Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-04-24

% zf1sss anything that ssnnapds sur
unqualified appreciation. The following,
With reference to the almost Giainsl neg>l
bet By Cehersse 70 ssducs ~ tazoalon r.
the needs Of he govsrnasnt, vs inderas an
ressrvedly: j
- Bfsn The Ohieaes Tribsss, April -.
AoUuCSton - 4Ax10.
Tbs committee Of ways and msans have
es5eeaQ . reducsjoa q iat1yn1l enzeioq
1nsadt10ets ~ segsseststs oe.oes,Ooo:I
This dess ~ iacleds aey ssduesien q The
income tsx. Il relates 10 csrtais ran "a
tefials, and manufacture h . egude 011ee,
ssch - pig irsa, copper, bsaes, Md, siss,
etc., in bars Of sheets, paper, barrels. boxes,
end . multitude q punitive imanufactsses.
IL u estimated that the sxs0ptjors propos-
- b. The committee will relieve the eoun>
Wy Of about 1l9, O0O, 900 Of TAXATION, for
while the amount received from these sour
css during the last fiscal year VA only
50, OOO, O0V, the increase Of the revenue sines
The close Of the war would probably bring
the amount up 10 $l2, 0O0, 900 during the
current year.
This 10 > good beginning, but it can only
be called . Beginning. The revenue COM
mission estimate that . reduction Of fully
tlOO, O00. 600 can be safely made during the
present year. 1t 10, perhaps. we'll to move
cautiously in this reform, but the people
will hardly accept this Homeopathic dose -
. 6naiity. We orc. to-day, the most egre-
giously taxed people On the face Of the earth.
No other government in c~hsistendom or
heathendom could levy such taxation on ito
people without producing revolution. The
present income tax - nothing less than con
tiscation, taking ~ il does every tenth PEN
ny from the enterprising and prosperous,
and every twentieth from everybody Else, IN
addition to the multitude OF other taxes, d;>
rect or indirect, which asssail the individu.
d like . cloud Of mosquitoes in August
We have heard nothing Of the intentions Of
the committee Of ways and means regarding
the income tag, except an occasional sur
mise that they would take no action 1t oil
until alter the conIlscation should be en-.
forced for the present year. We would Mt
prejudice the committee; VI are awars that
their labors are considerable, and Va are
willing to couosds that = share Of the intsk
ligence and patriotism Of the House is EN-.
bodied in the nine members Of that import
ant committee. But IL Il 10 their purpose
tc grind out another 10 per cent. income
tax, in the face Of the fact that it is not
needed, We trust that some member Of the
House will call for . vote upon the question,
and get the yeas and nays upon it, If nothing
more. We have had enough Of this awk-
ward surgery. The patient who has lost .
quart Of blood may be able to survive the
extraction of another pint, but the doctor
who should propose to take Il out Of him b
cause b could probably endure the deple
taon, and not because il 10 deemed Necessary
to secure his recovery, woold be hooted out
Of the medical faculty, and I'll the people
would say, Ameni
Another thing to be done IS to reduce
the tariff in . corresponding degree With
the reduction Of the internal revenue, on
the same articles. Unless this 10 done
there will b no certain relief to the pco>
pie, and the only effect Of the reduction Of
the internal tax. will be to take . given
amount Of money out Of the treasury and
put It into the pockets Of the classes en>
gagged 10 producing the exempted articles.
4 Pig iron, Tor instance, il taxed 81. 60 per
ton. The import duty is % per ton. We
import c~qnsidesble pig irea ftom Europe.
Unless the tariff 10 reduced pari passw with
the internal tax the price Of pig>iron to the
consuusr, and II the articles Which are
made from II, will. in all probability, re
main unaffected BY the reduction Of the
tax, and the people will gain nothing BY il,
but "a the century, lose Tie amount
which formerly went into the treasury
from that source OF revenue. Tho object
Of . reduction q ts1es 10 10 take Of burr
/ Anna fensW AA~ o~Nr1~ AcA 1 = :~-.>.- A.
The Government derives about 81 SOC, coo
from The tax on pig iron. II this sum il
discarded and ~ price Of the article not
reduced. the people have clearly. lost ST.
% 10000, and gained nothing. We uss the
one article - IN illustration. There are
doubtless many articles in the list Of ex-
emptions which NO d. mot import from
abroad. Upon these the reduction Of the
,tax will operate - IN immediate relief 70
the country.
We trust that the present session Of Con-
gross will not extifs without some approx
imation to the reduction Of taxes estimated
TO be safe BY tho revenue eomnhsion We
ere paying federal u xes It the rate ofe5OO..
600, 900 per annum, while lhe seeds q Ne
government arc enly $2S4,DOO, 900. FiGy,
million per anaufn il oil THAI ought q ~
applied at present to paying of the nation.3
81 debt. The remaining 4l66, 100000 10
sheer extortion ana legislative rapacity.
and We 4MusS bur Representatives, in Cos
gress that, unless they let mp on their coa>
stituents in this matter Of over taxation.
their constituents WIN dad members 81
Congress who will. 'os tr]
a17rt4 8o41oan1sm.