Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1888 — But It Must Go to Save the Blessed War Tariff. [ARTICLE]

But It Must Go to Save the Blessed War Tariff.

The total tax derived from beer and whisky since the internal-revenue system was established in September, 1862, to January 1, 1888, foots up $1,400,000,000. On what subjects of taxation could so much money have been collected with as little burden to tax-payers? The man who did not use either article did not pay a cent of this tax. —Montgomery Advertiser.