The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-03-22

: stake the tax off New England mau-
al afactures increased the tariff tax on
iva foreign goods, and New England kept
a0i1 up the price Of her manufactured goods;
Aud the amount of tax which was Ia
ken 81 went into the pockets OF East
Sd ern monopolists instead of the Treas
AIRY. Hence, when the goods OF
Massachusetts came to Ohio, the tax
vas still on them, and paid by the cit
liens of Ohio, but never reached the
Treasury; Oh the contrary, it was'a
forced bonus from the farmer to The
manufacturer.
Now, sir, in 1868 the three Western
States and the three Southern States
which / have named, but which l will
name again go they may be kept in
mind-Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, Mis-
souri,, Kentucky and Virgin a-paid
1000, 900 of K more h all of
the New England States. In 1869,
they paid s34, 000, 900 more; in 1870,
S4S, 000, 900 and in 1871, according
to the estimate of the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, they will pay
SAT ,000, 100 more thar all the States
of New England. As the X of the
New England States were reduced, the
taxes OF the Western and Southern
States augmented.
THE INCOME TAX.
What comes next2 A proposition
from the venerable gentleman from
Massachusetts, GMr. HoDper1 the
8 Chairman OF the Committee OF Ways
Means, who, l regret is not in his
beat tonight. He comes into this
house and asks Congress to repeal the
income tax, now amounting to two
a half per cent. For whose ben
eft? For the benefit of the farmers?
The m~echInics2 No. The
workmen of the country? Ne. Who
&9hen7 For the benefit of the million
aires of New England.
hS& Mr.. NEGLEY. Do the farmers
pay any portion of that income tax!
MIR MORGAN The gentlemen
asks me whether The farmers pay any
portion of the income tax? Does he
mot know that depends whether the
of the farmer is orerS2 900 OF
not?
MI. NEGEEY Then he is among
the millionaires.
MI. MORGAN. ] will satisfy the
gentleman, who is one Of the represent
a atiyes of the millionaires, but not OF
abe people.
@e Mr.. NEGLEY A very worthy
constituency.
Mr.. MORGAN, Doubtless! mil
~lionaires are always worthy. L have
- prepared a table showing that it the
income tax Established it will reduce
Che amount of tax collected from
Massachusetts, more han one-half,
- from Virginia about one thirty-eighth;
from Rhode Island more than one
half, from Illinois less than one-ft
> teenth. Vermont will have her taxes
reduced more than nine-tenths, Ohio
S1ene-fourteenth; Maine more than
~one-half; Kentucky less than one
&twenty- third New Hampshire near
" wo-thirds, Missouri less than one
eleventh ; Connecticut more than one
half, Indiana less than one even
teenth.
" Should the income tax be reT called,
Ohio will pay s14,930,652, Illinois,
US14, 275, 900, Connectict S496, $50,
Missouri S4,079, 600, Virginia 4,s37,-
OOe, Indiana 3 ,S51,000, and the six
New England States together s3,15l,
1913. That is, Ohio will pay more
than four times the amount of taxes
paid by the six New England States.
Kentucky will pay more than twice
the amount of taxes paid by the New
England States. Missouri will pay
nearly a million more taxes than are
paid by the New England States
Virginia will pay more than a million
of taxes over the am unit paid by all
the New England States. Indiana
and / have t~osapologize to my friend
Mr.. Holmanlif ! say the "little
State of Indiana; not a large, but a
very noble State-Indiana VII then
paw more taxes than the six New
England States. And we of the West
and South are congratulated npun This
happy state OF things 10y the represent
att es of the millionaires, the repre-
sentatives OF the bond holders, who
are not even taxed Hpon the principal
of their bonds. They, too, congratu
late the toiling millions upon the tact
that the bondholder is TO be relieved
from the paliry tax up IN his income,
and that the tax which the ~bonlholder
now pays will soon lie paid by labor.
.v9tthe income tax is abolished, New
: England will pay SO ISL, 1913 as the
full amOIn' other internal taxes while
yIf the three Western and the three
IS Southern States w;,ich 1 havr namDd,
will pay $50, 31S. S91.
THE GREED OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Mr.. Speaker: Not onl! now but from
the organization # this Government
down to the present hour, the skill O.
New England legislators has thrown
the burden OF the support of the Fed
eral Government upon the people OF
their sister States. During the last
session / called attention to the fact
that from 1856 to 1865, inclusive, in
the mere matter of fishing bounties
there were paid to the people of the
States OF Maine, Massachusetts and
New Hampshire within a fraction OF
four millions of money Where did
the money come from? The Treasu-
ry. How did it get there? From the
pockets of the tax payers of the States
composing the Union. The farmers
~T of the West and South receive no
bounties, but bear many burdens be
side their own. That four millions l.
but q grain of sand when compared