Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-23
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ton - engaging 90 much Intention.
anything new ia the suhJcc, will Ice
read with interest. Notwithstanding
II may Involve such radical changes
~ can only result through n rovolu-
ton ani change Of the organic law
Prof CLANCY, ~ late lecture de-
lisorei IA Portland. takes the ground
tha, legirla,lon the past quarter OF n
century has tended to make The iich
richer aud the poor poorer Tins
will not lie disputed "a the pres, nee
Of such facts as ATE apparent IN the
colossal fortunes II the Astots. the
Nandcfbilis. the Clouds, aud hun
lfo y of others ~ the gteat cities
Mo count up thor wealth hy the
- to 1T millions. ~ we'll NJ the cry
Witch ,ccasionslly wells up fiom
the ioihng masses when gaunt lam
Inc s,nlls past their doors. Tue
piuio-tur thought u time that some
chs,k should Ice inlorpo'.d upon
this v'ief If things else the curse
~ pauie,i~'n. 80 common IN the
mona,chros 81 Europe. will come
like plague TO America. The dan
ger b. not imminent al present, but
tho plains ate all laid. aud the ma
ch,nery set In motion, looking 10
thi. result. Tho longer tho produc.
Ing classes silently submit to the
workings 81 this " machinery" the
more abiec, aud hopeless becomes
their setidom. At present, aud 10
long as they can obIalna scaniy sub
sistsncs. they will submit for the
sake of peace. Bu, when the hun
Cry once break FORTH. ~ &. T..
Huntington expects they viii. in
spired by desperation aud madness.
there will he such a reign Of ter
ros" In this country that the bloody
times Of Robespiere will seem to
have been only ." slight unpleas.
antnsss." II YES 10 avoid such ca.
lanity. before Il is too late. that he
advocated psscesbls measures AZ a
check upon schemes Of upscrupu.
lous monopoly.
He plan for relief 10 In direct con.
Aict with oil present ideas Of obtain.
isg revenue. The speaker thought
that The poor should not 10 taxed al
Ill, bat that the entire burden should
iali upon The wealthy. Tho rate Of
tal Tor man worth but Ave thou
sasd dollars should bs very low. and
then Increase the rate In proportion 10
The wealth. Let . man worth bu,
Eve thousand dollars pay . tax oil
one mill on = dollar. which would
amount 10 Ave dollars; but The mar
who IL worth fifty thousand dollars
should psy one cent on . dollar, OF
I've hundrsd dollars. He declared
that 10 could not 200 any reasonable
objection 10 this plan. Ths interest
o. I've thousand dollars. at eight psI
cent. ID four hundred dollars; less
Ne tal. three hundred and ninety
I've dollars. The interest on fifty
thousand dollars 10 four thousand
les The taz. three thousand Ave hun.
drsd. which h amply sufficient "a
support . family Of ten persons ID
good style. being moro than tor
times - much - the laborsr 70
ssivss Who tolls for one dollar Z
day. Support 10 oil any one Needs
IL this life, and oil that 10 10 en-
titled 10. until oil others are vel
Supported.
u eostiauing this ratio. the speak
~ demonstrated that The man who
h worth half . million, u ten cent?
tax on . dollar. could not pay Il
with ths interest ss only eight poi
cent; therefore . part Of the princi
pei would BE- necessary. This 10 The
desired object st which be was aim
Ing. No ono person should b,
worth half y million, and although
We might moe prohibit Il by law, ysI
~ may enact Law that will make u
undesirable ier one 10 b 10 wealthy
Some msa are "land pool" that II
ovs 20 much land that Il ceases 4
b . profit. whereas many . man
with oaly forty acres, obtains from
70 handsome income. We would
spply . similar rule 10 wealth Of oil
kinds. and by this mode Of taxation
" can make the man. who 10 worth
half . million money poor" Like
some machinery advertised. the Law
would 10 "sslf.adjusting and
doubls-ssting." II would make the
rich poorer and the poor richer.
Then again. he affirmed. the pro-
ducing classes pay millions Of dol
lsss annually by the way Of royalt,
ON machinery. etc.. for which letter.
patent have been issued. II thi,
money went into the hands Of In
vsntors be would not object no much
but We ell know Il does not. Capt.
tal's,s make fortunes on patents
while the inventor dies poor. These
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