Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-10-13
Reduction In Faxation-TnequaI Re-
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Reduction In RaxatiOn-Bnequal Re.
lief. G.
To the Hon. James Brooks, of. the
Ways and Mean Committee sfYour
speeches in CongFess upon the Reduction
you always contended should be 9 reduc-
ton of at least<$ zoe, 100000 and your
active service as 9Hmember Of the Ways
and Means Commtttee, have led me, as
chairman of the Democratic Congression-
al Committee, to 1nclose-t to you the fol-
lowing, from the address OF the Ion.
Henry Wilson, - chairman OF the Con-
gressionsl Republican Cemrn1ttee, 2 to
ask for your comments therepn..sEs
Yours, fespectfullyL
6AlGURLI. RANnkl1.
INDUCTION Or TAxErSoH.
"During the recent 1eesIon Of Congress taxee
taxes have been removed On EsnsrortsEion BY
canals and railways, from sales by dealersand
to az per cent. on aa1ncomes above Sa.Oco. andit
isto expire at the END q two years. The tax ON
Toun I'd: on Ssc coffee non eto 5 cents. and he tax on
sugar and moasses has been rednced In the a9gre-
Fs&st s5a't ne sn sas Of 81, syt1 pso Tssas sS the Ss
Kecesssries of life haTeNbeen relieved OF burdens
amounting to millions21
MR.. BROOKS REPLY.
To the Hon. Samuel j. Randall, Chair
man of the Democratic Congressional
Committee: Sir: The reduction Of tax
alton by the July act of Congress, as near
as 1 can calculate from the returns of 1859,
is about sixty-fve, not seventy i've, mil
lions, as Mr.. Wilson estimates-When the
reduction ought TO have been at least
$100,O00,000-for VnelhHndled millione
have been annually collected for two years
psst beyond what was necessary to carry
on the governmentandto psythe interest
onthe public debt. What the Democratic
party from the start cohtendedf for In Con-
Rress was a reduction Of 500, 5000,
which, il in power they would have
made, with q corresponding reduction of
the expenses of the government, more
especially in the standing army now used
mainly in the South as a brute force to
put down self-goYernmert in the States,
and to carry elections there. Whether
the income tax will expire in two years
or not depends, .aostated by n Wilson,
upon the caprice of the Republicans in
Congress. The tax imposed during the
wal was to continue two years, and no
longer; but it has been continued two
longer, If the Republicans deem it neces-
sary to keep up the collectors and the
patronage of the Offices necessary there
for. It is not to be wondered at
that a Senator hom Massachusetts
is content with h mode and man
n6I OF tn0 ICuuCtIOub VI GHO
and the revenue, when AL, Or almost an
have been made in the interest of the
capital of Massachusetts though not of
the labor of Masskchusetts, and, in the
main, by Massachusetts Intervention and
Massachusetts, Organization upon Com
gress. The labor of Massachusetts was
refused q reduction of the tariff upon fish,
lumber. salt, ROissGsa srGs1; ri MA1 81 &c Ss q
setts manufacture, toth6 amount of 3d.
100000, has beenoadmftted s"duty> free?f
The food, the fuel, the tenementstof, the
Massachusetts, workingmenTsayf fish, POI
tatoes, coal, boardS doors windows,
scantling, etc-migLts behads20 per &
cheaper if admitted duty free from Cana,
from all tariffs was given by II MI. Wilson
and his friends to acids, gums the greater
part Of the dye Stufss etc-stufss that
Massachusetts, manufacturers cork ND, but
that Massachusetts: soorkMen cannot eat
Alkekengi, kyolite, and kryolite are nee,
while potatoes from Prince Edwards ISL
and pay % cents per bushel tax. The
better to understand how and why the
Senator from Massachusetts,, asthe repre-
tentative of capital in Massachusetts,. Is,
content with heeeduction ofthe takeAi
while you and / are not, can best be seen
in the following table, -
rBy the table given byHr&BroOk1 he
shows that in the tWetFe etabosAof Ala
bama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Ken
lucky, LouisianaS Mississippi, North Car
olina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas
and Virginia, the reductfons of internal
revenue taxes are as fo10Wss W IFk
On Gross Receipts. .:..sss-@..rss0 $685. 80 %
"a Seles 64Sys9a 4s
special 1,OIS16S %
" Legacies. SO, 671 "a
{" s AISSeIss in sscciS.daic xT:.IvsTeaseeS sss 3 3
g Tax not otherwise provided for.t 1885 80.
" Income. au9669Ilo 90
While in Massachusetts alone the reduc.
tions amount to