New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-02
THE TAXING or WOVEN.
COME POINTS THAT ADVOCATES or WOMAN SUI
rRAGE Do NOT CONSIDER

SOME POINTS THAT ADVOCATES OF WOMAN
FRAGE DO NOT CONSIDER.
~ ,h Editor OF The Tribune.
70 -" ,,.,,,, tho colonies were taxed by the ENG
~, Government without having representation" h
n,,ar,en,. and when they were not o"'s '"Aeu
.i,hout representation OF their commune w
had special taxes imposed upon theh'' ",.'''' -
o, ,atd upon the people OF England '"e' ''
,,,,.. .such taxation without our being represent
al a., all without our needs wthou, ooi '"'''
~, uros.nted In Parliament. Is tyranny.
n. forsfatbers objected to the taxation because
. , ur,ust To-day women who are clamor'ng
for suffrage have taken up the axiom o' "" ,
- and twisting II out of all recognition OF i's
original meaning have placed II on their banner Us
an incentive TO strengthen their ranks
And who are the women who make all the nue. ana
49,. ho,t want of representation" by taxpaying
,omenq Are they the taxpayers? In very lew IN
stances Should representation be claimed Tor All
women because some women are 'aHeo WI" -
benefit the taxpaying woman 10 nave represen'"
lion when by gaining that representation she mas
nm, AZ much power into thousands OF hands that
will neutralize her representation To-Day the man
who holds taxable property and VINO contributes
largely to the public Golfers has no more voice as 10
the amount of money be raised or It's expenditure
than the man who pays no taxes at all me vote
of the ignorant and debased has as nluch welsnt III
determining the policy OF the Government as ' .S
OF the educated man. the man or business, or inc
who has devoted MS NE " stuu?'Hb P'Vc-
lens OF government. The vote OF the millionaire
IL worth no more than the vote or the Pauper. ana
as the percentage OF women with taxaDie properly
IL vastly less than those without, how Will the taxed
women he benefited should woman sunrage OBTAIN
They will have nominal representation. but prac-
ticay they will be more misrepresented than they
are at present Individual have always had TO
submit to taxation without representation. Inc
minority Is always voceless.
4 taxpaying woman said Il live In small town
and nay large taxes: next door to me Is man VINO
paws very little AT every meeting called Tor I'M
proyements' which means largely increased taxes
Tor me this man votes and have no voice. Is this
II he had daughters over twenty-one years OF age
She replied that he had wife and three daughters
When she asked II she thought her condltlon
as taxpayer would be improved when instead or
one voice against her interests she had hve, she
confessed that she hadn't thought OF that. And
They feel the injustice OF law that gives to the
.pauper the same right to impose obligations upon
the property owner as that OF the wealthy man
himself and they fail TO that the same condi-
tions would prevail in an aggravated form if all
women permitted TO vote and they forget
who living in one town. owns property In another.
has no voice. and that large corporations pay taxes
but have no voice.
II is not after all. much a question OF tax
having women, "a II Ia OF a body OF women who
are constantly seeking some change in the exist
less cry as we said before. incentive to other
women.
Taxpayng women do not to vote Many Of
them hold property in corporations. and they al
ways place their proxy In the hand OF some man to
vote for them or do not vote at ALL and this nul-
es the assertion that this taxation without repre-
sentation is tyranny. f. s. {.
Albany, N. Y, Feb. 20. 1885,