New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-01-17

W'TN COU[N I5INN
q that portion Of the freigh traffic which
81 is made up from merchandise, fuel an,
j, building material it is safe TO say tina
\ the higher freight rates resulting from
railway Tax ton are born by the consul
q mers Of these commod ities and are quita
I bly, distributed, as taxes go. It will b.
|seen however that they are "a burden i'm
posed on the necessaries Of the peopl.
without reference to ability to pay. Blu
| IN regard to that large factor of railway
transportation, farm products, which
probably contribute more than one hall
! Of all railway earnings in this State, the
entire burden Of taxation falls on the far,
4 mer, for it is self-evident that SO long al
our farmers have to seek market abroad
i for their products, or for part of them
they have to stand the whole cost Of
transportation to market. When a tax
falls on the farmer tits there to stay.
Like the crippled boy who has got the
stag" he keeps it. He cannot get rid q
it. The farmer cannot add the tax to
the price Of his products.
Now, M. Editor, while in the limited
space Of this letter can only cite few
illustrations, I think that have shown
that in the cases cited tile burden of adj
'ditional taxes of the kind discussed
would fall not on the capital engaged in
production or transportation but that as
a rule it would fall on the commodities
produced or carried.
Ranting about corporations is to no
purpose. The corporation has come 70
stay, as much so, as steam and electrici-
ty. There may be and undoubtedly care
serious defects in our system of manag-
ing corporations. They should be rene
died. To try to repress them is futile.
They are based on the cooperative in
stincts of an advancing civilization,
Nearly all of the great enterprises of to-
day are carried on by them. i believe it
safe to say that 80 per cent of all manu-
featuring is carried on by corporations.
Merchandising is largely carried onin the
same way, and transportatio wholly so.
Any attempt to tax them can only re-
suit, as / have shown, in increasing the
cost of commodities to consumers & bur
dening production. This is well under
stood by the monied interests of New
York city: They have formulated and
are content with Mr.. Cleveland's propo-
sition to sstax the income of corpora
tons" butt will be remembered that
when congress convened after the recess,
the NewY ork City delegation fllibustered
nearly a week until they received assur-
ances from the committee on Ways and
Means that no bill would be reported to
tax the incomes of individuals.
Mr.. Cleveland may not succeed in re-
storing the virgin queen Of the Sandwich
Islands to her throne, but if he succeeds
in convincing the American people that
it is the part of patriotism and wisdom
to remove those taxes that are, at least
in part, born by the foreigners and to
impose them on the domestic producers
and consumers he is entitled to our. adj
miration though our confidence be. with
held. John Lind g
The school board met last Friday even
ngand considered applications for the
three vacant positions in our public
schools vacancies brought on by a pol
icy as retrogressive and harmful asst is
beneath intelligent men. Mostof the
applications were for the best posltion,o
course, and after reading them all a bal
lot was taken and E. T. Critchett was
chosen to succeed Prof. Nix. Mr.. Criteh;
EFT was formerly principal Of one Of the
schools in Manfato and later Of one il
Duluth. At present he IS stationed il
Chicago and is not engaged in active
educational work. The other places
were not filled at present. it being deem
ed advisable to consult the new superin;
tendent before making any selection. Mr.
Critchettis to.enter upon his work On
the 2and Of January and his salary pei
year will be S. eO.
Popular E where.
Beginning with q small local sale il j
retail drug store, the business Of Hoods
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