The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1891-07-11
They would, if they could, collect tax
on our souls.

They would, if they could, collect tax
on our souls.
ask YOU. my friends to consider
this sub-treasury business without
prejudice. Farmers and laborers all
want relief, and we all want a reform
in legislation, except the beneliclalles
of the present system.
We can get it in many ways better
than by adopting this measure.
And income tax paid when my faith
er died on the property he left me. and
! believe it is good plan to tax IN
comes.
! BY an income tax the wealthy class
bear the greatest burdens OF taxation.
and as they get and enjoy its benefits
most. they should bear the greater
burdens Of the Government. Under
our iniquitious. unjust and unequal sys-
TEN Of taxation poor man with a fam
lily of eight or ten children frequently
pays more tax than the millionalcs.
| The bondholdcrs. bankers and railroad
ers have absorbed our wealth without
bearing any just rate Of taxation, and
this must be righted. The bondholdcr
bought his bonds in war times at fifty
cents on the dollar and has been paid
interest on them, and s1.22h on the dol
lar usuriOus interest. such rs our banks
charge, will ruin any nation Of people
and an average bill of goods shipped
! from Chicago to Calhoun. Georgia. will
cost in freights at least lNpcr cent. on
the first purchase. An income tax We
must have. If Il man dies leaving YOU
Il fortune we can well afford to pay the
Government that protected him in
making it 10 per cent. of it, since, in
many eases. such wealth has been ah-
sorbed in ways that are dark. and tricks
I that were mean against the Govern
nlent and people. ST
! I believe the Gcy2rnmcr, q q, Int to
control freight all. * pv.ss 1huryc+.
and see in1at all such iiIc>"re rot "ilow
IrEt to c,Mrrr rates On eNtrAvH-ant
';:t'.n Ii u'cs IN Building and running
}, tirnl. ,I' on wateretl stocks.
= H'' ,,4altelHtbly opposed to high sal
"r1's ana u. 'icvc the only way to re
worthy rvpreseI. t.t-;yes j. to let iii.
honor conferred by th' otticeapd pa,ri
i otism and love Of country b' the cnlst
why the Office is sought IN plarr ,.} tn,
money in it.
Now don't say we havn't offered
something better than sub-trensuries.
We have offered free trade and tariff
reform, free silver. income tax. Govern
ment control (but not ownership OF
railway lines and all public carriers.
lines and the repeal of all unjust lcgis-
tion now in operation. as something
better.
We have shown that the sub-trcasury
is in opposition to the fifth plank OF the
Alliance platform, which declares fol
equal rights and opposes special favors.
That it is opposed to scripture, which
commands us to do unto others as we
would he done by. That it is undemo-
cratic. because the cardinal princi pies
of Democracy oppose all forms Of taxa
ton. except for the support Of Govern
ments honestly and economically adj
ministered. That ii would be robbery
according to the decisions of our court:
which say the Government has no right
to tax one class of individuals to better
the condition of olhtr classes. and when
it does so it is robbery under the forms
of law.
We are sustained in our opposition to
it by the sacred word OF God, by our
courts and by the DemOc rlti, and ALI
ance platforms. and You have nothing
to sustain you in its a'1voracy but tAir-
ty years of misrule and robbery in favor
of class legislation like il. which You
say and | say. and all men say has ruin
ed almost the entire farming and labor
ing classes OF this country. and plaster
ed all over our States enormous mort
cages ON our homes and tireSidcs. which
never can he wiped out without Il reform
of the tariff laws and FREQ trade and AL
income tax for the support of Govern
ment.
Tariff rt'olm is the battle cry which
can relieve us in 1892. and We ought I,
prench it. teach it and sing 1t from the
lakes 10 the gulfs. and from the Allan
tic to the Pacific oceans. Tariff reform
or free trade and an income tax are tht
only remedies that can give farmers ar
abundant circulation Of money. In the
name of reason and common sense how
can farmers and lahorers ever get but /
bare. ,ean and scaut amount of money
to tighten their burdens, when two
thirds and more Of what they Nrodur,
brings v,hra they sell it. they are nov
forced tn pay h'. Is 4 n"HHtE for pr"
t,r,irn ~ u,i!rr rt;i>~r> OF u 'rr~'a.i',
OF life.
II is n.l'fr"i ,'!ar-tl"i' nn!ls"ll%" 'nr'N
ont for f.'e" s'ri,?aGr ana mor" money i!
circulation. while We fatrlrS and In
horrors n1v,. to nay nut "a IrOtt'lt,