The New York herald., 1871-06-13

The tax, therefore, paid to government by such
pe y arce Of necess Of course there has to
be added tax on clothing, household articles,
liquors. tobacco ana hundred other articles; ana
II Is fair TO assume that mechanic, with slx IL the
family Is taxed by government al least 800 per
annum, or fully one-seyenth of his earnings. or
$40 GO per capita, or nearly eight lines more than he
Is taxed by the city IN which he lives Besides must
be remembered tnat the city gives him something
health legislation, police protection, use Of parks
and water, &c., While the government gives him
nothing in return beyond extending over him the
Rgis OF It's military protection,
1t could be furthermore shown that while the city
taxation. as rule falls heavy on capital, great IN
comes and stately mansions, the government taxes
ial solely on the labor or the country and III most
rldiculously small degree Oh opnlence and wealth.
mechanic earning 500 per annum and being six
In a family as before shown, pays to The national
government sos "a tax on iive aruces-yiz.. sugar,
tea, coffee, soap, starch and coal-whicn alone Is
about onetesith Of his income.
Suppose next an instance Of q rich family consist
ing OF SIX, whose income is 100000 per annum
what would their national tax be on those five
articlesf Suppose them to use or squander three
times the same amount OF commO lities as the first
annun, $50 pounds OF coffee and 75 pounds OF tea.
The tax per annum for the rich family would thea
part OF the income OF 100000 or in an income OF
$4,000 about one lorty-eighth part of the income.
g 5 g 1sa en cy Sze o ne b a
costing $500; the government tax thereon is SO
Dozen or s6o which IS only 20 per cent ON the
gross amount. Suppose CITY mechanic to use two
gallons OF whiskey per annum, at 81 per gallon;
the tax thereon Is fifty cents per gallon, or LOO per
cent on the gross amount
Under these Illustrations what logically becomes
of the absurd charge that by comparison with .ede
raj taxation the municipal Is oppressive2
1t is IN Contemplation to dispose OF much city
property, such as plots and buildings heretofore
used by city departments as " wei as market and
Of the sinking fund that at least S5,oo0oo0 can be
realized TO the fund for extinction OF the city debt
by such sale. Within the next year the intention
or the commissioners OF the sinking fund Will
assume practical and servceable shape. II
for markets should continue to be so used,
but IN the hands OF individuals or compa.
to embarrass market privileges Of property, but only
TO dlsincumber themselves OF the trouble and ex.
pense OF publicly maintaining markets alter de-
velopments OF puDlic economy have shown tnat H.
dividuals or private corporations can better dis
charge market duty than can municipal corpora
tIon Indeed, treating the market traiic as busi
ness, why should the city carry tnat on any more
than any other speciesY
Next to city finances the subject most important
to the public Is the maintenance OF good order ana
the Suppression and punishment OF crime, IL l. u
partisan fashion TO call New York city the wckedest
one in the civilized world But notwithstanding
that the refuse vice and crime Of every town, village
foreign countries, Is substantially drained into New
York city, 1t has less percentage OF crime cou-
n s inhabitants @ s. tan is commilted win wi m the majority
OF the New England cities. Citizens who will take the
trouble during the next two or three months, while
reading the newspapers, to observe and number the
accounts OF CRIME and vice from places elsewhere
than In New York, will not need statistics to sup
port these averments Our very homcides are, with
rare exceptions, the results OF chance-medey and
accidental encounters. For reports OF cruel grudge-
cherished murders and abominable, romantic or
plotted crimes the sensation press search elsewhere
than In New York. The Boston Advertiser, which
is not democratic newspaper, recently comment
Probably aud In spite of the general impression to the
Ss .w se
in the country Governor Bonmsn when City Recorder
worhy sustained evil and xGovernor
rs%si5sd hs b Sssysd that g Hoffman
debted other three men abe had had for the
ion Of justice since becoming chief msgstrais Of the
state Governor Holman has rarely exercised the executive
it is also stereotyped partisan charge that crlmi
vIctions, are plgeon-h0ed by the magistrates and
the District Attorney. This is groundless fabri.
cation For instance, at the time wnen the present
incumbent OF the may0ralty resigned the District
Attornersnp, after twelve years Of almost contlnu
dctment, or one untried complaint In the prosecu.
tors office, Tor the nonria OF which, either by in.
pO sasnGs the or by e1nsG
some absolute reason. founded upon dofects
In the law Or In the character OF The evidence,
Attorney asseverates the like fact as to his ONCE
and challenges proof 70 tne contrary. Aggrievea
10 aS the p"b ear
ons In the public press that II the assertions here
disputed had been true neither OF the District At
torneys would have found his social relations as
agreeable rs they certainly are II has been alleged
that newborn zeal against criminals exists can
any citizen however recall the case Of one des-
perado or culprit whose crime unless shrouded IN
an inc0mprehensble mystery, has not for years ana
years been as exempiarily dealt WIN as CRIMINALS
are now
The report OF the Police Department makes q good
exhibit. But the time Is at hand when tne citlZens
must endure an additional tax Of million dollars
per year to- MAINTAIN 10 or 800 moro patr0men.
The police report states the number OF the force at
2325 Qhere are nearly TO- 900 in and around London
which gives one policeman to only about every 400
OF our inhabitants, computing upon the last census
force ab0rs appear TO be well stated In the Follow
ing three paragraphs, quoted from recent London
Metropolitan report
sysem OF beats is Indispensable TO every police system
although open TO the obvious objection that every pon IN
necessarily uncovered for longer OF shofte pe-
Rod and that knows where to lind policeman wheh