The daily gazette., 1882-03-28
TUESDAY, MARCH IS, Issa.
Tine War Taxes bear Hard ON ihe
Atel People.

Tine War Taxes Bear Hard ON ahe
8atei People.
THE lorniag Meas has discovered
that ''the bulk Of the internal revenue
collected from Delaware is paid by q
single industry, that Of manufactur-
ing snuff, and most Of the capital is
owned by Pennsylvanians." AS the
Colered people are the only people that
we have ever heard Of using snuff in
Delaware, Of oonrse the tax must fall
on them, If what the NsOs says is
true. But its words are far from the
truth. It only desires to excuse its
party and deceive it's readers. 1t
knows that everything farmer uses
Ia heavily taxed that he cannot
even light candle to 60 to bed by
without being taxed at the rate of
about 500 per cent. on matches for the
benefit Of the maker he cannot draw
. dollar out of bank without being
taxed, for the benefit Of the stamp
engrayer, printer and vender he can.
not smoke cigar or take a chew of
tobacco without paying tax ; he can
not take q dose of medicine or give
one to his sick child without paying a
tax of 300 to 500 per cent. upon the
worth of the nostrum he cannot dis
till q gallon of apple, peach or cherry
brandy for his own use without cost
Of many dollars for the privilege,
which, under the rule of Democratic
and Wing administration was ac-
corded to every farmer ON the Penin.
sula free. Thus these people are
compelled to allow their small crops
Of apples and peaches to rot upon the
trees, while they are made to 90 tc
the nearest corner store aud pay foul
or five prices for the little amount Of
Btimulants they require for the healtt
OF their families, or to buy it and
drink it at the nearest tavern. Thu
1t 10 that the Radical party policy
makes monopoly Of everything thai
1t possibly can. Thus it is that the
snuff millis favorable to the high tax
the match manufacturer is favorable tc
keeping the stamp upon matches thai
requires one TO pay three cents for I
box that in former Democratic times
sold two boxes for q cent. Such il
q sample Of the tax the Meas hopes t.
aid its party to continue to enforce il
Delaware with the aid of innumera
Bile Radical office-holders all over thu
land. So that the tax on snuff is bu-
a 1.-THE Of that which is gathered from
the farmers Of Delaware, who hav,
no earthly interest in their continu.
anoe at all.
While this class of officers collec
these taxes another class of officer
collect heavy tax upon sugar, coffee
salt, whisky, brandy, molasses, wines
beer, ale, tobacco, cigars, cider, AM
almost everything that man drink
except water, aud the mouopolies o.
the Hudson are considering the pro
priety of petitioning for law to en-
able them to tax water when ice
put into !t.
But this is not all, every stitch in
mans coat is taxed as well as tn,
cloth, and every shoe that the chilC
wears is taxed, as we'll as the servan
girls bonnet, shawl or feather ant
as to the baby, why the tiny jacket il
30 heavily taxed that it is made t,
cost as much as the mans shirt. s.
that this fool party does not onl,
boast of the tax which it places upoI
the ignorant and helpless negro
snuff but consistently heaps its bur
den upon the helpless everywhere
even to the poor little babe in it
comfortable swaddling clothes. Il
fact the people of Delaware are mad,
to pay about a round million of dol
lars every year to the extortioners a
Washington to keep up such extrava
gance in every department, as th
bill for Garield's funeral exposes to
Mortified public.