The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-05-16
]. H. TwEEDy PITCHES INTO THE RAILROADS,
BANKS, AND THINGS GENERALLY.


BANKS, AND THINGS GENERALLY.
! J. II Tweedy was called for, and fe-
marked tina; he had already said AL he de-
sired to say, at the City Hall. The peo-
pie, however, must be stirred up on this
subject. He said there is no country in
the world where the people who pay taxes
are taxed as much as in Milwaukee. Great
| Britain pays taxation of $3.50 900 600,
Well, at the rate Nil vaukee pays, the U.
S. government would pay $400, 100000.
Milwaukee pays 2 2 per tent., and that
/ is without any war tax, and tariff, any
stamp duties, tea, whiskey, lager beer
! tax
This is enormous, and men will not be
| ieve it. Why don't the people groan un
der such taxation? Why, because so
many escape taxation. If all had to pay
there would be an insurrectIon-
| Ii all had TO pay-the churches, railroads,
| banks, &c,-they wouldn't pay at all. If
it were told in Austria how we are taxed,
they would say your government is a fai!
ure, for taxation Is a test of government.
! | mean the government here in MItwau
kee, and not the general government. l.
is great faiiure-the greatest in the
world-and why? Because the great pro
portion of the people don't pay any taxes
| We who own lands have to pay. because
We can't cover up and hide our laDds.--
! Everybody knows we have got them. If
had given my lands away years ago,
would now be a rich man (Appiau>e.)
There is two millions Of banking CAPT
tai Why don't it pay? For eight years
| it has not paid cent in Milwaukee, and
yet we have got to paw taxes because they
were mobbed and their property was 0es~
troved. Did YOU ever see such stupidity :!
If we were not excessively good natured
and stupid, we'd mob our Legislature =
The banks don't give dime for police
men, for firemen, or to carry on any of the
branches of government, ard yet we tax
ourselves to protect .hem from mobs. If
the South has been abused to as great an
extent as this they ought to rebel.
Look at the railroads. AT first we in
vited capital TO build railroads, and let
them 90 on and accumulate capital. But
there is now three millions ofrailroads pro
perty that ought to be taxed, and they
haven't even paid for one Policem an to
protect themselves. Now they say it Is
/ mean for those who labor, to demand o.
railroads that they shall pay their share o
railroads have earned million each, and
vet don't pay cent. | wonder they are
not mohhed We mean that all property
shall be taxed aike-no matter what it is.
(Great appIause.) An intelligent legisla
ture that misrepresents us now in our dis
tress, ought forever to 90 unpardoned =
As II is now you can't Get access to men,
bank stocks, certificates, &c, therein -
Some of these men own assessors. =
| daughter Some assessors get only
5000. and these men can afford to pay
$500 to keep them silent. The assessor'
do so because she public don't complain
I have complained my full share. | have
told assessors wherein they have neglected
to assess certain men, and they say how
do we know there is property we have no
assessed | told of one man who haC
$4,000 in tax certificates and wei
known $4,000 mortgage, and yet he wa
returned $4,000. Il is said that ifyou as
sess all these men of capital "a propose.
they will run away from the city. Wei
thev ought to run away. Laughter.
|, You say we would then come to crisis
, say we can drop our taxes at least on
half. by uniform aud universal taxation
estimate that at least eight million 0
property in this city in not taxed. Some
of the best property in East Water stree
isn't taxed, because when you come t
! put a proper tax on il, the owners, wh'
, are powerful when combined set up a how
: If YOU own lot off one side, however,
f is taxed right up to the mark. That ism
half the story. Ia the country where
came from they tax producted revenue
interest money, bank and insurance stock
, &c But it is here all exempt, and sti
is most productive. SO that there is fror
, four to eight times the tax it ought to pa
, while eight millions that produces fror
, eight to twelve per cent, don't pay dol
, lar.
! 1t is time now that the Legislature
forced to meet this question, and Wa mus
get the public to realize its Importance
We nust shut the doors against ever
: society, corporation and organization {
whatever nature sect or character FroF
one third to one fourth of the best propert
: in the State is exempt from taxation an
y if is time we remedy this injustice. (Af
pIause.)
The meeting adjourned at the conclu
: sion of Mr. Tweedy's remarks.
The "MAINE LAW" AND TNTEMrERAHcl
Tho Naypr of Portland Maine In h