New-York tribune., 1868-09-23
THE NATIONAL LABOR CONGRESS.
SECOND DAYS SESSION.

SLooiN+''
The second days meeting OF inc Na'lon"
Labor Congress called to order at lVs oD-Oon a. Ia
After the minutes Of previous meeting were Ieao anu
adonted the roll was called and the report OF the COM
mittee on Credentials presented Inc nSu %
Seecates were reported in addition 10 hose Already IL
1ohn Berry Iron elders Trade Society New
York City j. T. Mussemen, Brass nihsneIs anu nnnv
srs' n1icn. New-York City; Jas. II. Mugan, Albany %
sTIsUraIbieal Union No l. Albany W. H. Sylyis iron
Noulders OF Troy International COOpeIdE ooIo 'yor
III Heyworth Worcester Labor Reform League R0s R0s
cester Mass L. saxton, Workingmen's Institute bo
ton Connecucut.w X Go9den4ngh; IgpPUteTs' IgPotsl and
Union No a. Hartford L. f. Parrish CarPen1eiJ Tones
Joiners' Union No. 67, Hartford Michigan, Wnrt
Labor Union No. 2. Grand Rapids W. RIock River
lngmen's Union and l. .. OF frehdsIP, a. donbtfu
Falls committee was appointed 70 OSYond ohio then
credentials MI A; L ~ He Se % 20 report on the taxation
of this country He introduced pIOp1VSl4u en- gnva an
p pre3u " bo u nopnation Of q Of the United states
eYclndlng the SouherumOst states because .ne ~.
non forbade ,asS of 9opnlaton Mr. Hne presented
"A series of tables. classifying the peopie
,sctfve conditions The first table gives the number
q ncople included each class. as for 2 OF the Ged
states containing population OF 2SOOOOOO people the
17O6OO persons and the class receiving wages 215OW
the total number Of all 100000; the numDerO me WSsc
class & being & - per cent greater 'n'" 'N' sum u
iT T NJ aabe was classification of the incomes of the
people as calculated the income returns OF TINS c0
Try during the past three years, as follows fo % ne o0
the United States containing a total popu"'io" - ''
COO people:
70 600 persons each receive an annual income Of ,ooo
persons annual income o. So S,tn
28OgIO persons annual lDeole Oh " " -''
1S0OOO persons An annual income o' al .o
100000 pef.oa, asSsSs sscS receive
Tho , s'1'ss wSs table prepared from the official returns
OF the leading cities, and was as follows; , t.oe,
No Of adST, LEEDS ..'.,.S Sy06oO @tI2OO0Ooo
a. ....'''''.'''''''''''' SIeS 5sSG6000
.:.:::...... So 50 i5%SSS c5SSSSS
,,o,-o, sa79oooO
The speaker deducted from these figures that one
tenth of the people get onehaf OF the aggregate income
The question was here asked "who pays the taxes r.
In answering, Mr. Hines supposed that tIe aniHa M ta
revenue needed by the nation Is al least St1NVnNn
Though the officers Of the Treasury think That s5SoowU
viii be required Apportonmeno OF the SSoVVO'v t a0ns @
person in mcneyed class eXpends SIX ues ls nun %
as any Of the other classes ana lhat one lCrSo ~ m @
middle class consumes as mueh ss o.o r al s 81, tbo
class" The taxes being indirect are OF course, ON lnc
consumption of the country, eaGh person payng III I M
portion to what he consumes Hence the IVows Si S",
The middle class. .in''V --,.'t,1S
Tie classes receiving wsges'.''.'E,''N'VOo i'V,''
MI Hines said that the people pay much more than
this about 81 90 TO get one dollar INTO the Iit
ury under the system OF indirect taAat9h buslLoSs
trade and their profits count on the npos in excise as
we'll the original cost TINS addition s%els INC
amount actually borne by the consumers, as f"o"s'
The moneyed sl5omoe0
The middle ioOV'.'
Tie wages class, ...,.....'s''''.''''''''' A'','
Deduct indirect taxation. ''lV''V''
.s.s... 49,.
the cost of III, taxation the wages class Is over 81
ber annum 10 och 81 81 per week. ana 3 cents per
hay while they should not pay cent AS II Is UNJUST 70
tax wages class and as IL is night TO assess lhe cI
Of the country and Congress cannot levy direct taxes
becomes necessary resort the only methed that
can be pursued deriving revenue exclusively IRON e
mOneyed class. 1t a weunderstood contract wien
the war broke that the working classes would
furnish the blood and the moneyed class the iuhos
IAppause.l The working class hled Their part Oh ue
contract at cost TO them OF $1,000 WIDOWS, AN'Oeo
prpnans and $4,000 crppes and broken constitutions
Here speaker presented the following taoe as an