The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-08
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This Is not the opinion Of train
81 political expert or even OF an Of.
Zee holding statesman; " is just the
bare statement OF facts from one
who Is trying to live IN n country
where every article Of necessity rs
oppressivelt taxed IN order that
overgrown giants may have that pro.
lection which was once thought nee
cssary for struggling infants Ana
when the talk is over and done about
the tarir helping working men 1t
Is worth while for the workingmen
TO stop and consider how much OF
this oratory is based on truth and
how much of It Is mere claptrap used
To obscure the real facts and TO
maintain burdensome and killing
tax on the poorer classes of com
munity.
For example, the poor wear
clothes. and yet the tariff on woods
lis IT cents pound, and wooden
clothing and blankets carry tax
that varies from 13B97 on the
cheapest TO 9i.32 on the highest
grades. We have been nourishing
and protecting our cotton industry
for nearly century; yet the aver
age tax on cotton today Is 94.40, and
when the amount of cotton cloth
used by the poor is considered the
weight of this tax stands out IN all
it's severity
There are SO,000,000 people in
the United States and they all wear
shoes, but congress and the politi-
clans have taken small note OF this
fact aud from the wearers' stand
point, for there has been an increase
Of % per cent In women's shoes
Ialoue In the ten years between 1890
and 1900 The raw material for
shoes Is hides. and W, l.. Dougkmn>
the great shoe manufacturef
was also democratic goyernoiv1
Massachusetts, few years ago, is au-
thority for the statement that S3o,-
0O0, 600 per annum could be saved
the people of this country by taking
the duty on hides, but the duty stays
on,
The fact that a man ~ poor does
not make him any less DESTROYS of
living In house; yet every stick
that goes into his humble dwelling
~ taxed under lumber tariu THIS
means, according TO the estimate OF
the labor bureau at Washington,
that It would cost GA per cent more
for material alone TO build house
In 1905 than IT would have cost IN
1905, Nor does the tprir hold It's
hand with what We have enumerat-
ed. Practically everything that Is
consumed or worn or used leVies an
oppressive tax on the poor in order
that the government may gain some
revenue, while favored benehciarles
ulnHkS NIuptnuoHN l'l'uh'N'
The taHn tax ~ not only unwise'
II ia unjust, and some day the peo-
pie who are bearing that burden
win find II out, aud then the ma
tional government viii reduce It's
expenses and change It's source OF
revenue unul the cost of living ~
made 70 harmonic moro nearly
with the income of the great BODY
of the citizens,
II was Just such letters as the one
we have printed above that made the
worklngmon of England rise SIXTY
years ago and break down the
bread monopoly OF that country Inc
workIngmen OF America also VIII
rise some day when they understand
rhe true mwardness OF the toflh
monopoly IN this country hlcn-
mond, VA, rmes-Dispnteh
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ASK rnE MOTHER
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