The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-09-07
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orEN LrrrFn so. Is.
Hon. stanton y Pe~lle:
The surplns revenue Il annoying the
lpig-iron statement. II The people can b.
'persuadcd thnt our revenues are derived
from foreign manufacturers, and are not
paid by American consumers ~ fcreiin
goods they might feel comfortable in
view Of tho fact that Foreigners arc psy-
ing the expenses Of running our govern
snent But the foreigner who makes
goods which are sold here j. no fool, and
when you put tax on his imported
goods he knows that the American con-
sumer pays the tax IN addition 10 The
price OF the goods &C the port Of entry
Some Of our Wholesale merchants on
Soulh Meridian street are importing
crockery and dry goods from foreign
countries. hi making up the prices at
which they mark their goods for sale
they add 10 the rum they pay the manu-
consumer pays il. Now II IS plain that
= -urpIus revenue made up Of receipts
from duties j. 3 Tux upon the people who
used the goods upon which these duties
ARE levied. III fact this is so plain that
;it il amazing that able Statesmen should
argue. and able editors should assert,
that tariff duty Is not q lax but be-
nevolence bestowed upon our people by
foreign manufacturers. Il j. mark Or
progress that soMe of the ablest adv0-
Gates Of The protection policy character
lie ell tariff duties as taxes. When il is
settled that they are taxes, the proiec-
Zionist must 60 10 The WALL Let Us see.
The only purpose for which taxes can be
levied IL for the support Of the govern
ment. AZ Col. lnRereoll expressed il.
1.-THE government Il paupcr," II hasn't
\ cent which the people do not give it.
tions, and the fact that there il lnusket
behind the hat 70 compel payment, does
mot change the fact that the govern
ment Is beggar and lives on aims. but
the people have fixed limits 10 the de-
mands that can be made upon them. II
Is not honest 70 require more than Is
necessary, and II Is neither honest nor
lawful 70 collect money from The whole
people for the public good and bestow II
upon select few for their private greed.
Nobody but = pro(cctjonist, who gets q
ehare Of The plnnder. will insist that this
u NOT 20. II necessary tax levied for
The public good gives ar advantsxe 70
one class Of citizens. nobody has . right
% complain II the inequality thus pro-
duccd is unavoidable. But We have a
surplus, that u, we arc levying and col
lecting unnt ccssary taxes. aud the avow-
ed purposes Of levying these taxes is To-
increase the profits Of small class Of
citizene q the expense Of the whole pto-
pie. Ia hIs recent address. at Detroit,
Mr.. David A. Wells quoted from de-
cision Of The Supreme Court ofthc United
States the following:
''Of I'll the powers conferred upon The
government, that Of taxf tion is most Iia-
ble 70 abuse. Given purpose or object
for which taxation may Be lawfully used.
and the extent OF its exercise u III its'
very nature unlimited. This power can
readily be employed against one class Of
individuals and In fasor OF smother, fo
as 10 ruin The one class and give un-
limited wealth and prosperity 10 the
other, IL there are no implied limitations
Tor The uses for which the po0er may be-
exercised. 10 lay with one hand the
power of the government on the proper
~ 0fthc citizens, and with the other be-
stow it on favored individuals 70 aid
private enterprises and 10 build up pri-
ratio fortunes, Is none the less robbery
because IL Il done under The forms Of law.
Ind ID called taxation. This Il not legis-
alton. u Il . decree under legislative
'orms. Nor j. II taxation. Beyond a \
:avil there can be no lawful tax which il !
,ot laid for q public purpose. Ii may
lot be easy 20 draw The line IN all cases
10 Is % decide what Is public purpose
n this sense, and what Il not. but in
be case before us, in which towns ore
authorized % contribute aid BY way OIL
axation 70 any class Of manufacturing, !
here Is no difficulty IN holding that this
= not such Z public purpose as we have
'een considering. Ii il be said that q
benefit results % The local public 81 .
own by establishing manufacturers,
sxactly the same may be said OF any
,thcr business or pursuit which employs !
:apital or labor. The merchant, the |
mechanic, the inn holder, the banker, the |
builder, the steamboat owner. are equal. /
y deserving OF the aid OF the citizens BY |
orced contributions. No line can be |
1rawn ID favor Of the manufacturers |
which would not open the public treas |
1ry 70 the imp0rtunitics or two-lhirds of|
he business men Of the city or town.
This decision was rendered IN the case
" the City Of Topeka W. the Loan Asso- |
,iation, and is reported IN 20 Wallacks !
Supreme Court Reports, page 655 i
mentioned with approval N tho case Of
he City of Parkersburg IN the last VOL |