Word: taxing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Memoranda," with a cogent and thoughtful essay on "profit-sharing." The number ends with the text of Article 19 of the Constitution of the Canton de Vaud in Switzerland. This law is of especial interest to the students in Political Economy 7, since it explains the "progressive" property tax in Switzerland. The magazine as a whole, is a valuable on and keeps up the high reputation scored by its predecessor...
...moneyed men of America and the Corporation are getting control of the Government, and will bye and bye rule the United States; that we are on the verge of an awful precipice and likely to fall over unless something be done at once. He proposes to have a tax upon property which shall increase in percentage as the amount of property rises. On $100,000 there is to be one per cent. paid as taxes; on $1090,000 ten per cent.; on $10,000 but one tenth of one per cent. Thus would he prevent all large fortunes little thinking...
...Annual tax...
...being utterly flat, it is necessary that it should be sung, and not merely played by the band with the accompaniment of a few feeble croaks by the class, and in order to be sung, it must be rehearsed. Half an hour just after dinner is not a severe tax upon any one's time, and every man who can sing at all ought, for the sake of the class, to be present these two evenings...
There is no doubt that these games have been thoroughly enjoyed, both by the participants and by the spectators. Although the number of spectators has not been so large as to tax the capacity of Jarvis to its utmost, still a high pitch of excitement and enthusiasm has often been reached by the supporters of the rival clubs when the score was at all close. An opportunity has also been furnished, for those who enjoy a friendly game of base-ball, to have a quiet afternoon's fun without the arduous work of continual practice and training. We hope that...