The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-09-08

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party will survive. full of useful hfe
and undiminished vigor. for many ?
year after Mr.. Wanamaker and I and
all Of Us are numbered among the men
who are forgotten, With its.heroic his
tory and Its promising future Il stands
for great principles and policies much
more important than the ambitions and
disappointMents Of any individuals In
II. however eminent. This ID the lesson
Of history. No one did more dis
tinguished service in the building Of Il
than Horace Greeley. yet when that
great man was deluded into casting
his lot with It's enemies. the Republican
party lived on and Horace Greeley died
OF q broken heart. No Pennsylvanian
was more highly and deservedly hon.
ored In his party than our great war
governor, Andrew G. Curtin. but when
he raised his voice In opposition to Il.
his public career closed, and the party
continued to add victory to victory and
strength to strength. The Republican
party. survived eight years OF Cleveland
and eight years Of Pattison. have no
doubt Il will survive even Mr.. Wana-
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and vigor unimpaired.
A WORD ABOUT TAXES.
zone of the complaints made by Mr..
Wanamaker Is that the taxpayers OF
the state are overburdened by reason
of the expenses Of the state admins
tration and the cost Of supporting our
penal. eleemosynary and charitable in
stitutions. The charge Is In keeping
with others made by hint Is lack
ing in every essential element Of truth.
The fact is that the great mass of tax
payers Of the state do not contribute a
farthing in the shape Of state taxation.
The state revenues are raised mainly
by the taxation Of corporations, collat-
eral and direct inheritances, license
fees. fees Of office and bonuses on
charters. Real estate has not paid state
taxes since 1866. In passing judgment
on this question II might not be amiss
to recall the fact that Mr.. Wanamaker
pays less tax In proportion to the
amount Of money invested and the vol
ume Of business transacted than any
other citizen within the confines Of this
broad commonwealth. Our taxpayers
may not know, but II Is currently re-
ported and generally believed, that he
transacts a business each year of from
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vested in goods, wares and merchan-
disc In which he trafiics from $4,000, 900
to $4,000, 900. On the great volume OF
business transacted by him and on the
large investment ne has in merchan-
disc in which he trafficks from $4,000. 600
| state government the mere pittance OF
| 81, 900 annually. On these goods, wares
| and merchandise he pays no municipal,
local or state tax. except the $1,000
above mentioned. 1t is true he pays
local taxes upon his real estate, but
that is entirely outside Of the invest
ment in his business proper. II Mr..
Wanamaker had the $5.OOO,0O0 which he
is now supposed to have invested In
his stores invested in farms and other
real estate he would pay annually from
S75, 900 to $l25,OOO in local taxes more
than he does at present.
THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT 1T.
Under the financial system which
| has been inaugurated and built up dur.
ing the past 20 years, and for which the
Republican party Is responsible. 66 OF
| the 67 counties of the state receive more
| money from the state than Is paid In
by them. II has been the policy of the
Republican party to provide system
| of state taxation that places the bur-
| dens of the state upon the corporations
and other wealthy and favored insti-
| tutions. In this way fund is raised
| that is distributed to the counties in
the shape of appropriations to the COM
| mon schools and in payment of the
! salt ries of judges, county superintend-
| ents and for other like purposes. In
this way the burdens of local taxation
| are equalized and lessened. 1t is al
| interesting lesson to take up the re-
ports Of the state officials, which show
| how much money Is received by the
state from each county and how much
| larger sum is returned by the state
| to the county. For instance take the
| following counties: