Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-11

FROM Nd othlCtAi IepObt PuOushVu 50 essS
Enquirer, il appears that tie amount OF III
ternnl revenu, taxes collected IN tho Frat
Congressional district of Ohio, embracing
one half OF the county Of Hamilton. Tor
1866. was over eight millions of dollars
This seems almost incredible, but figures DO
not lie. aud il is the fact In addition 10 |
that, the district pays, at least, two millions
Of dola's .. : ate taxes. II pays another
two millions oil dollars to the United States
for iva share Of the custom duties. Thus.
its total taxes arc twelve millions Of dollars.
Is there anything in the annals Of heavy
taxation that can exceed this Is it any
wonder that our business interests arc en-
barrassed. and ale stagnant, when twelve
millions OF dollars are wrung each year IN
taxation from one half OF this country =
Il il not "a wonder. almost a miracle, that
such load can he borne by our industrial
and business interests The sum seems per
! le ,tly fabulous. II is Ms much rs WAS col
icc,ed in all the United States, for the sup
port of the Federal Government, forty years
ngo' There are not TO exceed one hundred
aud twenty five thousand people in the dis
tret, and-save, perhaps, one or two OF the
! New York diStricts--the annals Of the
World may be searched Ia vain iot such
pressure endured by 80 small community.
The most corrupt monaichies in the world
those that have tn largest armies aud
naVies, the greatest church establishments
,he most enormous poor rates, and the
most cx,rasagant courts and nobility TO
suppof,-are not taxed anything like this
pait Of tho United States. Some o. the
ihnl class powers in Europe could be run by
,he revenue that is squeezed out Of oar
krst District Is /, not about time that the
people turned their attention to this subject
taxation l. it not as important n ne
gfo suffrage t'ncintati Enquirer.
Dali Times in New York.
The New York correspondent Of the Phil
adelphia Leiger writes under date of Janu-
Ty 18th:
few figures are sometimes more elo
qu,nt than columns Of words In regard
to the marked DEF ression of business and
trade in this city, AXE the following Qor cx-
ample from the internal revenue returns in
the Thrly>second tdown town. District for
the past six months
August ......-S ,i94.S72 90
September .............. l,ilt.i1o u
October Observation-Disclosures. 1,o53,13i 50
November .. 49,. 900, $50 %
December -.-.+.... if-,oo" ~
January up t. 26.h -. 472,5l3 OF
his district embraces the place, Of busi-
ness o. ewo.thirjs Of all the ~, At CONNER
cial anil financial firms on Manhattan Is
land. The o ther city districts have not re
parted as yet, but there IS reason to believe
that they will all tell pretty much the same
STORY. Another noteworthy feature OF the
times is the steady withdrawal Of money
from the savings banks OF the working
classes. Employment is scarce, and but oi
those savings, the sccunulaiIcnS OF more
prosperous times, the distress among that
class Of orr population would be much
greater even than il is. Coming down town
this morning. about seven o'clock, noticed
crowd of some thirty or forty boys. be
tween the ages Of ten and fifteen besieg,ng
n store at the corner Of Broome street. An
advertisement had appeared in one OF tho
morning. papers, 10, "a boy wanted and
this is the result. Landlords are threatening
already to put up rents the ensuing lst of
May, but no sane man believes they will be
able to carry their point. The last feather
10 on the camel's back, and any additions
20 it il that respect will be productive OF
mischief Brooklyn real estate owners
seem to have q clearer perception Of the sit
ua,ion than their New York brethren
There the tendency is decidedly downward,
but this is probably owing, in some degree
TO the miserlcs recently Inflicted upon the
residents by the freezing up Of the Eas
river.