The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-10-11
POLITICAL SQUIBS.
BY A FAvoRITE CONTRIBUTOR

BY A FAvORITE CONTRIBUTOR.
A certain sewing machine Agent
hailing from Mineral county and
who claimes to be a we'll posted re-
publican, says that 1--WE had good
times and everything was in n -four
ishing condition during the period
from 1875 to 1879" will admit it
was good times for the bond holder
and monopolist, but develish hard
times for the farmer and laborer.
Well just such times suit the repub
lican leaders. Their doctine is to
uphold the bondholder and Cypress
the laborer.
This same Agent says Ben Butler
is not the g:eenback candidate for
President. II not, who is? "When
igorance.s bliss It's folly to be wise"
A certain republican had a contro-
versy lately with Democrat, and
being beaten on all sides, he con-
soled himself by saying: "Well we
have good money anyhow" What
kind of money, Mr.. republican, do
you mean? If you mean gold, the
Democrats made it. If you mean
silver, your party demonetized it
and said it should not be used as
money. II you mean greenbacks did
not your leaders denounce it as dis
honest money?
The republicans claim that they
are paying off the public debt right
along. Now / make the assertion,
and | defy the Morgantown Post to
contradict it, that. the bonded debt
of the u. S. government is over two
hundred millions of dollars greater
to day than it was at the close of
the war.
The republicans are trying to make
capital out of the fact that the Dem
ocrats have borrowed money out of
the irreducible school fund Well
didn't we borrow thirty thousand
out of the same fund before the
Democrats turned us out of the State
government? And didn't wei say
we because | voted with the republi-
cans at that time-steal twenty-five
thousand dollars out of the general
school fund at the same time? | use
the term steal because the constitu-
ton forbids the use of this money
for any other purpose than educa-
tional purposes.
The republicans claim that they
left two hundred thousand dollars in
the State treasury when the Demo-
Gratis bounced us ont. Where did
we get this money? A short time
before we had to borrow and steal
fiftyfve thousand dollars TO meet
the demands upon the government.
In my last communication the
types make me say the average price
of wool is 55 cents per pound instead
Of As cents.
The republican candidates in this
county are trying to make the people
believe that they are paying. four
fold taxes on certain articles at pres
ent And they are using that absurd
argument propounded by the repub
lican state committee, namely: THAT
farmers pay-taxes upon the land on
which the sheep feed. They pay
taxes upon their sheep, and if they
hold their wool over until another
year they pay tax upon the wool.
the money over to the next year to
educate their children they pay tax
on the money. / can readily see how
sheep, meat, lamb and mutton can
be one and the same thing, but / fail
to see that land, sheep, wool and
money is one and the same thing.
Well under republican rule did not
farmers have to pay taxes upon their
land. their sheep and their money
just as at present? The only differ
ence is that now if a farmer shears
his sheep and keeps his wool over
until the next year he then has to
pay tax upon that WOOL But we
have very few farmers who are able to
do this so that virtually the farmer
pays the same as he did under repub-
lican rule. / claim that this is good
law because the rich man has no hole
to creep out of. / will illustrate: !
have two neighbors who are sheep
, men, Mr.. B. and Mr.. H. Mr.. B. has
sold his wool because he has a pay
ment to make next February, Mr.. H.
proposes holding his wool over for
better prices, therefore Mr.. B. will be
taxed upon the money obtained for
his wool and Mr.. H. will be taxed
upon his wool. Now under republi-
can rule Mr.. B. would have to pay
tax upon the money he obtained for
his wool, whilst Mr.. H., being a rich
man, is exempt from tax because he
is able to hold his wool over Sup
pose Mr.. H. sells his wool on the
second day of January, then both
men have their money for their wool.
Mr.. B. pays taxes upon his but Mr..
Fl. pays no tax because the day be-
| for Mr.. B had his wealth in money
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