New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-09
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10 H- Fro esTle NJ j. Tri5qac
Sir: You published on tho 18th MI. the com
muncation Of -. c. hom Washington. v 10 proposes
a rsgorarg increase OF pay 10 tie clerks ihc Treas
ury Dcp,riDoni, the expenses Of living are such rs
not TO allow the two ends 20 meet" Your remarks
elic. q few iiouclts from my pon. Yon have single
method by which TO remedy The evil conplaiTcd Of,
which i, 90 iay 1uch heavier income tax, whereby
cod aDJ Currency win be broli 10 ia nearer relative
1alas IT'S few s.Cft Sentences settle grave questions
~ anancr. ard .olyo g.aycr rrol,ens ia Currency.
Tie more excellent way" or.cachaS the object con
cmrlnied lus IEnJ1r says is to let rieasnroe he
proapy taken to reduce The preurm on Gold from 10
10 - OF at most % per cent aed cieIs salary
vii be- worth jOto - per cent more than IL l0w IS
Vitlogt adding fart. or 10 tie WOiHiain o. orr Fu'c
Debt II 20 dis end 20 be- TO by ~ Income
TX ~ - or even 20 per cent instead OF tle per cent
let u D. LAID
Let N. look Il the prac;ical working OF this universal
panaDe, The !ov es, grade of orrH. ~ to salary u
--,i-tte prcsen ,dl 90 tie PEI not c.cupt 49, ~ :
per cent SIS. YOU, - gcr cent woHi1 10 Siol Tho
riers mus. put DIE shoulder Ia tho wheel for year ~
least be.oic le can reach ths good time conn ~.
lie viii in,r puG oi.2 bretIieyaby gone more ihan
1, nov PAVE aHd b. two "nds' TINT much further
rslrGer n - tne ln. ounce trat breaks ilr Gamers
haca; bui 1iE TlarUSt fes on by Tie h1adfed. The
clrk, perhaps, las 10 Q-ope;iy YET y be me
frst in th6 o6iiuH 81 ilc.lIs-.sS tpay:is TaI.h
tho great mass Of the population and wealth OF inc
country Ills broad aeros-hs oYerdo~Ing 6aricrs--Ais
n!'.a OF hesy Of h,c stcet-h's ieemin9 dlirier Da'
LOT dolu Il Fed rql tax on al these does be pay
iisccfers are fast f.inphe has COMPLAINTS On ile
currency Tie sa.Cs 81 bis produce fT OYcrba.ance
the consumption Of goods bonght. Indeed. tue CieTk
mi gt il Sly rcmotsiIate Congress on The injustice ~
The law which make such fAqutabic discrimination II,
between him ana the farmer. All army employees hr
chance ana worknen in ship yards ara paid adv inced
ratcs-why n1 the cork whose expenses NJ LIVING are
lp l..at.n llaNf ~ Use "a
East Tennessee viii not uaptly illustrate tlc l0ndi'i'1
ii the clerk under nv fiIH Ms regime. Tue Dhiph
men called FOR troops 20 denver ihein rom Ie1'I1ic
DEATHS bu the iaFdils If Ilo troops IN coannH 10 tne
rescue sai1 Wait til can eyerywhero pHs down the
Rebellion. TIE 'fgB' ~ would have The Clerk patent
til ia plan con Dee nauIrIicd and We al together
bi-iS ~ the Sunshine Of its lnsIuima.iol
i.Li The IAIgLNf srcs al0nin tie Wny. ~ aorirci.
then 90 raising salaries rs confession o nlto nj bank
-uP'cy-a betrayal o. hopc!ess bnnnc.L insolvency.
4 n te pittnnCe accOTGcd was tobe to teiltl" oi
Ur IoyeIty. Che ptocunaioa. tho eEp0noR, u tue NJ
t.,nl Insolvency. B,or, the election the COpleTead
.',ugrr could pirate Ou those topics and Milford III
noe ~ letter - liz friend DOuglssj OF Brooklyn. oi
Nu. au,hoi In- ia publicly sad; " sincerely !'ei
tf thc county ~ 10 the verge OF Euin and ~ must
cal an national bankruptcy gld military dcsiot
IAN Perhaps the oracr cannot nov he ase9ted, Dlt
~ ri1f.PI MAJ WY should IhE TRIBUNE dfLr 'Irc
tDaEirr echo ~ torn sentiments a. 'h0pec- IMAM
Calinsoveruy' OF 30 ltlle mater 81 aagince pay %
cicI,. 10 krow- very yell ilu oar rational acOt 10
1910 80 AJD0 IS lut peg ce1t ~ tie property oi
tie c'altTy. Hnd tplt debt isi ~ eighteen yeaIf
iia. al -il-'F' ~ fs+t"'N
by Buc.-.Lal IL Dafeg 10 peg cent 81 ne properly %
fie country. and mgy rr pad 100 prfod css Than tdt
oi generation. principal All Interest, ~ the rate p
one per cent ur qn1um o." property. Great Bristn
nm t.h,al do. nmeuts and abl8 t4;st'. carried
dot h,f was - D.. cent 81 The entire property o tue
Uni.ct iJuCu0n. Hsr debt now. though not reduced
-p:cferty be.Ar igcfoased--s - per cent OF tneir
property She has paid or tbs last nine NeiI.. without
sny ieirclion ~ he, debt s.5'i2pJ per ycpi bee'iy
slQOcoO rhI9n day. Tor 's's' "a esrrnf cfptises
being one pag cor, lcr on tue Tboc Variation OF
prorrr.v wien ln tie wars With fonarartr. II was
srd per cent per on ilo amount - property or
iYrc,e.t ADD expenses. Eugand stili lives. ann the
United States ia rurscn'ns her wealth. notWanstanl-
M 80 Wal expenses by several hundred millions
wear,
Ia tho CeIts salaTies be- increased i'll such time. At
lra.i. "a. gold sl6li have rcc"Gcd - par =.
~, jsl,. lisc }, ls6i.
-FOUR correspondent talks az ii eisrts' sala-
riei only were involved, when II must be
apparent that any advance in that quarter must
bo paraleled BY advances in almost every
other. lie thinks the tdTmers have u far better
chance than the clerk, Why, then, do so few
clerks turn farmers, while so many farmers sons
want 10 be clerks Suppose our present
clerks were 20 turn their attention 10 farming,
wherein the rewards are 10 gIcat, and let their
places be filled by woolen-lecged batle-scared
Veterans from the front, who are disabled for
efficient farming. lie, them take their share Of
tie hardship Of working six or eight hours per
day for : 200 to 81, 600 per nnum.--[ I'D.