, 1870-03-11

EprnAy MARCH ~ 1s7n
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Congress oo9'ns LIS 's'ssa' eos".ou " .u-
T.riT bill. No bill has been introduced as
ret h redace tsxes, though We understand
.h,t onr il being mstured for tn It nurnose
Ma President. in h;s animal m,seao.
recommended ,L.t there bs m rndnction
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1sG7. !. toll. ,s1.s aus .us...sf soaassxs.s "
-fu operate to the advantage Of the whole
community. Tho tax on sales ought to be
abolished The petty and vexatious assess-
1nents on watches mud silver spoons ought
to be discontinued. Tha tar on gross re-
ceipts of transportation companies is, in
fact, tux On the articles transported, and.
being no logger pseded, phould BE- abolish
ed. The spola1 taxes OF licenses should
Likewise he swept from the statute book
They cost uoze than they come to.
In the matter OF the tariff, the oppres-
siye ta1aticn is not 80 much the sum which
is collected by The government s. that
which is forced ont Of the consumer for the
h+nef, OF the produce, under the cover Of
1ar The axtent of this extnrtion ix shovn
J., +ba f.o+ t,st thar. ara mn, d,ffa,ant
.rtir,es t.xad hv tba tariff md that nnon
-, of .ton, .,a,a tha ,,ora,,,na,t collect.
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mas oecn oemoneuasea os rus aetoal r.
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fa1, from si1ty-dFe aft1cies,-thus renewing
tie people OF the immense ea1 o1 70 pel
ceLt IN gold upon all the Other articles II
the list.
Ihe facs cannot be ignored taat the pres
ant ta1ahon IS extremely oppressive
that it is consuming the substancs OF
the many to enr'ch the Few; tnat II Is
uEdulF and unlustsy concentrating IN the
hands of limited number the capital and
earnings Of the whole people. In the de
mand for reduction Of taxes there Is no
party division As1ong as heavy lmposts and
e1cises we're needed, the people submitted
without q muznur, but now that It has be
come matter Of dispute what is to be done
with the surplus revenues, there comes "
from every section OF tho country An enn
phatie demand that every unnecessary t.:
be abased, and that there shall oe no ta1a
lion except fo1 1arennefor the government
The Boston 1rd"serspf, hepuhlica
paper published in the very centre Of th
.'protecscd districts, wa1ns those who Al
administering our national affairs th|
,;a.nt1e ,rs+-nmenta3;tv ;noossd nnon n,
Wiling subjects, and maintained for Il
nu.pose Of suppozsipR /. pet theory .
f,,-,. mn n.ttar INV rrancct .h,e ;ta nafa
nity.r Ihs monthly announcements b1 It
Secretary Of the Treasury tbas be b,
amsssed 80 m.py additional millions .
noner in his vaults without anv reductio
,f,be ,ntere,t m III. deht md that, if tt
ts,at,o, Iva kent m In hieb.vater mari. :