Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-09-13

rich man will pay for his fami
ly of six persons. This arises
from the fact that the taxes arc
levied largely upon the neces
saries Of life, or upon what the
Republican orators choose to
call the luxuries or vices Of
tobacco, liquors, beer
consumed quite as much by
poor as by the rich-tea, coffee
sugur, m6lasses. How much
do you think these six items
bear? They bear nearly one
half of tie whole public bur
den.
"Ah, but = says the Repub.
lican orator, let the poor man
quit using tobacco if he don't
choose topay the tax on il" p
But as men are made they do
choose to use tobacco, and do
choose to use liquors, malt and
spirituouS and that is no reas
on for putting on the poor
man as much burden as the
rich manRaears.
Then tariff is levied SO
that a.vesY large proportion Of
it coz. Rom coarse fabrics,
WORT ost- exclusively by
poor people, or coarse woolens,
leather, iron, ETC.; the spades
and the hoes that are used by
the common people, the labor.
ers. The burdens of the taxes
are so adjusted, therefore, that
when you equalize the exemp'
tons Of the bondholders and
even it all up as between the
rich and the poor, it is just
about the truth to say that the
rich and poor bear, man fol-
man, the burdens of this Gov
ernment alike.
HON. JOHN SHERMAN DODGEcD ON
THE BANK QUESTION.
In a speech at Columbus on
the 18th oflast month, [ chal-
lenged Mr.. Sherman, who is
Chairman of the Finance Com.
mittee of the Senate, to tell the
people, when he spoke next at
Toledo, whether, if the Nation,
al Bank circulation were with.
drawn and substituted by
greenbacks, the National Banks
would not still continue to pay
the taxes that they now pay to
the General and State Govern.
ments, except one tax on circu.
lation of three millions of dol
lars. They would still be
banks of deposit, they would
still have their exchanges, have
their capital and do all the bu
siness they now do, except is
suing money. Now, / want tc
show you how Mr.. Sherman re
piled tothat. He says:
=" Before leaving General
Ewing, | must answer one
question he put to me. | said
that one of the benefits we de-
rived from the national banking
system was, that they paid nine
millions in taxes to the United
States and millions to the
States. He asked me if the
banks were driven out ot
existence, would they not pay
all these taxes except that OF
circulation ? | answer, not one
Of them.'
Well, he answer not the
question | put to him /; but an.
other and a wholly different
question-one that nobody ev
er proposed. We don't pro
pose to destroy the Nationa.
Banks, and therefore Mr.. Sher
mans answer is no answer. Il
needs no finance minister te
tell us that if the National
Banks are killed they won't
pay taxes. The question was
whether, if their circulation
was withdrawn, they would
notpay all these State and ma
tional taxes except the tax or
circulation. Mr.. Sherman
dodges the question by saying
that if the banks were killed
they would not pay any taxes
1t is fair illustration of the
ingenuousness, the franknes;
with which these questions,
that are vital to the interests
and welfare Of. the American
people, are met by our agents.
He is the agent of the Amer
iooy, ,1oo,11a Al o,o.oI x,,;tl Al