Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-04-02

Wednesday Morning Aprail 2 1862
THE NATIONAL NJ BILL-


THE NATIONAL TAX BILL
We promised jn our H>, issuc, TO dr
vote some space, tli, week, 20 the cousii
Grafton Of the bill NOW before Congress, ,c
lay National tax but lsceius it annouu
ccd from Washington, ne jthy authority
that Mr. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury
has prepared another bill, intended tC
take the place Of the one in question, it l.
not improbable that the Iu,ilmeut Of oul
promise, if clui"d out TO The cyte1t con.
t,mphted, would be labor in vain.
We may state, howovcr, thoh,lInow be,
fore Congress- conlcmpIa,os the raising q
Sl&o oe1. 10 do this some 26ool
new officers will be required, to pay whom
we may safely assume, it will cost, on the
average, $1,000 apiece -aggrogating The
clever SUN Of S26,0O0J0l; which, added
to the Governments share, will mako, say
in round numbers, about SIoG, ,OOO,O 900
This amount is to be assessed, collected
and paid into the National Treasury aa-
nJally, through the han d5 Of Assessors
Collectors, &ca&c. appointed under the al
thority OF the President. 1t IS not a tax
upon the property and substantial wealth
Of the country but rather upon its annual
productions. And it is in tins respect that
it is unfair, unequal and illiboraI, and if
put in operation will be found to be cru.
ely oppressive. Property ], the base Of
our present taxes for revenue for State,
county, and locll purposes. The moor
man, therefore, pays in proportion only as
much as his rich neighbor. But under
the proposed law, the poor man, with a
large family, will have to pay, not in pror
portion to, but quite as much, as the man
'or wealth for, everything that he eats
or wears, or CONSUMES, is to bo taxed,
which must enhance then price; and he
who consumes the most, will pay the most,
into the National Treasury. But even
upon this basis, theoretically wrong as it
/ is if is pnfair and uniust We canno.
better illustrate this nosition than by com
norinr the tax rronosed 10 be assessed
.unop the publishers of nowsnaners mapa.
.ziuss. &C.. with the rrico for licenses de.
manded Of Bankers, Brokers. Merchants
! Hotel lcepcrs &C. Besides having q
heavy tax uncn his oaper, ink, &c.. the
publisher is to nav fire per cent on bis ad
, yertisemeuts Now, take a country office
whose annual Advertising patronage a.
r,orr,, - soooo At : nor cent he
wooIJ nav q ,ov Of 800 This /. the
on,o.,,. a. po,l,or,, l;oo,.o. fvo timo,
,,o on,onrt or Rrol,or,s ,o.n.e. do,bI,
the amount of wholesale Liquor o
Wholesale general dealers license, anc
half the am 5unt of the highest clas
Of hotel license. Only think of it-a poor
starving country newspaper whose whole
establishment is perhaps not worth tive
thousand dollars, Is required to pay a
much to ths support OF the dovernmen
as the Continental Hotel IN PhiIaoeIphIa
whose daily receipts exceed two thou'ahe
dollars: or live times as much as inc mil
honaire Brokers OF New York. PhlIade'
phia, Boston &c. II the publisher Is re-
q uired to pay five per cent OF hl'earn'nS
to the Government, why should not these
Bankers, Brokers' Merchants ana man
meth Hotel keepers pay the same II i
Is iair IN one case, IL "ouIo DC III tue o'h
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gs5" About three weeks ago bill wa
t presented in tho United states senate
$ and referred to the Committee on feae:'