Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-04-16
Amounting to

Amounting TO 80 w
TO buy the Same quantity and quality
a t present prices, namely; Muslin at Il,
Calico at Ii, gingham at Is, Kentucky
Jean at 80, cotton flannel at 49, wooden
/ flannel at So wool at 60 &C., would require
$50 So; hence consuming like quantity
and quality Of Dry Goods, wodld tax our
means to the tune Of Sl4 So, These ad-
ded to the above SIT - would be equiya4
lent to Tax Of $50 so.
Having demonstrated to you how Abo-
litionism taxes the necessaries which we
consume, shall in the next place in,
form you how We are taxed on that which
we sell.
Some kinds of northern produce, be.
cause deprived of the southern markets,
do not rule as high as they did two years
ago. Butter is one of the articles thus at,
fected. During the year 1860, we sold
425 pounds Of butter; averaging Is cents
per pound, ard amounting to $40 so;
while last year we averaged only II cents
per pound, entaling loss Of S2j 60
Now, prcsuming that the average price
will be about the same this year, our loss
on butter would equal an additional tax
Of % 80. Adding these to the tax ofs3O,> :
30 upon Dry Goods and Groceries amounts
to $50 50.
Now for another itcm-labor The
least amount earned in any year during
the last decade (prior TO lS6l) was--aS
on will find in this book-S2l2 90 in
1857. Last year-thanks to Abolition
ism = my earnings amounted to SllO 90.
Wha. they will be the coming season |
cannot tell. Prospects not being any
brighter nov than they We're six months
ago, fear shall again be obliged to sub.
nit to tax Of S9i 90 on labor. Add to
these the IS so ION Dry Goods and GroCc'
rios) and we have the snug little sum Of
Sl49 50.
One hundred and forty-nine dollars
and eighty cents y calculates Awl.
Yes this amount, large as it is for a
man in humble circumstances, would be
by no means the whole of the burden i'm
posed upon us by a5o,ilionism. In add
ton TO the articles enumerated we need
cloth, caSSimeres, vcs!ngs, shawls, blank
cts, etc all of which are smartly taxed. -
Assuming that in former years we eXpend.
ed about $50 90 annually for goods of that
description; we may safely suppose that,
ur der the new tariff regulations, the same
quantity and quality of those goods would
swell the amount hy $50 90 These ad-
ded to Sl49 50 would equal $l69 so.
Nor does taxation stop here for, since
we have got government 1t is but reas-
orable that it 81 ould call upon US to con
tribute in its support. Uncle Sam-or
rather Uncle Abe will need, it is said,
$500, 100000 to grease the wheels of GOV
ernment. These must be raised by Taxa
ion. What my share of this taX will be |
am not prepared to say, but may consider
myself fortunate if ! escape 10y paying
$50 90.
Adding these to the above Sl60 50 a
mounts to Sl09 80. rowind up, State and
County will pat upon me to the amount Of
50 90 or $40 90. These added to the
above $l99 SO gives us It grand total of
$2O9 so! Just think Of it, Sam A poor
man, who follows a trade and lives on a
small lot Of twcnty-eight acres taxed
500 S0r
Outrageous Outrageous exclaimed
Awl. Had you not represented the mat
ter as clearly as YOU did, | should never
have believed it. 5000 so! why It's out
iaGcOUs ! fIalHIy see Iho Hl"P'l7'S VI
econemy now. Not another pound Of
coffee or sugar will buy-we Shall have
taxes enough to pay without taxing our
selves. 5000 80! monstrous monstrousH
-EaStoa Argus.
NORTHERN REvoLuTIoN.--The plan Of
overturning governments in the rebel
lious States, to reduce them 20 the condl"
ton of Territories, was signaly rebuked
by Judge Parker, of the Cambridge La"
School in his opening address, few days