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About The Income Tax

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Parent Issue
Day
28
Month
November
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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In the ttncinnati Inquirer of the 17t.h, "fiath'", writing froim Washington, D. C, Jias this to say regardIng the Ineome Tax : Wihateper clse is a subjsct of differonce, cverybody ín Washington agrees that tlie incoan e tax was an unmixed ;;njiiry to the party or people in power. To impose a fine upon the fortúnate ín order to excuse an attack upou all mechanical industry was tho po'.ltical syllogisrn of the devices of böth these taxes. Tlie ineome tax was first proposed ín Engtand, November 20, 1798, "a new tax, hitherto unknown on thits Isüand,'-' says the historian, AUison. "A greater error ín íinance mer was committed tli.-in the intro duction of the ineome tax. In appearance the most equal, Buch a tas ds In peaJlty the most unequa.l oí bárdeos, beoa.utïe it assesses ii iho sajno rate many c'asses whoeé resources are wi;le'y diiferent. .:ii,l.'d willist estáte is wort'.i 30 ycai's' parchase of the rental at whicb li i. aseessed : th-e ïundholder, wiiose stock lis worth 20 of the uinua'. rate : the merchant, whos-e proïits ooe year may be swallowed up by tlie osses of tho next : the proícs:;ni;!Í man, whos epresent ineome :s not worth i'ive years' purchase ; the yoümg .innutaiit, whose chance ' is as 20, and the aged spinster, :ji wlioim it is not two, are all assessed at the same annua.l rate. The tax, in consequence, falls with excessive and undue eevenity ■ upon one class and with uni-easonable iightness upoai otliers; út extinguishes the infant accuniulation of capital and puts an end to the savóngs of laborious industry ; while it is comparatively unfe'.t by the grea-t capttaliists and the opulent landed proprietoi-s. Unlikc the indirect taxes, which axe ]aid without being ile.lt, or forgotten in the enjoyment of the objects on which they are laAd, it brimgs the bitterness of taxation, du nndisguised nakedness, home to 'every individual, and produces, 'in comsequence, a degree of discontent and exásperation which not.hóaig but the excitenient of continual wai-fare, or a sense of uncontro'Jable necessity, can induce a natóon possessing but the shadow of real freedom to bear for con! siderable time." "W'iiiliom Pitt introduced this tax. Tlie put he dug a hundred years ago, when facöng aroused France in war, our liittle statesmen Jiave discovered and gone to lie in it. And now itlooks as if Mexico and Gauemala were to have a little scrap. Well, your Únele Samuel will furuish ill the war Bupplies and provisious you want, boys, providing you can pay for tliem. He luis gone out of the credit msiiu'ss you know, and his gold reserve s getting on such a free trade basis that somöthing will have to be done. If Kolb, the populist, who claims he was unl'airly counted out as governor down in Alabama, atteinptsto seat himself by forcé, he should be promptly arrested aud tried for treasou. As long as there are courts of justice in this country, all disputes, whether political or otherwise, should be settledby them, and any persou attempting to resist the law by forcé, deserves to be made an example of. The proposition by gentlemen in the eastern and other cities to attend the theatres with their silk hats, and retain them on their heads during the performance, just to give the women who wearabnormal and high hats upon such occasions, a little of their own medicine, is beiug seriously considered. A few evenings would probably settle the hat question for both sexes. Aud it is a question that ought to be settled, aud settledin a bare headed manner. Thiere is no fact better substantiated by exp-erience than tliat a man cannot render another a service without boing drawn nearer to liim by hls doing so. Evei-y service so rendered cuHivates the capacity of loving, strengthens the finer part of the nature and devates the doer. We are only now comóng to see, after centuraes of Kind groping, tliat this is the way of the world's redemption. It is no lonier considered proper tor :: gentleman to precede a lady up the aisle oí ,'i chúrch or theatre where there h a regular usher. ïlie gentleman should follow the lady. - Northville Record. Well, il' he does, he wants to stay well back. If he ohseures the view of the audience, so tliat the style of the lady's attiie cannot be properly sized up, there wil! be trouhle somewhere. - -Feuton Independ'nt. For ome eoul saved by scolding and fau'.t-findtaig, ten are ealed by sweetness ; lor one soul saved by fear of heil, ten are uaved by the thought of God. A gentle voiüce and a smilimg face make religión beautiful to the miserable and sinful, whereas gloomy looks and a lvarsh or condeecendiiing manner make religión seera a thlhig to be aToided. Do you wish to draw soute to God ? Then let your soul reflect Hóe love. I!e gentle, be patiënt. Practical peopls may condemn you, but only this way you itnitate Jesus.

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