The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-13
For an Income Tax.

.uhmit that your ~, sound. You
SUBMIT tax is not souhu g.
an income an $4,000 income IS
say 90 90 be exempt. That Is mere
uhJuSs This State taxes Incomes pu'
qulDo tucomes. There must be some
not ST.. "a n Virginia fixes 1t at s0oV' anu
nm I'M General Government goes for larger
tie and makes $1,000 the limit, what
=. ,he difference in principle? But II woulo
he a spying into peoples private allaHs'
That affection has never been mace III
Virginia. The English people are
Ilberty-loying people. They pay ~ uo
they like IT? Did you ever see any o'o
who liked taxes? What would you nav
We vote pensions by hundreds OK mn
lions: we cannot escape that; we mus.
have revenue. and the income tax wiz
produce it with more justice ana ies9
oppression on the working people tiian
any other tax. Who would pay itF Moie
than nine-tenths of IL would come uiieo'
ont of the pockets Of the big corpora,
tions. The Standard Oil Company az
the New York Central railroad anu III
Sugar Trust would pay more thah VI
whole State OF Virginia ten times oN.
u'he big New York newspapers
their millions of revenue would pay tn,
share. or course they are opposeu " -
hut why should we sustain theh' puS
we must sacrifice our interests ioi q"
abstract and illogical principle o, Jus..N
Is IL Justice that a Yankee bounty JIM"
or who never saw a Confederate Day ~
should receive a thousand uoid'S -
Communication OF pension, and a poor
ginia cripple. whose leg Is at He,'y .,,,,,C
has 10 hobble to town for the srlalI ZIP
that we are able to pay? Ana "iien
have n fair chance TO put the Ourue"
on the rich corporations, which are heai
l., oil In the large cities Of the NoINi,
:! - ,,o,ors must ioin the hue ana
cr, thar Senator Hill sets up. Ana WY
does Hill fight the tax? Two goon re,'So"s
Cleveland. who has so often doWheu M,
favors It. and it will make iaFoF ~.
him with. and draw material suppOl
Sro,, tho rich corporations and news
ranors of New York IL you are opposeu
80 this tax. you must advocate some
other tax. What is It? How VIII you sup
nlv IT'S place? Is il tobacco? Wheh you
raS,,sa TO accept revenue from the DIG
Incomes OF corporations, show US no"
and where you will get the money
aiiu BANKER
f'Ranker" may think It mere "quio-
bic" to say it Is unjust to make man
u,bo has an income of $4,000 pay tax
vbon one with an income Of 1899 is ex-
empted We think st the statement OF
an abstract principle Of justice. The
amount paid by the individual whose
income Is $1,000 Is so small that the
public thinks It unworthy Of notice
But the ocean is made up Of drops OF
water. and though each drop is very
insignificant in itself all together make
the great oceans. We expect 70 raise
SEQ. 900 900 each year from the proposed
income tax, and there Is this immense
sum taken from a certain and limited
portion OF the population. through the
operation OF a principle which all have
10 admit is unjust. Banker" may think
this a "oufbble;" we think It extordon on
an enormous scale We pointed out In
our article to which Banker replies
that all Jurisprudence recognize the prin-
clple that burdens are never to be i'm
posed where no revenue IS raised, and
vexation alone results. We do not OBJ
feet to exemption of incomes that are
so small that no revenue can be raised
But II would be absurd TO say that no
revenue would be raised from taxing in
comes that the present bill exempts.
We echo Bankers" question in re-
spect 10 that part Of the income tax
which corporations will pay-"Who would
pay it?" And we answer that every per-
son. whether widow or orphan and whose
income may be far less than $4,000 but
who owns a share Of stock in the corpora
tons. will pay his or her share OF it.
We will Join Banker in demanding
that Congress shall pension Confederate
soldiers. and also in demanding that
Congress shall stop paying pensions to
Yankee "bounty-jumpers."
But shall we discredit ourselves by
endeavorlns 70 fasten an unjust imposi-
ton on a special class. because Congress
will not do its duty and pension Con
federate soldiers and stop paying pen
sions to Yankee bounty-jumpers? This
may suit Bankers" idea Of sound gov
ernmental principles. but it IS far from
being consistent with ours. Ed