Federal finances; or, The income of the United States . de. It is argued that freedom of inter-course among nations is one of the greatest factorsin advancing the prosperity of the world; and thattrade, when carrying only a light weight, will growand increase in a normal manner, furnishing morework, more food and more clothing to all theworld than when loaded down with heavy should be facilitated, not hampered, forcommerce, more than any other one thing, has hada tendency to soften the jealousies existing betweendifferent nations, and to bring mankind into onecommon


Federal finances; or, The income of the United States . de. It is argued that freedom of inter-course among nations is one of the greatest factorsin advancing the prosperity of the world; and thattrade, when carrying only a light weight, will growand increase in a normal manner, furnishing morework, more food and more clothing to all theworld than when loaded down with heavy should be facilitated, not hampered, forcommerce, more than any other one thing, has hada tendency to soften the jealousies existing betweendifferent nations, and to bring mankind into onecommon FEDERAL FINANCES OR The Income of the United States BY WM. E. BURKE ?ws. CHICAGO! F. J. SCHULTE & CO., Publisher?,298 Dearborn Street. A-M-H-0 5-tf UN!VLR:-|[Y \ LSBRAHV v:^.^.,.^ - Copyright , by E BuRKK PREFACE. The object of the following pages is to set forthin a plain and concise manner the United Statessystem of taxation. This book is not a work onpolitical economy, and no attempt will be made todiscuss the merits of any tax system. The story ofhow our government levies and collects the moneynecessary to pay the annual expenses of so greata nation will be the scope and aim of this work. The reader will find in these pages what he couldotherwise find only by long research, and by look-ing through a multitude of books, reports andmagazines. The author has endeavored to explain,in a plain and practical way, the sources of federalincome, and to set forth in a faithful manner themethod of collecting the government taxes. Inaddition to this, some account has been givencu31924031240801


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