Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-06-19
Taxes that arc Taxes.

II any one is dissatisfied here, let him 90 to
the sunny South, "that only remaining home of
liberty on this continent" as some unconimonly
idiotc person called it at the recent peace ANY
price meeting in this city Some of the copper
heads groan dolefully at the taxes levied to sup
port the government and carry on the war for
the Union. If they disapprove 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 Nav
publishes in full the tax act of the rebel con-
gress. The various parts are condensed below,
| We recommend all who are dissatisfied with on,
taxes to read this, and then say if they are ready
to go South:
"The first section levies tax of eiobt no,
cent. on the value Of all naval stores salt wines
spurious liquors, tobacco manufactured or I'M
Manufactured, cotton, wool, flour sugar nolasses
syrups, rice and other agricultural productions.
Bankers are taxed $500; auctioneers $50 and
~ per cent. on the gross amount of their sales:
wholesale liquor dealers are taxed 1900 and
per cent OF their gross sales; retail liquor deal
ers pay 300 and 10 per cent of their gross sales
distilers pay $500 and 20 per cent ofeross sales:
hotels and eeting-houses pay according to the
yearly rental of the property, from $500 wear
down to $50; theatres pay $500 and 5 per cent.
OF gross receipts; tobacconists pay $50 and S
per cent OF groos sales; billiard rooms paw S4O
for each table; butchers and bakers pay $50 and
l per cent of gross sales; peddlers pay $50 and
~ per cent OF sales; photographers, lawyers,
appothecarles, doctors and confectioners pay
$50 each, with tax ON all but lawyers and dec
tors OF 219per cent. of sales. Incomes are taxed
as follows: over $500 and under 81 500 a wear
5 per cent; over 81 500 and less than S3 600 !
year. per cent on the first 81 500 and 10 pel
cent, on the rest; over $4,000 aud less than As 6OC
10 per cent; over $4,000 and less than $iO 600
l21s per cent; over $4,000, is per cent.
Farmers are taxed savagely. We copy the
provision verbatim:
SEo. IL. Each farmer and planter in the Con.
federate States, after reserving for his own use
htty bushels OF sweet potatoes and fifty bushels
of irish potatoes, one hundred bushels of the
corn or nifty 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-tenth Of the wheat, corn, oats,
rye, buckwheat, or rice, sweet and Irish potatoes
and OF the cured hay and fodder; also, one-tenth
oil the sugar, molasses made of cane cotton, wool
and tobacco the cotton ginned and packed in
some secure manner, and the tobacco shipped
and packed in boxes, to be delivered by him on
or before the first day of March in the next year
Each farmer and planter. after reserving twen.
ty bushels of peas or beans, but not more thar
twenty bushels of both, for his own use, shall
deliver to the Confederate government, for it,
USE one-tenth of the peas, beans and ground
peas produced and gathered by him during the
present year"
There is but one species of property exempt
from taxation-the slaves. But if the war con.
tinues another year there will be no slaves left
to be taxed; so that in reality this exemption o
the Shareholders will not benefit them greatly
~ Y. Post. ~