The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-09
Taxes that are Taxes.

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Taxes that are Taxes.
Ifanv one is dissatisfied here, let him
90 to the sunny South, "that only re-
naming home Of liberty on this couti-
nent," as some uncommonly idiotic per-
son called it at the peace. at any-rricc
meeting in this city. Some of the cop.
perheads groan dolefuly at the taxes lev
led to support the Government and carry
on the war for the Union. IF they dis.
approve of the object, that certainly
makes the burden hard to bear; but we
sincerely wish these grumblers could be
transported across the lines to be taxed
by their friend Mr.. Davis.
The Richmond Sentinel Of the 25th
of May publishes in full the tax act of the
Rebel Congress The various parts are
condensed below We recommend all
who are dissatisfied with our taxes to
read this, and then say if they are ready
to GO South:
"The first section lcvics tax of eight
per cent. on the value Of all naval stores,
salt, wines, spirituous liquors, tobacco,
manufactured or unmanutactured, cot.
ton, wool, -four, sugar, molasscs, syrups,
rice and other agricultural productions.
Bankers are taxed $500, auctioneers $50;
and - per cent. on the gross amount Of
the sales; wholesale liquor dealers arc
taxed S2C0 and five per cent. Of their
gross sales; retail liquor dealers pay 500
and ten per cent. Of gross sales; hotels
and eating houses pay according to the
yearly rental of the property, from $500
year down to $50; theatres pay 5000
and per cent of gross receipts; tobacco
pists pay $50 and per cent Of gross sales;
billiard rooms pay $40 :or each table;
butchers and bakers pay $40 and l per
cent of gross sales; peddIers pay $50 and
q per ccut Of sales; photographers, law
vors, apothccarics, doctors and confcc-
tioners pay $50 each, with a tax on all
but lawyers and doctors of - per cent
Of sales Incomes are taxed as follows:
over $500 and less than 81 500 year, 5
per cent; over 81 500 and less than So
600 year, 5 per cent on the first 81, 500
and 10 per cent on the rest; over So, 900
and less shan $4,000, 10 per cent; over
s. 900 and less than ~ne,nnn a2a per
senv, 49, 40 900, 1s per cent
Farmers are taxed savagely. We copy
the provision verbatim:
"Sec. II. Each farmer aud planter IN
the Confederate States, after reservlDg
for his own use fifty bushels of sweet po-
tatoes and fifty bushels Of Irish potatoes,
one hundred bushels of the corn or 1it'y
bushels of the wheat produced IN the
present year, shall pay and deliver to the
Confederate Government, OF the products
of the present year, one tepth OF the
wheat, corn, oats, rye, buckwheat, OF
rice, sweet and Irish potatoes, and of the
cured hay and fodder; also, tenth Of
the sugar. molasscs made Of cane, cotton
wool and tobacco; the Gotten ginned ane
packed in some secure manner, the to
bacco stripped and packed in boxes, tt
be delivered by him on or before the hrs
day of March in the next year. Eacl
farmer or planter, after rese1vng twent..
bushels of peas or beans, but not mer
than twenty bushels of both, for his ow
use, shall deliver to the Confederate Gov
ernmcnt, for its use, oue-tenth OF tn
peas, beans and ground pes produce
and gathered by him during the presen
year.
There is but one species Of propert
exempt from taxation-the slaves. Bu
if the war continues another year ther
will be no slaves left to be taxed; so thu
in reality this exemption of the slav'
f holders will not benefit them greatly
". Y Erc Post.