The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-06
PROPER OBJECTS OF TAXATION.

"P"' "S"'P"P>'' -o'"S So&''"' - N"~
mails. Its injustice aud inequality were
shown up by very brief discussion. 1t
subjected readers in the places OF publi-
lication to no tax, but made them pay il
they resided elsewhere, 1t demanded
their money for services which the mails
could not and did not pretend to render
For cnample-da!!y newspapers, to be OF
any interest to subscribers, must go by
the spcediest conveyance and be deliver
ed at the earliest moment. But on thou
sands of mail routes there are no postal
accommodations at the requisite hours
Tor daily newspapers. The right of news
paper exchanges to 60 free by mail is a
small matter, and We are willing to see
it swept away if all tranking goes with
it. This privilege has existed ever since
the foundation Of the government, but
the American press asks for no peculiar
favors, nor does it object to bearing ITS
share of the increased burdens of the
war, provided the assessment is equit"bly
made.
The Injuries of the pcopls are not on.
ly the most proper subjects Of additional
taxation, but the experience of Great
Britain and other nations proves that
taxes Of that kiud are the most willingly
paid of any. Common sense leads us to
the same conclusion, for men will bear
hunger and nakedness, they will 90
through fire and water, rather than give
up a pet qualification of the senses to
which they have been long habi;ua'ed
The single article of tobacco, which is
now uu,axed in the United States, af-
fords rich mine for the European tax
ga;hercrs. 1t is a luxury to those who
use it, though often nuisance to those
who do not A stiff tax on !. woud be
patiently borne, for every lover of the
weed declares that "hc cannot get ;lon.
without it." 1t is used more freely in
this country than elsewhere, and ty all
classes, rich and poor, Old and young. -
Thousands cxpeud from $50 TO 500 a
year for tobacco. and think nothing of it
An additional cent en- every cigar. paper
of fine cut: or box of snuff. would not
diminish consumption materially. while
It would yield Il magnificent revenue. If
there ,tnuld be Sigh, decline in the
use "f tobacco, ewing t. the Tux. there
won'd be the advantages Of cleanliness
and better health to cifsct. while there
are no compcnsations at all for taxes on
knowledge. TO show what large suns
other governments have derived from this
'nvetcra'e habit. we give full statistics
from their last revenue re':rns: 1t Great
h:ita'n, the tobacco d"ty amounts 70
''""' s2o,ooo.ct'' annna!y; in France.
we ',,: nnS'n.rs nns "a - a s"r"rnm"nt monopo'y,
''e'o''3 >''' ''n' 'ah'' .-'''
rai-ins or sciIing totacco i, ,rn,cJ 10 in.
dividuals, aud Yields ST. 6.OGO. coo; in
An<,ria tic net receipts in 1888 reach,
"a nearly Sil.tDU 600. und they have
grca'Iy Increased since rha. time Heavy
duties arc also laid on tobacco by Hol
land, Belgium, Sardinia, Sweden, Nor
way, Portugal, etc, though we are dos,
ti'"te Of the figures. Everywhere this
'"dn'gcnc- pays tax but IN the United
States, and II should 10 longer escape
here. Onr production IN 1890 was a
fraction below 3t0 600 po"nds, but con
siderable increase has since taken place.
An excise OF only ten cents pound
would yield over $50, ,oUO, 900. 1t is
unfair toward the ladies to tax their tea.
and let the mems tobacco go scot free.
Speaking of " drinks naturally suc-
ycsts cider. ale, beer, wine, whisky, rum,
aud the whole list Of :ernentcd and dis
titled liquors, as even more properly the
objects of heavy taxation than tobacco
They afford an immense profit to the ma
kers and retailers, and the appetite Of
the consumers is so tyrannical that they
will usually have their cripple at what
ever cost of cash, character or health -
Foreign ales, wines and liquors are prob
ably loaded with as much burden as they
eau carry by the Morrill, tariff But our
domestic decoctions fer "makirg drunk
come are generally untaxed We eknow
that the sellers and the drinkers are not
remarkably law abiding or patriotic
class Of men, and that such tax would
meet with ugly hostility from them. A
cider excise in England nearly cause d
rebellion in l74S, and whisky excise
in this country brought on an actual in.
surrectien during Washinston's admin.
is,ration. But we have now a strong
temperance sentiment and a sufficient
military force to put the thing through,
if there should be resistance or evasion
The United States law of 1890 imposed
"a domestic spirits a duty of from 8 to
30 cents per gallon, according to
strength. aud on small stills an annual
tax of so cents per gallon on the capacity
of the still The war of 1912 caused an
imposition of 20 cents ncr Gallon nm MI