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April, and contract to buy on the second day of May.The railroad depots on the first of May are filled withgoods, the bills of which arrive on the second, and thegoods themselves are removed as rapidly as possible earlyin the morning.
“Gentlemen, I can only say, in conclusion, that noclass in this State will suffer more, and more unjustly,than the farmers. They literally earn their bread by thesweat of their brows, and maintain their independence bystrict economy. Are you going to make them pay taxeson their horses, cows, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, dairyproducts, grass, grain, and fruit ? Will it not be a dis-couragement to the stock-raisers and to all the sons ofthe soil ? There will be no compensation to them tocounterbalance these taxes if honestly imposed . 1
“ The real gainers will be those who, like myself, havetheir property in real estate. We do not now complain,that is to say, we have borne the burden so long that ithas virtually adjusted itself, for so long as commerce andmanufactures are untrammeled the rest will so adjustitself that it will cease to be a burden. We will notreduce our rents, but we will advance the price; for whenthe net income increases, the value of the property willincrease.”