The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-02-24
OTHER PEOPLES OPINIONS
BOUT SOME QUESTIONS GPOH
WHICH MEN DIFFER.
Public ROads.- Democratic FcOnOmy-.
Internal ReVenue--CalVin ii. Graves
Total bstinence. &c., &c.


Public ROads--DemOcratic Economy.
Internal Revenue--CaIvin ii. Graves
Total Abstinence. Ac., &c.
JOHN G. CALHOUN, it is said never
drank one drop of whiskey or spirits in
his life EN-
Graves, of Caswell county, the man who
gave the casting vote, as Speaker of the
Senate of North Carolina, in favor of
building the North Carolina Railroad
Several years ago gentleman told US
that when Mr.. Grave WAS dying, the doc
tors wanted him 10 take some stimulants
but he said no-that he had promised his
father, when young man. never to drink
Intoxicating liquors of sort-that he had
kept that promise, and would not break it
noble man. He retired from public life,
voluntarily, after giving that casting vote,
for it greatly displeased the people of his
section of the State. He wanted no Office
the vote was solely patriotic one
Charlotte Democrat.
If EVER a leader was greater than his
party, Henry George Is. Large hearted,
magnanimous. unsetiah, intellectual, Hen
ry George stands to-day i'll the foremost
rank Of the worlds refOrmers. The clear
ness and remarkable force of his writings,
the purity of his character and of his as
pirations his splendid perseverance, against
odds, his patience under defeat, have been
the admiration of all good men and com
PEELED the respect even Of his enemies
Henry George Is au out-and- ont free trad
er, lie does not believe in any tariff
whatsoever between nations: he would
abolish entirely the present system of in
ternal taxation, he would do away with
custom houses ard with the army of tax
collectors now employed and he would
raise all revenue by means of a single tax
levied on that value of unimproved land
given to il b. tie growth of population
In support of this theory ne has written
one OF the most powerful books on tax re
form shat has Yet been given to the world
n \. Cor Landmark
4 SUCCESSFUL Moore county business
man writes: Il want To know # there are
any reasons for abolishing the revenue on
whiskev and tobacco, except that the tax
was placed on these things III War time.
when ii became Necessary to raise all the
taxes possible and that because that ne
cessity is Of the past. the tax should be
removed. can't see the thing in that
light; in fact, | am as sure As am of any
thing, that the Democratic leaders are
making sad mistake IN supposing that
any considerable number of Democrats
either want, or demand the repeal of these
taxes. Either this is fact, or, am living
in a county that is the exception. | have
made it point for a month or more, to
ask every man | saw his views upon this
question: that seemed to trouble so much
the lea ers of the party, and am sure
that five OF every six are opposed to even
any reduction of the tax either on WhS-
KEY or Tobacco What's the matter.
tell you, | am afraid that the party in
taking ''revenue refoI m is dancing to
Tue UluSlc tldut DS lev lIOoESHliIclS,
and whiskey men, and this revenue re-
form talk in the mouths of country dema-
gogues will disgust more good men aud
keep them away from the polls. than it
will make votes. | may be a fool, but
can't help thinking that if we are to raise
taxes for government purposes. and of
| course we must, there is nothing better
| on which to place it than these two arti-
Giles. If you will wage war on the manner
Of its collection, am with you heart and
| soul | would like to see every officer I'M
! der the general government except those
connected with the Postal service with
! drawn from North Carolina and every
! other State for that matter
| Upon this very ground | am opposed to
| the Blair bill | know how much You are
| in favor Of this, and how much it would
help in educating the children that may
otherwise get very little see that too
but the tendency to Capitalization is toe
strong, and this would be a STRIDE in that
| direction. | am an old time Democrat"
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY.