, 1880-01-21
Taxation Of Greonbnc11s.

10 AH Editor ~ Inc Chicago tribune.
RIO, Wis, jan. 10.--I write to request You
10 inform US through your columns whether
grccnbacks, rs money or currency, nre linble
to taxatIon; md, II not so liable, upon what
ground they aro exempt. The burden Of
unsupported Insertion I'll this community Is
TINT they nre not taxable; and lii the absence
Of authority, and tho seeming unreasonable
ness OF the statement tie writer Il l0utl to
believe that they arc SO exempt. nm aware
that United States bonds nre 80 exempt, bNt
nlso know, orrntller believe. TINT there Is
special net of Congress that protects them
FROM taxation, and TINT they were thus fil-
voreu for tho AvOwet purpose Of inducing
capitalists to Invest III them. l am not aware
that greenbacks, MS money, II, my possession,
aru st, exempted by any nct Of Congress. Lii
tho ABSENCE Of any such net, infer thai, II SO
EXEMPT, that s1cl exemption would BE- IN the
['rhls question h;s bccn asked n,stl nh
sWcretl porilaps 200 tlncs, moro or less, III
TltE TninuNE. t;rcel,Incks. wll!cl, arc Gov
ern,nent obligations, rs mich 70 MS bonds,
4 sTS %%t taxa S1 ~ " sf S1Sss IN sn fho @ieiaa @ a
Tie act OF Feb 8, ls,f,, 6y wl,lcll greenh.cks
were ma!te ,1egal-tender, provided "that gil
stocks, bonds, ,n,!d ,othcr securities Ut tic
tlois, Or assorIntions wil!.i' tic Unitei STATES
s" 81 nep ss ssis sSTsnt nsto! 9f2 S'ifs is e aSt S
of March, 3, lsS,, II was alSo pro
Stss xats or ' wnitd % saiss s 1a sicy iffsssS ssae
ltt,tler the provisions of ths net slnll bu OK
e,aptt from taXntiml hy Or under, State Or
municipal A!itiority." THIS linS been the
tasse % ocs t0 @ q te presemt @ Tn te 'fS Ts
exemption IL repeated iii othcr acts bcsido
tl,nse Wo have quoted frtnt.
Nank-nntes,. however, arc taXatle III the
l!nlnts Of thu holder; 10 arc gold AM! silver
sin derive therefron? Practically nothing.
And 80, II Ereenbnek money were taxable, itn
reycnHe w0lll,l bc obtained from TINT source,
for thp sn'l'o orcnsol,-sfz.: lilo holders would
Just rs they don't return other taxable cur
rency.l
A Correction i'll Spelling That Should Uc
1lnde.
TO IN Editor ~ 7nt Cheoeo Tribune.
Chicago, Jan. D.-'rhe professional ety.
nlologsts ar tho CHS Of pcplo who Inv sup
ortGd, lnentAlMed, and npolugtzctl for the
barbarlls spelling Of the English tung. They
| hnv cnntElltletl tl,nt to reform the spelling
wtld destroy the y'sble history Glnl origin 0f
| the language Inscrihrll In The rltten words.
| Az McNy Of tllcst gentlemen ar readers Of
THE TRIBUNE, vii som Of them uxplaho thru
Its cOlu,lls In wlat Wny tho etylnol0gy Of tic
| following fifteen words wll bo dcfncea all.l
destroyed, or their origin and history lost 10
| the world, If tho final wUro tropt from each
| uf them? VII so,M Of those stlcklcrs explain
what particular function tho ilnaI pcrlorHls
except to ens daily MtSpr0lltttlHlAtlull OH tho
part 9f millions OF rsilsscrs wh4 soun4 tho
nOlil,co correctly II tho misleading, final 0
wuro omitted as II sluh be? Here IL the list:
| ArpoRit-e, lnappdslt-c,
Orruslt.r' ii. Con.posll.s,
ttiligenit.e, IcctIInpDslt-c,
0si'nlt.U, l,n.eilnit.e,
ExnMist.o,, .. lnfnii.c,
iicauisit-c, Prerequisite.
! ltrlMslt.p, ltrsptt-e,
Hypoorit-c, Tcriulslt-e.
There lnny, he a few otl,er wards belonging
to tllis list wl!c!. 90 not recAl. Whnt SEMI
or reust,,l IN tli0rv for spelling these twenty
words With q tiNhl that tlOeS l!nt equally Ali-
ply pgs;t f. such os,;t Mprs % ~ elicit ll!cl fii
pla,NlI, profit, conaft. Inherit, proteris, MI! /
llayit, ilhlhi, nnl scOrts more oi wGrtlb cl.tt-
Ing III "tt"witf sllorty BY uniting tho
misleading inal 6 frnl1 the twenty Eorss
sound Ut tho tllal syllable with Tint lIcart! III
such cascs ns cultritc, excite, acoNite, lncttc,
finite. expedite, polite. Ignite, pnraalte, ie-
sll!r, tripartts, ,relnlte1 nppcs!te, cosopo!ite9,
Mate syiabic. 'rho use of tho iil,ai q III must
English words IL to Indicate that the prccetl-
Ing vowel must be SOUNDED lDMg, This IL
tbs general rnle Or nmalogy Of tho Language,
purpose. But wl!ere 1t Is stuck oil to the
rMd uf II wUrtl TINT terminates Il. a sllnrl
y"wei Ike glan!l.e, dgpt,slte, .letinltIc, It be-
CONS n r1'a!lice tllnt A.flld boabatea III over,
printing oils. Whether or not Rlly Other
spelling reforms nr lnade, l bclluYe THE
| 'rnlnUNE SGT the example G0ln0 months ngC