Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-13


EvADnNG rMm REVENUE.
Such Of as a. are in the habit Of living
on foed end paying fer what We get, ere
slightly conscious Of the workings Of the
Internal Revenue la~, and the inferns' tax
ing system Of the .ceuntry. Such Of Us,
also, a. shield our gentle frames from the
excessive blasts Of winter, and the ireez-
ing winds thereof, by apparel bought and
paid for, can testify, FROM personal sbssrv-
asisn and unfortunate experience, that tax
atioa 10 . burden, end that. burden grew
Gus 70 be borne. We are taxed for oil "
have, fer Ill ~ sst. drink. wear o. DO; asd
the records shsw that the smaller the con-
Gunner, the greater in proportion il The or'
preston which he bears. Families thai
buv their our by the pound, their bread
by the LOAF, their butter by the pound, their
coal by the p.illul, and their wood by the
hundlc. suffer infinitely more than those
who purchase at wholesale; and, so long -
taxation is what IL is, there is no he'p for
it, no cure, no remsdy. They tel US that
taxation lie the only way to reach the
amounts necessary 20 run tho government
AMI paw its bills; ,hi, we don't believe, but
for the sake Of the argument, grant il; does
it not then seem but fair that al mes, Oil
classes, all occupations should be taxed
alike. Clearly so, but the waii greet bro
tess don't see il in that Light, and the bro
lers. whs have been doing. On snor0ovs
business for many years, With the nominal
chssssee Gtsy doIlars for lioeass. are on>
wlling to pay their prupcrtson. or stand
their legi,iaatc tar. A numhur Of them
represent that they have ne capital. Ons
firm in particular, composed Oft tive broth |
.rs. which did business requiring $780,
600. mads that return Ieosnsly snd The as
sesssr thought he would investigate little.
IL you have no capital. he inquired. how
DO you centrivs to do SO largo . business
Oh. we borrow eur capital. wss the reply
Fasthev Investigated nv 0hd ths iace thai
each brother. Actiug In his individual capac
ny,, loaned tho Arm @25o.000. In thil
w2y they managsl 70 svAdc the Law. but n
both are vspsteA 10 bs intensely loysi, o
course IL 10 all tight. Only the people woult
rather Ghess vsspzstSSls swisdless should b
made TO pay their fair proportion o
tho government expenses. and thus IL
soms measure relieve the suffering poor
A celebrated writer once said Of the Eng
lish dsbt-ihs prototype ofopr own nation
al blessing i. converted Eoglisbsnsu
into set Of stairs, down which; the debt
rolled. Al the top. &. the nobility Ill
had very little weight. but gathering fere'
~ its downward motion increased, Il fsl
hcsvisr aud heavier on each succssdlne
atop until iaAll it reached tho bottom one
and there it lodged heaviest Of all, and
forever the poor. And 50 IL 10 here.
Jay Cooks national blessing, which he
10 so anxious to pcrp.tuate. falls very
lightly on the rich, aud the swindlers, but
itrests with crushing force on the poor
whose industries and energies is paralizes,
and whose substance II eats up, they being
the while helpless to avert the evil. But
they did havs tho remedy in tlssir hands q
few months since, bat failed to use II
hence the evil thsy suUsr is Of their owl
besct,ing. They are nursing thsir own
offspring and mus. needs 10 content, Thu
ru,nous tsxation thsy ara stsggsring undei
Vas born Of aud is c0ntisusd by RadioS
rule. and since the people saw at to again
elevate the power. in the executive and
lssislstivs branches Of the govsrnmsats thl
candidates or tina, party-false ssrvanti
and untrustwerty stewards as tbsy have
shown themselves In the past, end will d
agaiu in the future-thsv must bear In,
burden for four years longer. Washburnc
who pretends to be Grants mouthpiecc, AM
TO speak by authority as the original Gran
man. has promised us sccenomv but iii
very doubtful if tho promise will be re
deemed. Tho proposed consolidation o
reduction Of the army has already arouse,
an opposition in Congress that afford
very good reason for believing that all cf
forts at reform aud economy will prove use
less.