The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-10-15
Reduction In Taxation = Unequal Re.
lief.

To the Hon. James Brooks, Of the
Ways and Means Committee Your
speeches 10 Congress upon the reduction
of the tariff and internal revenue, which
you always contended should bs a reduc'
ton of at least $l0o,000,0 600, and your
active service as q member OF the Ways
and Means Committee, have led me, az
chairman Of the Democratic Congression-
al Committee, to inclose TO you the fol-
lowing, from the address Of the Hon.
Henry Wilson, as chairman Of the Con-
gressional Republican Committee, aud to
ask for your comments thereon.
Yours, respectfully,
SAMUEL j. RANDALL.
INDUCTION OF TAXATION.
"During the recent session OF Congress taxes
have been reduced more han x75,O00,O COO. The
taxes have been removed on transportation by
canal. and railways, rom sales by aesiets arg
to ~ per cent. on all incomes above $500, and II
is to expire at the end OF two years. Abe tax On
| tea has been reduced from IS to 10 cents per
found; on coffee from s to 3 cents, and the tax on
gate xi2,t V,00o per annum. BY this reduction OF
taxation the industries of the people AID the
accessories of life have been relieved OF burdens
amounting to millions"
MR.. BR00k REPLY.
To the Hon. Samuel ]. Randall, Chair
man of the Democratic Congressional
Committee SIR. The reduction OF tax
alton by the July act of Congress, as near
as | can calculate from the returns of 1869,
ia about sixty-five, not seventy five, mil
lions, as Mr.. Wilson estimates--when the
reduction ought to have been at least
10000 ,000-for one humid ed millions
have been annually collected for two years
past beyond what was necessary to carry
on the government and to pay the intert Ct
on the public debt. What the Democratic
party from the start contendod for In Con
gress wal a reduction of $1,000 900,
which, if in power, they would have
made, with a corresponding reduction OF
the expenses of the government, more
especially in the standing army, now used
mainly in the South as q brute force to
put down self-government in the States,
and to carry elections there. Whether
the income tax will expire In two years
or not depends, a stated by Mr.. Wilson,
upon the caprice of the Republicans in
Congress. The tax imposed curing the
war was to continue two years, and no
longer; but l. has been continued two
years longer, and 1t may be longer and
longer, If the Republicans deem it neces-
ssry to keep up the collectors and the
patronage Of the offices necessary there
for. 1t is not TO be wondered at
that o Senator from Massachusetts
is content with the mode and man.
ner of the reductions of the tariff
and the revenue, when all, or almost all,
have been made In the interest of the
capital of Massachusetts,, though not oil
the labor of Massachusetts, and, in the
main, by Massachusetts, Intervention and
Massachusetts organization upon Con
gress. Tho labor Of Massachusetts, was
refused a reduction Of the tariff upon fish,
lumber, salt, potatoes; coal, while most OF
|, the raw material entering into Massachu'
} sets manufactures, to the amount OF 3d..
J 600 900, has been admitted "duty free.'
, The food, the fuel, the tenements OF the
Massachusetts, workingmen--sayf fish, pc
tatoea, coal, boards, doors, windows
scantling, etc.-migLt be had 20 per cent.
} cheaper If admitted duty tree from Cana
| da aud the provinces, while "freedom'
, from all tariffs was given by Mr.. Wilson
and his friends TO acids, gums, the greater
part of the dye stuffs, etc. --stuffs thai
7 Massachusetts, manufacturers O0rk up, but
! that Massachusetts rorkmen cannot eat
7 Alkekengi, kyolite, and kryolite are free
! while potatoes from Prince Edwards Isl
and pay rs cents per bushel tax. Tn,
better to understand how and why tn,
Senator from Massachusetts,, as the repre-
1 tentative of capital in Massachusetts, i
. content with the reduction of the taxes
while you and | are not, can best be seel
. in the following table:
. (By the table given by Mr.. Brooks, b
i shows that In the twelve States Of Ala
!. bama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Ken
t lucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Car
Y DINA, Tennessee, South Carolina, Texa
1 and Virginia, the reductions Of interns