Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-24
MEXICAN DEBT AND TAX.
ALTON,

AmERaCAN DEBT AND TAX.
ALTON.
The American people, ssys the Ph'iadsi
phia Ags. arc beginning - rsaiiz' the ises
that they are more heavily taxed than are
ne inhabitants Of any other civilized ma
ton. In short time the Director Of the
Rur.su Of Statistics will exhibit, in detail
the Federal, State, county, township and
cooperation taxes Of the UAited States.
The sum total will rsash beyond 500, ooe.-
900 per annua,. and the following ETHICAL
ngurss. just submitted by the U. S. Treas
uier, Mr.. MeCuiloch, will throw some light
upon the subject. They are on authorized
warrants for the 6sca' years ending Juoe 3d.
1857 aud 1883:
Receipts On account Of lS67-B,lsncs
broush. forward. 1852 .ss7 .54s.ll; loans,
e6<o.la6, 9l0.29; internal revenue, $500
o27 So. As; customs. sl76.4l7.slo 49, ms
csllansous. $50, 62o. 1884, W" Depart
msnt, t22, 476, 1854 IS; Navy Department,
tl2as7, POI. SO Interior Department, W.
aGs.lss. ss, public lands. 81 ,l6a.57b16 on
sceoun, Of ls6s-Balsncs brought forward.
siso, Sos .sl4.4o..; loans. t625, ll1.433.2o;
internal revenue, tl9l ,0s7, 6s9. Al; customs,
aiC4. 464, ,99. 80, miscellaneous, t5S.o5l,-
1872 So; War Department, ga, 26s $40 -
Navy Department, t9.2os. 10 80, Interior
Department, tl.7s3, 300 40 public lands,
tl.sls,7l3.4I. Disbursements for 1867
PaoIc debt, Ss0s. lSs, sS5.7s; War De-
psrsmsu., eil7.7oo, 9so.ls; Navy Dspar.>
mcnt, ti3,sll, 2l2. go; Interior Department,
$685.. PATIO; Civil and Diplomatic. e62,
0ss .o2i.5s; balance in treasury, Sic, $685..
el4.4O.
Disbursements for 1853 Public debt,
ts4s. lA5 1851; War Department, ti47,-
5l5.524.96, Navy Dspsrtmer. e34. $685.
ols7l; Interior Department.. e29,62s,-
02.2e: Owl and Diplomatic, t54.7e4,-
$50 81; balance in treasury, tl3o.s34.-
4s7.e6. Il appears from this that there
has been . falling 81 In the receipts fer
this fiscal year, a. compared with thr year
before, - fsllews o. balance brought
forward. $4,000 1884; leans. $685.
All 90; internal revenue. 81, 1899, PAS OF
customs, gold. tn.953,2ll.32. The ex'
psndi,urss have increased thus Interior
Department. t2.0s3. $500; Civil Dspar
mont. 81, 2s6, 6l229; War Department
3a?.sli. 544 50. Abost t3S, oO0. 900 were
fs army bountiss Tho interest on tn,
public debt vas. in coin. el03. 400 ,55s 50
in currency, t35, 425, 35l.s3.
To realize filly the amount OF money
raised by taxation aud expended in thi,
Nation, each person should consider that
ons,hird Of his propsr,y or earnings il
mer,gagcd to the Federal Government. II
he swna house, one third Of it is covered
bv the claims Of the Government, and the
same principe applies TO = warehouse. ship
orfrm. Wherever property is. there ID
nH,,ion. Government bonds excepted.
This kind Of property is exempt from the
clutch Of tho tax gather, and those holding
il are put upon different footing from this
balance OF American citizens. Labor is
also overshadswsd by taxation. Ons-third
Of each dollar earned BY the poor man, who
{" struggling 10 support his family, 10 fas
tened upon by the vampire Of sxhorbitan
taxation, and hence il 10 that the toilers o.
the Uaitsd States are yearly compelled I,
werk harder. and yet 10 no. live As we'll q
drcss - we'll ~ they did when wages yer.
lover. The average price Of their service,
has increased 81 per cent. in eight years
while during the sams period their OF
psnsss. owing to dsht aud tax.tion, have
augmented 81 per cont. This il . wide
gap. and It must be bridsed by closer econ
omy and abstinence from many articles Of
Comfort on the part Of the workers Of the
United States. IL costa more than twics
~ auch to build heu,s nov than il did
before the war-twicc A. much fr rent il
IL IL rsntsa-twics "a much to live in il
after 1t is built. and yet property holders
are % better of, ~ far IS expenses srs con.
cctnsd, than those who hire or rent. Debt
aud tayston are the Old Man Of the Noun
tain, and they hes,ride alike all the mate
rial interests Of tho country.
These facts should make every man pro>
pound the question TO himself. how can
matters be msnisds While the debt in
creasss. taSatisn will keep even step on the
same ascending ladder. II the latter 10 to
Do reduced, the former must be curtailed.
but the party in power which loaded the
Datien with this vast accumulation Of debt
and taxation, shows no disposition to run
shs Government in more economical man.
usr. In time Of peace The expense are
continued on . war basis. A large army 10
ns'sta'nsd in the South. and idle negroes
led and clothed upon funds drawn from he
public treasury. These are the immediate
results Of Radical ''rsesnstructiou." But
70 this must Do addsa the decline Of pre-
dsetions 10 the South consequent upon .
continued dsrsogsmsnt Of the labor sys.
ten Of that section, and then . proper bal
sncs sheet can 30 struck. What 10 needed
10 reduce taxatien 10 honest men In Con
grsss, Who will cot for shs good Of the
whsls country. and net % sectional Parti-
sans. The Ferty-arst Congress will be
called upon BY the .sx.riddcn people Of the
United States to adopt. measures for re-
duetsn of debt aud taxation. Will they
respond; Or will the fiscal exhibit Of 1859
run in the same suts With that Of the prs.
cent ysars
what 10 ssshe win OF she Pee.
pie -
When General Grant accepted The nomi>
nation, he declared taat he should have no
policy which would conflict With the will
Of the people" Tha, sounds we'll, Tut
what dess it mem, II it means that he
iutsnds to respect IS absolute law every
whim Of the n ajorty in Congress, il Is all
wrsng Hit means that he 10 going 10
lock at the result of the lata slse.iops and