Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-02

From the New York Postl
The final passage of the Tax bill, direct
ly interesting to every individual in the
country, will Of course affect all persons
doing business in the city, For instance,
every window adorned by the transparent
cOlored vases of the apothecary signifies
ten dollars for the Federal Government.
Every eating-house, whether an elaborate
affair like Taylor's, or a little basement in
Nassau street where sandwiches and cold
coffee are sold, must disgorge an X. Pro
T9f wiff have "a pay the taz-gatherer double
this amount, for the cost Of a jugglers IL
-eense is $40; and besides this, 500, the
license fee for opening a theatre. Bank
ers, who are generally supposed to have
more money than anybody else, will pay
500, and peddlers, who have less, are
charged but So. ConfectiOners are charged
SO. and pawnbrokers $50. Every reader
can. bv rejecting for a moment on the num-
Der of establishments in only his personal
knowledge degoted to these pursuits, form
some idea Of the vast revenue which must
flow to the Government from the licenses in
this city alone.
Take the theaters, for instance-Wal-
lacks, Niblo's Winter Garden, the two
Boweries, Laura Keene's, Academy Of Mu-
sic, Barnums, Bryant's, Christy's, Gre
morne Gardens, and the Stadt Theater, all
of which come under the title of theatsrs-
will bring in an annual income of 1920,
The refreshment saloons attached to these
places will bring in about Sl2O year
And when this is calculated for all the
theaters in the Union, the theater tax will
mount up to a very nice little sum
enough to pay the salary Of at least one
of the thousand fat Offices, and dozen Of
the ten thousand lean ones which this tax
bill viii create.
We in America have been accustomed K
make frequent little squibs and satlres
about English taxation, but heneeforth i've
in too fragile a glass house to indulge
further in the luxury of throwing stones
A walk up Broadway shows that we cal
claim the honors of taxation quite as mucl
as our down-trOdden' cousins in Eu
rope.
A tax-gatherer's promenade in Broad
way is By no means unsnggestive. Leav
ing Bowling Green, he sees several taxe'
hotels which pay licenses Of at least SlO
each. The bonded warehouse a few step
further, reminds us that fifty cents duty
paid for the entry into or withdraw
therefrom of any goods. The splendi
stores Of the wholesale dealers are eae
worth $50 year to Uncle Sam. Ever.
clerk standing in the doorway Of thes
stores must pay three per cent. Of his IN
come over six hundred dollars. At the e1
press Offices you observe that for every n
CENT for goods TO be transmitted there IS
charge of one to FIVE cents. That portl
! stock broker turning out of Wall street
worth $50 year to his Government IN
censes, while that carriage and horst
, driving up near the corner for him repre-
: sents another, s..
/. AS he goes past the nest Of lawyers
Trinity Buildings, it is a satisfaction to d
z tax-gatherer to know that each of the
5 has to pay license Of $40. He glane'
!. into the Ruetioneers' stores and cOmplacen
/ ly remembers that every one must contri
ute SO to the Government. The druggl
e where he stops for soda water has to pi
r his share, and in the eating-house where
o takes a nibble there is a similar claim.
s he passes a newspaper Office, he refec
/ that for every advertisement the propriet
= paws 8 per cent on the gross receipt
@ Every physician whose little tin sign
may see on his route must disgorge 81
= The cigars smoked along the streets a
d taxed according to their value, If it raj
and puts an umbrella up, he need not pay +
s the privilege unless it is a silk umbrell
v in which case he must pay per cent of
r value-consequently cotton umbrellas W
10 be in active demand. The theatres, ,whol
a sale and retail stores, and the incomes
p rived from every building on your Broa
way route are taxed. Peoples clothes al
E. what they eat are taxed. The glass tn
re look through and the gas they see by a
to taxed. If we wish to slaughter she
q and hogs for our own consumption, UnC
n Sam permits us to do so gratis but he "
Of not permit us to hang ourselves for not
s, ing, as hemp is taxed 8 per cent. If
Of wish to leave the city and gotO New Jers,
D. we can do so freely; but if we prefer oti
IL foreign climes and think Of Europe,
n, must pay SO for our passport and 81
Of for the privilege of buying your pass
Of ticket.
NJ These are some of the results in t