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Rising Sun, Cecil Co., Maryland, I
—BY—
E. E. EWING & SONS. |
Independent in politics and all other
subjects.
SI.OO A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
Friday, Nov. 25, 1892.
Who Pays Our Taxes ?
The above is the title of a neat volume on
taxation issued by authority of the New
York Tax Reform Association, edited bj
Bolton Hall, Secretary of the Association
The business of the Tax Reform Association
is to spread the doctrine of the Single Tax
theory and in promoting that work have
compiled about all the information that is
worth collecting on the subject of taxation,
as it has been and is laid and collected. The
story told by this little book is one of dis
mal failure of the efforts reaching back for,
it would be safe to say lour thousand years,
to levy and collect a tax with any show of
justice or equity on personal property. A
perusal of this treaties on The Questions of
the Day, by the most strenuous advocates of
the theory of taxing all properly would cause
them to pause and consider : first, whether
laying a tax on all property, personal, real
and mixed would be a public benefit; and
second, whether it is not the part of wisdom
to be governed by Ibe practical rather than
theory in business matters. The theory of
taxing personal property to superficial
observers seems so obviously just that thej
are apt to jump at conclusions and dismiss
the case by affirming the judgment, and
proceeding to levy a tax on personal
property. When the assessor returns his
lists he assures these judges that the thing
is an utter impossibility. That with his
hest efforts he has not succeeded in finding
and lisiing one-fourth of the personal prop
erty. The advocates of personal properly
tax only stamp and fume and declare more
stringent laws shall be enacted, so that by
the aid of fines and penalties the guilty tax
shirkers shall be compelled to render a true
account of their belongings. Dear personal
properiy tax advocates, the thumb screws
and rack have been tried, but all efforts
aided by torture even have been failures in
the determination to levy an equitable tax
on personal property. The cause of this
everlasting failure is, the system is radically
wrong. It would not be an equitable tax or
a benefit to society, or promote business, if
every cent’s worth of property and every
dollor of money could be listed on the asses
sors books and made to pay a uniform rate
of tax. It would then as now, under the
present imperfect assessment, be felt an
injustice and impediment to business.
As valuable as this little volume undei
review is, like all things resulting from
human eflbrt, it is not wholly faultless, and
Mr. Bolton Hall and others who have lent
a helping hand to the work have made use
of a good deal specious reasoning and spec
ial pleading to establish what seems to them
a faultless theory in excluding personal
property from taxation, in ingenious efforts
to escape the justice of an income tax. This
we believe arises in part from their mis
conception of the nature and functions of
money. That interest on money held out
of use is in any respect different from un
earned increment on real estate will not
appear on careful analysis. To discourage
this use of money is as essential to the public
benefit as the abolition of land monopoly.
An income tax would be a step in the direc
tion of this reform. It is plain that the
Single Taxers have never struck and follow
ed this branch of their subject.
A graduated income tax Mr. Bolton Hall
and the Single Tax Association regard with
a kind of horror, because it has the appear
ance of being a personal property tax and
discriminating against the rich. This much
abused class never discriminate agaiust the
bread winners you know, in grasping for
income! We would not favor tax on in
comes below 14,000 and if any change from
these figures would incline to exempt a
larger amount. The income that is used
for the comfortable support of the family
and could be judiciously used in bettering
their conditions and giving them the ad
vantage of natural opprtunilies, should be
field sacred from taxation. But out of a
surplus above this amount a percentage
could be taken that would not be felt as a
hardship and would only be justice to
society which makes conditions possible for
the beßt enjoymeut of those who are thus
favored. They are afforded large oppor
tunities for enjoyment which the multitude
do not possess, and should pay something
extra for that extra privilege. A very
great deal can be said in favor of a graduat
ed income tax, and we are glad to find the
overwhelming preponderence in favor ol an
income tax which questions sent out by the
Association brought in the way of answers
and from very high authority. A chapter
in the book from Balford’s Magazine, by
Joseph Dana Miller against an income tax,
is a very fair sample of specious, weak,
evasive logic that is made use of by oppos
ersofan incofhe tax. The authors of‘‘Who
Pays Our Taxes” appear to regard Mr.
Miller’s effort an unanswerable argument
against an income tax. With all due def
erence to their judgment, we think the
article from Balford’s Magazine as weak an
effort to bolster a case as we have ever met
- with. The author assumes false premises
and then proceeds to build on those assump
tions. By the art of expression and veneer
ing of rhetoric he makes a fair showing to
superficial observers, but his false premises
insure like conclusions.
In response to our request for
those who voted for Weaver, Field
and Noyes, throngh last week’s
Midlald Journal, we have received
some returns. Let others forward
their names so that a nucleus can be
formed in every district round which
an organization can be created that
will be able to place a ticket in the
field next fall and back it with the
elements of success. The democratic
county ring has had virtually no
opposition for a number of years. 1
TX3ZJE Js&TTDTiJLIZriD CTOTTIR/IISr^IL: FEUSTOVIEIMIBIEIZR, 25, 1892.
State Eanks.
Not a few ofthe banking fraternity
are itching to get back to the state
hanking business again and are edg- ]
ing on to the subject cautiously by
guardedly presenting the most favor
able side of the plan, keeping its
defects and dangerous features con
cealed by omitting all mention of
them. A company,—presumably
bankers —have addressed a carefully
prepared article to the editor of the
Boston Herald which is copied in
The Financier without comment.
These gentlemen of the Hub conclude
their proclamation which is intended
as a feeler to the public, with this
assurance: ‘‘The National bank cir
culation is in a moribund condition,’’
which is to say in a dying condition,
and their cautiously suggested
remedy is condensed in the follow
ing • sentence contained in their
labored pled for a return to state
bank issues. They say, “it is worth
considering whether the standard to
be fixed by Congress might not be
such that no State Bank circnlation
would be relieved lrom the 10 per
cent tax unless the State which
chartered the banks should guarantee
the redemption of the circulation as
the United States does the National
Bank notes, * * * requiring also a
deposit of securities from the banks ”
Such a scheme would fall still bom.
The National banks’ chief complaint
is that they are required to furnish
expensive security for their circula
tion, and if the state demanded such
secuiity as a pledge for guaranteeing
the banks’ notes of what advantage
would it be to the banks to shift
from national charters to state
charter? Besides the states never
could make the notes of their banks
legal tender and therefore they would
be at a discount outside of the
3tate, not received by the National
government for taxes and such notes
would be condemned as “cheap
money,” and cheap, not in the sense
that these advocates of a return to
state banks when to dis
parage silver money, but in the true
sense ofthe term, cheap because it
would be at a discount lor its lack of
legal tender quality. And if the
issue of such stale banks as recoro
mended was bound by a cast iron
guarantee in order to secure state
indorsement, it would be hampered
with all the objections urged against
the “moribund’’ National bank
issues, and would fail to possess
those “elastic” qualities which is
the bane of the National bank issues.
But this entire scheme is bnt travel
ing round Robin Hood’s barn to come
back to the same point they start
from. The National government is
the only power which can create
legal tender money. It can guaran
tee that money by its taxing power
upon every dollar’s worth of property
in the nation it such guarantee was
necessary, but there is no other guar
antee needed than a simple act of
congress declaring the money it issues
to be a legal tender for all debts and
dues public and private within the
jurisdiction of the government which
stands behind every law made by
congress. The power of the govern,
ment declares this law shall be obey
ed.
These banking financiers know all
this but they keep as far away as
possible from such a common sense
method, because they want to hang
onto the issue of the money of the
people; while they can hold in their
grasp that prerogative they can con
- tinue to tax the people to an extent
only limited by their ability to pay.
. And not only this but if they can
, keep in their hands the exclusive
, privilege of issuing the money of
. tne country they can control both
. government and the business of the
country, continue to be complete
masters of the nation and people as
’ they are now. No. The people
want neither State banks or National
batiks of issue, bnt their demand is
that the government shall be the
sole issuer of the paper as well as
1 the metal money of the Nation, and
' that no private corporation shall be
1 vested with the prerogative to issue
a single dollar. The way out of this
' money difficulty which our learned
, financial doctors profess to be so
, puzzled over is for the government
to issue as much money as borrowers
, can give ample security for tiie return
payment of—just as our present
banks do every day—and supp'y
depositories for the people in place of
. putting this business into the hands
of agents called National banks.
This is the plain common sense
business method to adopt and this
banking fraternity who scratch their
wise heads and pretend to the people
to be sorely puzzled, know it. But
this method of solving the problem
takes the interest rake out of their
jeweled hands, and that is what’s the
matter-
Many people suffer for years from
troublesome aud repulsive notes, boils,
aud eruptions, without ever testing
the marvelous curative properties of
of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. The experi
ment is, certainly, worth trying. Be
sure you get Ayer’s Sarsaparilla and no
other.
Many Persons
Are broken down from overwork or household
cares Brown’s Iron Bitters
I rebuilds the system, uids digestion, removed ex
-1 ctbs of bile, and cures malaria, (jet the&cuuiw.
WHY NERO BURNT ROME.-
MASSACRE OF THE
BROTHERHOODS.
From the National Watchman.
With the aid of some new found
writings, ioscriptions and stone lodgings
of which I have been in search, I am
now able to chronicle something inter
esting if not startl’ng and new, about
Nero. He was the emperor who burnt
up the Eternal City. They say he
fiddled while it burned They also
impute to him no method in the doing
of it, except the unexplainable methods
of the devil. They are mistaken ; for
he had a jealousy blind method in all
bis diabolical acts, couched with the
uotion of his own originality and im
portance. It is reported of him that
he once coveted an invention of one ot
his slaves, but had him murdered before
he understood how to make or work the
contrivance, and the whole thing was
lost. The same blind jealousy actuated
his conflagration of Rome.
The fact is that Rome, especially in
the quarters covered by that fire, was
“infested’’ with all sorts of brother
hoods, the degenerate relics of the great
ancient trade and labor unions. This
is established.
It may be best to start out by enum
erating some of ihese brotherhoods,
noting the places that were “infested’’
by them ; and it should be remembered
that Nero committed this horror only
thirty-nine years after Christ’s cruci
fixion, which shows the rapidity of the
spread of Nero doctrines in the already
mellow soil of the ancient but now
despised and impoverished brotherhoods
of Rome. In the ‘ hive’’or woiking
men’s abodos, were the headquarters of
the coasters aud big ship unions, the
oil grinders, the tax collectors, the wine
smokers, five or six kinds of smiths and
metal workers, as many more of wood
workers, the perfumemakers, shoe
makers, cobblers, patohpiecers, rag
pickers and many othprs. Suetonius
says that in Nero’s time they were call
ed burners, or incendiaries, and that he
made this his excuse for burning the
city, charging the crima to them- He
also drove the Jews out of Rome, accus
ing them of heing in league with the
same brotherhoods. Nero had ail his
plans well concocted, evidently some
time before the fire was ignited.
Although both Suetonius and Tacitus
agree that he shirked the responsibility
of that vast conflagration upon these
three elements—the unions, the Chris
tians and the Jews, swooping them ail
into one category as the *• burners,’’ he
did even this methodically; for he was
backed up and sympathized with by
the great and rich who, seeing the rapid
growth of the old enemy, supposed to
have been annihilated by Caesar’s con
spiracy laws, greatly feared that they
might become as powerful as in former
times. Nero swore that he would clean
out this filth. Dion says, quoting from
a poem now not extant, that ‘Nero, the
meaoest of mother-murderers, dcscend
, aot of the line of Aloeas, was persuaded
by the evil spirit, or led to it by the
crowd, to clean out the place by fumi
gation, so that with smoke and fire it
should become cleansed, purified, and
restored to the gods.” It is plain that
he thought the city had become polluted
by a combination of the old brother
hoods with the new sect, and that he
had determined to restore it to the gods
by this hallowing purification. “And
all this” continues Dion, “to the end
that the great Julian line, which had
its origin in .uoeas, might become the
supreme power.’’ Suetonius declares
that Nero burnt Rome on purpose, and
that his determination was to rid it ot
the deformity of the streets, caused by
, their crooks and narrow curves and
passages, which were very ancient.
The fire broke out among the un
sightly taberme, where were the booths
of the cobblers, mechanics, ragmen and
small traders ; and it is curious to note
that these so called deos of the desti
tute occupied the site of the gardens
where now stands the Vuticun and St.
Peter’s cathedral, the home of the Pope
and most celebrated religious institu
tion in the world. Should the facts be
scanoed, it would bo found that the
great Vaiican was founded here on the
traditional memoi ies of that catastrophe.
The sodales and collegia, or brother
hoods and schools, were the ancient
names of the trades unions, and it was
they who suffered most. There is
another remarkable event to be men
tioned here: Ooly one year alter this
great holocaust Titus took the city of
Jerusalem aud indiscriminately mur
dered all the people within the walls,
the number who fell being, according
to Josephus, one million eight hundred
and fifty-four thousand four hundred
aod ninety. This unparalleled mas
sacre is strong collateral evidence of
my theory of a method in Nero’s mad
ness. It proves that there existed a
brutal and lingering hatred against all
that portion of mankind who bad
adopted any communal forna of life ;
and the Mosaio law ranked not only the
aooial organizations but the whole Jew
ish family amoug those coming under
the Roman curse. This horrible cruelty
almost transcends our powers of belief.
[continued on page four.]
mmmi
Our preparation for'Fall and
Winter of ’92 has eclipsed
our* best previous efforts.
Never before has there been
such an immense stock of
Clothing, Hats and Furnish
ings held under any one roof,
and at such low prices that
they will surprise you.
MASTERPIECES
of the Tailor’s skill in the O
shape of Superb Suits for E
Men are stacked high on JY
our counters, all newest M
and best fabrics represent-
ed. Beautiful line of Suits
at $/o, sl2 and #ls.
10,000 OVERCOATS
o could not afford you a
E more ample assortment
H than our mammoth stock.
M Everything bright and
new is represented. Prices
$7, 10, 12 , 75, and upward.
YOUR BOYS
are richly provided for in A
our grand gathering of (J
Juvenile Wear. There’s ]VJ
no excuse for keeping E
your boy in a shabby rig
when so little money will
dress him like a prince.
Handsome Suits and Over
coats $2.50,5.50,5. and up.
Individuality in DRESS
5V finds graceful expression
through the medium of
our celebrated Order An-
E nex, which occupies the
building 6 & 8 S. Charles
St. Our S2O and $25 lines
of Business Suits to Order
are the exclusive tailors’
$35 grade.
Handsome HEAD-DRESS.
When you come to our JJ
store you cannot afford to
pass by our Hat Depart- L
ment. At you can Jj
get the regular $3 Derby
or Soft Hat, pay nothing
for the name or surround
ings here. Large lines
$1.24, 1.49, 169.
MEN’S UNDERWEAR
H in enormous variety. Soft,
cosy & comfortable Suits
Jj that won’t scratch the skin
Tj at $1 for both garments.
Our matchless laundered
Dress Shirts 50 els. match
less elsewhere under sl.
Neckwear, Sox, and all
other possible needs for
stylish dressers in mag
nificent profusion at very
moderate prices.
Send for Samples, Price
List and Self Measurements.
Oehm’s Acme Hall,
Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers,
5 *• 7 W. Baltimore Street,
Annex, 6 AS South Charles Street.
FOR DRY GOODS
The best place
is
THE IMMENSE ESTABLISHMENT
of
Messrs
STRAWBRIDGE
& CLOTHIER
Market and Eighth Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.
Write for Samples.
of whatever may be desired.
They will reach you promptly.
Illustrated Catalogues
mailed to any address on ap
plication.
Friends’ Normal
INSTITUTE,
Rising Sun, Md.
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POE BOTH SEXES.
EDUCATES FOR BUBINEBS.
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Term begin* 9th Mo. (Sept.) 12th, 1892.
For Catalogues, <fcc.. apply until then
to E. R. Buffington,
Secy.
MAMMOTH STORE,
Havre de Grace.
IT’S OVER.
The election is over. As is
always the case in such a
battle there is a rush for
supremacy ; some one has to
come out ahead and others
must be satisfied with defeat.
It is so in business,
has been, ever will be. The
usual lull in business which
precedes the storm of a Presi
dential election has not been
experienced by us this season.
We have had the biggest
October trade in the history
of our house. Of course
there has been stimulations ;
there’s always stimulation.
We believe in putting push
and energy in our business.
We’ve never found any way
to make business except nerve
and wor£, nerve to put in a
large stock of goods and work
to find when and where to buy
at roc.6 bottom. This accom
plished we are in a fairway
to get the cream. We are
doing it. We have a large
and well selected and
made prices that will tell.
Never Before
Have we had such an enor
mous trade in HE A TING
AND COOK STOCKS.
The cause is evident. Car
rying as we do the largest
variety and without an ex
ception the best Heaters,
Cooks and Ranges on the
market and buying away
down for spot cash, we are
enabled to supply our cus
tomers with any style of stove
made. We as£ an inspection
of our stock. If jfou come to
our store and see our line you
will be amazed at the variety
and cheapness. It seems in
credible that we could make
so low prices as we have done,
but facts are facts and buyers
cannot afford to disregard
them. We have only the best
to offer and submit the prices
for your consideration.
Challenge.
We throw down the gauntlet and
defy anybody to bring forward bet
ter pleased customers than we are
fitting out daily with Furniture,
Carpets. Stoves and other house
turnishinga. They aie trumpeting
the praises of our goods throughout
Cecil and Harford counties, and we
are prepared for such trade as such
praises are bound to bring. Many
designs of Bed-room Suites,) Chairs,
Tab es, Lounges, Sideboards, &c.,
are displayed in our Furniture De
partment, and in cur
Carpet Department
Is found such goods as to please the
fancy of any one seeking after a low
price for kitchen or a fine Moquelte
for the parlor. Prices range from
20 cents to $1.50. We open your
eyes with bargains, the like 3-011
never 6aw before. Come and see
for yourself.
The Cold Snap
Has snapped at last and may last
till it snap? harder. Why suffer
the cold to creep down your
back at night with cover at our
prices? We sell bed covering at
wholesale prices because we buy
direct from the mills iu original
packages, hence pay prices the
wholesale men have to pay. You
certainly would be surprised at the
low prices of our Blankets and Com
fortables. What think you of a full
size Comfort weighing 8 pounds,
made of good calico and fi led with
white cotton, for one dollar ? Not
much more than the value of the
cotton they are filled with. Of
course we have some much lower in
price and many that cost more, run
ning up to four dollars.
A. D. SPENCER.
The Parade.
Clubs from various parts of the country with ranks com
plete traversed the streets of Rising Sun to and fro on the
evening of tne 22d inst.
Men crooked as well as straight,
Boys in years from six to eight,
Men with funny heads and long hair,
Men with big heads and no hair there,
Men short as well as tall,
Men with plenty of talk and that was all,
Men of leisure and money plenty,
Men of business and cash not any,
Men of mirth and a share of wit,
Men of common sense a good bit,
Men who save without trying,
Men who know this is done in buying,
Men who emphasize “I told you so,”
Men who declare the stock is complete
At Buffington’s just down the street.
When we reflect that this large assemblage of intelli
gent people embracing so many shapes and condi
tions could all be accommodated with Clothing right here in
Rising Sun it is certainly a consoling thought to us all;
remembering also that all meet upon the same plane, whether
they possess keen insight or lack the power of mental pene
tration. Prices all marked in plain figures and universally
the same to all.
We again call your attention to a cut in Dress Goods:
All-wool Garnet Dress Stuff - , 75 to 50c
All-wool Navy Blue Dress Stuff, 75 to 50c
All-wool Brown Dress Stuff, 75 to 50c
All-wool Cardinal Dress Stuff - , 75 to 50c
Brown and Gray Plaid, 25 to i2^c
E. R. BUFFINGTON.
Another Arrival
of those fine Light Overcoats. The first lot went out very
quickly and we are ready with the second ; they are beauties.
Horse Blankets have been moving rapidly, but many
good things left in that line still. If you want a good robe
at a low price you can find it here.
Gloves in great variety, from the finest Kid down to or
dinary £nit goods.
Dress Goods—a few things in medium priced goods that
appear equal to the finest.
Ladies’ Fascinators and Hoods, in blac£ and colors.
Children’s goods in this line have not been forgotten.
When you find your feet wet, come in and get a pair of
Boots that will Keep them dry. It can be done. Those who
have tried ours tell us so.
A fine line of Holiday Goods about December Ist.
RISING SUN, MD.
invoice of BucKwheat.
An Invitation—-
is extended to all to come and examine our Fall stock
of goods. A full line of
Dry Goods - - -
in stock. Don’t fail to see our yard-wide Muslin at 5c
per yard.
Fall Underwear - - -
has arrived and is worthy your attention. Our line of
Men’s and Boys’
Boots and Shoes - - -
is larger to select from than heretofore, as we have
greatly increased our stock. Also a full line of Shoes
for Ladies and Misses.
Fresh Groceries - - -
of all kinds, both staple and fancy, aiways found at
W. T. FRYER’S,
COLOR A, MD.