The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-01

ductive industry OF the country. What Is the net
productive interest of country or course people
must live; they must eat, drink and wear; they
must support their children, occupy dwelling houses
and great deal or property ana money Tor living
and the education of their families. After you have
taken all that out Though people OF course may and
ofren do pay more than they ought after yOu have
az a M M ne mean e wRen mas
bets 800 Oh horse race that that amount is any
part OF the productive industry oil the country be-
cause that only changes hands from one 10 ano.her
Where man raises crop Of wheat by toll labor
and skill takes the tall oak from the mountain top,
cuts it down and works up into any article OF use,
or descends into the bowels OF the earth anu taxes the
minerals there deposited, or does any act whci ADDS
to the wealth Of the country that productive IN,
industry OF this country has been for years all aD-
sorbed, and more, too by the taxation which mas
een upon .e peGp soI Sore the war
was 81 900, O00, OOO ! some gentleman has
stated at ST. 400 00o but my recollection IS that
according TO the census reports 1t amounted 10
81 600 900. Property in the Northern States mas
increased In value; In the Southern States 1t has DIM
nlshed we Will take this valuation FOR the purpose
determining the productive Industry Ofthe country
There are various ways OF ascertaning that amount
II Is usually estimated that 21a per cent upon the
productive industry. That is the usual method OF
estimating by those who have studied and written
upon political economy That would make $500
100000 year as the productive industry or the
country, calculating the property at $l,6OO0oo OOO
Now, what amount OF taxes has been drawn from
the peoplea And here l shall divide this amount
been drawn from the people which reached the pub.
lie Treasury, as 10 which we have Official returns,
ana there can be no doubt about 1t. In 1866 1t was
500 200 900; in 1867 1t $3.50, 100000, and Mr..
Wells the special Revenue Commissioner, has made
statement In which he says that for tire past year,
1865 ending on the LIST July, there were $500 100000
OF money drawn from the people by way OF taxation
which actually went into the Treasury. We nave
already an amount larger than the whole productive
industry OF the country. But there Is another point
to consider-namely, how much has been drawn
from the people which has never reached the pubic
Treasury at all : Let us inquire into that.
HOW THE PEOPLE ARE ROBBED.
Upon this subject am obliged 10 quote from radi
cal authority, because, If relied upon my own per-
solal statement, some OF our amiabe radical friends
might say 1t was a copperncad lie l VIII cite Mr..
Wells, VINO is the radical special Revenue Commits
siOner. You may reCoect last fan, just on the eve
OF an election Mr.. Wells came out with a statement
in answer to a report which presented to the Con-
stitutiona Convention, upon the subject of finances,
the amount OF taxation, &c. lie has also come out
with subsequent statement for the purpose OF help
ing radical friends out OF their difficulties. Ac-
cording TO every legal rule the admission OF Mr..
Wells must be taken strictly against his client. Note
what he says
"The Commissioner in both his previous reports
has given IL his opinion, aud adduced facts III sup
port OF it, that not hity per cent OF the amount
OF the assessed internal revenue taxes has been re-
ceived into the national Treasury"
or course, according to that statement there must
have been from $3.50 100000 to $3.50 0000 900 that
assessed upon the people that never were received
OF itY In regard to that in a minute. now quote
from the authority Of Mr. Freeman Clarke promi-
nent leader OF the radicals, residing IN the city of
Rochester. He has been Comptroller OF Currency,
member OF the Constitutional Convention and Con-
gress and has given to this subject great attention.
He wrote letter upon the subject OF finance and
published 1t In the Rochester Democrat six months
ago, where he SAYS
ait can be clearly demonstrated that frauds and
evasiOns are practlced to such an extent that not
much than half Of the amount is collected that
should be and would be If the laws were enforced
with administrative ability and integrity. The result
Is that the lowest taxpayers are now paying upon
the basis OF revenue about $780, O0O 600 per annlm
while not that half that finds Its way into
The Treasury. Statistics OF the manufactures aud pro-
auctions OF the country will prove that If the tax to
which they are subject was fairly collected and the
same rule applied TO customs duties. the income OF
The revenue would amount to about the sum named
above.n
There are some facts within our own knowledge
which bear upon this point and 60 to corroborate
Mr.. Wells and Mr.. Clarke. The tax upon whiskey
or high wines, as you know, has been So O gallon.
Now, 1t Is estimated there were 90 900 900 gallons OF
whiskey made in 1866 or 1857 In the United States.
OF course the government ought to have received
900 900, but they never did receive amount
to exceed $40 ooo, GOO from that source, leaving
large amounts Of money. We have been talking
about hundreds OF millions and we do not realize
Yur county Is only assessed at So 0O0 900, that
twenty counties like this have been swallowed up
and appropriated. not for the government, but for
private purposes-have been stolen by officials and
others on one single article which the people have
paid every year, and this has been done every year
for the last three years. This, therefore goes to
corrobOrate these gentlemen's statements that
double the amount OF money has been assessed and
collected from the people that never found Its way
WILL THR PEOPLE TOLERATE ra
DO you not realize 1t now fellow citizens that all
your toll all your labor all your skill, and the labor,
the United States have been taken and absorbed by
this governments Is there any other people on the
face Of Gods earth who could tolerate this for sim
gle momentS VIII the American people tolerate 1t
(Cres OF 'No no." and cheers) Will the hard-work-
ing man, the farmer, the mechanic, the laborer-will
any republican tolerate it and sustain and approve
men who have fastened these odious measures upon
US and committed these outrages upon the peoplef
"a voice, Eyes, they WILD No. do not think they
Will. (Cheers) Some OF them may. Men who want
oce and politicians may do 1t, but tell you there
hundreds OF thousands OF honest republicans who
will not.
TAXES HEAVIER THAN NECESSARY.
Now, as to the money which they have received
into the Treasury say 1t is much larger sum than
ls necessary for that purpose. Our fathers esab.
government. They made 1t cheap gov.
eminent. They intended that the government
should not rob people Of their labor That was the
meant to inaugurate was, that the fruits OF labor
should be enjoyed by those who earned them.
and before the war; The average expenses for ten
years before the war-from 1851 to lsG1-were
$751; 600 900. Now, for four years since the war was
over and during q time OF peace, II has been
$46o, 0oo o00-eght times as much. The republican
party has expended In eight years-since they have
whole Of its expenses for eighty years down
to the war. During Mr. Folks administration
we had war with mexico, and We had to
armies and munitions OF war to
that country. Now, the whole expense Of the war
Department during these four years were only
500, 900 600, while during the present year and the
three or four years past the expenses Of the War
Department have been about $780, 600. so that IL
costs more for these radical Puritans to
run tde department In single year in the time Of
peace than for four years during foreign war under
q democratic administration.
MORE THAN THR TAXES OF GREAT BRITAIN.
The government OF Great Britain as you know, Is
one Of the first, II not the foremost, governments
upon the face OF the earth. Its colonies encirce the
entire globe II Is an aristocratic government, with
its titled nobility, Its royal children and innumerable
TO support and set up with Excess
svely high salaries TO all Its officers, many retiring
with amounts larger than the pay Of the President Of
the United states, and how does she compare with
the expenses Of the United States under radical rueS
Their property Is valued at double ours, their debt
Is double ours, yet how do our expenses compare
with theirsY They expend for all purposes
$3.50 Including the interest upon their debt,
and we expend $500 600, 900. Our government, In
time Of peace, under radical rule-one formed with
q view to economy and cheapness-expends about