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Show "UNCLE" TALKS. lie Lets the Public Know tlie. Result of his Thoughts. Free Trade and Blaine's Reciprocity Cogitated Cog-itated Upon Income Tax snd Other Matters. Editor Dispatch: We know something some-thing about the progress of the scheme j of which we write, i. e. the basis upon i which to raise a revenue to make the rich man shoulder the burden of it. The purposes of the project while ; raising a revenue are, first : To entirely en-tirely exempt from taxation men whose incomes are simply a comfort -able living. Second: By making the large incomes of the country pay its expenses. The cry of the present generation gen-eration is.- that the noor nmunaVAihw, all but exempt from wem.vete.-a Xeu-s, Jidg 28, 1S91. . The above extract is the whole thing in a nutshell and Blaine has simply placed the thin edge of the wedge m the "reciprocity" systmem to fcouih America and Spain. Itislree trade, neither more nor less. That is, we send over products lree: to them, and they to us. Now, that is an advantage to them and the same to us. Why not place other importing countries nay, all the world in the same position? Then could America sing the song about the "Home of the Free," with a power that it deprives j itselt of at present. It cannot truthfully truth-fully say, it is free be lore it does that. "6ii," say some objectors, "where would we get our money from to defray the expenses of the preset govern-! went?" , . i Now, let me tell you in ad fairness that bv putting an income tax upon ; the " rich " men you would get more monev than at present from the poor. With all our boasted riches of the manufactories, millionaires million-aires and usino.si. men, let tlm pay according as they have prospered every man. farmer or mechanic, who earns, say more than $500 a year, let them pav over that, free below it. a certain cer-tain per "cent to the government as a tax. I "Oh, ves," the objector says, "we will only take our sal. ry for $49 and thus avoid it." All right. Let the governments govern-ments of the country ask the employers, not the employes, the salaries ot those whom tiny pay the banks, all those who have bank accounts. Those who have no accounts, let them make oath that their present salary or income, or share of the business they are engaged in, that their last year's savins was $000,000 or $0,000,000, then assess accordingly. ac-cordingly. It could not affect the pocket of the rich men, while it woulu benefit the poorer class. Then let the cabinet, senators and house of representatives bo paid no ealary. Work for honor. "Oh, that would dej-nve the government of some of the necessaries?" No. sir, they would increate. Look at Gn at Britain. The first minister of the crown is only paid all the rest i -i" honor. The M. P"s. are ever ready i'-i any amount of hard work, all tor honor. Farmers there r Yes. Workiiiginen? Yes. Better legislation you cannot find. We would then be in a position second to none of the entire world. No ; more complaints about equalization of ! taxes. Then America would be free and independent. While now it is ! not that, but the opposite. It would j then be the "home of the brave, and j the land of the free" as it is the reverse. ! It may be the land of the brave "out certainly not the land of the free. ! I was just looking over the tariff pa'd by Americans and that paid by Great Britain. Why American covers four double pages, the one of Britain is entirely en-tirely made up of less than half a page, and that only on articles that are luxuries, lux-uries, not an" article of necessity taxed. Why? Because it is a free country. A prominent Liberal the other day while discussing in a friendly manner the present aspect of affairs that immigration im-migration from other countries ought to be stopped. 1 reflected on it and found out that his father had come to this blessed country about thirty years ago. Had that system been put "an end to, why he would still have been in his native country, working as a miner. Now he is a gentleman living in his own home. To finish. I say free trade forever: Blaine's reciprocity system let it be as the leaven, little at first, but will soon leaven the whole lump. Unclk. Provo City, July 21), 1891. |