, 1869-10-29
WHERE TIE TAXES PIHCH,


WHERE TIE TAXES P1HcH,
Pe1haps the most important question in
yelyed in the pending city election, next to
It's effect on the prosperity of the CITY itself,
is its effect IN the financial reputation Of
s-Lcago auroad- uu.41.el, es residents Ut
Chicago are already moving ont Of the city
INFO suburban towns to avoid the excessive
taxes. Where this is the case, must not
thousands morr bc deferred from coming
into the city, and becoming residents here,
in consequence Of the effect Of these taxes
10 enhance rents, raise oil prices, increase
III" cost OF living, canse strikes, and mul-
iir!y the expenses OF all kinds Of productive
:rt;'>try employing laf"r? Last week,
t,;rzsire rolling 1ai]ls were started Mt Joliet
IL company, Ill Of whose real business
i:'11 t'll'caso, t" cs!ry m'!'l'ns Of dollars
.t 1t s.ness u,sd thousands of residents to
.a.i!,. iSH towns? The nn';~rF- II Hll ca'lses
IL ;,ac,a II sis''is r'9t, lies IN tw' words
,A,,sA!ce taxes. 1uciudlnB special lssess-
,';sts. tie 'arl.trr' 1'enp'r If Chicago pay
;l.. yt..7, il city taxes, -, ,sfa ,'sha, OF :sea
,rr ,r1f!,', to tl.- city. II We remember
sl,t ..,:ly ah.ut one-sevensh Of our popnla-
t'n arc workingmeu aud producers. the
r,st Icing women, children, cripplcs, neca,
CRIMINALS, panpers. ani Ba1nacles, we
ti,ui ,la. average. year1y c',st of uslr city g'r-
,rr1u.nt aui r::blic works. to every work
',.c man in Chicago {usang that term III its
lit, s,,!,:es sense ns including every honest
srsi:,.ss rnan who ires by any kind nf prn-
,issc1ive Industry, is two hundred and three
,,llass per ycar. Nor is this tax collected
principally from the rich. The rich land
l,r,l ndls it to OF includes il in his rent, as
fl as possible the tenant pays it And COL
LETS il il he can in Increased prices Oh hts
c.--ls, G. in higher wages these higher
w.;pts aread1ti to the eost Of the things
si!sy arc engaged in producing, anl 50 ulti-
u,a:.ly theso taxes are paid by
lie people of Chicago rs CONSUMERS
An,. the e!sss who ase Of moderate means.
Grlets1cn' .'n their yearly work for yearly
support, n-e hundred to one compared
with I'll others. In tho nlain, therefore,
tla.sa taxes, like ell others, are paid l,y the
l..l"r uf the people OF Chicago. Who
tl.,,!'.s That such state Of facts must re-
t.srl The growth uf Chicago prevent the
.:;;.;:1 of carita1 rr.:ent the burden Of
resident t.1-pasers from being light
tue! by rcw supplies Of population
Tie elu.ucnce Of the world bus been ex-
l:rat.l, unl tie Kingdom Of Gztat Brilafn
shaken to its centre, by the expressions Of
IL. 7,i.h Church anil the enortnous incomes
u; its bishops. Yet how many Of these
Bishc,.s lad higher salary Tina the per
,,;si,.s of our City Treasurer, SsD,O}O, o.
OF our Circuit Clerk, $:O,UoO, or even oi
oar Cornty Clerk, s:so, 600: We must no!
furr.t tLet the plunderipgs Of the Ring
though done in a corner, are proclaimed
D,nn tho house.top, in the low credit q
u;,, ci,y l,tnds, the high rate Of interest II.
are compelled to pay for money, the reaai
ness Of capitalists to leave th'
city when they have mado thcir for
times here, and the reluctance !,
foreign capitalists To risk new capita
Under s,sh load Of taxation. ",
Lave been called reckless for to!cratip,
such e1cesses during the VA
l.i when our minds were al
s,.r!.d in the intense excitement
u ,llat ptr7u1. But If, after we hay
eu.-rce,l from these csci.emcnts. md hay
full. leisure 10 o1,olish this insrlinots sss
t,m ,f oppression. ve rote for the contin
r,ance of il snch n vote u;1l ,,c notiea Il
IKE "orla that the progress OF our CIR
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