The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-09-15
.,,e>lmcnt and Taxation.

MR Ep.ToR Allow III" 10 :ha'.N YOU
for giving prominence IL yo-. recon. ed
iiorial 10 those practical. living issue, in
the politics Of this country. Al! the dis
cussions on these ana kirlr,~i :"r.c, evi-
dently have bec:l originate. from The
staring Injustice rrac;iccd IN Tie past IN
assessment ..nd taxation to dcfray the or
iiaaiv expenses Of government. 80
etea; las teca lie apparcn, disparity be-
tween personal AMI reA! property in
these assessments. ;hat All eminent
writer. in ut:cr despair uf a:!v adequate
remedy for the evil proposes 10 abolish
sll taxes on personally and saddle upon
the realty OF the country .hc whole bur.
den II governmental supppri Bu: tbi,
proposition i 50 nlaniiesily un lust anG
contrary 10 the .ery spiri; and letter OF
the Constitution. that the burden of tax
,.tion for governmental support shall fall
equally upon every species OF property,
according To is .valnrcin value. tia, its
fil!ac.os have been already exposed. and
Tho proposition will fail stili-born upon
:he hrdy polite. Bat the discussion Of
these topics, juS; AZ this time. is fortunate
FOR the great burden bearing class Of the
community, and 1t il 10 he hoped will
result finally III settling down upon the
Oni: equitable plan, which is to tax prop
criy OF every kind, according 10 its vnlnc,
20 dciIav the expenses Of government.
tOl course, wo are willing 10 acccp, that
that Is made for charitable or religious
purposes We thin. that this principle
should apply to every species Of person
atty ~ we'll a. realty, money. bonds,
notes, mortgages, merchandise. nanuiAc-
tures &c. And To- meet the cxii,cncy of
salaries. fees and pcIquisi,rs If Office,
there should he IL graduated income tax
In addition 10 the tax on tangible proper
~. The proposition for u tax on income.
being somewhat nn"nl in our assess
inents, VIII II y meet with opposition,
Dul the principle upon which IL i based
comes from the theOc. .,cy Of the Bible it,
self thrist's injunction il fox every one
u lay by him in store. as God hnth pros.
prred him, az contribution to the
church. Thus the principle of n cnntri-
button upon tho income is worry clearly
laid down. salary OF one thousand
dollars can more easily pay tax than
one thousand dollars worth OF land
AS to dual taxation, we 10 not perceive
that II applies To mortgages any more
than othcr forms of indebtedness II a
sells TO Is q tract Of land for g., 900, B pays
on the land and A pnvs on tho money
value. whether it be i'll The form of money
in hand, or note, or bond, or u mort
gage. The simpl" fct of the cash value
OF tho farm being represented by Il mort
gage. instead of other forms oc value,
makes no ditfe renee as to the principle
II the theory bp correct that Il mortgage
Is dual taxntiOn, so, too. would the note
for mule or horse he dual taxation In
either case each party i, Justly liable ior
his pro rata share Of tax-thc man who
holds the reality as well as the man who
holds the personally equally with tho
man who holds in any form tho money
value or such property.
We have long thought that the time lla,
! about come in our history, as people
chen our whole economic and iinancia
| poi!"y shonlt undergo a thorough ding
nosis and scrutiny, and THAI our whole
| system should gradually settle dowi
Upon the great underlying principles o
| governmont-Hu protection To ill-nc
mon"polies-n class leyi.latinn-no pro
| tective tariffs tile burdens OF taxation t
Inc equally borne by every species o
| properly, real ant personal.
These are practical. living issues. affect
| ing The interests of all classes, and In
above the question of the porpotualior
of any party. Il. II. r.