-