The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-18
.ll e1ceedIne $4,000 and. produeed s7s.oOo.

| In the following rear the tax was reduced to
s 1872 10 p.r sss IN s1e
seeding $1,000. but the dimipution in revenue
Granting fot he ssEs Of the srss% snt that Il
was wholly attributable TO CHANCES when
Of nearly hfieen millions from. 1871 to 1868 q
nearly seven millions ir9m lSoS 70 oiscei o.
more than nine millions from 1872 to 1873
under precisely the same lays? ,,
peopis recognized the great necessities Of the
snd 1sr IN ~ g to
for liz support. Ths payment OF the tax was
as patriotic dptT But q" s soop
and that extraordinary inqulstorisl, and hate
iul methods o. taxation were no longer necea-
s. Tf%;sH no PfR 4sss .RS r .TSe
nue. from 1887 to 1858 from 1888 to ls,j9, and
possible when there was change In the law
INEFFECTIVE AND RIDICULOUS.
Evasion OF taxes which had become un-
necessary. and, consequently. cdious 2 the
openly sountsnsnssd. by By. the people, them.
selves; David A. Wells, than whom there Is
and who. as special Com m issioner o. internal
Revenue at that time. had every facility for
mstsly conn Sted At this time with the Inter
amount 81 periaFy and fraud that character.
1913 tos the then eae
isting system OF internal revenue. And Amer
PATENT ON fsSn vas at that time dee
ys!ng and o. carving out methods
1t ls gratifying. no doubt, TO assume that no
sS's WI ss an GBES.sddnS 5S RrS 3; s
statutes. But we are living in America, not in
@ ma f Gn IL the si a.s n " n mas
patriotic State ia the Union than Msssschu-
;stiis: Nor !: there on., il The isnsasSs 81 nj:
mere strIneent ami arbItrarp" IyerV pcss
Sy e. sSESsd .l aSsH n fssfSsd
about o!e-fourth Of what Is due the city from
cstion o. the cSmp.esncS %itS Witch the pso.
a m.mSri.l signed By repre-. .ntstIyc business
market value Of shares OF ioreign eorporatlons
nSnr ~ S,ts n1 mo- tpa nunt tay3 10 .
1899 ~ oDi &c Mo Mo and Al. -,
this Is taxed to the unfortunate people whose
Is i any wonder, that the s!gner. of th!. me;
"Eidiculous"i
the f Practical WORKING Of this system. " both
abroad and At home; sgeneIation ago, and 70:
aniounded assertions OF lie advocates MAKE
n.e.sssIyi Tor me sake Of contradiction, tSs
Eiven' n'"''" VI 'ns 'A''' WHICH nave oe'n
The simple fact tina. the tax 4, unnecessary
proye sueesssiui ssy what we NAV Of tbs Dc.
!Set,on q xS.Tis.n .slti!sn. 70 the dsersss p
This obnmSer WSo doss not snaW thai th.T VIII If
fee: quite JUSTIFIED in eVSdnr By .ve rI poss
noW 10 tho can. neh sn
siye II Is easy to taiE OF the power Of the law |
has haa anHthinxgp People 40 witS ento9cnnt
knows that the power OF the law fades into in.
signiflcance whom confronted by the. greater |
m
city bears testimony to this fact IN the dlsre-
gard Of excise regulations forced upon II By
hands" o. oppression. Only last month liquor
sibitSn 0 Maine IN % shas the
people place Their rights
What. then. can be. expected in this case
from t tsc thousands q citizens who would re-
aflsirs, and as an Imposition upon their &C.
''"0n nn,ana -
oDioos AND HATEFUL to fhhhMhN'
in the East needs no ons a The
press. regardless OF. political Affiliations. is.
and IN tRia instsbee al least ever 1ppTe sstern
member OF Con gress knows that the peopIe are
% fSs sns very
country and 10 the Govern IN ent and that the
people in the South and West are equally
Sumption. majority might or might n OF de-
clare for an income tax II an opportunity
should oner itsell Tor direct vote upon this
proposition alone. But no man can tell
what they would DO. and the only indica.
warrant the belief that they would accept
It In the latest national campaign there
Vas no mention OF the income tax IN either
the pemocratic or the hepublican platform.
The Populist platform adopted at Omaha on
July :. however. contained the distinct decla-
We demand graduated income tax
IL, !. Is true tina. ether Issue. were involved.
lar desire for this messupe. On The contTapy
the Populist platform alone ed other
sSd am iSsrenas Of sn1rsncy whisb wouid str
tract rather than rspel the people Of the south
ana Wsst What va tha rs.nitS In Sotsi |
VOTE NJ i215Iha3 Ii25 uI5 ballot. Msrs c.st
Tor the ponnIist cendidntes In ths EIscto1si
a totai Of l4I TSese votes N.ra diyiSaS a. |
follows: Colorado. 4; Idaho. 8; Kansas. 10: