, 1876-06-29


Mlsh1IhsshAi l, itAono .,s nnas.;a Sonnn1. - r.,
ono " ,uv l1A"A, ~ Nv aa,.aa., ~
ieael"No i'"st' :" A. LII H.:
aaco t'''oruu pA~0''' 0' WV fN0''
in!nt n. te",.' ' H. Tim .c,,o =, nu,,, mr.
,,an.s E.,ern1 stntr. nud m,ntc;nn,. (,ur Fed.
yral taxation has swoilcn finn sBo UoU, QUO in gold
IN 1Hao, to SlV ooo, ouo IN currency IN 1S'o; our
e mn, nt " r. stas ,+uo wv M So'a n
mn. ,eruic from lcss tt,aa 81 per lead to moro
,l,nn s1H per head. Since tho pcacc. Tho people
have paid to tie'r tas-snfhcreFs moro s.ah thl,co
.e SUN u ~. ."p 49,, n' cd"rn % t;.r"ru,"mt s1on. Wa
ie,nnni @ md n vigorous fr,.Ealty In every department
nn.l frou, every uniccr Of lie Government.
II those figures aro intended as statistical
| information merely, fhoy "ro very inaccurate
aud If intonlel to represent tho progent bur-
| den of taxation, thoy aro quito deceptive.
In constructing platform for o gront na~
tional party, nccuracy Of assertion i'll matters
Of fnct il Of sufficient Importance not to bo
tlisrcgarded. But tho above quoted plank
puya little intention to tho clement OF truth,
~ we slall proceed to show.
| III tho first place, Fcdernt taxation IN 1oGo
,,;a1,oi7 ,1,o u,,m. accort)nr. to the Ircasury
a-rn-, .o,, HI, .,,i, .,4, @,.a
I fHf3uFL83 Ul AfAH tsAAo oAA4A "4'
..i<11,, ;,vult;c;e,,t tn ,1cfray the oxpenses of
| tho Government Ill tilU thru year or ltUCUAH-
.,,,s Administration, and there was ndded to
tho debt, in loans anil Treasury notes, the
nmount Of $50, 7st, sos, making tic total re-
,a;nts fro,n reyeu,,u mud loaus S7G,8ll, ,407
IN rola. This was for tho fiscal year ending
1ruo m 1aGo
,rho orncniituros for the ean,e ycnr wcro
s-7 o,, 1.,. NJ which s3,1lI, ,g.U woro for
,ha ;n,erest of tho nulIio debt, and for pon-
s;,nu al mn ane lcoyinr for ordinary OK
penses nlout s73, 900, ,ooo i'll gold.
1ho pop"i"''ola " l.o oA''e" '''''~' ~
thnt tima was 3l,oo"'ooo u IL no" o'e'
44,Op,ooo, or IL per cent greater than
then. ..-..
, Nnt tf'a Le''oeFn'lc l'l"'Aot''' tass1'a .''
tho Federal taxcs OF 1870 amounted to S45o'
O0oo o1f}, antt, lrotn tho WY 1a1t''on '1na u
pcntlltuto nro h'l4"tl toeotller Ill 'ne sala'
: sentence, it is obviously thu purpose 10 con
y voy tlse idea Tint 1t costs s|4a0, ,ooo,aoo Il
"rnn " tho Government. Iho actaai 70
coipts Of tho Government in 1870 we're:
From cusom; tspla,. aN
=, fron. deret ,ax ..... .....,......... ~, 70
iron puuaG n"s .''''' ~ M3
- - f'o''' -~'''''> ''' w a.-- 49, -;
Total receipts ..,.."n y, u0 ,r' ~
Inc m'scc''Anco"' eons.n,o" sn' ~ pss
cee's OF salss VI surplus n4.'s"'s ,. :. G.o.o ~.
" premium oh Gon'' e'e'' Wv no.'e =. ~ ".
i. derived from 'axa''on, l'e''a'inls sAo ~
duties 70 currency ''1' "Ao'o 4'''n.' IN -
il. f'sea 1to"' ."1"'to'' ~ Ioe 4oo ano 49,, 49,.
n. ooo'oo", "niea "o '''o,'"o'ou" was ''
-, a'seftes' !" 'na eou'u''ct"'o p'"''o'"'
,r lhe e1e"a.nteS w. S"a'o so"t "e'o a.r ~. :,
-. nn.,,''', 'n ."s o.v. H. iL0,
nv Net ordinary expenditures casfchcy 1oi AL, d
of ro,a, erncu,,iturcs ;. .s3l1, po7, !.
in This left ;oI, ,MM,o0o, which wero nppli
N. in rnyu,ent Of the national debt; but t
lar ,,onncrntic platform carefully avoids stati,
MA tlut fact
ar. But Why does It take tho revenue OF Is
ii. instead Of tie present year? Why go ba
VA t;x vears for comparisons? Do the fran.
hot Of lint plattorm suppose people will L
IN, ncrcviyo tho trick they havo undertaken