Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-11-04

--tSO SA1C 4AoANAo VA bA1C CIdSS68 unless
something Is soon done to prevent it
1t is taxation, for though imposed by
the classes instead of by law and slight
~ varying from the legal method, it
directly affects expenses and profits,
and is, therefore. conspicuous Illus
tration that taxation. no difference
how laid, does regulate.
The next instance is the present
common or state method of taxing the
people. What is it? 1t is the method
OF taxing the middle class at a much
higher rate per cent than the rich,
through allowing the rich to be ex-
empted from or to dodge a large
part OF their share. AS it must be ad-
mitted without argument that this
practice serves to unnaturally depress
the industries belonging to the COM
mon people and to unnaturally accele-
rate those belonging to the classes, and
to intensity the tendency Of the class
method above described, it is another
most positive example of the theory
that taxation does regulate.
As this article is already becoming
too long, l will cut it short by stating
few facts which will, in view of
what has been said in the foregoing.
undoubtedly be Immediately under
stood:
l. Taxation does act as a regulator of
the course and relative progress of in
dustries.
z The classes are rapidly transferring
the business and wealth of the nation
into the possession of themselves bv
system of taxation peculiarly their
own
The present state method of taxa.
ton serves only to add to the advant-
age of the classes.
The conclusions to be derived from
the statements in the foregoing NAV be
summed up as follows:
l. Public or state taxation is unavoid-
able.
2 Such taxation does regulate, irre-
spective of whether it is designed to on
not
8. Class methods of taxation exist.
the tendencies Of which are to regulate
or convert the industries of the people
from those of competitive and medium.
sized establishments controlled by the
many to those of consolidated and
enormous sized establishments con.
trolled by the few.
T. The public method regulates in the
interest of the class methods.
From these conclusions we derive an
other set, which are as follows:
l. The class methods should be abol-
ished.
2 The public method should be re-
formed
This brings US to the immediate con-
sideration of the subject which forms
the caption of this article. What is the
tax solution? It is such a modific alton
OF the present public taxing method as
will cause 1t, without being affected In
other respects except for the better. to
be not only non-facilitator of anv of
the class methods, but positive pre-
ventive of a large portion of such
class methods.
Before offering this system let me
state specifically what these class
methods are, then / can better point
out what we do and what we do not
expect to remedy by the system They
are as follows:
1. The contraction of the cur5enov
and the exaction of exhorbitant ratss
of interest.
2 The monopolization of the land
and the charging of exhorbitant rates
of rent
B. The consolidation of business and
manufacturing enterprises and the fix
ing OF prices in their, the classes.
interests.
4. The public tax favoritism of them
selves through getting legal exemptions
and practicing assessment undervalua-
tons
Here are four class methods, three Of
which we expect to remedy by the pro-
posed reform in our system Of taxation.
Those which we expect to remedy are
the last three, the first being remedied
only by taking the power to issue the
circulation away from the banks and
resting 1t singly and purely in the gov
ernment We will remedy the fourth
abuse by adopting the proposed public
system in lieu of the present public
system and properly enforcing it, while
we Will make use of it as a regulator
TO remedy the second and third abuses.
Herewith is a plan of the proposed
taxation which shall follow with an
explanation of how it is to be applied
In order to be a remedy for the abuses
subject to its operation:
TABLE OF CUMULATIVE TAxAT5ow
COPIED from an article by Charles M
Howell. in the Chicago Daily News.l