, 1875-04-01

II tie Etttr Of The EhieH3n Tribune:
CncAao, March SOL read will pleasure your cdt-
tortals On taxation and rcycnuu they HpEo3r but
avc somcsin,es been surprised that you shonl avc-
cate system Of revene from in,EorA Of any descslr.
tcn ut oil for tc support of tAe National Govern
nlet Tie tssatjon Of imports is certainly mt FREQ
trade, ~ understand It, Tile United stacs Conntlt
ttun reads, Brc. q, caption. flowers vested in
Congress Tho Congrcsa Bha hare power 10 lay and
collect taxes, ntlcs impora, anu oxclscs 1t may
uso clihcr or ap hcae methods Of raifing revenue,
but which IL tho fsircat one Lot look u. hc The
business Of the National Government Ia 10 protcct
property nos ltc Tat belongs to Tho tao to attend
to-. Therefore, property should support lilo Ea~
t!una Government. And a. tho National Government
projects all proEar then NIL property should be tazc
equally for It's support that H. ouo dollar should 1ay
al much as unolcr. Does 1t? Link rot. Ths
methods In uso arc: tl IMroaH. tic taxation Of
Imports; t cxrises, or tho taxation Of home products;
and ~ tic taxation Of drafts, receipts, cIc. IA for
tho iator ihero ia authority LII Tho Constitution,
drafts and receipts not being property, and therefore
1t Ia unlawful. IA for tho frst aud second,
at tnpor'a are not taxed, neither nse
| all homo products. And thoHo imports
aud lomc rrotrcla which arc taxed, arc not taxed
aliko that s, dollar III sul1o Ia taxed more than
another. And real eatate, which Is property tul
though neither foreign Aor homo rrodtseD Is not
taxed at all, tho s.stem Is fnAnifcsily unfair. All
property shoull 10 taxed alikc, dollnr for dollar.
Eow, under system Of equal taxssfon Of al proper.
ty, imports would bn tase1 the other property,
wherever found at tho tIno of tho loyy. Au as rtse
taxing the sao property ia unfair. then tho lew OF
fmrost must hc wrong.
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tions but thcso coultl be matlo by tin States.
as they asu at present, mud tho National GoT-
ernmens might require OF oaeh state promotion
according to its woaHh Of tho amount needed for
revenue.
There would be ono good thing accomplished by thla
method, n It would nccrxeisato real valuation of
property nsscsd Of low or high ono or s!ae aoe
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