Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-10-17

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TUE TAxEs-wHAT RAs BEEN COLLECT
ED--THg ExPENDrruREs-sEcRE-
TARY wELLEs' REroRr-How MUCH
OUR BURDENS HAVE BEEN LIGHIEN-
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The amount of money collected
by taxation liz three years Of peace,
from July, 1865, to July, 1858. reached
81, 4,174,O00. I have it from Off
cial sources. The Commissioner of
Internal Revenue reports for 1866,
1861, 1,572, 900; for 1865, S,$471, 300, COO,
and Appletor's Encyclopedia reports
for 1867, $561, 1902, 900, total 1884,
IA, 900. In each case the gold col
lccfkd at the Custom House is esti-
mated at lao. Of this amount the
revenue from the taritf'renebed $724.-
5S4, 900. The expenditure of the
Government has been scarcely less
than this enormous sam; for if you
will look at tho public debt on the
3lst of August, 1865, oyon will find It
amounted to $2,757, 800, 571, and if
you look at tho last monthly report,
made August /, 1857, you will tiud
it stated to be $2.633. 5S8.756, show
ing a decrease oil 1924, l0S,215. The
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
tells us that the value Of all the real
and persona! property in the United
States in 186O-thc lands, farms,
houses, town lots, money, stocks,
bonds, railroads, steamboats,, ships
all amounted to only Sl4, ,2S2, 1885,
0SS. If tho products of three years
of peace have made mp for the rava-
yes of three years of war, then the
taxation for three years has amount
ed t. very much more than one-tenth
ofall the property in the country.
while the taxation of Great Britain
has amounted to, onc-thirtieth part.
1t the taxation for these were asses
sed upon each individual equally, it
wonld amount II. tho United States
to S34 as. while in France, the taxa.
tion for the same time would amount
to $22S aud in Austria less than SIG.
! The public debt Of tho United States,
if assessed upou each individual.
would amount to SIS, 25. the, public
debt Of Francs 10 $53, and Of Prus,
sia to $12. I said to you that / new
cr made a statement that / coulds not
verify, and I hold in my hand this
report from the Republican Com
missioner ofInternal Revenue, Mr.
Wells Ltis opeafto the inspection
of any gentleman. n,the 18th page
rofthat book, which your member of
C6n grsss can furnish, you, for it is y
public document, y0u will find ,veri-
fed every word that I have said.
Our Republican friends are very
,mnch astonished at his exhibition,
lILaughter.1 Did yuu ever know o
spenathrift when he was brought
face to face with the condition at hrs
uffairs, that wss not very much a.
tonished indeed! They will tnrn
mon us With some statements made
by this ssme commissioners. La his
letter Z. Mr.. Allison, he says thsI
during the three years Al which ]
hare been sresking. the amount
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