, 1879-04-12

to buy for tto told woman,n mil finds thcm
taxed w pcr cent, broom taxed q per cent, q
cl0ihcs line taxe,i 20 pcr cent, tmn1I box OF
s t%xe % mr. .e NJ ~ raIo,, 1f u sS '',a,.es tssa
pur cent, and pa'r Of fndia.rul,hcra taxed 25 per
cent; l!e rct'embers Aou!o windows NJ home
wanting !'anc o. two alu! 1'ays tax IT Dt @ 70 ner
ps md H' tn otto ii @ oi i'm 'ininent o t arc about boz emp
y, nsa he pays ta1 Of 10 per cent II, rcpacing
tlMn; slates for the children nre taxed rs psr
cent, and cork ka for some manic sIrun lint tln
wife wa1ta 10 bottle arc taxed ~ Der cent. She
gave HIN 1io commission to bnY her gown
Or tf,e children nny clothing, hut when sllo
goes into thu store l,erself sic will ltd ttat
tnbrscs Tor Garments Of nll k,nls arc tnxe1
from DO to u per cont, tho thread 10 Eew
IT necessary to purchase scwtng-nactlnc,
size vii! haYa to pay TN It a tax of 25 per
cent. Our farmer is scared Oif from 4 Job of
nnslert'rainnI by lux. ot rs per cent O, tho
The dniry, lie is taxeL % per cent on the water
lime; new papcr for thu bcst room IL taxed 10
per cent; zinc to place under stoves, 10 per
cert md, ID fact, hcdseorcrs that eycry article
"A!cl ho requires, Or tnnv In fnture require to
purchase, has bccn made to contribute heavily
to tho revenue, uiKf still moro heavily to The
fortunes of tic manufacturers aiNl capitalists In
whose favor the new tariH has heen framed.
Even hls i Rardcn.scctls ara taxed 25 per cont,
aaItpctcr 10 per cent, md sntt for butter ma king
Y ccnta on thc hundred pounds. lie triua 10
dispose Ut that portion Of hIs crop which ho has
iicld In flopc Ut rise In prices, a1nt ascertana
Tint grain has not risen; ITO moro thnn OF old
cah ho got for cattlc, ahecp, Ut horses, eRgs aro
aa cheap Us ever, anu he has bcen recoupcl In
no way for hts losses, whtel, aro nlnlo largcr by
the higher wages which le lias to pnY his hired
man, who eatInot now liye on What he got
before. lie buys some stationery, Intending IL
cgmplaln 10 Ills county ncubpr, phys q tax Of
~ por cent In so doing, and when llo has ti,no
writes q letter, lii answer to Which the Con-
scryativu he voted fur only treats him TO windy
promises, after exhibiting the farner's note 10
bis Parliamentary friunls as an lnstance ot tic
rustic simplicity which enables him 80 easily to
gull tic electors whose votes gave him Ills scat.
After paying a larger percentage to tho miller
to rcsn,!R nm ioF tl,s ncw ta1es on n'aehnsry
letting The driving scius Which arc taxed Is per
cunt hang loNsclv FROM Ills lsul,tls, Rtd nrrEyce ut
ls hoiee rather late for lts heavily y-ta1esl sup.
per. Whom It Is cAten hu watclius the children
studying their lessons In books taxed from 20 10
80 per cent, and wishes tIlat llo had map
taxed 30 per cent to study ont routu to Il
country where some Of the necessities Of life
nsny bo bought Mt reasonable rites. Should ho
per cent on tho trunk I'll which Ills clothing Is
packed; i md should lie conclude 10 stay where
lso s, he very mict, fears tslat thu opelcasness
Of now getting Oh In the world will drivo hin,
leaving hIs fntnilY enough to erect over Ills
Erave il tombstone taxed 10 per cent. But a
tNUre flupeful Muod comes to him wien lle re-
1lects thnt Ills nelgtbors are all to suffer with
him, and That the next election will give them a
rlancu to turn out the rogucs wl!o deceived the
country last September. Ho feels tllnt Ills own
fully has rot him into tho prevent scrapc, us,,l
resolves mnnfully to endure l'ts punishment AZ
| long as he must. 80, after hearing the clock
| ta1:a IS per cent strike linc, he roads out Of
the Bbo taxed 5 per cent the chapler which r..
latcs the punishment Of Atunins, anu with lo,,
thoughts uf Sir John A. MardUua1d goes to bis