New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-24
now We Pay QUIZ TAXES.

That shrewd observer Of human nature, Di'' .,'-
rel Weller. jr., was we presume. exempted nun
d,,ect contributions TO the national or muliclp"'
r.,.c,,re Had be been a tax payer, he would GER
NIL, have modified his views about that pay up
IA ioo,, cheerful principle in which he 80 hiucn
,t;h.d Tho pavmcnt Of faxes under any cli'i It
.t,nccs ie bv no means an aesthetic ilhuseoIT,' a"d
,yLeu sucb pavment has to be Mauo Poi lLuo
ueoesStatcs an hour MAlt,,u.eeiot~d crowded ROOM
Honict N conduces TO an aggravated S'"'o Va H'''
irritation. ,to Office Of the Receiver of Taxes, you
y m,c,.tsJ Inv two bluecOated guardians OF we
e.ce and requested To place yOuIseIl az 'llo " "a
long lie of looking persons, Muo az ILL
,,liv consulting their watches. among tho OIe!hs
AZ lie different desks there Is much Wiltus eoIhs
~, roucl ostentatiOus calling ont OF NUMBERS much
haplinR about OF pOnderou5 volumes ihey ore CYL
I.i, Iii very busy but their activity does not vent
fall i'm ncrlormng with aacrlty those special duties
~ The oifce which immediately concern yonrselt.
ook at that middle-agcd. middle-ciaSsed iemale
h, ,our side She is laxative. She informs Won
thar She has come all the way from kiitynntii-st
IN one OF those hOrrid, nasty Ihi1d-aHe. cars: l9n
easily detect a want of womanly sagacity IL
hey for She has donned her Sunday gown IN order 70
,pt i'm respectable appearance before that imposing
,fitlal the Receiver of Taxes She now bitterly re
2I.s having done So for 1t has been sadly sat upon
,ud stood upon III the car. She measures inliy my
inches round the shoulders and chest, ana has Deeh
hanging for half an hour partly over her helRnpoi,
ulTty over the barrier, looking lntO the gelhehuS
department. She has spent the last quarter o. h'
hour in living minute guns of vituperation alter
uately I'd tin,o " VOuug iackanapeses Ot clerks anu
her better half, g who ought 10 nave Known po''"
than 90 send her on such an crmnd ,-,,.. ~
"Cau rHy my taxes, Sir. OrCan 1 nor ali uA J"
quirr, am irritable lookin9 elderly li'nh Lii 70
yon can II you wait long enouRni , }i4tIe
nlcs tle clerk AZ this moment an unhappy Ht1 i
girl clad iu mud and tatcrs, whiningy lmpiores tle
. five cents ul,gsc do Sir In his then irritable frame
of mind he iOrgets himself. ana c0nSlSnS ,ho poor
child To "a warm climate; but the ponce lhlhh otheI
wise and eject her into cold one
Here ts nm elegantly dressed lady, who has brought
ben Little boy with her. The child has grown weary
of being boxed up IN the sort OF houci sheePpeI aP
luupriatCd for women, ana PiaintlVeS ,Hiq"lSS
:. Mamma when are going home I Inc Iady, VINO
of course would not think OF INDUCING IN vulgar eX
u.1Iti0us OF temper casts whitening glance az tne
.I hrhind the screen and replies in bottled. sar-
.. ic tone. When it peases that gentleman to re-
..I g our taxes, not before, my deaf
Gus! then a well-dTeSSed individual, who had been
covering IN the outskirts of the crowd for some mo
mont, stepped forward; he catches the clerks eye,
and is Immediately attended 10. Reaching over the
shoulders of those who have been lupauently walt
ing for the best part of hour he hands IN his TAX
bill quickly receives his receipt and hurreS away
amid general and loudly expressed Indignation. nut
he is Government official, or Member OF Congress,
or q merchant OF some consequence. or perhaps one
of "the ring" and of no cannot be allowed to
waste his valuable time. -,
niah exhausted You succeed in paying your money
and getting n receipt, and yOu make your exit Ill
state of great mental and bodily heat.
Seriously speaking, why should our citizens be put
10 this great personal inconvenience in paying their
aNesi Are these taxes light. so scrupulOuSly SO
efficiently applied. as to make the prompt payment
OF them "A pleasant thingl Do not our people know
that considerable portion of the money which they
have to pay under such worrying auspices is certain
To be misapplied or friyolOusly wastedf They com
plain bitterly and with justice. that they are not at
st allowed 10 pay them without unnecessary l0u-
Why cannot we adopt the English mode Of
pa ring taxes In that country the officials forward
every householder n specification of all taxes due
from HIM. and. having allowed fair interval OF time
To elapse apply at his residence for the amount In
the event of the collector not receiving payment
when he calls. the householder sends a check to tine
office calls personally to pay the money If he pre-
fers 10 do So This is a much better mode OF collect
ing the revenue than OuTS-eSpeclay IN cases where
the hOuschOlderS are wonderland has certainly been
very successful in England. At all events, sOme
fresh arrangement for the payment of taxes IN tins
city Indispensable to the comfort of its taxpaJ ing
citizens.