The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-09-29
ePOOrNIen PavENo. .Taxes.',


We often hear the above expires
sion from members of the Radical
party, when 1t is intfmated that the
poor nen-those who depend upon
their daily labor for the support of
their families-are suffering freR the
burdens of taxation. "W nv" say
they, show can they be suffering,
when they don't owns cents worth
of taxable property, neither do they
have income tax to pay. Poor mea7
pay no taxes. It is only an. cleo
tioneeriDg dodge of Democrats to get
their VoteS.p n We are sorry to say
that there are many laboring men
who believe this talk. They are not
called upon by the regular tax collec.
tors, and directly they pay no tax,
But let us see whether, indirectly,
they do not pay something. -l 10
Perhaps he buys, on an, averages
pound OF coffee per week !: on this he
pays tax of 5 cents per pound or
81 go per year. - -'--'- - e. .-. -
He may use 12 pounds Of tea per
year; on this he pays asJtax of SO 90.
he would of course need sugar to
sWeeten his tea, and for other pur-
poses, probably 104 pounds per year (;
on this. he pays tax of So, 20.
He may use a gallon Of I1ofasss5
per month; on which there would be
tax of 96 cents per Year.-ses.,f r,..-
BE might. need a,pair of nice, wool
en- blankets, for the Indictment season I;
he would have t0pay g. tax of 81 90.
. Say he would want twenty yards
of cheap carpeting : it would cost
him $500 tax If of a better quality
ingram for instance, $500 tax If
for a still better quality, venetian,
only tax of SS000. But z1e WOuIdni6
want the two last, as only the rich
can afford 1t, and he would have to
pay a double tax on account of his
poverty. .5ai -aI DTa 1o=5q 400 . IL
Vie would want some elothing,z a
summer and Winter suit, and he
must pay tax of SIS to get thems o
HisWife would want two calico dres-
ses on which there would be a tax OF
81 25.g o. s.. TGW gEE B5li-sla1g R9a
]l He might have the habit of using
tobacco which would require q tax
of 81, SO per year to indulge It, or he
might like his stbitters, ~ but tax OF
so centsper gallon would be reau1fed
Of him. Say he indulged freely in his
Hnips," at the rate of one gallon per
month, and the tax would be So per
year. But probably our Radical
friends may object to our having
these two latter items placed dna onT
tax list, ssthey shave no bad habitss''
Well, that may be so, but $50, 900, 600
are annually paid on these Items by
the people OF this country. 2 ~ Z iii.i
1--WE might extend this List much
further, but let Us add upt theseitems
enumerated, and we find a total tax
OF $543,67 exclusive Of the liquor tax.
Poor men pay this, not to the tax
collector, but to every one of whom
he buys. rf He is paying his taxes
every day he buys q spool of thread,
bunch of matches, and q pound OF
salt. Most of the above items were
exempt when Democrats controlled
this country; but now the manufac.
Lurers must be protected, and the
bondholders must have a big inter
est, and their bonds must be paid In
gold, although b the law only requires
their payment in cUrreney.f'1Y es
the poor man pays tax on all he
eats, drinks, wears or uses. Just
think of Il, poor man who earns :
dollar a9day, or 1925 per year, payI
rs much tax as the bondh0lder WhC
| has SIS, 900 invested In government
securities, and draws an interest o
I 81, 900 in gold, or 81, $40 in currency.
Is it right ? it is honest .? is it just
Why does the laboring man, WhS
does not own CENTS worth of prop
erty, pay as much tax as the mar
who owns ten or fifteen Thousand
dollars worth ? 2 WiiI the Radica
| leaders ansWer2 Dare they deny the
truthfullness of thisstatement? No,
they will not, they dare not, Thai
party has com bined with the wealth
of the country to oppresSand burden
the mechanic, farmer and laboring
men, and we are sorry to say it, many
EOf this class are helping to rivet the
zshackles and bind the chains upon
themselves and upon their children
And why? Merely because IL is ad-
i-Vocated by the Radical party, &C.,
Would it not be well for them Il
weigh and consider these questions
They are worthy Of Il, and are close
ly connected with their future1inter-
ests ana .welfare.--SsneeG Advertiser.