The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-10-04
THOSE awful" PEOPLES Party
BILLS.
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s1zgs ting number 81 pgoPo-ed
rem Il les for the present depre-~.yn
One Of tie -uggesJIoL- vas that It
the taxes on personal property whlcu
re uoy very unequal IA large part
cling rzid hy those v ho are "onpar-
4 " IS p=.Dr can not b. equa!Iz~dt
hat then AL personal property
az should be abolished ana
&c tax should be- on land. tn
Democrats fail - tell you that ths-
-.fu. recon- mendati"u Wa made by
q lb-commlft.e IL the Agricultural
Committee Of tuugre- Let any
one Who wants 20 read the facts turn
10 page iul Of the Report Of that
Committee made on February 18th.
1884, TIL Committee found upon
igatlo1 that the wealthy men
If the country were not paying tax
on their personal property. while the
poor paid on everything down 70 an
old pitch fork, cart, or pillow. The
Committee found that the jay could
estate with personal property
amounting t. over 80. 600 900, wa
paving TAX on less than one halt of
one million. The Committee said
that thi- should lee rrmedIed. But
the Committee goes on and adds:
And if il t,. foaud thar -u-t system. oi
personal property t4Eatlpu cannot ire ell.
forced .et it uc atIuaiUutb. abolish a.t pr
-yual taxation and place taxi Uu ihub "a
elusive OF Improvements. So NAT -p.tp"t
lDt in city that j. worth. for mrHr'4tu lis
ing o. manufacturing. SlvJta" shall be- TAX
eel al oue hvuar~'j lnr- a. mach a- farm
..a.. without IT. Ia yrpr r-..rL-.- IS .--rtL gL
r t.H dollars
The above are the exact words Oi
the committee. Mr.. Pctfer's resolu-
ton Is exactly along this line. The
above shows that if Mr.. PETERS res
oIutiou bad been framed into a bill
and the bill had become a law that
the high priced dirt IN big cities
would pay very large part Of the
taxes. If such a bill We're law one
| block in the city OF New York would
! pay more taxes to support the gov
| eminent than all the farms in North
Carolina put together. If such Il law
were in force you would soon hear II
| howl raised from New York City for
a more economical government. The
city of New York would have sent Il
delegation and a lobby to Washing
! ton TO fight any more subsidies to
| steaih ship lIucs; they would have
opposed voting $l96, 600 extra to the
| Richmond x Danville Railroad, NOW
the Southernj. They would have de
! nouuced Congressman Henderson
and Senator Ransom for fsvoring
| this gift to rich corporation. New
\ ork City would then oppose every
! large and eXtravagsnt steal and eX-
pendIture, New \ ork would have
been there opposed to the Democrat
ic Congressman voting to increase
their own pay aSd voting themselves
extra mileage. Why Because,
nearly all this extra money would
| have to come out of the pockets Of
the people Of New York City. Why
is it that New York is not now OPP
posed to such extravaganza! Because
New \ ork is not paying the burden
Of the taxes. 1t is now paid largely
by those who toll. The South and
West now pay more than their just
share. New York City is bitterly
| opposed to Petfer'S resolution and It
is easy to see why. In this connec-
ton let it be remembered that New
York wants Ransom to go back to
the Senate. This is also very plain.
TO be continued next week.