Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-11-19
Total .,............. $ls, loo, Io4 $ls, s23, $40

The tstal amssas paid BY c california is equal
70 50 per bead, irrespective Of State, city and
couaty taxes, which will raise it to $z6 per
head. TAe internal revenue and customs taxes
for the remainder ofthc Union amount to $685.
ooo, 900, or $40, and this burden is confessedly
the cause Of much business distress. What,
thes, nay not hare been expected Of $22 per
head On this coast when the production of the
metals had declined, and wheat had fallen 81
per sack Ala California.
The paper from which We copy the above
is . commercial paper with Radical pro
clivities. The facts aud figures arc from
Official sources. It will be seen from this
that the Eve hundred thousand inhabitants
Of California pay . direct Federal tax in
internal revenue and customs Of nearly
sls, 0oo, 900, or $22 per head. This is
scarcely ons-half Of the amount which the
pssssat financial system Of the Govern
nest imposes upon them. As We have
before shown BY comparison, the custom
duties enhance the price Of every article
subject to import tax, more than double
tAs amount Of the nominal duty. When
IL esunss 70 b estimated, It amounts 10
- lsstAan 30 per head. This amoast,
Il YIN b remenbersd, Is not drawn from
IL wealth, but from the, industry and the
.sssssisies Of tho people. The customs
dst;s diserininate against articles Of uni
vsssal consumption, 50 that the poor man,
ga rule, pays, Is much q the rich man.
h isAsraal revenue Is more than three
1uuxahs derived from the products Of labsr
sesissssstA fica iseo4s o. nosey. %
nAt'ls tiss previous y 1861 did the en-
tirs expresses Of the Federal Govsrpmsnt
snssit II an average annual tax Of q par
- upSs he sit;ssss. sWhsAi the psf1.
haiss - isissed 70 II, Ooo, &C., TIE annual
opposes d TIE Government we're isss than
tbstax sew paia By tls people q the Pa
- Goes; md vhsa thspepuaaGio. was
ssE0e 900, oo6 dsrisg ths AAmiuissss-
- q HI. Buchanan, the annual expsn,
e xds Getsrsns,t did sot ssussssssd 46o.-
e00eee; ss1 sow wish hes chan 80 psr
sAtsfs5nssdnal popuiatido, Inc peopis Of
tksfseisc Cost, pay from their earnings
49, tn psopsrtioa Of MORE thaa tweuty
tis6 ~ snosnt This showing i 70
niaetissas - 10 defy credesce, If it was not
sslsa5ssd b actual Official facts and this
ilapsase e. ~ bssdeas Of the people At
~ faas sftwesty to nss has bean brought
alsss By tho Republics party in nine
yssn rals. The Republican leaders at
t.ibsas this vast Increase to the war ex-
psaeA ard ths public dsbt Incurred there
by. TAi dos NOT legitimatsly sscoss&
~ BIT ! litile more than one-tenth Of II,
= De agures win clearly show. Allow
Ne isessass Of the regular expenses of the
0svsssnsst % have reaehedthesggregate
sftl0O O00, 900; add 10 this the interest
= ~ prbSs debt, az $50. DoD. 900, and
vsAsss S26eO o0, 900, vhish il amply
su1Sisatts nsse I'll the Esqsirsmssb 81
u Gsrss,nsnt q the present time. Ap.
pertisa His sun apong the States accord.
isg - psPulatiso, - The Constitution re-
asissd, aad Tho people Of the Pacific Cost
vseA Aass' ~ y exceed % per head 70
~, iaslssl ofszz ) head which they now
~, asd ths would b . saving Of 1t least
ee0o0, 900, . yeas, in direst taxes, aud .
- sqsal smouut which they nov ply
= he isersase n he psics Of goods sub.
j4st = ysaatsns duties aad The reduced
taGAnp Gsjd n fall apoa aetsai proper
sy?is = sow, upon products, and
vvgij tiss remove s crushing burden,