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Show Till: "(IIUIlUATF.lt IMOMI" TAX. Tun editor of the New York Sun haadleoovtred the plank In the Ohio Democratic latform favoring a graduated Income tax. Heopoaca It of oourae, nut aa we euepect, bvcauae of any deep-icatnl objectloii to audi an experiment, but for the opportunity the citation afTorda to relieve hit In-tutlerablo In-tutlerablo (tignaolty. He bcglni by declaring that audi a tax dlvldea the W le Into two dlatlnct claaaealha houtatand thedlehonat, Iheone being thorn who will refolt their Incoraea truthfully to the tax gatherer, and the other, Uioae that would not. If Mr. Daoa can clt-i or Invent a alyle of taxation which will not do thla aliomloable thing, hie argument will then lie of aome worth. Wo believe that audi a method of taxation la jioulblc, but If It were proiHiacd, we doubt very much Ihat the editor of the Sun would U aatllfled with It. He dectarta that audi a law would re julre aey.leiuof eaplonageand epylnglnto rlvale atTalri reimgnanl to American luatltutlont. lplonage li truly repugnant, but why the epj lonage nmeanry for the collection of an lucome tax ahould be ao abhorrd In onoa Imagluatloua while we are all the time tubmlttlug paaalve-lyton paaalve-lyton ivraonal taxation ltdinicult to oouij rehend. What the un i-dltor evidently deetua tho annihilating charge la that, 'If the tax, for example, on val In-rotnea In-rotnea la f ur one p-r rent., ainl on l,0 Income, fl 3, ur one and one half per rent,, and u un, the tax uii a Kv OOU Income hecomta ti,il'0,(Na Whatever ailjuatment may be made between rato of tax and alia cf Income taxed, the graduated gradu-ated lax enouer or later rrachea a Mlnt wbcreltawaltowaup the entire Income. Thla la condecellon. l'rog're.alve alepa toward thla are progreaalre atepe toward uonllaratlon. Thty are atepe along the dlreit road to ouniiiiuulaiii." Thla la almly the batderdaah of a emart demagogue. In the llret place the coudacatlon dtacribrd It not a neceaaary rvault of grading au lucoino tax. It might be, of courte, If It waa the diarntltlon ol leglalatora to make II ao and the iajpui wen dla-meed dla-meed to accept It; but aa til aruumtnt agalntt a graded tax It la aophUtlcal uoiuwnae. The tax on an Income of $300 being fixed at I ptr nut. aud that oil tllXM at 1) per cent, doca not "fix," aa the .Vuu would Imply, Im-ply, an obligation upon tho law-maki re to carry out thla ratio to the lntof oonllecatlon, or any fartli er than the spirit and ptirpnM of the law would make coualatent. Hut aiipjiueu thu ratU of.lncreaie were made abtolutej aa the Sun tug. gnta; what of It? With p ropertlta to Ihevalueof fl,ln,000 while eojoylng an Income of f-VJOd, or Indeed no Income at all, a man If be la bonnet will be taxed Juat the aame, accordlug to lila owulnga. Hemhihtheialled upon to pay $o,oOO or $10,0) more than liu makea Into tho publlo treaaury, lletweeu thli man aud the ene with ISO.OOO.OOO which, might Iwlu reality producing no more formanklud than hit ntlghbor't 2, IfM.OOO, but which la ) lelding to him aouivtlmee half a mlllto n, a ijuarttr of which la claimed for taxce, eomctlmea tl,OiH),OUO, of which half It claimed, and aometluira JI.OOO.OOO ol which all or a little more thau all It claimed, which la the woret ahuaed; Hut Uila haa no )iotnt lu tho lanio between the people of Ohio. ' Woknow eomtthlng about the prog-rra prog-rra of thtiiobeme lo make private Income thu baale iifiou which to rata a revrnuo nud tl multanvoualy tu make the rich man shoulder the burden of It. The purwaea ol the pro-Jeit, pro-Jeit, while ralalng reveuue, are llrat tu entirely eiemt front taxation men whotelncomea are almply comfortable living; aeound, while making tho large tncomreof the country lay lu expense ex-pense e,to render Impoielble the numerous numer-ous aud rat Idly Increasing ton thousand thou-sand a day Income, whoae corrii) t In-llueucelnthe In-llueucelnthe courlt aud legislature la llirealenlnglheeacvof thu Latlon. The Idra nny be the dream of a visionary, vis-ionary, but It la neither uiirspubllcau norurjust. Tho only question Is, can It bo realised? Upon this wlnt we would not eulure an opinion. There la uothlug apalllug alwut It, or to very repugnant. The man who mtfte the publlo collector with au honest accounting of his earulngs, would sutler nothing that tould be coustrued Into an Indignity at the hands of a collector, The dlihoucet cltleu under such a t)sttiii might find aome trouble Just as the dl.houe.t mil llonalree aomvtluut do now. Hut for their grlevaucea uu Just man will uiouru. w The cry of the rrecnt generation Is lint the wr men pay the moat of the taxes because they have not the retained attorneys and other corrupting con-venltncea con-venltncea to help them lo avoid Ju.l taxation. If under the Income tax aome or many ahould deal dlshoneetly with the collector, we fall lo ire Ihat the thought under the circumstance" should be particularly rightful. |