The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-10
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Wv Dear SRI thank you lot 'Nc NM.
.,...rr,l which YOU continue 10 manlc>' iDi
=. and IN answer 10 your Suggestion >""'
. ,e~ lIblicatIun the following cAif'nA-
,.,.,, the nif proposed by me- "lich MS
...,u,rJ so Nuch comment: .--
,....~' ',N. ur,-rut system OF l'cccst-laAc>
-. >,.,...,., II i, an important question 10
,,,-r,rr g.ha, = The tax PAD upon 'Ne
...,.,..t HG. II this question chuid De
, ......, .,,.i tuIiy answered, ana The answer
- .'.....,.....a,l,LIion.o tuo,c most inter-
... .,r,u.Ii 10. b" Iong before the system
...,l.,., nNfiou by licenses, &c', would
.a...,g. While no definite idea can be
.,...,. hv an argument too long TO
.'' ,r.. ,,rallr mind, owing 10 the intri-
'..,. grI r,l3 rate character OF The system,
.'.,..'.r..... .l.yy -ug.c.tIvc illustrations.
,r.l..,r. ,r,rI, oi bread. When whett
,.r'. rcs,,lr, me market it passes tArough
49,. A.,,,.t he commission merchant, who
'n,.,ya Hcrr~c.GaX for the privilege OF
...;,..,. :,,hn miller. The miller has to pay
t,r the privilege ol grinding II inIo nour. IL
ir>ri,, The 1yur to III" grocer, VINO nuys IL 10
syyrly hl> CUSTOMERS. The grocer pays o IL
rnn.,.r.iy for that privilege. Ii ne nc selis 10
,l,.n.hrr. hr. too. has 10 pay his nccnse-taX.
~ p,,:r,.r iaTOugn whose hands, or IN What
y.,, II irt,,rs " heat, from the t!ulc IL reaches
I'm. Iu4Ihr until COu>umeu N the form ol
bread, la, its cost 10 the consumer
in,rr..,.d II each stage by this pcrnc0us
.,,r,u. So the article Of meat. WDen
branch, - market a. live stock the law conf
r.l, the owner. at cost 10 himself, TO have
i yy,lrbrd Al the public sCale-houSe. " ben
,rlIto the butcher the owner Hust bc re.
,ratur,cd for this cost. The butcher bas
}rrn,r. tax to pay, and must be repaid by
,b,, purchaser of hls meat for the cost OF the
Y,I..luustc!'s charges and OF his license.
In Inc matter Of clothing, not single afti-
cl,. Of apparel is there which Is not IN
Creased in lis cost at every stage oi cbanSe,
,rgu TIN, time il reaches the market 10 lhe
m-ln of crude wool or cotton untli IL Is
na.lIy DESTROYED in the form OF old lelt or
wa,,, paper. Let Us see: the merchant buys
rJ,r wool or the cotton from the farmer, and
u.y, Il lcruse for the privilege Of buying and
II selling itugau the party TO whom he sells
i. The manufacturer. must pay for the priv
T..e of making il into cloth the merchant
who buys The cloth TO sell to the tailor must
i4v iyr that privilege, and the tailor pays
iW'H!t ~ tAu IlLht tbt C'oll INV S'oSb'hc'
THUS do cIulhts come to The wcarcr much
enhanced 10 price. When worn out, as Is
generally east, the old rags find their way TO
tnr junk.>uopS. The junk-dcaler pays .
hygr license tax; and the felt or paper man.
uGlctucr who buys Of the junk-deaer must
I4y for the privilege of running them
through his mil. When he sells bis felt or
Ilirr it must needs be to licensed mer-
CAu.
Again, let the poor man whose system is
reduced by hard l1bor and an insufficient
supply OF wholesome, nutritious food, nnd
hiIu>rii Obliged TO stop his work and lay by
under the care OF the physician the doctor
mast luy 4 iccu>e-tuX for the privilege OF
mnistcriug TO the sick, and tax on the
amount Of hlS earnings besides. Thus the cost
OF Hs mtnIStratOu to The sick is necessarily
Increased, aud the very medicines which he
luIy lr, scribe for the patient are made more
costly hy The TACT that the druggist has u
Ijc,n>c-taN 10 pay for the privilege Of con.
ductins his business. The poor man-the
!aborcy-whethcr he :oil with his brain or
hi, luu>cC, must be fed, clothed, and minis.
tered Un,o when sick. Every system which
tends 10 Increase the cost to him OF these
ptiul" uccvsSities tend to make his labor
worth Just that much less. because the
amount which he receives from his labor
will huy Just that much less of those neceS-
hIrics.
have >cen tor years the evil Of this sys-
tenn, and have publicly and privately op.
po>cU il, earnestly impressed With the belief
That The interest of the State demanded its alb
"iii5on. AN satisfied that as soon as popular
attention h.. CUlAl Rlrautnl n tho Sl1li.pt IN
lhr people iuiy appreciate it they will secure
The chd which ! have in view. When the
ratnnlciS are thus removed from trade and
.Ah0r Il new era will dawn upon Virginia,
aNd her cities, instead OF being crippled by
h'Ft'% TO pay The large proportion Of State
'aAto which they now do, would soon be
"''r 10 pay much larger portion without
,vti"S H. ludtr liberal system of leg!s-
"ion TIE stores aud workshops of Rich
mon" would soon rent for rs r,uch rs they
VIII Eow bring at auction. The
manufacturers would no. then be
'"'Ir and caasipg huadreds of
.'.''i mus LIn!ca and nsOOrcrs, with dependent
."'"','c>, 10 DC thrown our OF employment at
>"v urao OF winter. would not array the
"''1Tsi'', HE ucclaIic, and the laborer
"S''">' 1Ir Property y-hoGer, the cities against
,'~eou!'lFl, hut would appeal to all classes
,S'h>idrr Tie fact that each class o. our po-
rS'" ,t society Is dcpendaat upon the other !;
''"1 dAr cannot bear undue burdens without
,~'s INST To 1t, afterwards to all. Ike bill
""""' ''A> Qfurtd by me & short tine since
:" 'eN1chte 10 the tax on the use OF spirits,
',oo1'F'l -, &c, E.s designeC TO bring about
-, D,N"'ni"n and agitation o. this subject to
~'''S' tb' pVru.tc mind 10 it. in the hopethat
e9pu wQll i,u,:g'.
,,,, >uSstSfd The measures proposed ia that
""'' "hlc4 never for moment supposed
,'., "c"U De adopted, Only as comparatively
;, ''.' thd" i&e p'tx7st system; and appeal
=. '''!s man who thinks Ut all TO answer
- 40e'l2n .erOusy and soberly whether
-,.i No' !airtr aud wiser 10 tax Eeu for lux.
=, ~ au0 '!tes .hieh can be dir p9lsed with
,ra abLL"NNre, IatDer thaa upon TODD, clothing,
''0of, which canDo:?
' representative, deem it my duty to
Ii,,."'e ',"'e such measures Us ] believe will re.
an' resent evils and secure future good
80 W that duty consecrate myself 50 long
Tias -" Husted IN represe Htatiye capacity.
hr', ! c"n accomplish anything, and il so,
E,,,. " A;uc0. Tor my constituents or for the
snd : cabhot say but that will be earnest
.a't "oheot Iii my endeayors | pledge my
rI,' Nnalses Ia State policy must naeessa.
., ue SLOW, just As is the cure Of disease |
cHs,al Tue REMEDIES applied by which those
so,aas are sought TO be inaugurated seem
slsrG l',uies ,t 70 The people who DO not u sder.
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