The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-04-06


gres-msn Hairs Article
The following are extracts from
riel Halls article in the March
Forum.
The wealthy classes OF the eastern
states. who are now opposing Us in the
enactment Of this bill. are cmbarrass-
my the best friends Of peaceful gov
eminent The principle that the
wealth Of this country should heip To
bear the burden Of national taxation is
Too well settled by logic by authority
ana ny experience To Justify extended
argument now Too often already have
members Of this congress been warned
that. whenever the richer class should
be asked 10 share the burdens of gov
eminent. they. prompted by avarice,
would denounce the suggestion. Ii is
their position. not mine, that needs de-
Tense
I'm recent speech in the house of
representatives. | said:
Were ! called upon TO frame q law
that would keep down dcrnagogy. that
would take the last grain OF justice
from the conglomerate mass If ponu-
iistic heresic>. il would be an income
tax law. sincerely feel that every
word said was true. Under orr tariff
system its burdens are put upon con-
sumption tthc necrssaries Of life that
the poor must have or perish and a
Door man with wife and five children
5 forced to pay out of his small income
larger sum for the support Of the gov
eminent than is the average man OF
great wealth with small family.
"All the greatest authorities on taxa
ton say that the subject OF nation
Shonld be taxed 10 support that nation
according TO their ability. not accord
ing 20 the section in which they live:
recognizing that we should all be com
mon bearers and common supporter Of
common country. ignoring sectional
SIN
Senator John Sherman. in a speech
delivered in the United States senate,
March Is. i>>l, used the following lam
guage:
The public mind is not vet prepared
10 apply the key of a genuine revenue
reform. A few years of further ex-
perience will convince the whole body
OF our people that "A system OF national
taxes which rests the " hole burden OF
taxation on consumption and not one
cent on property or income. is intrinsic
ally unjust
While the expenses of the national
government are largely caused by the
protection Of property. il is but right
to call property to contribute To its
payment IL will not do TO say that
each person consumes in proportion TO
his means That is not true Every
one must see that the consumption Of
the rich does not bear the same relation
10 the consumption Of the poor. a. the
income Of the rich does the wages Of
injustice in the fundamental basis of
our system VIII DC felt and forced upon
the attention Of congress
'Thorold Rogers says: Taxation in
proportion TO benefits received i suf
icicntlv near the truth for the practical
operations of government Rousseau
and Mirabeau. j. IL say and GARNER.
have approved of this system. while
Sisnonii. in LAYING down his canons OF
AANt.AA'hs hrN'stt' ttitN WI hsiA
should fall on revenue. not capital.
and that taxation should never touch
what is necessary for the existence Of
the contributor joan Stuart Mil
declares that equality of taxation. as
a maxim Of politics. means equality OF
sacrifice
IF this income tax bill is defeated one
will be passed in the near future that
will lie far wider-reachiny ana involv-
ing far greater danger of injus tice
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