The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-04-26

DAYTON, OHIO,
.nursoay, ----- April &c. 1866 l.
ImpOverishing Taxes.
"o CIlcago Tribune, which bolds u,o NJ
90" ,"e position to the Republican party % hi
sne northwest that the New Yor,f 7,-;I,,. ea
80 70 tne country at large, has had ,ha "
1 poi'uehce' IN an article of some Mir Ihe
"nu moment to arraign the Rcnut,ioan We
nu',oIity' especially the Committee of W.
,"" Means for the utter indifference III, Sa
y, 80 iar' have shown in the needod - WI
uo'ion Oh taxation. A reduction has hoo,, th' N
"sie'u on In the reduction of Internal 80. ~
1v'o"' 10 the extent of ss,0O0.OOo ubic,, a.
=, ''o""e regards as "a good beginnin. b.. lon
'" ,uus ana we call the readers snooia, pro
attehtion to its remnrks. 'P'o''i bea
IN, puC u can only be called n boo,,, >
dnctio, ,ir isue o. commission estimate that
modo Iioh ,,i oi Iuiiy SlO00O0,0OO can ha
i h,"uo uurlng the present wear
en' ei"ps' wen 70 move cautiousIy
~ ,piiI' ~ Dut the people will ... .
lnl' Homeopathic does ,ss, |
urP' Today tho NJ 10y
i'm this re-
could lev hardly accept
Dut ~ is fnality. We
%. lst e@regiously taxed
sc OF the earth. No other
m christcndom or heathendom
such taxation on its people with
odlcing revolution. The present NJ
me tax is nothing less than coniiscatlon,
taking as it does every tenth penny from
the enterprising and prosperous, ana every
twentieth from everybody else III Nuul-
tion to the multitude of otner UaNCs'
direct or Indirect when assal ;,'ae VIZ
Individual like in cloud of musqmtoes
in August We have heard nothing OF tue
intentions of the committee OF ways anu
means regarding the income tax except an
occasional surmisc that they wou'u tax no
action mt all until after the conilscatloh
should be enforced for the present year
We would not prejudice the committee; we
are aware that their labors are conslderaple,
and we are willing to concede that snare
of the intelligence and patriotism OF the
house is embodied in the nine members OF
that important committee. But II IL Is their
purpose to grind out another l0 per CENT.
income tax, in the face of the fact that IL Is
not needed, we trust that some member Oh
the house will call for vote upon the ques-
tion and get the yeas and nays upon IT. II
nothing more. Wehave had enough OF this
awkward surgery. ool
The government derives about $l,5OO,OOC
from the tax pg-iron. If this sum Is
discarded and the price of the article moi
reduced the people have clearly lost l0OO,'
600, and gained nothing We use TINS one
article as an illustration. There are doubt
which we do not import from abroad. Upor
these the reduction of the tax will operat'
as an immediate relief to the country.
We trust that the present session OF Con
press will not eN pre without some approx
imation to the reduction of taxes estimatet
to be safe by the revenue commission. WI
are having Federal taxes at the rate o
S5OOO0O0 900 per anuum, while the needs o
the Government are only $2S3,OO0OOC
Fifty millions per annum Is all that OuSn
to be applied at present to paying of tl
national debt. The remaining $lGG,0OO,OO
is sheer eXtortion and legislative rapacity
and we assure our representatives Ill Con
gress that, unless they let up on their con
stituents in this matter of over-taXatlOr
their constituents loiU find members cf Con
greSS toho t0itl."
CONE HUNDRED AND SIXT1-SlI
MILLIONS is SHEER EXTORTIOl
AND LEGISLATIvERAPACI ~ Rea
again the startling admission! Can an
man be so party-bind as not to see and ~
preciate the cause of this monstrous eXtol
ton? Can any man be so party-demente
as to uphold it? The working majority
this Congress, in both branches, is Repnt
lican; that majority is managed. direct'
and controlled by but few, and they a.
Radicals, who, during all this lengthy Sc
sion, have bestowed but little labor on al
questions but those of mere party polite
the NEGRO constituting the chief! The o.
pressions of the people and the gcner
welfare seem to be almost ignored.