The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-10-03


taxes, county taxes and o.her taxes So.
100000 yeary thus making q st6ial Of
70, 0,000, 600 annually, for two and half.
millions Of people. IN oueifIiH Of tho
whole number efinhabitants be rated as
producers, and as chsrged viii ne asup-
port ofthe remaining foarafths, the pro-
portionate charge % each win b $40 o
year In faxes direct, and IN personal ex-
pensos increased BY takes. QoAL
The general form md pressure Of these
taxes may b6 further tested mus: the
State Of Ohio containes in its whole area
25, ,000, 10000 Of acres. These annual tax
es make an annual charge Of nearly So an
acre on the whole continent forest, swamp,
river-bcd and hilltop alike The whole
quantity Of land reduced to cultivation is
IL, 900, 900 of acres, and on this quantity
the taxes would amount to more than.
"a, so an acre. t sg
From the beginning Of the United
States Government in 1889, whom We had
in round numbers 100000 Of people,
during the period Of forty years, at tho
end Of which we had l3, 100000 Of peo.
ple (rouud number.l. the ernepaes Al tha
Goverument ipolud;nc ;nterest an tbs
public debt, were at the rate Of one mil.
lion Of dollars for one million Of peoule.
And as stated above. in 1860. A tha and
of 70 years. the nate Of expcuse was Ga
OOOO for 1000, 900 Of people. Now
with 10000 600 Of people the same an.
nual charges arc more than $4,000 900
to 1000, 900 Of people.
Every man is conscious that burdeus
ara upon him and in everything IA bu5s
or uses. or eats or wears. he Is met Win
augmented price. The merchant. he
dealer Of every kind. the LAWYER. the
physician. the banker, tho broker. tho
agent, the manufacturer must have a Il
cense to follow their lawful business The
manufacturer must pay a monthly tax ON
all he makes, and yearly tax on all his
profits as income the farmer must nav
tax on all the profit of his land. and 4
beginning has been made in taxing tho
crop itself in the case of cotton and tobao.
co and the principle once admitted, Il
will extend to corn and wheat and grass,
and the other yesture Of land. as thew now
claim that timber cut from land. which il
but conversion Of capital, shall be rated
as an annual income and taxed as such, !,
Tn t,hio We already have this tax on
agriculture, in the share Of 4 Tux On
whisky. which, at two dollars gallon. "a
more than 1000 DER cent. on ia value at
the place where made. The growth Of
corn in Ohio. for which our soil and ali.
mate are so favorable. has been greatly
promoted by the distlllation Of The grain:
while the cheaper transnortat;on of The
crOp in this form, and the demand for tho
product abroad. gave permaueuce 10 The
manufacture. The incidental feeding of
hogs. 10 which the distiller looked for,
their profits, gave abundant supplies Of
pork for food, and lard to be converted
| into oil and candles, thus preventing 9TH
ar manufactures. More than one.tb;rd
of all the whisky made was at once con-
verted into alcohol for use in tho arts and
for domestic nurposes. The tax Of two
dollars a gallon on whisky amounts 10 n
tax Of more than four dollars a rallou ON
alcohol and thus drives ID ont of use. when
Its price is raised to Eve dollars \ rallon
Instead Of the seventy cents at which Il
formerly sold. This destruction Of the
use Of alcohol is destruction Of that
much demand for corn, and accordingly.
the great crop Of Ohio and Of the whole
West is proportionately Injured. aaI eie's
/ The evil Of this tax Is already felt BY
corn growers, and is visible to every ono.
While the market price of corn for distil-
lation remains at its former nominal
rate, and the price Of whisky also remains
at its former nominal rate (the balance
after paying tax), the purchasing value
Of both. is reduced to little moro than half
their former value, by the augmented
price of everything else and II il be
answered that these augmented prices Of
everything else are tho result ofe depre.
ciated currency, il matters not to tho corn
grower, for the prices Of corn and In i,ro.
ducts remain without change. 1000
There is still another evil |; for fRis
enormous and pndue tax places the busi,
ness Of distillation beyond the means az
ordinary men to carry il on, as they form
erIy could and now none but persons a
great capital and large credit also, can
continue the business !, aud thus thc man.
ufacture is carried on at but fev plsees,