Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-30
From the Plain Dealer.I
A Talk About Taxes.

| The People OF Ohi0 the honest People, thu
HARD-HANDED AND HARD-woRKING People
the men who produce the means for pay,
| ing the taxes tor the payment of the inter
est on our enormous State and Nationa
debts, and to defray the still enormous ex.
penses of the Government, and upon whose
shoulders rests, with crushing weight the
burden of taxation, are soon to be called
upon to decide whether the party which by
its extravagances has brought those evils
upon them shall be continued in power, OF
whether relief shall be sought and secured
| by the election of better men with better
| principles for positions of trust and respon.
| sibility. The opposition is composed of fthose
who, while intent upon fastening upon the
people, even by an amendment of the Con-
stitution, burden of taxation which will
inevitably paralyze industry and rob the
laboring classes OF the comforts and even
the necessaries of life, and indecently and
blatantly clamorous in their efforts to ex-
empt from taxation almost the entire
capital of the country now invested in
Government Bonds Talk of reputation
The capitalists have already, to all intents
and purposes, so far as they are
concerned. 'repudiated the public
debt. Their money safely invested in bonds
drawing heavy interest, pays not farthing
of the public debt, nor the tenth part of a
red cent for the support of the Government
which protects them. To them, "a nation
al debt is a national blessing" while in
gloating over their ill-gotten advantages,
they cast the whole burden of taxation
upon the toiling masses! And here, in
Ohio, is party, the leaders of which are
making themselves hoarse in demanding a
tariff which will place the comforts of life
beyond the reach of the working men and
working women of the country, while they
are avowedly anxious to find gag for the
mouths of all who would utter complaint
against the impudence of Shoddy, and the
cupidity of "loyal" thieves and "patriotic"
pluderers Of the national resources.
That our readers, honest in their inten-
tions, and supposed to be at least the equals
of their Black Republican neighbors in in
telligence, may see Just how their vital in
terests are affected by the policy which our
opponents in this State are seeking to per-
petuate, we ask their attention to the fol-
lowing article, copied from that sterling
sheet, the Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot and
Union:
"voters, did you ever think why merchan-
disc and the necessaries of life continue so
Highland the war ended full six months
No, you didn't-but you generally sup
posed that it was owing to asuperabundant
paper currency Not exactly. That is
partly the cause, but the reality is that, in
paying the present high prices for every
thing you eat, use and wear, you are helping
to pay the interest on the public debt-the
interest OH the untaxed bonds held by the
shoddy aristocracyl That's what's the mat
ter. The billions of public debt represent
so much property; that property is untaxed.
and, while the hOlders'of the Government
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population Is compelled to bear the whole
vast burthen. L.na 5el ~ .a a0 il.
"You say that the taxes you now pay to
the collector are not much heavier than for
merly. That is true; you are poor; you own
no property to be taxed; and, therefore, you
do not readily perceive how, by the i'm
proved shoddy Abolition method, you are
most heavily taxed on the only property
you have-your muscles and your Industry.
You feel the burthen, but you do not see
exactly where 1t comes from. You know
you are the victims of low wages, and high
prices, but have never bothered about sitting
the matter to find the cause. You 90 to q
store to buy piece of flannel--find It very
high in price-doubled in fact over the old
figure-but you content yourself with say
ing, oh, it's war prices, andcan't be helped
But 1t can be helped. 1t can be helped by
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racy, q hard currency, and equal taxation.
Let US see where the high price you pay for
your flannel goes. l.0- 3 ~ Oe,e 2
"a portion Of this high price is taken by
the store-keeper to pay part Of his Gov
ernment license. Thus you pay tax TO the
Government to liquidate the interest on the
untaxed Government bonds In the possess
sion of the bonded aristocracy. Another
portion of this high price Is paid by the
merchant to the wool manufacturer, and
with portion of It he pays his license to
the Government, to liquidate the interest
upon the untaxed bonds; thus you help
to nav his tax. The wool manufacturer
then pays the balance Of this extra price to
the wool grower, who is compelled to pay
his revenue tax with portion Of IL, to
liquidate the interest upon the untaxed
bonds, and the balance which is left, above
the actual cost OF the production of the
wool, goes In the extra cost of such arti-
cles as he may need for his family. q 2aj
aThus, you see, In buying piece Of fam
mel land ft Is so in other fabrics) you pay,
pretty directly, a portion of the Govern
fnent taxes of three individuals, and con-
tribute largely to the pay yment Of the annual
interest upon the untaxed Government
bonds. Besides this, you contribute to the
Legitimate profits, and consequently to the
support of the families of those three indi-
viduals. And yet you have said that you
don't nav much higher taxes to the collect
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