 American agriculture — an industry followed by half our people. It costs the people five times more than it produces to the treasury, obstructs the processes of production, and wastes the fruits of labor. It promotes fraud, fosters smuggling, enriches...  The Life of Samuel J. Tilden - Page 413by John Bigelow - 1895 - 1358 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1872 - 588 pages
...smuggling, enriches dishonest officials, and bankrupts honest merchants. We demand that all Custom House taxation shall be only for revenue. Reform is necessary in the scale of public expenses—Federal, State, and Municipal. Our Federal taxation has swollen from sixty millions, gold,... | |
 | 1874 - 524 pages
...House taxation, shall bs only for revenue. Keform is uecessary la the scale of public expenses — Federal, State, and Municipal. Our > .Federal taxation...gold, In 1860, to four hundred and fifty millions, I currency, in 1870 ; our aggregate taxation from 1 one hundred and fifty-four millions, gold, in 1S6O,... | |
 | William Mason Cornell - 1876 - 356 pages
...bankrupts honest merchants. We demand that all custom-house taxation shall be only for revenue. Ninth, Reform is necessary in the scale of public expense,...municipal. Our Federal taxation, has swollen from $60,000,000 in gold in 1860, to $450,000,000 in currency in 1870; our aggregate taxation from $154,000,000... | |
 | Theodore Pease Cook - 1876 - 460 pages
...merchants. We demand that all custom-house taxation shall be only for revenue. REFOBM IN PUBLIC EXPENSES.' Reform is necessary in the scale of public expense...and municipal. Our Federal taxation has swollen from 60 millions gold, in I860, to 450 millions currency in 1870 ; our aggregate taxation from 154 millions... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1872
...smuggling, enriches dishonest officials, and bankrupts honest merchants. We demand that all Custom House taxation shall be only for revenue. Reform is necessary in the scale of public expense—Federal, State, and Municipal. Our Federal taxation has swollen from sixty millions gold,... | |
 | William Saunders - 1879 - 436 pages
...smuggling, enriches dishonest officials, and bankrupts honest merchants. We demand that all Custom House taxation shall be only for revenue. Reform is necessary in the scale of public expenses — Federal, State, and Municipal. Our Federal taxation has swollen from sixty millions, gold,... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1880 - 244 pages
...Custom-House taxation shall be only for revenue. Reform is necessary in the scale of public expenses — Federal, State, and municipal Our Federal taxation has swollen from sixty millions, gold, in I860, to four hundred and fifty millions, currency, in 1870 ; our aggregate taxation from one hundred... | |
 | Walter Raleigh Houghton - 1882 - 592 pages
...to an inferior rank on the high seas. It has cut down the sales of American manufactures at home and abroad, and depleted the returns of American agriculture...sixty millions gold, in 1860, to four hundred and Sfty millions currency, in 1870; our aggregate taxation from one hundred and fifty-four millions gold,... | |
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