, 1869-08-09

cansd tHla LAW u ot tHu a5eateBt Importance 4
the United 8tatcs Treasury, TO tho tflsiIlIcr aud Il
Ene nhole community. AZ ;ot ~ We take up til,
conuuSer1y and niiy d!scuBsIon IN thls subiec
| with great pleasure; not because we kfc pEr,u
diced by Ctr oru ortnton nnr experience n r.
apcct 70 tho mode proposed hy III OF taxing its
t!llcries. but ':ocauso kuuw The rn.tu. u1<yaal
Of 10th shtie lanB ~ 10 fnEce IN tho United Stale
aut In Germany, from ont own rcrsoua sxpest
cuce for ycarA, ana knor, therefore, tow mach Il
appreciate tho Law still III force IL Germany fo
| mors than thirty year..
| VI would tlcssAtc from our rscseut subject, l
| We would again explain at length tho syrtcr
| recommended hy III, wr. therefore, merely rrfc,
lor Information 10 TUE cnlcAlu THBrNx, Chtcast
ErLutlienn anIl }lRnais s.aats Ztitunr. where ii
advantages nut ita3dsGltaSc. Of both systcu,,
| hRyu been fuliy Ect ioEth.
NJ 10 Mr. ahcrirld:'a n,oic O! taxing ,llAtlilcret
I Nc would submit tho following considerations tc
the candid Judgment u those lnterc.,rt. Ia The
| sutjcct:
II Is u wr1l.kIovn fact .tat thc simpler mar con.
trtTance Or iawt the moro certain Will ths 1etre]
object be s,fsIned Frequently noticing the
operation ind e1ecs Of the p.rseut rhtskry law,
we csLnot btt e1p1css our candid op!u!on again
that It Ia yf'J troublesome, It.duuuc In the Whole,
!mp!acteablt, tncourasloG stealing aud giving
rise to Unjust nonopoucs, Tits will be acen BY
nn.one Mo nnLs that accol,ung TO this !aw,
| WEtn w!Les are Gttce Proof must be reduced ly
az1ihEti!cal calculation TO proof, aud tacreIfon
VII 'a1 iuost W ieFleo. btt ~neo vines are brt's
jf"1 thia PROOF Is not 70 be reduced to proof, the
TAX IL 10 he levied on ahis low-pSoM Ntne, u it
'ejrtt IEoof NoT. re ask anyone, Is 1t right
end Just 10 collect ta1 on something no. In ouE
possession, to Tux IN Imaginary value that never
existed: Why should not loE-psnoi winc, Just "a
well as hleh'pseof vine, be reduced 70 proof and
| the ta2 collected OF 1T II somebody owns dis
tt!efJ aud does not work II, because the price Of
| vine 20 loH that ne must lose money by ca1ry-
fng on als BUSINESS honestly n2d raJ,rE the taxes
due tu the xuSerument, being unwilling to steal
anu su rsElc-iu this case h. has 10 pay a. ,lav.
according 10 the law tct h,s is,.l,crY nor In oper
| ni,op. We ask. VIII ,he law cntunfl or intinca
tbr tsttt,er by rtnn of - day either tn ,{cstroy
Ills tfptcrfy to tsea. heayy ,,,srA or l., st.al +.
tbs hot tie stnctest consequence OF such i
foolish iaw: This law supposes that every
! dtsti!1try will run fifteen uaarts rrppf whl.key
| from etery bushel Of grain unsheu. It Is well
KNOW that many dlst1tIef1es capnot ru, during the
hot iea.ou espec,a.y more than II cuArts fr,,n 81
pounds Of meal What then s thc tIs.I,,er tn 10
Eithrr he must c1osc bis 6,s:crr AM, my n nne of
- a ,iay for no, ne,ne Wiling 10 underro heoyy
losEee, and lose the Interest On tie capsa tnyes:
cd beNdcs, or he must rim his dls.lliery, and il
,ornt. to steal. Who wia blame him for II. The
unjust law Ii to ane for IT. ne eaJ not tue dtstii-
LEI, who cannot tie supposed 10 bc 90 great fool
4. TO pay taxes and nnes for something never rt,-
! ce!Eed.
Eut to return TO Nr. Shufeldt's proposition.
According to that there o,ght 10 be in ayerv dis
| ,ttlery onr yc1ober antl ope co,lectnr rnus the
Srtut atuy o! or,c4ys vcu]d t,e considerably ~
duced: but, nevertheless, email arny OF officers
would eTer Then still be existing anA on tie pay
| roll In this ea4e, Chicago and Its vicinity would
require from thirty to forty auch officers, whilst
according to the law Imposing Ax on the rstu,ae
thr Jefnrhtiy s4 teIIr~ .,.ly thr-e rxtxrt -1rs
are st?uir<b. to skeu, large salaries shoull AMI
could bc pail, to make them dcssous to keep their
situations HI laithful performance Of their duty,