The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-10-25
what We Fay for Neoe2sariss Becaus'
Of Taxes

ton and the working man begins i
So that rain Is inevitable, unles'
there j. relief. In this extremity b,
looks around for help. Fort0mtel,
she means II relief are in his owr
hand. No change can be Tor III,
worse. Hon. ;. 5. Cox, in Tccsn
speech, said:
Yon are the victims OF cunning syssen
~ 'sx. ~hish demands reform. Nothing
Ike il existed 50 ioag in any land.
Yea ssy say .isxs- are nssdfuI - ply III
expsn-@s 81 the Government" This
grant; but SIN not speaking Of The lsAss
shss 70 the GOVERNMENT. am speaking o.
those which 90 ia'o the pockets Of the rich
si'I show you ~hst taxes these are. Tas
~ord taxes includes custom house duties ..
sell - Maternal revenue taxes. Now. Oh.
serve thi<: that - things exist to-day. u
every ; 10 pad By the people Of This eoun-
Try ~ the shspe Of isxes. no: over So 20
70 support the Government.
Let me give you an example There was
snssrsd ior ecmsuns ption into rhl- country
during the year ending June 70. 1868. &C.
eording 10 the eff sisI report published BY
The director o. The bureau Of statistics. 57-,
919 975 pounds Of brown sugar The ay-
ersge cost OF al this sugar was. according
the ssorn declarations OF the importers,
les th,a three cents : pound. gold-sas
three cents. " altogether Sl7.3lO .299. god.
The cost Of 'rosn sugar % The working
msn. even IL be bought il at the Wholesale
cargo price Throughout the year. was, on the
sssrsse. about eleven cents per pound. gold
50 that he actually paid tax Of eight cents
= posnd. gold. on all The sugar he consumed.
la the aggregate this lmoupted ia thst wear
alone % the Gum II $i6l60..9s, gold
Nos. il yen viii look over the accounts Of
The receipts Of the United States Govern
uent Of taxes on sugar. you will fi1d ihst
here sss received but $l7.cO6. GO, gOlt.
And yet the people Of this country paid
taxes on this article. % / have shown. 10
The ex;sn, Of $40 Is0. 5os. gold. What
become Of The enormous difference smount.
ING. IN this instance alone. 20 S23,55s, us,
EoIds
Need / snswerl Need I tell you that il
~enf into the pockets Of rich capital isisl
Need ] tell you that il wss part Of the re-
wsrd Of tresehsry ..s ~sn.s.s- 81 false pa
riotism. Of false politics. and ehicsnery snd
'nd rcbberyi Need | tell you that il Was
me Of the fruits Of one Of the thousands or
'evices which. under the guise Of war msss-
rec. and necessary messure-,- are prsc-
iced upon you before your very eyesl You
Eill observe thar have been careful 10 cb-
ain the sxset number Of pounds consumed
that i. paid duties snd Withdrawn from
'o1d ior consumption 10 The United S'a,es)
n cost price in gold; the exact amount
sid for duties and received By the Govern
1ent, in gold; the wholesale market price
I Mex York eurinr the same period, also
. gold. and the total sum paid BY the peo-
le. 10 geld He'd ! quoted the latter ssm
currency, o bad > right 70, for the peo-
ls's wsgss were paid 10 currency. and 81
q higher rate than before this esvy tax
'ss laid, and had ! stated the actual, the re-
III Price. about tsen,y-fve cents. my illus
ration would have been stronger.
The difference between the total first
OF Of oil this sugar and 10 total Coz: 10
as people 10 what the latter pay O. . tax <
on see. also. how much Of this tx found
> wsy into Government coffsrs. You see
10 enormous sum Of wealth which. ia
ngle year end on . single article, j., BY
'e process ! have described, sucked on,
ON your Substance. could illustrate the
me with regard 70 salt, tea, cotton goods.
C. There are over ten ihousnd different ,
ticlss taxed With custom duties In this ,
'uairy, sad the total smount yielded in
20 ssd 1855 wss ST .eie. sos. Since Thai,
ne the number Of articles taxed wi,h cus Il
me Gates has been increased and the rates 4
duiy have been raised. 90 hat for the Il :
! year ending July %. 1856. the yield vac 1
I7O. sls.s5I; end for the fscsI year end. Il
July 20. ls67. il wss. - estimated sIr
q before By The Secretary or the Treas Il
:, S1so.s4s.75i. The product Of these