The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-10-07

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193Y.
he Kastsrn and Sosthsrn Dsnoosstic
lockers in 1910 unitsd in favor Of eesA d.
ssee taxation 81 he Gesseai 0ovs1
Al 90 Of he isuuss Of 1910 vhiee ~
shtpw shs Democratic party, and sas -,
Htksisea such IN overwhelming mlfliit1
- thaa Of direct taxation npon an prop>tlS
equally. ,sezxs
Nothing more VS. heard Of thas psoj
The summer of1oo0, When The Eysaitad D..
ocrstic iesdsrs from The Esst and South -
semblsd = Hew York, and revived The old
project Of equal taxation, and made it .
prominent plank 10 their platform.
We trust that The people Of the Northwest
will give The project such an unmistakabls
condemnation, that no party and no man will
dar e to revive it again during the pressnt
generation.
Under the present policy the capital stock
in trade Of the Denocratic party, whisky
and other liquors, pay large proportion Of
tar a.. Tobacco, which Il useless il mot
Injurious product Of the soil, comes in for .
verr large share, and other useless commod-
tiles or luxuries are also highly taxed. As
are also the incomes ofthe wealthy and we'll
to do, and the large and money making man.
ufactuters Of the country.
Thismode Of taxation don't suit Seymour,
Belmont and other Democratic capitalists OF
the East. Ittaxss thsir vealsh loo heavily,
and Il ts,ls 70 burden With Asasy ianaason
the vital essence which sspperts and nouF.
ishes the party-the indispensable corn
juic 10.
Hence, the leaders fall back TO the pro.
gramms Of 1910, and insist on taxing every
species Of properly equally. There are %
be NO exceptions, no determinations, nader
the Democratic programme. The land Of the
farmer, his house and barn, his orchard and
his grspery, his implements OF hnsoandry
and his live stock, are oil TO be taxed BY the
General Government. The mechanic must
pay taxes on the tools of his trade and the
earnings Of his occupation, and the day-la-
borer must she'll ont an equal proportion OF
his earnings in taxes TO. the Government.
The housewife must pay on the rag carpet
which she makea with her own hands, and
the washerwomen must divide their. hard
earnings with the Government before their
starving children are permitted the Injury OF
: Id At of bread. The chickens and pigs Of
tho widow, the little truek-paash, The Asnbls
fruit-atand, "every species Of propsEtJ,' I'M
der the Democratic policy, must come in for
its equal share Of taxation. And # IL pol.
icy eould be carried out, the tax consnGs
and assessors would swarm over the eonntsy.
thicker and more disgusting in their habits
and manners than the frogs in Egypt.
q member this 10 > hobby With the Demo
cratic leaders, 70 which tbsJ hsve returned
again with more dslibsrAts purpose and reso-
luton, and which they seek to impose on the
peop le now through their prejudices against
bondholders.
The people mus. not be deceived, must not
vote fot 1 system Of taxation which would
subject eli the farms, and Oh the dwelhpgso
farms and cities Of tho West, and al properly
Of every species, Of the poor as we'll - the
fich, to equal taxation. Which would add
imm ensely to the burden Of taxation IN tho
West, and subject every person to taxation,
where now not one person in . hundred 10
called TO pay taxes to the General Govern
ment.