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Show THE BDEDENS OF TAXATION. j The Cincinnati Cumin- r,-ial Climates Cli-mates that a family whose necessary household exponsrs reach the sum of $1,500. pays an indirect tax in tho shape of tariff exactions to tho general gene-ral government of $-27, to which should be added a! out ?"0 on account of intfirnul revenue The Han Francisco Huli.tia takes tho case; of a family owning apiece of property in that city, valued and Hs-rss-ed at 1",000, the income on which at 10; per cent. is$i,"00. In addition to the $277 tax paid to tho general government, gov-ernment, '.his property is asM.-r-.--.-d for1 local taxes at $2.10 on the $100, or 15 making a total tax of S502, leaving a net income of $'Jt S. But this is not all. Tlu family is then turned over to the tender mercies of the various monopolies. '1 here is a "corner" in almost every article ot prime necessity which the family uses or employs. There is a " corner" in water, a "corner" in gas, a "corner" "cor-ner" in transpcrtation, a " corner" in land, a "corner" in almost everything every-thing but the air tho family breathes. These monopolies will extort about $100 additional trom me lamuy in question, thus absorbing nearly one-half one-half of the entire income from its landed estate, but this docs not generally gen-erally impoverish it, for in most cases some of its members are able to earn a living by their labor or their brains. Ia any European country the income of $15,000 would enable an average family to live with comfort, com-fort, and in some countries in luxury. Here nearly one-halt of such an income is imperceptibly grabbed to satisfy the demands of what is called a free, liberal government. The rich can stand this exaction, for lheir taxes amount to a comparatively small proportion ol their wealth; but tiie ellect is crushing upon the laboring classes, who consume of the necessaries necessa-ries of life as much, if not more, per capita, as the wealthier people. This exorbitant indirect taxation is eating up the vitals of tho community, nnd must be stopped. Tho poor aro dally growing poorer, and the suspension of many industrial enterprises, the stagnation stag-nation in the labor market, and tho high rates of money interest, combine to render the outlook as rather gloomy in a business point of view. It is evident evi-dent that somo radical change is necessary in the government in order to bring about a state of afl'airs that shall restore something of the old- time prosperity to tho country. |