The New York herald., 1869-06-07

at these ourcs arc-rrst that in the Un,ted states
the cost Of collecting the revenue compares ayora
bv with that OF every other M ion-a TACT not gen.
eraly known. Hesse, ut II per cent, lays most peH
capita In order 10 obtain the means 0. cArrying on
Prussia Bavaria. Baden, Turkey, Auetria, Denmark
Belgium, Greece, Russia, Hungary, France. the
tnIL-d states aud Great Britain second, that inter-
nal revenue, whether direct or Indirect, costs very
muca less To collect than tltt h,a Nv Customs ana
~ not so liable 10 be cvad.d. fand, tntt govern-
nenr monopoiies cost u vast aniounI 10 lnhntaint
and but little oi the tax goes ~ Lae govefnmentS
and that the United states ges Iar snare OF rev.
enue by taxing ner railroads. wnich afe not loss4
yes very near It, 10 those countries wiiere they arc
run on government account
Another singular tniDg VIII be found by any ono
VINO examines as closely Is nave done the records
oil European hnance. The anuua uurdcn on th0
people abroad Is lessenei ,nacl as possible bD
treasury notes or some eQuiydenJ oedrlns 10 nters
est. Aere we are striving 10 replace government
notes on which we pay no interest " NATIONAL nanz
notes on wnicn we DO having already changed theis
original relative proportions.
" Is said that 'hgures DON'T lie." But the figures
we nave given, manly accurate as they are would
lie very much II We 40 take lnto account othe1
circumstances. country may De iishty taxed, ~
ia Greece, and yet her finances may be badly mans
aged and her people suffer- A country may bs
heavily taxed, as Ia Holland, anu yet IRON her rev
sources and the character OF ner people be In q
prosperous state. Holland has luanufactures COM
merce and large East India possessions. krs,nce mas
her vlneya ards, her silk looms and her commerce.
England her mines, ner neets, ner capital her
colonial trade, ana command over the uiarxets o1
the world. The United States has natural resOurcea
beyond oil Europe comDined-her coal anu her
metals both useful and precious, mex naustiple She
beside the focus to which conveys the rays OF an ms
creasing emigration. Sne absorUs the surplus labor
OF the world, and she has the sol to Iood for
population as vast as emma. Taxing her resources
tnto consideration, she Is less heavily pGrdened tbap
any natOn-H we possibly except switzerland.
Scarcely Is tnat exception since the resources o.
the SWISS are vastly in1erior.
But there Is auOtner element to enter into the cal
cuia,ion, without wnlcl the problem cannot be de-
ternilned. lhe responsibility Ol DEBT una the drain
OF annual expenditure does not, alter al fail upon
the ricn. 1t Is the industry Vi Tie iaOJrers phys-
Cal and intellectual, Wnlch bears tne burden. And
the cost Ii relative Tue highest price Ior the day
laoorer In ltaiy-and that only ~ me seaports or
larger cities-,s three hres (a0ous ftyseve cents,
and TIE mechanic In proportion. The highest wages
OF the American day iaDorer IN New \ orK amOunJx
TO two dollars per day. The american laborer has
10 bear not quite twice as much rs tue Italian Ho
wouiu be no worse on mad he tu Dear .hlee times az
much. lhe people OF Llchten5Lein pay less Than
ole-hth what IL costs the peop'c of the United
states TO carry government: but Tie producing
Classes OF the German prlnciptty receive bcggara
pittanco in return for tnelr LABOR
But have no re to occupy your space with re-
nect.ons. MY OBJECT ha5 zee aG tnis tle mercy to
furnish statistics as Trustworthy aS possible, aud
this, with some labcr, | nave accomplished. Alte1
examining item Inc reader mas the data nom which
lie can frame answers " The queries WAlCn puG VI
the outset. ANuLOS.