The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-08-02

Tie Great Dnty of tha Hour GET rla q
Crushing Taxes b. Paying The Bonds
in Greenbacks.

A4 GltCANANA1-
lisa gooi sign Whom the pcov's
crow resrive under their rnhlic bar
duns: ipr it Is q promise ;uat they se-
rionsly inquire after iheir Own mate.
rial Interests, ana exercise some COM
mon sense a. 10 the remedies ior thsiT
relief. We notice tliat from the At
lantic to the Pacific, the heavy taxes
and the stagnation Ia business, are
matters o. scrious complaint among
Republicans. who manifest a com
lncndahle anxiety AZ e. the .utnrc.
The Boston Herald (kcp) SAYS
1.-THE expenses 81 tie country arc
greater than il can safely bear. ~
Its vitality has been sapied hy taxa.
ton" The PEOPLE everywhere are
suffering from the burdens lieaped M.
On them And. ii adds very correct
". that .'the remedy l. in the hands
II tie people. and il they do not ex
crcise Il they have no right 10 coiE-
plain" Ii calls upon the people ~
kick over al platforms built lFpn
abstract dugnias. and n choose serv-
ants who will act for the best interests
1T the country. We are on the wrong
track. Let Us change our course be-
fore the Ship Of State i wrecked upon
the breakers dead ahead That j. a
wall and warning from the Atlantic
coast.
On the Pacific coast tile complaints
are. If anything, stronger than those
ii the Atlantic. The Stockton (Cal D
Independent CRcp..) under the si4nih-
cant heading, "A monstrous burden,
says:
This nation il carrying hesvier lcsd III
taxation than any other nation ever dit. end
is now staggering ioward ruin il patriotic
endeavor 10 Dear Up uncer IFS enormous
weight. The effect Of ], j. mes, sppsrenf
in The s,sgnstion 10 ell branches al pfoduc
tive industry"
1t proceeds further, and declares
that
aBetween five and six hundred millions
are paid each year in taxes by the people
OF the United States. The value Of the
annual products Of labor j. estimated az
about 5000 10000. consequently the tax
amounts 20 about twenty per cent. Of the
gross products which. Of course, swallows
Up all he profits. II not something more
NJ raorf. 4, ~, .nrrl -, ~ortsrn. g.
any length Of time 10 pay twenty per
cent. tax on the products Of All the lahore
and capital in the county"
Another California Republican pa
per, the Sacramento Union, also
bears testimony to-
THE assertion 20 frequently put FORTH
that the country is equal TO The endurance
Of The drain. and cheerful under The heaviest
load Of taxation, ever borne BY any people
j. no longer sustained BY the facts The
resources Of the nation are not equsl 70 the
exirsragant demands The
people are not cheerful under The burden,
for the land il full Of complaint
The Union does not stop there, but
utters a warning full Of significance.
1t declares that
THE work Of reducing taxation must be
undertaken, and that speedily. or The peo-
pie will repudiats the party which persists
10 unfolding a system Of oppression which
reaches nearly every interes, in the States
that saved the Union.'
An Indiana Republican paper, the
Morgan County Gazette, takes ND the
refrain, and declares that sthe cxemp-
iion Of bonds from taxation il one II
gantic stride Of English financial policy
that enriches few at the expense OF
the many. Every eighth man in
England is pauper because wealth
has been lcgislated into the hands Of
money autocrats." The Gazette de-
clares that there is monied pressure
Just now that is beginning to crisp the
cords Of the industry Of the country. =
and asks, why Is it! It gives the fol-
lowing answer:
BY comparing the Nay statement, Of
the public debt with ihst OF June, II will BE-
seen that the debt bearing coin in,eres, ha.
increased over s6ioO0.oo0. while tbs
amount Of coin 10 the treasury has decreas
ed 70 The extent Of sl5.fe2.0 2c 4s, show
ing az sctual coin loss Of nearly S7s, 900,
coo.