The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-02-11
TAXES ANR EMIGRATION.

The new States, like Kansas, Mime
sofa, Iowa and Nebraska, are making Wig
orous efforts to induce more settlement
| within their boundaries, There is no
stone left unturned which can possibly
hide any means or ways by which the ag-
ricultural or climatic advantages of the
! respected States may be heralded to the
world of emigration. This is all perfect
! ly legitimate. Those States have each
more or less advantages, which, properly
| presented, will allure intelligent people
seeking homes in the West. Neither ex-
aggeratiens Of drouth, nor highly-wrought
pictures of grasshopper devastations, will
keep people from seeking cheap. fresh and
fertile lands.
But the conundrum which the coming
emigrant shall PROFOUND to the solicitors
who importune him to settle down here
or there, will be, not an agricultural, a
climatic, nor yet an chronological one. 1t
will be like the great question Of the
hour throughout the American union, q
financial interrogation. 1t will be: How
much is your county, township, or pre-
cinct bonded fors What is your assessed
valuation Of lands, and how many cents
taxes do you have to pay on each dollar S
valuation !''-Chicago Times.
True, every word. High taxes are
among the most grievous burdens now
borne by our people. Every few months
the spare means of the whole people are
drained into the Golfers Of county treas.
urers. or into banks, while the impover.
ished multitude find it hard work to KEEP
the wolf from the door. No man who
does not live in the country can appreci
ate it. The laboring classes find little to
do; money is scarce; pay is slow; and
many are hard pressed for the necessaries
Of life.
They elect men to the legislature t.
reduce their governmental expenditures
and if any one Of them tries to do his du.
ty, it is like entering den Of lions to res
cue their half-devoured prey, they fal
upon and tear him to pieces. 1t il
q cherries. wretched. thankles
task. 1t were easier, if one consulted onl,
J his own comfort, to join the ROBBERS an,
J share the plumber. And here is wher
, the weak point Of free institutions is t
) be found. Talent and ability are Away
sure of recognition and employment b.
those who are enriching themselves a
. the expense of the people; while the pee
pie themselves are Indifferent. apathctic
divided into hostile political parties, an,
, wrangling over questions which concerl
, them as little as the dispute between tn
Big Endians and the Littie-Endians in tn
! land of Lilliput.
, Hence it follows that nearly all tn
f ability of the country is arrayed agains
t the people; and when you have skill. cur
ming, and wealth arrayed on one side. an
t numbers, muscles, and industry on tn
) other. it is IN unequal contest that ca
I have but one termination.
: Every dollar Of unnecessary taxation
: a crime. 1t Is the old story of the fe'
= trying to live on the many.
The Chicago Times is right. The bes
e argument in favor Of immigration to an
State is the prosperity Of those alread
| there In prosperous community ever
: man becomes an immigration agent, writ
e ing to brothers, sisters, cousins, an
e friends in other sections, spreading befor
) them the advantages Of his new HON
and holding out inducements for them
9 JOIN him. In = community where Ii
8 people are not prosperous al this
d changed Each man repels immigration
i land the community hnguishes- Son
Z misfortunes ere beyond TIE reaeh II lax