, 1869-06-27

| -Soo0 he3c II HnolGef dtncit OI thirty mil
ionk- Doubtless jon have Invented some ne.
| Lax.
Heaven forbid Besides, Do upt natter E1y
| SELF that have An inventive mind.
1t Ia necessary, however, Oh, have It. Nna
] Wts tatn!' .--n!. You are simply going Il
dlir.l1sah l. xeuse, 1'dld not think Of that
-Etu ;.e hot the only ono ahall bring 70 thA
- -'1c-Shon; but l do not count on It 4!
/ present
What! you dimlnlsb the recelp.A without less
enloR e1penses. and you avoid denclt7
-Yeb. by dln1nlshtng other tk1ea at the Same
time.
tbere the interlocntor, putting the index nuxer
o. his right hand On hla forehead shook his hand,
which naay be t1anslA1ed thus: He u rambling
ter11b1yo
Well. ppan my word, this IL Ingenious. I pay
the Treasury hundred francs; you rttIeye me
Of nFe francs On sslk -1ve on postage; and In
order that the 1feasu1y caJ nevertheless receive
one hundred franc, you reueFe me of ten on
sotne other tax7
-precthelJ; Jon get ny meaning.
How can it he tsuef / am not eren gu1e that
have heard you.
u repeat tnn. I balance one remiAsioa Of taxes
ey another.
1hAse lltae time to give, snd should like
10 hes: Jon expound this paradox.
Here IL The whole mystery: know Q tax
which costs you tEcntJ francs, not aou Of which
getz To the Treasury. relieve you oI hall Of II,
and make the other hall take Its proper desttna
ton.
-fo1 arc IN uueQuaiied duAncier. There Is
but one difficulty. What tax, II you please, do
pay, whieh does not 20 to the Trea1usy4
-How unch doed this salt OF clothes cost
you7
a hundred francs.
-Hor much would Il have cost ron u yo1 bad
gotten the cloth from Uelgtum4
-Eghty franc4
Then xhy did you not get II there.
Became 1t Ia prohibited.
Why.
so tna1 the quit u2y cost me one hundred
francs instead Of eighty.
-Thly deuta1 shen, costs you twenty fYaocsz
Undoubtedly.
And where do these twenty tfanca go7
Where DO they got To The MANUFACTURER Of
the cloth.
We'll, give me ten fsanca for the Treasury, and
will remove the restriction aud Jou viii gat1 ten
francz.
-oh, begin to see. The treasury aecount
sh.ws that II ioses dve francs On postage and nYc
on salt, and gains zen on cloth. That Is evco-
--fopf account is-you gain I'VE francs on salt,
nyr On postage and ten on clo1h-
Total, twenty france TAI1 "a satisfactory
enough. But VIVA. becomes of the poor cloth
manufacturer -.
oh, / hare thought Of hin. have SECURED
coupenAadon for him By means OF the tax-yedoc-
tionA which arc 70 profitable to the treasury
What have done for you as regards cloth, do
tor hun In regsrd to WOOL coal machinery, 4c- 20
that he can lower Ills price Without 1oas.
But are son sure that will be IN equlya1ent7
The balance will be In hlA favoS. The tTenty
lrarta TINT you gain on the cloth Will be multiplied
BY those which will sare for you On Xfuin. neAt
fuel, 8c. This Mill amount 70 large sun, and
each one Of rour s5,ooa, 600 Ieilow-c1ttzeus viii
saEe The Hame way, There VIII be enough to con-
sume the cloths OF both Belgium ana France. The
nattpn viii be better clotheal; that u all
-t#M thlaE on tbs, Tor 1t l. somewhat con-
fused II my head.
After al, as fur as clothes Co. the main thing
Is to be clothed. Your unbs are your own, And
not the manufacturers. To, shitId them from
cold Is your business and no. his 1.-The Law takes
sides for hm Against you, tho law IL unjust, and
you SLOWED me To reason on the hyporhesls that
what N unjust Ia huftfal.
Perhaps 1 admitted too much but go on and
explain your financial plan.
Then VIII make tarth
In two folio volumes7
NO, IN two Eect1ouA,
Then they viii no longer say that this famous
axiom "No one ia supp ,sed TO be ignorant Of the
lAw' Is nctaon. Let III see Jour tarfh.
-Hesp # fs: Section First All imports shall
Pay an 0d eatorsm TAX OF tye per cent
-EYen ruso naaifr11lsF
Unless they ARE icortAies..
But they nll have value, much or little. .
Then they viii pay much or little.
How can our manufactures compcte with for
clgR ones which hare these ya,s naterial frse,
The expenses Of The State being given, II we
Close this source Of rcyenne, VIC tnust open an-
other; thla will not dmr,ish the relative t,:eEor-
ity Of our manufactures, and thers viii be hu-
feAu more to organize and pay.
That Is tue; reasoned as the tar was to
be ann0llet, not changed. viii tcn.ct on this.
What is your second scction7
Section Second AL exports shali pAyi:An ad
raioruns tax Of ave per ccat
-Mercitua Heavens MT. Uioptsti You VIII
certainly be stoned, and, It couea 10 that will
throw the dsSt ohc.
We agreed that the majority were enlightened.
Enlightened Can you cls1m that II export
duty Ia not onerousf
All taxes hrt onefous, bnt this Is less 20 than
otAefR
The carnival 111naez m1uT eccenthcftles. Be
10 Find u 10 make this new pasndox appear spe-
cious II you can.
How much did Jou pay for sals wine1
"a franc per quart.
How much would Jou hare paid ouss!de tho
city gates
Why Tits dlntrance.
Ask the sesr.r which added ten soas to tt.
Who established thc oefrotf
The municipality OF Paris, ID order to pave
and light the streets
This L., then, an iLport duty. Bat the
nctghhortnE country districts hs1 established this
uetrot for taetr psout, what would happen.
-lssoiid none III. ieas PIT fr8uc for wine
worth oc1J MY ccnttmes, aud the other dlty ccI-
f{n1n9 TFhnIN nhTe 101 1lchf rtrn ort
BauEnt4es.
So th.. really 1t j. sac consamer who pays the
nE-
There Is no do1bs OF that
Then by taxing exports you make foreIgntss
help pay -FOUR eKpcnses.
-ldha yoa At fault, this Il not jx<tic<.
Why nat In order To secure the prodncstou Of
any one thing, there must be inatruction seeu11ty,
roAas, AID other costly thtngs Ia the count1r,
Why Z.lau not the foreigner who Is to consa1ae
this rtoduct hSar the Charges It ooeas1ons7
-chia ls contrary to received ideas
Not the least In the world, The last pur-
CHASER icest repay al the direct and Indirect e1-
pensea Of production
,--Somatter what Jou SAY, It 10 Plain thxt such
measure would patatJze commerce, and cut On
ali exportz-
That Is an Illusion. II you were to pa7 this
tax besides au the othcrs, you would be right.
But. Il the hundred millions raised In this wa5, rc-
[teSe Jou Of other taxes 10 The 8aDe amount, ynu
60 tnto foreign markets with al your advantages,
md esen with more, II this dn1y has occahoned
ess embarrassment and expenae.
~ will reject on thih- So now the salt, post-
age and custonls are regulated. Ii Al ended
,hera9
-1an tust beginning,
Pray. Initiate nc 10 your utop4au tdea4
~ Ravd lost 1txry mtlttona On kait and portage
aaa!l regain them through the customs; which
also gives me something more precious.
What rln53,
.-1ntrrn.llonA relntions founded on 1uRtice, and
probability Of peaos which Is equivalent TO :sr-
Ea.nty. will disoant the army.
Tho whole army:
-E1esp, speclsl branches, which stl be volun-
1astly recruited IKE ~ other profeesoua Tou aee
Is abolished
Str, Jun should say recruiting.
ALI forgot, cannot help adnirtnX the ease |
with which. In certain countries, the 1ost unpopu-
u things are respttuated BY Giving them olhrr |
usmeA I
-Ltfe consolidated dn..e< which have beco. 70 !,
fAdtrHd epnt7 7tA1ttonx Il
And the sendarmas, Who have taeen the nAsue |
os municipal euards
In shor, trusting to Ctorla, Jou dissrm tie
county.
Il said thai would muster out the army, uok I
Eh1t I would diazrm the country. intend, on
The contrary, 10 give y lnytnclble powcr-
How DO jon hssnnnl1e this Huass Of coutra-
dsct4onaf +
II call Ill the ctllEcn& 70 kesvice-
lis It worth willis 70 relieve portion from ser.
sice, tn otlcs to cal ont everybody:
You did not make ne Minister III order thra
should leave things ~ they a.e. Thus, on my
ad+cnt to power, shall szy With Rlcheileu, "tac
sinss uaxiu,s ase changed" Ny trst maxim, the
nne which Viii serve ~ bAsia for my sdmtnista-
non, this: Erefy citizen must know two things
-uos to ea'n his OVID living apa defend bis
COuatTy.