| Show fttie vuk aluli TAYI laaff is a general marmul A LITTLE result of heavy taxation i ED eland F ew facts tersely told editor tb subject I 1 am about to touch up will T think attract the attention att antion democrats as well as Is ow that the tima comes to raise the money to pay tho taxes those who yel ed themselves hoarse at the recent exl lies have time gorub their forehead and reflect and ask themselves the question whether they have rot what they wanted 01 not but supposing the majority of the are not exactly as I 1 do not think thoy are there is a subject upon which I 1 think we can all aniie and talk about and loudly too aad ahat object ia taxation it is my humble opinion that those legislators isla tors who a few years planned and abetted the advance of the valuation of tn peoples property and all those public erne era who auw in a valuation of the kama at fictitious aud boom prices are to what they are are now receiving viz the utterances of cloae who are suffering from chri eu inaki uit toe majority suiter tu gratify the iced avarice 0 bev ohl inthia aftuck and of liberty where men boost fco much of freedom and havi th lu inear wishes and their willa and see them carried out at the polls it dhea seem like cowardice and imbecility to submit to buat too many aie enduring now tle taxation of today is a barar to enterprise and a dead lock to improvement men have to pay a good round rent for the privilege 01 living in their own houses and ane farmer must bell the of ikie ilcia and find a market it he cais at starvation iricea for hb produce to baic him from thia that just now haunts him nhat and day taxation why my dear sir if the present state of ahinga continue for a few years we will sea enacted right here in utah where alinta and winners chero jaws and bantiles Gan tiles commingle the degrading and heart eviction t cenea of old braland I 1 recently came acroca a little asce of englich history that beems to parallel our caad exactly circum ii look blare in the reign ot william and mary iu 1691 then utah wab unknown the wavea ot our ailt sea rolled in upon the hora in boli tude as the bark of anis cey ota echoed oer iha plain oer all the unlocked treasured trea suren of e hilis owr all range oer all fertile fields the stolid indian hald chaa plate control moona came moons wont and the idoft dull kept now lok change 1 our cities enita the acene und jostle with the power of electricity and ebenm and now in 1891 attar a aap cf just two hundred years we find a repetition of history at this period of englith history te anich I 1 now allude england had jut from under the villian aua of the diso luto charles II 11 and the weak and bigoted tyranny of janada I 1 that intrepid prince william of orange had settled by valor and force of arms the politic disputes and invading cf the kinn of france bin admirals had scared flaga of tha french fleet from the Ealis li channel he had suppressed the rebellion and uprising in irland but with tha french army still threatening it necessary to uphold and maintain a large standing army to do which taxes hd to be levied and were levied but were aeed or rather misused in buan a as brought forth the following follow inc comments at that tima to which I 1 desire to call especial attention after showing eliat many members of the commons had evinced a very natural disposition to cuca plain of the amount of the na laries and fees received by official men keen had been made and printed had been much out oi boora aud tha hodap la sd to make extensive and thus they claim the enormous gaina direct and indirect of tha of the public go on increasing ahil tairi adius of every body alae aia ants are falling trade ia man who lived either on what nid au had left him or on the fruit of liia own industry to retrench hiie placement placemen pla cemen alona throve amid the libl nei lok cited tie incensed equips at the comptroller of the customs kenyear te aaro atro ha walked and we rode our inco exve been curtailed his ay iy his be n d u loa we navy cold our hi haa bortal bliem and now we on foot and are split abed by his ach and aix anus the people ot england against taxation two hundred yare ago and ibus ara we bickma today this I 1 beeble of ilia writer is but a very prelude to chui id coming a antle key not to th approach iu wait till the days of irace ex pira wait until jhb property of has to ba levied epou alien may a araut it may not dis the birst poor but while the taxation are the bame n as non uie tirs lirely ditl breut eakland indu jul ju l been engaged in expensive il artill had ini her ahw and armies of louis XIV had t pro by sauil bu by st s she had trouble at dionio t the people of ireland arru in and were of lerini filp to viaud yi aud tf t oe theae were a arain on her resources and asa in this caan an inevitable it waa the misuse mis use af the taxes that tha trouble tio uble but in tta name of and re is jn i ha atnee tor such increased taxation taxa tian now we lave no barue have u debef ikin to put down or anti to ees the indian aud bihy ihy ro alne ott n aal peace fal and llie feeble fl el anil duj lound army of anili fill us wilh EO great amount of four aban tho told eliat took tib herrink Herri uK pond to us in the fall waft in heavens name id the t among till thiis of crp cr p and the preci u ha peo pi ard with such heavy lax aion it certainly does havi a xer s rook id ir of jolob contracts hiah fee larg a la is and general extras vatice of our party exerting erting fx abou s the areat poud these factious have dont tha country would it not b wide anil prudent to meet tind devise wave and meant whereby tha present can righted and in a mild and proper yet determined manner take steps to the present condition of things and produce a better feeling of hermony peace and good will let he warned in time and learn wisdom remembering that the great lareal was caused by excessive excess iye taxation for when they petitioned for of they were hastily that instead of being whipped with thongs they should be whipped with that their burdena ba increased as irom a little S izer to a grown mans lains this impolitic speech cost mhd kinc of isreal ten twelfths of bis people ag with the voice af one man to knur tents 0 israeli in this ago of general enlightenment and general improvement we have with other things good covern ment and not let us institute a governs of the few and for the few in lieu of a government of the people and far tb people a s J |
