The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-12-16

The Tiues-Revisv prints IN editorial
on this snbleet, N iis Issue Of the la,k
Instant. which 10 calculated to misiesd
the many Who really believe that the
revenues Of the @ orernmen, are derived
from "a direct taxation OF the people.
We quote
with fifty millions applied to the
debt. ue then have q snrpIus OF from
eighty - q hundred millions annually.
A burden Of = hundred millions II t.x.s
should b. t'xen iron the shoulders Of
the p-opl-. and by the @ ,ng,ess now in
srssicn. 1: The capital Of the county
- d~-pendrnt upon the excessive tAla-
lion OF the masses. tue sooner such cap.
'i"l btoVm.s distributed among the
pc, pl" the better il Will be for the eouu.
uy. II ductiou Of taxation is in fact .
necessity"
To those Who are not avAre that the
rev, IA 4 Of the Government are derived
f'om the sale II Public lends. later
n.l ReNtnn.s derived FROM tho stamp
lax OH L qnots. Tobacco &c. and Du-
u.s un Imports. aud there ere many
-urh, the nbovs extract Nonid lead 10
III supp si,ion that n portion Of the
iir'ct taxes. paid annually ny the peo-
pie. 60 to iLcIeass the Government
e. veSues
We have often been surprised to ind
Intelligent prisons who really Believe
that their taxes "re largely increased "
he enormous Expenditures Of the Gov
eminent, when they should know that
not Ii cent Of their ANIMAL taxes 90
into the United States Treasury.
Yet the Tim-s-R view is right in q
MEASURE, IA there is no good cause Why
the Of the Government should
be SO largely in excess Of its expendi-
turrS, and therefore ii SENS to Us that
It would be policy to revise the tariff
laws, to the extent Of reducing tho
revenues to an mount adequate to the
nece ssiiies Of the Government in it's
hfh SA'' ~ az VI
the United States bonds a. rapidly as
they become due. There are many in
dnStries nj aneariy period Of which our
hisiory required protection by just reye-
hue laws which do not require such
prot ction now. a. the benefits Of suoa
protection accrue TO the capitalist and
not to the people. therefore the laws
should be'regulnted ia the interests Of
tue many Instead OF the lew.
II would sem impossible t, regulate
the sources OF revenue to that point Of
nicely in Which the receipts Hnd dis
brrsements Of the Governmtnt would
balance, nud q sound financial policy
would require that the receipts sLould
exceed the disbursements. This will
produce a surplus revenue which can
I've disposed Of in q manner which will
benefit the whole people. Tho Presi-
deut in his last message called the at
ten'ion of Congress to the vast amount
Of iiliteracy throughout the Union, and
recommended appropriate legislation in
he IRE misses. Now we would suggest
Il ut means be adopted for un annual
~distriGntion Of the surplus reYerues Of
tue Government nuong thu various
States OF the union, and that the
an cunt 80 distributed be placed to the
credit Of the School Fund OF zach State,
aud that the basis Of apportioment DO
the nuu.btr Of school Children in the
U"iied States. on the same principal
that the State School Fnnd Is appor-
TONED To the several c":uties. aud that
each State receive un am 90 in scro,d.
ducs with tho number Of its school
children. This coul l readily he ottsin-
eel frnm the reports OF State School
Superiut' nlsnts. This plan would OBJ
vinte tue necrs-ity OF an accumulation
Of us less capital in the vaults Of the
frrasTry. and result IN o permanent
b"n,ht to the Whole people for whose
b,ntht GuveInments IRE instituted and
maintained.
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