The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-10-15

L L, OOlODEh Id, 1000
now exempted from taxation, which
our room will not permit Us to publish.
4 REPUBLICAN, PLAN OF TAXATION.
!. The tax on every ono Of these .rti
e,es, which would amount to min.
thousand articles, was removed by the
last Congress, and instead of taxing
one thousand articles, as last year, the
list is reduced to barely four m,nufac-
turcd articles, viz: "Spints, tobacco,
fermented Liquors and gas, and to only
seven other subjects, viz: Banks and
bankers, gross receipts (from stocks,) }
sales; other specific taxes, incomes,
legacies, succession and passports.
1fany one can Imagine or compute
how many articles there are in the
United States which may be dsuomin.-
ted property" and subject to "equal
taxation" under the provisions Of the
Democratic platform we have quoted,
he will be able to anticipate some of the
beauties Of that universal system Of
taxation Seymour is pledged to intro
duce.
The value of the taxable property Of
every kind in the United States ia 1870
will not fall short Of $s5, 1000, ,00O, 600.
Of this sum three-eishths, or $ls, ,00O,-
O00, 900, are invested in farm lands.
and $s,00o,0o0,o0o in live stock, farm
Improvements, machinery and imtle-
ments.
The national bonds amount to about
50, ,l0o,000,000.
Neither the lands, live stock, ma.
chinery nor implements Of tho farmers,
nor the bonds are taxed by the United
States.
DIMOCRATIC PLAN OF TAxATIox.
The Democratic party propose, in or
der to equalization, to collect an equal
tax for every species Of property, in.
cluding Government bonds, according
to value. The annual wants of the
United States for revenue, including
interest and pensions, will be $780,
100000, or one per cent. upon all tax
able property in the United States.
The practical operation of tie Demo-
cratic system of taxation will be that
the Government bonds will yield tax
Of $2l, 100000, and that the farm
lands, fences, horses, hogs, sheep, COWS,
wagons, machinery and implements on
the farmers will yield $l60, 900
annually. That is the plan Of equal
taxation proposed by the Democratic
platform. In order to reach the So, ,1OO,-
100000 Of bonds with tax, in defiance
of the contract, the Democratic party
propose to put tax Of $l6O, 600, 900
on the farmers.
Under the Democratic rule Of taxa
tion, the farmers and planters will pay
a direct tax equal to three-6fths of the
whole amount required for the support
of the National Government, whereas
they now pay, under the Republican
rule, no direct tax whatever, the pr per-
ty of farmers, planters and mechanics
is now exempt from Federal taxation,
and will remain exempt if Grant and
Colfax shall be elected but if Seymour
and Blair are elected all thor proper
ty, whether much or little, Of every
description, will be heavily taxed for
the Democratic party is so)cmnly pledg-
ed to it. Let no man be taken una.
wares, or after the election, when it is
too late to remedy the evil, say that he
did not understand the scope and pur-
pose Of the Democratic scheme of
"equal taxation Of every species of
property, according to its real value"
CONCLUSION.
The sum of the matter is that tho
Democratic party "demand' that the
poor mans cottage shall be subject to
"equal taxation" with the rich mans
mansion.
That the washer-woman's implements
OF labor shall pay sexual tsx." with
the rich mans gold watch, silver plate,
sevres ware, and "inlaid' furniture.
That the poor mans solitary COW
shall be "taxed equal" to the rich
mans blooded horses.
That the poor mans $50 bond,
bought on the pledged faith of the ma
ton that it should not be taxed, shall
be taxed equal to the rich mans bank
and railroad stocks.
That the poor needle woman's sew
ing machine or wicker baby cart, shall
be ':taxed equal' to the elegant hdy's
81 500 or s., 500 piano.
That the poor woman's rag carpet,
made at night after a days washing,
shall be taxed equal to the elegant Ia
dy's luxurious imported tapestry or
Wilton.
This is modern Democracy, this is
Seymour and Blsir and Rebel Democ-
racy Of the party who claim to be the
exclusive champions Of the peoples
rights, and the sole defenders of the
poor and tho weak and the oppressed.