The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-09-19

I'S ~A' "' "iN SOu III Ill
$ yor Of working from early
dawn TO dark Of day in the
hope that you may be able
Sometime to pay off the Ma
tional debt, which is steadily
increasing? Or are You in fav5l
Of redeeming the Bonds with
grcenbacks, thus stopping the
enormous interest of One
Hundfed~and Eighty Millions
of Dollars, annually, which has
TO be paid by you in gold.-
D.moerqtic Enquirer.
J. Jones and Fee are great
friends to the rich Bondhold.
ers who sit in their easy chairs
and pay no .axes. Let The la.
borers and tax payers go to the
polls and vote against them !!
| i-Democratic EaQuirer.
Farmers! Mechanics! and
Laboring Men! how sympa-
thetic these fellows have sud.
denly become! Let us see
farmers, mechanics and labor
ingmen, what these Democrats
want, and if it is right and will |
work out the real welfare of
the laboring classes, let US 90
forit might and main.
Under the present system of
National taxation every man
in VintOn county who makes
more than one thousand dol.
lars clear, above the rents and
necessary expenses of his busi-
ness, pays, or should pay to the
government, an income tax of
i've per cent, on the excess,
after deductlng Inc thousand I
lollars allowed by The govern Il
nent In Vinton county there {
're thirty-three men who pas )
income tax, and the amount
,aid is S1,007 80. OF these
hirty-three taxpayers six are /"
armers and stock dealers. Hon. r
ToIN FEE is one of the six. The +
emainlng twenty-seven are l
merchants, professional men, Z
urnace men and traders. Two u
My, we believe, are Demo. i
rats, neither of whom is a o
armer, mechanic or laboring c
lan, orregarded as a poor man Il
both being practicing physi- u
ians in good standing in their ~ y,
rofessions, Now, the Enquirer ie
'ould have us believe the Re- iC
ublican party in their easy p
hairs, and live on the interest o.
t bonds. How is this? The a.
lcts as shown by the Collect,
RS list are, that of the men
'ho paid income tax, the ratio v
las ten Republicans to one y
Democrat. No man can say l.
he wealth of this county is in o. 9,
he Republican party. Then u
'hy this curious sho wing Of the !,
Collectors list? Is it that 'he VI "
Democrats have invested in !, u,
onds, and pay no tax except VI
s above stated, while the Re- IN
ublicans are the live mon Of y, =,
he county, who invest their "
honey in trade and businessI W ~
'ut be that as it may, what '
lechanic, what farmer, what !"
'boring man pays tax and yet y"
Omplains Those complain W
'ho pay nothing, while those Il,
'ho pay seldom murmur. p
The entire amount paid TO ~
le general government in this
ounty is S4,5G3 10. Of this ~ ~
mount S1,l97 90 is paid by ~
len who have an income Of ;,
yer 81, 900 per year, leaving - ..
1896 20 to be PAID as special y. ~
TX, or what was formerly Ii
ense. This is paid by cattle "'
rokers, wholesale and retail '"
callers, lawers, doctors, ped ~
lers, grocery keepers, ETC. ~ ~
here is not a boot or shoe ma. I'll
er, house carpenter, black =.
NTH, cabinet maker, harness ~
laker, farmer or laboring man 60 60
'ho pays one cent Of this tax. ~, ",
he traders and professional ~ -.
len pay it. The retail liquor u
callers IN this county pay SST5, III
-hich shows that we have in 81
le county thirty-fve places u
here linuor is sold. The busi- h'