Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 30, 1875, Winnipeg, Manitoba Estate taxation. An agitation is going on in Ontario in fair. Or of raising taxes upon real estate Only. The Toronto Board of Trade is committed to and at a tie Elgin county Council a Resolution to the same end was submitted and though de a Large minority voted in favor of the proposition. Sections of the press Are al4.o advocating the change. It is. Urged in the change that nine tenths of the taxation in the country is now levied upon real property and there can be Little Chance for deception or loss in connection with it. Such property is there to show for itself As a writer in a contemporary remarks and if valued too Low or too High tie remedy can be easily found. On the other hand it is notorious that incomes Are not equitably assessed and the rates levied Are often difficult of collection. Men of wealth Are underrated for income tax and the Burden upon the poorer classes is excessive. At first sight an objection to the scheme a. Pears but it is More apparent than real. It is argued that men holding real estate would have to pay All the taxes while the rest of Community would escape altogether. But such is not the fact. Only men engaged in Trade it is urged pay Money into the Tom houses and yet every consumer of dutiable goods really contributes his share to the Dominion revenues. The duties Are added to the retail prices of commodities and the Consumers pay them. So it would be in Tup Case of a tax upon real property exclusively every property Holder would be recouped by the enhanced prices paid to him by those who Are not property hold Ders. Men Are beginning to see that every tax equalizes itself throughout the entire Community. On behalf of the scheme under consideration it can be urged that the one tenth of the Revenue Derivable from income and. Personal property tax is of More trouble than it is Worth considering that every individual will have to unconsciously pay his proper share in any Case. Unanimity of juries. From the London fake the requirement of unanimity is held by the most valuable Points tvs i Vimr Iii Wir a Tux a l a vat Settle involving mighty issues where As a majority often inside a jury Box cannot decide the most trivial Point that May be to them a legislator elected to represent a great constituency by a single the a n the the electorate May. Place him in this High arid honorable position but let some scout Drelly blackmailer Trump up a charge against him and get a fellow conspirator or some other wrong headed person on the jury the decision of the Hories t eleven cannot free him from the stigma implied How often is the court and the Reading Public scandalized by the return of verdicts palpably discordant with the facts presented As they appear to All reasonable minds outside the jury Box Dure in which juries Are concerned too frequently results in a miscarriage of Justice arising from the mental strabismus or corrupt intent of one or More not to have attracted the serious attention of reflecting men. And so people Are led to ask Why the Rule which is held a sufficient guide in societies and corporations and at the polls should not be applied to juries. In Scot land Guernsey Jersey and France juries decide by a majority in France since a majority of two thirds is required a num Ber which no doubt forms the Mecye reason Able and just minded proportion. Of any collection of men. The Early history of the jury system is somewhat obscure but it is certain that the requirement of unanimity is of comparatively modern Date. Sweden which with the rest of Scandinavia furnished the Northmen who became normans in France and carried the scandinavian institutions of their fathers into conquered England still preserves a jury so Stem that counts its age by centuries. One half the Ury or any greater number with the judge or the whole jury against the opinion of the give the verdict. When a majority a Stobart wholesale and retail London England and main Street Bannatyne s old store always on had a Large Stock of fancy and Staple dry goods clothing crockery glassware boots shoes Etc. Pemmican skins to. Best prices paid in goods for furs hand made socks and mitts of fall goods. Nobe will be remembered by a Good Many of a or Barber Wasele Tecl in As representative of that constituency in the local legislature. Sub sequently he was charged before the courts principally upon the evidence of one Robbins was unseated and is now suffering All the disabilities attendant upon such a result. Still latter or Mccraney s right to sit in the commons for the same constituency was contested upon similar grounds. The principal evidence in this Case was the same As in or. Barbers but in the latter Case the judge did hot consider the evidence reliable arid a Mccraney was sustained in his seat. This creates considerable feeling in favor of or. Barber. A contemporary remarks since the judge in or Mccraney s Case has decided the general opinion concerning Robbins or Barber will have even greater sympathy than before it is now too late to remedy the disability under which he suffers but the odium of tie judg removed from the Ontario papers Are discussing the advisability of amending the present election Law. the latest news from Europe is of a Char Acter that augurs Turkey up to with in a it was expected that Turkey would to the task of suppressing insurrection for a Long been utterly unable to manage her affairs with , Semb Lance of strength still it was supposed that with the diplomatic Aid of her neighbors she would get through her present trouble. But All at once her financial props failed her and this gave new life to the insurrection which it had been supposed was nearly subdued and it immediately assumed a magnitude entirely beyond her control. It is suggested that Aust a should take the disturbed provinces under her keeping and become responsible for Law and order within their Bounds. How Russia will act under such circumstances is the absorbing question. She has always paid for Turkey for the Seaboard Tetory Ivsich would prove so advantageous. Eng land is naturally exercised Over the state of affairs for with Southern ports Russia would become illimitable. Every thing would seem told late that the turkish crisis is to the accessory o v i por a Beautiful Chro Moglen with sch Stoesser passenger trains West Wisconsin and. A Complete Stock of Choice family groceries hand. Fall goods. Mclena chans Malloch s Chicago two through leaving St. Paul is follows leaving Chicago As follows has arrived store on main Street a insurance agent. N25m and Poplar con Vood fail Nero it Steele s is e a d y for i in s p e c t i o n Irb n Trio f auction sales it too away Ever Tevenon i Given tailoring has this is the Only line Ruh Nung the celebrated Pullman Day and night coaches Between St. Paul and Chicago. Also the Only line air Brake Between St. Paul and Chicago. Phe Best route to Madison Beloit Chicago and All Points East and South. Fat eau Claire Elroy time allow cd for Meas. Fuen Itzee r. Cerr1e co., get your ticket of h. Ticket agent Winnipeg Manitoba. We. G. Winter clothing Winter clothing furniture tuesdays wednesdays and saturdays . Next door merchants Bank. Ii do not Fence rails and poets for Sale. Enquire of Alf. Parties indebted tothe fare Fie Reify unless their vac Cote it t s the Legal to collect the same. T this is imperative. Mcmicken Taylor. Hardware but ;