New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-07
FEDERAL CAPITAL TOPICS.
.pPopos OF MIR. BLAINE's PLAN.

r.xArIoN IN GERMANY AND IN THIS CoONi
EDUCATION AT PUBLIC EXPENSE.
rYRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT of ihn ,;th
U.Ou,xcToS. Dec 5.-In connection Win
- 40, q, Mr. Blane which some persons crtlcise as
contrary 10 all financial teaching or experience ~
No interesting to notice the taxation IN germany
,, ofcsl report OF Mr. Smith United states consul d.
as details NJ the revenue collected, and says:
en- declared intention Of the government 10 relese
,h communities from the burden OF supporting ana
Cor the public schools and so leave that EXPENSE uP
midget OF the state To provide Tor the eAecu'oh " ''
soheme Is one OF intentions OF the present P
,e which includes the creation OF the tobacco mo-
nonoly" II does not seem "unconsutuuohai ~
germany 10 educate the people at public expense "
n, no, IN be considered unconstitutional In lreo
on,trv like the United States where the welfare Oh INC
NATION depends directly upon the intelligence oI III"
voters $500 .u-,orn
Itis the fashion to growl abont taxes every
But the German who comes to this couhO! uoo nv.
cover that he has uncomfortable burdens lie mas loi
IA where almost everything conceivable is taxed IN
o,oes trades lands houses, hotels ana restaura'''
manufactures and mills, navigation and uanspor
pedlers and keepers of livery staoies' Ia -
5115555 persons pay the KlaSsen elaueI'
yearly income ranges from $lOo TO 9'oo' anu -o-
cpons for non payment OF this tax numbered l'o''o
ar ord;nc Apr,l / ISL OF which nearly 1000
ooo were of the lowest class whose income Is from @io'
IN $3.50 yearly The Income tax Is paid by ICoV-t Po
ems whose income ranges from $3.50 year upward ana
ever St 600 600 IS thus raised by the STATE oesuos te
Commercial taxes. The tax grounds is OF varying
oupt and ranges from to pa per cent OF the yearly
toome The tax on houses for habitation' SHOPS
theatres and buildings for purposes other than product
I've is per cent of the annual value the TAX Oh
factories mills and other industrial buildings Is per
conf These taxes yield in Prussia alone, Sl3V3su2o
YEARLY The taxes trades are TOO NUMEROUS ~
lion; they yield In Prussia Si226oOi YEAR,! al ' t
IaTatons system put together, with It's eNeeuups Io
49, and iucnne tax alone agansN nearly one-thiI oi
ne yersons ayed does yield in Prussia as ucn ~
the raw IN tobacco alone brought 10 the Uneo clos
Treasury last year-and man was ODneeo W gay 0N0
cent of The tobacco tax who did not please 10 90 so
! Germany also has taxes on tobacco, WIheh wy
al 394 500 yearly. distilled liquors. ooo
e II 600 YEARLY: on beer, which yled 90 .+'Vyo
eariv. and there are besides ndennes amounting 70
ia aia 600 instead of taxes brandy ana beer so
iiouors nav IN all SIS $500, and tobacco 100000
In this country liquors pay $9lOOoO0O ana t00a 00
Sao 600 600 and we are not obliged to Issue l2OOvuo
executions against poor people In single Se yea ~ from
tax on incomes Germany collects SIz'ooo'SS, and
$50 on smear 80 09l 700 from taxes on saIt anu
e. O-6 200 from revenue OF the railroad teegIap a
GostsI systems and though the country Is so i
saftlad that messenger charge or half cent PCT
ought TO Yield about much as tne ASeIse ,nr
tSis country g cents per mile the German iatos toI
t,rst and second class fare average higher IMAM he a
~ All railroads in this country Yet %lu M ~ i1Tc
vantares and in spite IOf the great dhcuty OF IasS
onong6 money for its costly establishment ne rel
Ymn proposes to take upon itself the entire COSY o
snnpornr he public schools. But there are poop ~
stsconnrv who think would be unconstitutional iSr
tha otad states 10 contribute TO the support OF tne
school system i'm the different States though We nave an
o~ar9ouring rsyenue from taxes which nobody lees'