The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1894-02-01
THE INCOME TAX.
Argument of Representative Ne
Millin in Submitting The
Measure to the House.
1t Will L'fr Rur.i-n from the Shout.
d.rs of the Poor.

Va -hn4t d G.. Jar 30 The
d-h,.e on the inte,s,al revenue bill,
inclu ling The p vision for the in
come tax began in the House to-day.
"The Eephican patty" he began
">ta'ted ut for higher protection,
then canored for higher protection,
aud ut last, II, der the act of 1880,
reached the highest protection ever
known here. They pretended first
that it was for the purpose of pro
lection of infant industries, but
finally they candidly proclaimed that
they wanted to legislate for capital
also; and they did it. How do you
love it's fruits! Are you satisfied
with the kind of prosperity it has
given? Why is it that nearly 1000,
900 people of the United States are
unemployed, without wages, and
more people are begging for aims at
this hour on this continent than
ever before since America was dis
c vereds
"Mr. Chairman, we will not dis
charge our duty to the people who
suffer; we will not keep the pledges
that we have made to them, We will
not deserve that continued support
that the American people have given
to the Democratic party from time
to time if we do not, like men, come
resoultely to The: ::dicharge OF these
duties and determine, whatever else
occurs. that robbery shall no longer
be carried on by operation Of law.
Sir, let come what will, we will re
duce this tariff to a revenue basis;
we will impose taxes for public pur.
poses and not for private gains, OF
to enable some individuals to &C
cumulate private fortunes at the ex
pense of others. The Government
of the United States requires vas:
amount of revenue to carry on its
various operations. A less favored
people GUILD not meet the excessive
drain that is made for the purpos.
of maintaining it. 1t requires nearly
IS Federal taxes imposed upon
every man, woman and child in the
United States for this purpose This
raised almost exclusively from con
sumption. There is very smal
part of it that is a tax upon the
wealth Of the country. It is impos
ed by way of taxes upon all spirits
, that enter into the drugs that ar,
given to the people when sick; on al
of the spirits that are consumed b,
them; all of the tobacco that is uset
IN various forms But this is only
small portion of it, for the create
part is obtained from import dutie
upon the clothes the people wea
l and the things they must have fo
: their comfort or existence. If mai
: owns S50,O00,000 or S100,0000,00
worth of property in the Unite
D States, as we some do, he pays onl
on what he eats, what he drinks
what he wears, and the other thing
he uses. The time has come whe
this should be changed Is it no
: time that great estates which ar
protected by our army which are de-
i Tended by our navy, which are ber
edted by the various operations c
S government, should contribute i
4 some greater degree to carry ON tia
: Government through which alon
e they could have been accumulated c
t by which they are to be protected
t The people of the United States d
not ask that all of it shall be plat
ed on accumulated wealth. But the
do insist that a very small propo
ton shall be. And yet when it
proposed to shift this burden frol
those who can not bear it to thos
who can, to divide it between COZ
sumption and wealth. to shift
from the laborer who has nothin
but his power to toll and sweat I
the men who have fortune made,c
inherited, we hear hue and or
raised by some individuals that it
unjust and inquisitorial in its natu,