Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-08-24
Radicals Responsible.

The Radical effort at tax reduction
. proved a magnificent fasco. The bill
has been put to sleep until next win
ter. 1t was sham in conception, in
progress aud in its final disposition.
1t rests sham ard ought to die a
sham. When it comes up in Decem-
Der ii will be tinkered at, but it is
very doubtful If it will be 90 improv-
ed as to pass. The session will be
limited necessarily, and the proba-
bility is that the present Congress
will leave it IS one Of the jobs TO be
disposed Of by the next Congress-
the Forty Eighth. The Republicans
are responsible for the cham, for the
slaring imperfections Of the bill, and
for the delay in not reducing the
present unjust, exorbitant, unequal
war tariff, and for not cutting down
the internal tax also. If the tariff
had been boldly handled by the Re-
publicans, instead Of lodging the
responsibility and consiguing it to
tie slow coach called Tariff Com
mission, there would have been no
difficulty in reducing the internal
taxes.
The continuance OF the public bur.
dena is to be laid at the door Of the
Radical party. The North Carolina
Radicals in Convention assembled,
took high ground for the retention OF
the revenue system and the present
nigh protective tariff. In the Con-
gress the Radicals had gooi work.
ing majority, and any failure to re-
duce the onerous and very high taxes
is to be charged home upon them.
Says the Washington Post:
1--WE have been accustomed to hear
frequent and loud boasts Of the eu-
perb capacity of the Republican par
ty for legislative work. In this re.
spect that party has beeu in the habit
Of challenging comparison with the
Democracy But how does the ecord
stand in this matter oil tax reduction2 |
TIL, Forty.slxth Congress, with very
ANAL Democratic margin in the
House, majority that was Demo
cratic rather by allegation than 9TH
erwiss, would have removed the
worst evils Of the tariff and given
the people substantial relief, but for
the coalition Of few Democratic
members with the entire Republican
side OF the House. +
"The Forty.seventh Congress found /
the majority impeded by no aIlle=GGs aInlalhe= GGs
waifp ESSSy unite with the other
side Il g5frg promptly to work on
vicious, unequal, oppressive and ex-
cessive tariff. But the dominant and
responsible party would do no such
thing. 1t broke it's pledges to the
people in order to keep faith with the
monopolists vino had bolstered up the
party in 1880
The public speakers should not fail
to arraign the Republican party for
their crime OF omission, and for their
legislation 10 favor the moncpohets
and money gods Of the North.
Figures are instructive. They give
us something tangible to build on.
Let US glance at the Federal taxa
ton. For the fiscal year endingJune
50, 1880, the total taxes were $780,
100000. For the year ending June
80, 1882, they had grown to $1Q3.'
100000. Here is a clean growth in
two years Of $75,o0o,o0o-a sum al
most Or quite equal to the total eS-
penses of the Government for one
year under Jane. Buchanan. The
payments on account Of interest and
premium on the public debt in 1880
were $96,O00,0Oo; in 1881, $83 3,o0o,-
900, and N 1882, 370.00o,0O0, de-
crease of s2S. 100000 within the same
length Of time that there was an in
crease OF taxation OF S75,000000.
The Boston Hr$t asks why this in
crease under the circumstances and
what became Of the surplus revenue
which in 1880 was more than
Sl50000,0o0?
The pension claims absorb $780,
600 900 or more annually in their
capacious nav. The New York
World says that but ior "t the irandu
lent pension payments the total ord'-
nary expenditures lor the current lls-
cal year, Including the sinking fund.
ought not to exceed Soo5Q,000.000. II
the taxation this year follows the rale
of increaae that has obtained dnl,ng
the last tw, years, there will be col
lected in taxes this year about $780,
OO0, 900, or nearly S50,000,oU0 more
than was collected last year. SO
the failure to reduce expenses. and
to cut down the revenues ie to be laid
to the charge Of the dominant Radi.
Cal party.
TILLNAN'3 SUCCESSOR. - Robert
smalis. the colored Representative
from South Carolina, alter dancing