Show as 7 an conversation f 1 i doar OF or tim THI count court low liow arc are you B D you havo have just been 3 clie tile treasurers office been paying hour our taxes I 1 suppose mr lir B D dyes byes yes I 1 have been paying an amount of taxes which might be be von zon considered a good gaoa rent on my little place last liast year I 1 worked hard and as the result uit alt of my ray labor my wheat turned out a failure and what corn and dark nark I 1 had fell io so in price that it hardly paid me for the tho labor bestowed upon it and then I 1 had to pay the government a per percent cent per cr bushel for the privilege of raising orn and a per cent per lead head for the privilege leze lego of killing hilling my hogs and now i after ter paying my taxes I 1 will not realize ny anything thing farmy for my labor you are arc a very wealthy man mr A I 1 havo have heard tur ur wealth estimated at ono one hundred housand dol doi dollars lais you must have fil culty in the scarcity care eare ltv cormoney or money to iso funds to pay them mr aoh no my taxes are light elcy only amount to about fifteen zoi zol doles i a per year sear mr alfr B D ghow is that I 1 am not no t ith I 1 lh one ozle tenth the amount that thai you c e ac ar 1 yet set my mk taxes arc are over per ar mr ur A X you st see I 1 had foresi foresight lit I 1 lew that the enormous cost of the war would entail grevious burdens of taxa on upon the tho people and as soon as ho he government put its bonds upon the promising to exempt them from I 1 bo tic state county alid and township as well 9 national taxation and to pay an inc crestin rest nest in gold equal what my income vas as in greenbacks green backs I 1 immediately sold ay two farms my town lots collected a j what was owing to me anh and and aud even sold vy ty family residence and invested cv f ry dollar of it in government i leq cs leu J am worth about upon aich I 1 receive an interest which is an af pf eight per cent in curren y an and I 1 dont pay a cent of tax for ay any tir jr pose except about ai 15 6 on the furni fumi uro ura oro in id my house mr lir 33 but dont you send your hildron to tho the common schools dont 1 you sou 0 u r ride 1 d ta on the tho public ill lii highways gh ways aven you the benefit of protection I 1 orn om our state laws mr A yes but the whole thin thing is fam complimentary to mo me on the part of my eig elg bens bers I 1 nover never pay fay school or road f alx lx or cifor for the support of the tho state gov ament rement nm ent mr B but nut how is the government be supported if this large iorge amount of yia pia exempted from i taxation axa tion mr H ra A ver very yea yeastily easily my and neighbors who own farms and town ort orr who have merchandise manua turing products r any kind iid tid of ort chattels and all men of small ox ax moderate means who cannot afford on the interest of their but must keep it movin moving eure sure food and raiment for them them ives and fa milie milles have the amount f tax which I 1 am exempt from paying idled to th their ein eln own taxes and they ar are arc e impelled to pay the whole amount rhe f he government loses nothing per ons who pay taxes are arc required to pay 1 el clr cir r own and mine also ako mr BI see sec the matter now nov in its lIgh Jand dand can easily comprehend chy my taxes have been doubled withy ith a few yearb I 1 have been pay nay ing lag my n taxes sand and part of your yours salso also I 1 am nosed posed to io this unjust discrimination ad nd shall shail heip help the democratic party to 6 ring government bonds like otlien other rop ron erty on the tax duplicate chil i f manis arm nin LOSSES loses the ses acs k ported for june are largo large for the seat sea in an being I 1 steamer 3 ships 5 brigs hd tid 11 14 schooners ners the aggregate aagre 0 value 0 of which is estimated with their r c cargoes a a es f t the large losses aror arof the ship hip monarch of thelea missing fron from liverpool for new york with emigrant rant passengers and from which nothing has been heard for so long a time hat she has undoubtedly sunk with all HL a board tho ship and cargo were abuid at the tho bark orani rom arom key west veil veit for liverpool with a argo of cotton valued at has tso aso so been geal missing for several months ond and nd inow included chided in in iri the tho listef list of losses loss efi I 1 be he losses since the commencement of a 2 1 ear are arc set aown as follows vake Ves sil ssi value val vai ue a i forTa fortanbary fol fui january nuary oa TO TU february 62 wo D do L march 4 fl W 1562 to 30 april 52 52 2 nr may 2 do aunt dunt es il I 1 tai taj aj I 1 PAA I 1 1 n I 1 gt 1 alfh ime e A xem SM w m 12 1 0 81 07 T ls i 75 00 fa y sun 1 |