Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-06-07

The income tar, to the dlscrcdlt Of the
House Of Representatives, and TO the disgust,
rs we believe, Of vast majority of taI-pay-
ers, Is to be revived and continued, should the
Senate and President concur, In opinion with
the House, the latter body having decided, by
a vote Of 50 to 1913, against the motion to
strike out all the sections OF the tar bill re-
latlng to the income tar. As the bill now
stands II reduces the tax to 3 per cent, and
eIempts e20OO, instead OF 5 per cent. tax
with 900 exemption, as under the law
which expired with 1859, The changes made
are not what were asked and expected Of Com
gress The complaint against the old law was
not so much the amount OF tax paid under
Its requirements as TO the injustice inequali-
~, and inquisitorial character Of the law It.
self. In no part OF the country has any oppo-
sition been made 70 the payment Of any neces-
sary amount TO meet the exlgencies Of the
Government. But reduction Of taxation is
now proper and practicable, and tNS.Ps3ese
have simply exercised an undoubted right In
suggesting that the income tax as the most
objectionable, should go first.
IL Is an almost universal desire that the
army OF othce holders necessary to keep the
machinery OF this law In nporsilan sl.aa.iI -
dlsbanded. There Is reason 10 believe that II
Ii not so much the material aid the Treasury
receives from the income tax tina, the law Is
sought to be revived and continued, a. the
ands OF partisans, oil on one side engaged In
collecting IL. IL has been shown during the
recent debate on the bill that the amount re-
ceived from the income tax, outside the tar
on dividends paid by associations, was about
S25, 900, 900. The increase Of exemption 10
$4,000 at three per cont, the tax would he
reduced some seventeen millions, and would
produce only some seven or eight millions Of
dollars.
Now when 1t Is shown that, under the exist
Ing revenue laws, the excess Of receipts will,
the next year, exceed the estimated cxpendl-
lures over S102, 900, 600, It cannot DC claimed
that the income tax, reduced as proposed,
can be of any essential consequence In a reVe-
nue. point of view. The failure, therefore, TO
strike out oil tho sections of the blu Telating
TO income tax, must have some cause other
than that of required revenue There IL
this tax. Its revival Is breach OF faith on
the part OF the Government. As an apology
for tho law, originally, It carried with ii a
solemn pledge TO the country that 1t should
not be- continued or renewed. The language
of the act Is THE taxes on incomes herein
imposed shall be levied until and Including
the year 1870, and no longer" To renew ii
In any form will be TO put q stain upon the
honor OF Congress. In this connection we
have the following from an intelligent CORE
sPs9ndsnt;
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AL Deducted At tho time I got my ihtsralk The
SiD Nhloh u exempted from taxation By the present.
LAW ma been or about to be, increased TO RaGD bot
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leig thAt u The neNs Tin S1an mo I i6so,
many women, with small Incomes Dan yoa tell ms
S1e tnerS Is % BE- any provision made for Of
As yet, none has been made In the House.
and we hear OF nothing of the kind in corr
temptation In either branch Of Congress. IA
Is matter that has heretofore claimed at
tentlon In these columns, and II Is one too,
=, mat eInbodies 80 much of injustice rs ought
70 command remedy and yet without much
Sonlpncatlon, we hardly 20 how the wrong
may be remedied short Of an entire doing
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