Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-01-16

VINO Pays she Taxes.
We wish 10 impress upon the fafmers,
mechanics and laboring men Of this State
nat they are The people who have 70 pay
0overDmenE either By way of tarlIlsor di.
rect iaxatidn, comes ultimately from them.
Consumers are the sources Of revenue, and
whatcyer Is Imposed directly upon other
classes Is, In the end, shitted upon Them
In the walls OF building the top layer OF
brick rest upon the one below, and so on
down TO the foundation so all classes OF So
ciety rests upon the consumers, and what
ever burdens are placed upon any of the
former reach down TO, and bear their weight
upon, the latter.
LNt us illustrate our meaning. The mer-
chant or New York occupies q rented
store In that city. He buys some OF his
goods in the markets of the world, and some
Of them of the. American manufacturer
His landlord computes the value oi MS
building, the taxes he pays npon-it the ln-
ternal revenue. what It costs him 70 live,
and then adds his profit. and thus estab-
fishes the rent Of the building occupied by
the merchant. The merchant pays tue
duty on the goods he imports; and the price
of the goods that he buys of the American
manufacturer covers the taxes and profits
on the same up to the amount OF protection
afforded by the tariff laws. The manufac-
turers understand that they have the
monopoly of the American market up to
the point of price afforded by the addition
of our tariff TO the worth OF such goods In
the markets of the world. And they have
grown wise enough to know that 1t is much
more profitable to take advantage Of their
monopoly than to beruining each other by
competition. Their combinations, there
fore, are such as to secure 70 them the full
benefits of their monopoly. They have
fully learned the benefits Of suoh comoina-
tion, an6mntil human nature shall change,
Il Is not likely that they will forego their
advantages for the benefit of their custom
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( The merchant then adds to what these
goods cost him the rent he pays, together
with the taxes he himself has to pay on his
business, and the cost of his living, and
then his profits--for his profits must not be
any the less for any impOsitions the Govern
ment may make upon his business through
him. He therefore sells his goods to the
Michigan merchant for price covering all
the taxes, tariffs, rents and profits added to
the value of the goods In the markets of the
world. The Michigan merchant then pays
the transportation company their cost,
profit, insurance and taxes for transporter
tion, and when the goods reach bis store all
these costs are increased by his profits, his
taxes township, county, State and nation
al, so that his profits shall not be less than
formerly; and the farmer, mechanicsand la
bOrer pay these accumulated assessments In
every purchase that they make. This pro-
cess will hold good with nearly everything
that they buy.
The farmer and the mechanic have the
township, county, State and national taxes
assessed to them to pay directly. The me-
chanic may, in some instances, be enabled
to shove off portion of his taxes upon his
customers, but the farmer has few such OPP |
portunities. His productions go into the
markets of the world, and their price is
regulated by that market, and not by him |
self. It's true that his productions are now |
higher than formerly; but only |
Just as much higher as the deprecated cur |
rency i'm which he receives his pay Is below |
the worlds standard of gold and silver, |
which. in accordance with the supply and |
demand, governs the price of his wheat, |
flour, pork, beef and wool in the European |
market. by which the prices he receives are
1t is also true that the full weight Of tax
alton is not as yet felt, because the tax is
paid in depreciated and an abundant cur
rency; but when that currency is brought
down to specie basis, the full weight ofits
burdens will be felt.
Within the period of four years we have |
passed from one of the lightest taxed peo-
pie on earth, to the most heavily taxed
As heedlessly and lightly as we rushed into
the vortex, the results are coming back
upon us with terrible power, and In that |
power will be swept from public councils
The miserable fanatics who still seek to keep |
lp the divisions and animoslties of the cOun-
Try and the expenses incident to a state of
war. tFI.t- ae
We say that we wish to impress upon the |
farmers, mechanics and laborers that they /
will have TO pay the taxes. AS painful as |
this duty is, It Is nevertheless duty. 1t is |
true that we have, through all our political |
life, tried to impress these facts upon our |
people with sufficient force to help them to
the consideration OF their own interests
It Is also true that jefferson and Jackson,
and all the apostles OF Democracy, endeav-
bred to fasten in the minds OF the people |
the same truth, so that their political ac-
lion should be guided to defeat the purpos-
IS of monopolists, the plOtters for great
and expensive government, and the be-
levers In national debt and heavy taxation.
The people were warned of what must ne
cessarily follow the success Of the Repub-
ican party. The people who fought the
battles made necessary by fanatical lead
ers, must now pay the cost of their expert
ment. o.ty. ts...s.r. ...gl lI-.t.Lu
But we have not introduced this subject
20 discuss national questions at this time.
they will be forced upon the attention of
he people sooner than may well be agree