Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-07-23
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ment, viz from taxing the people. FEg |
One thing should never he lost sight Oh In
levying taxes, that is, to levy the tax as equal
" AZ possible on those who are to pay IL, ana IN
proportion to their ability to pay. When tnis
d done no one will have right to complain o.
paying taxes for the support of Government II
the money go collected Is properly and economi-
caIly expended BY the State or National au- |
thorities. 'S ~ ~
What the people have a right to and DO COM
plain of, 10, for the State and National aushori-
Ties to take that money out Of the treasury ana
bestow 1t upon pets and favorites In Contracts
which could be performed for thousands OF dol
lafs less than has been given to them Tor the
same services or articles furnished.
Let us illustrate. The President or Govern
or, or those having the power, call one OF two
friends into their Office, just after sando'0n, and
gives them contract for furnishing two thous-
and uniforms at SIG each, making THIRTY,Two
THOUSAND DOLLARS. These gentlemen perform
the contract, receive their money, and after
counting IL over find they have cleared JUST
THIRTEEN THOUSAND dollars in the space OF two
or three weeks. 5gol-t y b 1880
No manwill say this is not an outrageous
and unreasonable profit, and strongly unctured
with swindlipg for favorites. This is small
item, and only mentioned to illustrate the point.
Taking this as the basis, how much will be
thus paid to favorites out Of SIX HUNDRED NIL
LION OF DOLLARS to be expended by the States
and General Government in this war2 ONE
THIRD Is not an extravagant estimate. Thus
the people will pay TWO HUNDRED MILLION OF
DOLLARS, which will go directly into the pockets
Of political pels and favorites, more than they
should pay to carry on the war. HI,
In the States this money must be collected
from the real and personal property Of the peo-
ple assessed equally, In proportion to the wealth
Of each citizen. But, IN the National Govern
ment, it is different. It Is levied on and col
lected from imports, and paid by individuals in
proportion to the quantity-and should be the
quality-they consume, as is well stated in the
remarks of Mr.. Coz, which will be found In
this article. Mr.. Cox Is right. The people Of
this country are patient, law-abiding people;
they will pay their taxes (if they dc not get be-
| youd their means), cheerfully, for the support
of their government, If they are levied equal
lily and expended honestly. But they will not
submit that the cost of this war, "or any other"
coat should be collected from the necessaries Of
life, while the revenue Of the government Ia
crippled and reduced by prohibitory duties on
the principle articles Of revenue, for the pur.
pose of putting large profits into the pockets Of
the manufacturing interpretations of New Eng
> land or the iron companies Of Pennsylvania.
Large demands are made upon the people, Ii
the name Of patriotism. These demands have
been responded to nobly, and while this is the
case, the people Of the grea. West will not b.
content at such time, to see shylocks' hands
from New England and Pennsylvania, holding
on to their "pound of flesh" They must bs
made to release their hold, st such time al
this, and bear their proportion Of the taxes ant
losses incident to this state Of things. Ant
woe be to the maa who under any necessity o
The Gaze, sits quietly by and permits this tax Il
be placed upon the tea, coffee and sugar ant
salt of the people Of the West, without first re
lieving the treasury by removing the restrict
: ions upon commerce, for those articles which
are protected, by probibitory duties for the ben
eft of manufacturers in New England.
We append Mr.. Cox's remarks on this ques
tion:
Mr.. Cox. move to amend by striking out
the following clause:
"Tea Is cents pound, and coffee Of all
kinds, 5 cents per pound"
Mr.. Chairman, was fully prepared, at the
last session OF Congress, when all our measures
Il of adjustment failed, and when we had the
prospect before US of q dissolving Union, to
fipd, as the result of our action or non action
then, not only large armies enrolled, but per-
petual taxes imposed--taxes which would be
felt in the dwellings Of the most humble.
, was prepared TO find introduced, at this session
of Congress, bill to tax the necessaries Of life
coffee, tea, sugar, etc. Here we have It,.
will not give my vote for il, unless the gentle
|, man Rom Pennsylvania Mr.. Stevensl comes uE
and answers the demands Of the country and
the demands of the crisis, by taking off the on
erous tribute levied on the agricultural portion
of the country for the benefit Of Pennsylvania'l
interests. ...
4 I denounced the bill of last session, and wal
almost alone in denouncing IL, as q fiscal ty
rapny, which taxed almost all implements
used, from locomotive down TO needle
almost everything made of iron which entered
Into common use. denounced it as tyranny
which would, in time, ALLEVIATE even the West
ern country from some portions of this Confed
eracy. said that the same bad infuenc'
which had continued somewhat to ALLEVIATE the
Southern PARTON of the country from the
4 North, would, In time, work out similar bat
effects even on the Western country. VIZ
passed q bill last Congress which the civilized
world, In view Of the crisis now pending, called
= oon ne 70 modify or repeal. Bat, instead o.
having equal tsxation-a taxation which might
have produced more revenue-we find the same
old blightng interest here, clinging on to what
it has got already in Pennsylvania and New
England, and asking that taxes shall be pushed
into the cottages of the poor and industrious
classes, nay, of the very men who are now fight
ing the battles Of the country. .-.
Sir. am opposed to this mode OF taxing tea
and coffee, by imposing specific duty of Is
cents per pound on the one aud of 5 cents per
pound ON the other. The price Of tea roW is
nom 20 cents 70 81 per pound Most of the
teas now imported are worth, perhaps, at the
smallest figure, 30 cents per pound. But it
matters not what the price is. By this tariff
the poor man has got to pay the same tax as
the rich man---the man who drinks cheap tea
pays the same tax as tEe man who drinks
expensive tea. So II is with coffee on
which specific duty Of Ave cents per pound
is proposed. I believe we could raise more
revenue by cutting down the duty to two and q
half cents per pound Why? Because this
tax is proposed to be levied on all kinds of