The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-23
FRED w. lehman
Al CHIMES OCT. %, 1890.

Al 08l1EJ WI. %, 1917.
Governments cannot b. maintained with.
out money, but - trey do mot 80 dire etly into
the business Of 3 oHe3 m Aking. - they can
not peopcgly engage In either productive en-
terprisos or In speculative scnemos. thy can
only ret money By taxing tho people, tnat IL
by taains !. from them. II government
takes from IT. people only 20 muca - Il needs
for efficient Administration and takes IL IN
fair proportion from them oil and the benefits
it con fers are equally shared. there 10 no
ground for complaint. Hut this right TO take
something from the people becomes In It's
abuse great wrong, - when some are made
TO pay more than their share. or get less than
theis share Of the advantages Of government
Two general modes of taxation are in use
among ~. The state Of lows once every
year leyies tar upon the property which IT,
citizens Own upon the arst day Of the year,
the sAx being at . fixed rate and falling upon
The pooplo according 70 The wealth Of each,
and such . tax II, generally speaking. accord
ing TO the ability Of each 70 pay. While each
man's shaxo 10 detsrniued BY his wealth. the
tax Il levied against him and for that reason
y called direct TAI. Il possesses one great
advantage. Every man KNOWS how mucn The
state government ID costing him and II quick
10 call his representatives TO account for any
extrsvagances A. : consequence our state
authOeitteo, depending . they do for their
eonlinuAnos In place upon the favor Of the
people, are very reluctant sver 70 increase
tho rats d taxation. and are held b. their de-
siss Of public approval 70 n economical ad-
miuistrztion Of affairs.
Tue United States government II prevented
BY the constitution from adopting the state :
system Of saxation, % II cannot lay direct
taxes upon al it, citizens according TO the
wealth OF each, but most apportion them GO
coFoing 70 poEulasion among the states of the
union. 80 IL employs an entirely different
system. ltlays tax upon certain articles,
some the production OF this country and
some the production Of FOREIGN coun-
triss. Substantially speaking the only
asa tobacco. The tax upon each
gallon of lou u and each pound OF tobacco
By whomsUevsr paid originally becomes .
necessary part OF the price ut which IL 10
sold, and 10 ultimately paid By the consumer.
u the PRODUCTIONS OF f0rel91 countries Q
great number and variety are taxed. and
while - 70 these Il ID ssometimes denied that
the consumer, IL 10 not difficult to show that
such 10 the cqse. Taxes npon commodities,
domestic or foreign, are called indirect be-
cause they are NOT collected directly from
the consumer.
So Tar - Indirect taxes are collected from
liquors and tobacco there Ii no objection 10
them. The necessary consumption Of either
70 very snAll and the necessary burden or the
tar against them Il not heavy IN Tho casO Of
any individual unless hs chooses 70 make Il
%. but Of the tai upon commodities which
enter Into the nocossary and daily use Of the
people il csn b said that IL 10 Tar, nor upon
wealth, but upon want, not upon what man
has saved, but upon what be consumes, and
70 falls upon him, not In proportion TO his
70 RI 70
A. thistax b originally psid BY one who
expects TO get Is back when he sells the taxed
article and - the consumer when he pur-
chases IL pays price In which the tax 10 not
disIiu ynished from the real cost OF the article.
there 10 not the same jealous scrutiny OF this
% OF direct tax, aud its burden may Do
more readily decreased without provoking
popular complaint Il 10 Tor this reason y
fAvoriss mode wiIh extfAvassnt or oppres-
sive eOverDment1. Al COioert, the m MISTER
Of Luis, the XIV. said. s'itts . way OF pluck
Ina tbs Gooee without making her scream
Il 10 commended 10 some people By another
facility Tor abuse which It possesses. By lie
means the power OF q xAtton can be made to
serve another and very differelt purpose
from that Of raising revenue 70 supply the
pubic oeeds.
II Tho xovernmene should lay . tax upon
al lion no matter where prt duced. the price
w.utd be enbAncc1 70 sne people but the tax
VI on wautI b tie ~ 1stAntiAl measure or
Ito increase 70 Id enufe 70 tho benefit OF
the gUverAmcat. II however the iron from
1cereAln tMlno 0nOu.d b exempted from tina
esx tne owner 81 inst mino would pockcs the
enhancement Of pfice on I'll 10 produced
Tots would b N excellent thing for the
nAns Ownsr, but how anyone else would 10
benefited, ! am unable - SEE.
Just such discrimination IL exercised BY
the gUvernment r no United 6ts,es ~ this
tlGse and Ii ts:dcfeude0 o necessary measure
OF prutsction 70 u1Delea1 in1ussri.s " .inst
the composition 0f foreigners. Almost every
. sicle OF necessary daaty use isif imported
frons foreign country subjsc 81 To hl. b TAI.
btngnv monty into tho publ 9 treasury bus
20 ensoie the American peduc 70 Ut lin. ~
e0mm0dities % get higher price for them
than they would otherwtss be sbls to do.
The deoocrAsic party 10 oppos.d to this dis.
criminau IN. Il dec Arcs that all taxa Ion
should b sdlsly Tor revenue. and who're
levied upon xrtacleo VI consumption, that II
should 20 levisd preferably pon articles OF
luxury. exenpting q Tar - pos.iD . 'hs lie.
cessities OF hfe~ Taxation Tor revenue only
and taxation preferably upon luxuries arc
parts OF Tho sAme plan Toe chief Industries
Of the nation ase employed Ia tho production
o. n0lessi;ies. those enKAgod in tue pro inc
ton Of luxu,ies are not Of themsslver power
tul enough 70 secure tho favor OF governs
meat, especially - they would DO opposed BY
Ill the rich. the consumers Of tne.r products.
The people Of lows are called upon to again
select their representatives In tina national
legislature. Tho republicans Ask them 70
select their candidates because tho rspubli-
oAn maj .'Eities II the house and senate have
Just pAssed Law 20 continue and 70 strength
en- this system OF discriminating taxation
which they call protection, and To the sup
port Of which their present candidates are
pledged, while the democrats appeal for pop.
ulAr favor 70 their pledges TO At once reduce
and - speedily % possible to abolish thil
discrimfnalion aud to reform the tariffs ou
tmposts On ths basis Of securing the NJ cess r.
revenues Of goveenmont q the least possible
cost 70 the peoplo.
The interest OF lows In this question u
very great On which side does tnat interss,
LEI 4 seory 10 told of . man upon trial fol-
ssealipg pork. The evidence agAinst. him Wal
very etrong Aud bic attorney tnousht Il
ussless 20 talk 90 the Jury. The defendant
no sever Unlisted upon his case being argu. d
..Bus waat snall I.ay." aseked the lawyer.
''0h anything you please viii do was tn
reply.
almost everything except the ovidsnce. which
he wisely Loft unconsidsfed. To his astosIsh
meat there was verdict Of MT guilty. H,
asked his client, who took tho result - TIL
mefest matter OF course for N explanation
and wss told, "Evsry man on that jury hal
some Of the p,rk.
The protseticnis1s hope for verdict vsr1
much .lp0n that principle, but tAsiR con
Adenc0 y dashed By the haunting fosr tina
tho jury wont believe tho hate any Of -,
somebody eleo has fried I'll tho fAt.
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