The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-07-19

The words TAX, Incense, regulation, are
not Synonymous, either as nouns OF as
verbs. Let us try definitions.
LICENsE-liberty or permission to do
or perform any act. A grant of permis-
sion. Excess of liberty. Exorbitant free
dom. To permit by grant of authority.
To remove from legal restraint by a grant
of permission. To authorize to act in a
particular manner. 70 authorize an act
which would otherwise be illegal. To
invest person with power which he did
not heretofore possess.
OTAX-a pecuniary burden. A levy for
the support of government. A sum
imposed to defray expenses. A disagree
able or burdensome duty. a charge, a
toll, tribute, an impost, an assessment
To lay a burden upon. To impose OF
assess upon. To exact money for the
support of the government. To charge
to censure, to accuse, to touch sharply.
REGULATIoN-the state of being re-
duced to order. A prescription, law, a
rule, method, a precept, direction, a
principle, an order, an arrangement. TIC
pnt in order. To subject to law. TIC
govern, to adjust, to arrange, to direct, to
rule.
Let us make few comparisons The
regulations of society are neither taxes
nor licenses.
A watch is regulated, not taxed mol
licensed.
He regulates his own affairs, not taxes
or licenses.
His support is heavy tax on his
friends, not license or regulation. He
was taxed with fraud, not licensed OF
regulated.
They taxed him one mill on the dollar
not licensed or regulated.
Poets are allowed great license, not
tax or regulation.
They licensed him to preach, not taxed
or regulated.
He was licensed to teach, not taxed OF
regulated
Neither are these words synonymous
when applied to the same subject. Let
us apply them to the liquor traffic The
General Assembly may tax, may regulate
but may not license. A license is per
mission to do something which prior to
granting the license) is not permissible
If there was no law prohibiting the
drink-traffic, no license would be needed
and yet at the same time the traffic might
be taxed. If the traffic was prohibited
but coupled with a provision that it
might be licensed, then license would
be needed as a prerequisite to engaging
in the traffic.
Every dram-seller knows the difference
between a license, and tax, and he in
variably prefers the former because it
affords him some protection which a tax
does not. Therefore, taxation of the
traffic is not protection, but is a burden
a discouragement, because it virtually
places it at disadvantage or under a
ban. We do not impose tax upon other
industries that we wish to aid or encour.
| age. A tax grants no license, gives nc
permission to continue an evil, grants no
protection, neither sanctiies nor encour-
ages wrong.
| do not say that taxation of the drink
traffic is the only thing that can or ought
to be done-it ought to be prohibited
most certainly not protected by license
Let us prohibit it as soon as we can, and
until then, let US burden it, disable it, and
cripple it-in other words, "catch your
game, and then kill it,
1t is poor philosophy to say that we
will not do anything, simply because we
cannot do anything-to say that if we
cannot have prohibition Of the drink
traffic, and that instantly, we will dc
nothing or have nothing that might lead
to prohibition.
Suppose that General Grant had said
elf 1 cannot conquer the rebellion to-day
and by one battle, I will try no other
means, take no intermediate steps, dc
nothing to harass or cripple the enemy
refuse to make any movement whatever
that promises only partial success or puts
me in a better condition to strike the
final blow that shall give me the victory,
what would an indignant nation have
said of his generalship? %
If taxation of the drink traffic does
nothing but produce large revenue
then to that extent it must do some good
it will lessen our taxes, and so long as
we are doomed to suffer the evil, we can
as well endure it with the revenue as
without it. Pile on the taX-make it
heavy-make it oppressive, and what
does this imply? Clearly scourging OF
the traffic-a determination to embarraSs
it, to limit it, to discourage it, to place it
under ban.
6n not that tovatinn iS tho boct
way, but it is at least one way to deal
with the drink-traf1ic, and 1 am in favor
of any and every way that looks to sup
preston of the evil. This "Giant Despair
of Doubling -Castle-thiS colossal mon
ster of the nineteenth century, is terri
BILE enemy, and until we can cut off his
head, let us at least stun him, disable
him, cripple him and reduce him to help
lessness by any means in our power
Wound him to-day if that is all that we
can do, and then kill him tomorrow, or
as soon as we are able to do so.
am not blind to the defects of the
Scott Law-it is by no means what it
should be, or what temperance men de-
sire,and it reflects but little credit on the
General Assembly. 1t may possibly do
some good, or rather be productive of
some good results. The decision of its
constitutionality clearly indicates that
the drink traffic may be prohibited by
proper legislation without any more
amendments to the constitution, and
such legislation, all temperance men
should demand.
1t is the imperative duty of the hour,
to elect temperance men to the General
Assembly. This is our present duty, and
should receive our chief consideration
The temperance people of Ohio have the