The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-08-15
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nas ans hn,gan established .asaatisiAl
Ahd mechanical srhwelsf
Ifanee las established industrial
sehnols ~i.h tras sneeess. - far 4. het
military sssism il concerned. and also
M fas a. h.s eoft.r.ise police nalles h
in question. Beyond this she has moi
rnne. England has no snrh schools.
NOR has Germany, nor Russia. In The
United ssas.s agricultural schools have,
- general thing, proved failure,
Several attempts have been made In
Nrw York, and with every appliance 10
secure success, II success conld be eom.
man,lei. hut failure has followed every
attempt. Cornell 1mstitntc In, I'm some
respects. industrial and mechanical, aud
II II slicceas, not pcrhaps in industrial
anl ,nechanicnl advantages, aud yet Tn
aail Tim. NIL The means VI securing
thorough industrial aud mechanical
education exist there % greater pcrfcc.
ton than In any other educational col.
legr. Second, tho question II nskc.i,
How ,lo yon justify graduated income
taxi
l. Because II may be made tho most
exact medium of apportioning the bur.
den of Governments, according to tho
revenue of the individual enjoying Tho
advantages aud profit of Government.
!. NJ ono should DO taxed who has
no income beyond what II essential for
his decent and comfortable support.
Labor should In no way be taxed until
II produces revenue beyond che rea.
sonable wants of tho laborer. From tho
time An income reaches ti 600 beyond
the expenditures required 20 secure Il,
IL should be taxed, not oncrously or in
any arbitrary way, but fairly. An in
come of $4,000 beyond living expenses
should pay four times as mnch - that
~ tl.bOO. And tho ratio Of increase
should double with zach additional
III nm up ~ $4,000. From 10000
the limit should bc measured alone by
tho public demand. for the moment any
mau commences ~ accumulate $iO,OuO
year above his expenses Of living II
is because lao In enjoying advantages
which grow into power, iuto tyranny
and into inequality, such IN make him
either dangerous or dictatorial. 30,
too. any income beyond $lO. loo. wllctli.
cr s5t .OttD, slOO. 900, nj. .0OO.tvJO or &lO,.
uOu, u,OuN, IN u constant threat 10 Justice,
70 equality and 70 the power VI tho IN.
,lisi,lnnl citizen.
Take Vanderbilt, or tho late A. 7.
Stewart, or good many other monopo.
lists easily named. lhey have grown
into wealth by advantages their wealth
aud its influence on the Legislation of
the State has given them. The right
oi eminent domain by which Wander
bilt to-day controls the passenger, mail
and freight traffic Of New York il q
right cmanatinG from and under tho
control Of tho state for the benefit aud
welfare of the people of the State. u
hns made ono man worth &lilO. .0DO, 900
II has made him nm income ri from
t7 ,OO0,0OO 10 >l0,0OO.OOO yearly. To
win this income he absorbs the time,
tho brains. tho labor, aud the souls of
several thousand men. They devote
their lives 10 him. Ho In thrir MASTER
They Ara not exactly his slaves, bnt
they arc N near 70 II ~ human will and
the Inv will allow. Hi should b. taxed
for them all. HI should be so taxed N
to ray back TO the State that portion OF
his income which springs from bis mo-
nopoly Il tho public highway. He
should be 20 taxed n 10 mako it impos.
nihle for his power 10 defy or clash with
the State. Tho limit oil his revenue
should alone be the limit OF tho power
III tho State 10 absorb IL. A. /. Stewart
Il Co. In another way makes this income
! tyrAnt 10 overthrow, defeat, ruin, and
impovcriAh thousands. II cannot b.
taxed too high. This company does
moro to monopolixc prices, ruin manu-.
iactnrcs, and mako dependent workmen
mere dependent slaves, than any other
ten firms In the State. Let revenue
taxation regulate them until they arc
educated to Justice aud kept within the
legitimate progressCs of fortune. Coal
monopolies, oil monopolieS, and thou.
sAnd other organised systems Of plum.
der should 10 kept under the screw q
public welfare, 70 fAr ~ ~ prevent Ail
tyranny growing out 81 and almosl In
scparable from extrAyagant incomes.
Income taxes are the only means oi
c,iualixipg The advantages and the rights
of Cove rumcnt. II can do no injnslice
10 any ono. II would do much 70 pro.
moto justice among men.
II. Could we dispense with tho army
aud tho navy2 philosophically speak
ing, Ycs! Honestly answering. Ycsl A.
natiors have bccn educated, and -
armies and nayica exist, the great man
would answer, Nol
What does our army doi Al the
East, nothing; u tho North, nothing
ii tho south. worse than nothing; u
tho West u butchers Indians for the
benefit Of Indian contractors, specu'
lators In land. and thieves who prowl
upon thc frontier.
II may be that West Point and An.
napnlis arc Necessities Tor the education
of leaders, and 10 convey to the world I
knowledge u thc fact that cvcn without
IN army ~ Arc fully educated IN arms,
and that without navy 10 aso fully
rcad In naval science.
In Alaska, the only paint where "a
army Ii required, u required q al, I'm.
glish ships protcct tho people. In ~
Indian districts, where No have thu
largest portion oi tho army 70 aid colo
nirs to settle, under tho Homestead act
W would have homo guard % protecl
tho frontier. Stealing would oeanc. md
fAir treatment III The lndians would -
cnre tair treatment from them. The
only benent onr navy and our army \
10 ~ to-day y that Il supports about
Al.OtD0. u public expense. without I
single practical advantage 10 tho peo
plc. Tho sooner We can got rid Of boti
the better. Tho sooner msn dcvotl
themselves 10 reason, education, and
fairLens, tho better Tho army and
navy cost us almost 1lO0. .O00. 900 yearly
y i : high prios . pay to- saoh
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