Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-01-15
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TME NEW TAMGKE ON TkA AAWN 1&~
In our Hasa issue We gave sha alaouns
u tariff or sax, whieh h 10 bslsvisa apoa
Tea, Oosse, Sugar and Maiassss. By
reference 10 the bill, it will be observed
that the tax On all kinds Of Teas 10
twenty cents peg pound, and On all kinds
Of Coffee, Ave cents per pound. Our
readers canuot fail 70 nstiea the gross
Injustice done to the laboring Glasses In
Hha sila II il. d we'll susaslisAsa tses,
taas sAs iaboring class Of cor sitasaDs,
esnsraIIy ass the cheap kinda Of Tea, and
under the present iaw, they are compelled
TO pay just a. mueh towards the suppors
Of the Government, - their Eich neagh-
bors, who uss the best Tea found in the
market, The poor man who cannot
afford 70 use Tea, which, independents OF
the Tax, would not cost more than afsy
eanta Per pound, must pay With the tariff
added seventy ceats per pound, or twenty
cents tai, while the rich man VINO asea
Tea worth OIL q per pound, pays twenty
cents tax, just the amount paid o. The
DOOR man, who is forced from bis power
~ 10 use the inferior article. just 80 In
regard to Coffee ThePoor IabOEing man
who uses in his family common Rio GO Zee,
pays five cents per pound tax, while bis
rich and aristoeratic neighboE, who uses
the bestJava, only pays fvs cents tax.
Spscise duties OF taxes have always
been advocated by ths opposition to the
Democracy, while advaLOrss taxes or du7
ties, have always been advocated BY the
Democracy. The diEerenes between
specific aud ad rGIorsss duties is this -
A specific duty is so much per pound, or
yard, without any regard TO the Vaiae OF
the article upon which the tax or duty Ia
levied. An dd vdIore1a tax, or duty, is
Ssx&aia per senf. levied upon tine valas OF
the article taxed. Hence II the duty, or
saxs aa ~ wasl esiedapoa the I'D Ualorsn'
principla at the rate OF 10 per cent, aEso
its xslue, the poor nan who uses tea
worth so cents per pound, would pay ~
cents tai. while his rich neighbor, who
uses tea worth OIL so per pound, would
nav 60 cents lax towards the support OF
the Government. Such tax would OPP
crate equally and compel the rich who
live upon the choice luxuFiss OF the land,
to pay their just proportion towards de-
fraying the expenses Of the Government
What would the poor farmer think, whu
has farm Of 81 acres with but FIVE acres
in cultivation, without a barn, and q
poor log hat to live in, if he were com
PEELED to pay just as much tax as his riet
neighboE, who has bis whole 81 sere trael
in cultivation, with barn worth two
thousand dollars and q splendid bricl
dwelling upou it worth three thousand
dollars more? He would pronounce suct
q system of taxation unjast, and If b.
could see no other way by which he could
escape from such an unequal and anJus
tax, he would seek to overthrow the GOV
srnment OF party, who imposed it. suot
is precisely the principle upon which tn
tax or tariff upon tea and coffee is levied
under the Tariff act, just eaeted By tn
Black Republican Congress.
Some of our readers May ask how ii
this, unjust, usaqaal and iaiqoitoas Law
to be avoided. we answer, nor By re,
sisting the Law, or reheIling against th'
Government. A Constitutional remedy
is provided. At the BALLOT Box, tht
people have the power TO remedy the evil
BY hurting the Black Republican congress
men from office, and electing TO eli theiI
places good soand Democrats, wbs will
impose taxes and tariffs upoa the ad raj,
oren principle--who will only requlretht
poor man to pay taxes or tariffs, in pro,
portion to the raiue Of what he consumes
or to the raIsse of the farm which b.
Owns. ~