The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-22
DOES A. r. STEWART PAY
TAXESP
A Communicate DenagOgue An
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A Communicate DemngOguG An
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Cincinnati Commercially
Sam Carys harnDg,les during this cam
paign have been characterized by Il de-
gree Of rccklessness in assertion unusual
even for him. lie seems resolved to do
his utmost to inhNme the poor against the
rich, to incile labor against capital, thus
destroying profitable industries, and then
he will be ready to charge tho confusion
and Impeachment that his own victims
and noisy activity has intensified ITO the
rich" and "lhc bondholders," and all who
have lived within their income, and saved
money for Investment. As a. Il. Stewart,
Of New York, Is the richest merchant in
America, and n man Of whom everybody
has heard, Gen. Cary takes tho liberty Of
singing him out and declaring that rich
as he is-and he is in the habit Of saying
that Mr.. Stewart is worth 5000, OO0,OO0-
he il not taxed. Gen. Cary's method is
to call for a poor man with five children
10 stand up, and he proceeds to tell him
that he pays more taxes than the mcr-
chant worth S200,000,O0O. Our CORES.
pondont, al. V. R.,n describes one Of these
scenes at Zaleski, Ohio, rs follows:
lie paused In bis speech and asked u there was
any man present who had five children. Several
responded that they hlvi. Selecting one, he said :
"Y1u have 1--WE children, and I'll venture that you
mint worth 5000. The poorer the man the more
children he has Yet you IN your P1vrrly pay more
tax 10 the Government Of tho lnllel States than
A. r. Stewart, who IL worth s2QO,0W,OOO'
This IN repeated twice, and tue wickClncss OF II
Is that the crowd seemed 10 believe HIN.
Here Is another account;
You oyor there, tPolntlng to ono T1ri Of the house
With his horny ingrr, while he rushed the fingers
VI his other hand through his flowing halrli you,
sF, arc poor man. Gol has given you I've or six
children. YOa may be worth three OF four thou.
sand, but you arc hDlF u you have five thildreni
and YOU over there, who have eight or ten are very
IOr, R II YOU have from twelve to fifteen yOu arc
most internal poOri Jet you men pay all the taxes.
ltlsaparl Of tho providence Of GUl that the pour
have at the children. A. T. Stewart Is worth his
millions yet no has no children. Col ls farmer,
anil lie dresses all Ills farms and fields In be1uiy
anil causes them 10 produce ahundhntly. God Il q
nrchanlcand all His machinery Is perfection ITSELF
UBl IL manufacturer and all Ills productions ate
wise and benGhCrnt. lie does not give children 10
the rich to he reared In luxury, lenc's, aud vice.
lie give, them to the pDOr that they may rear them
up In VfiuUus and industrious habits llu wants
no drUncs In the great hive Of Industry. Yes, my
friends, II Il the providence Of DOL that the poor
have the children ~ rear, but II j. the action Of The
Republican party that you pay all the taxes. AT.
Stewart, with bis millions, docs not pay one single
dollar Of Government tax.
And this dastardly and shameless falsi-
fcation goes on throughOutthe State. We
have thought II worth while TO put an
end to this folly about Mr.. Stewart, and
with that view have been at pains TO oh.
tain the authentic figures Of his tax.bills.
In the first place the firm OF A. Il. Ste
wart 4 Co. pay into the Treasury Of the
United States customs duties to The
amount Of from $S,OO0,OOO to $i0,OOO,0OO
a year, gold. We presume they get that
back from their customers, and we do not
propose TO assert that this vast amount Is
tax upon Mr.. Stewart and the members
Of his firm, but the intelligent enterprise
Of Mr. Stewart and the Influence Of his
integrity upon the importing interest are
known TO contribute very largely to the
revenue Of the government. The in.
come lax was levied during eight years,
and should have been continued. The
following memorandum will show how
Mr.. Stewart Jared Under this tax: