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so that the curse of Absentee Landlordism which was the ruin of Ireland�察�
should never blight the happiness of the people of Eurasia���察�they added up
the assessments for the previous five years and divided them by five and
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added twenty per cent。 to it in payment for the land�察 �together with fair
compensation for any buildings there might be on it�察�so that if the owner
swore to a low valuation on his land he was the loser�察 �but the District
Court�察�sitting as a Board of Equalization every year�察�could fix the value of
the land at what they considered proper。
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CHAPTER XI。
THE INCOME TAX。
The income tax was a graduated income tax beginning with persons
having on income one thousand dollars a year and above what they laid
out in improving their property。 All persons whose income was less than
one thousand dollars paid no income tax。 The tax was one per cent。 on one
thousand dollars�察�the rate increasing with the amount of income up to fifty
thousand dollars a year�察 �when it was fifty per cent。�察 �leaving the owner
twenty´five thousand dollars�察 �and for all incomes over fifty thousand
dollars a year the surplus over twenty´five thousand dollars went to the
Government and as a result of this wise policy there were no Jay Goulds
or J。 D。 Rockefellers in Eurasia。 All money received from land and income
taxes went into the District Fund for the expenses of the district and
schools�察 �and building and maintaining of good�察 �macadamized roads�察 �for
every district had a rock crusher from which the roads were supplied with
broken stone at a trifling expense to the district。
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CHAPTER XII。
DEPARTMENT OF MANUFACTURES。
The Government derived its revenues from the sale of liquors�察�drugs�察�
chemicals�察�tobacco�察�coffee�察�tea�察�sugar�察�salt�察�coal�察�oil�察�stone�察�charcoal�察�iron�察�
steel�察 �copper�察 �lead and the precious metals。 The greatest revenue was
derived from liquors。 Every commodity produced or manufactured by the
Government was sold in lots or packages at one dollar a lot or package。
The Government made and sold wine in three grades�察�The first´grade wine
was put up in quart bottles at one dollar a quart�察�the second´grade wine in
half´gallon bottles at one dollar a bottle�察�and the third´grade wine in gallon
bottles at one dollar a gallon�察�alcohol in half´gallon bottles at one dollar a
bottle�察�and brandy in the same way and sold at the same price。 There were
no grades in brandy。 All brandies were sold at one dollar for half a gallon。
Whisky�察 �of which there was only manufactured one grade�察 �but out of
different cereals or vegetables�察�was put up in one´gallon bottles and sold at
one dollar a gallon。 Beer was sold in five´gallon kegs at one dollar a keg�察�
but the purchaser of beer had to pay in addition for the keg�察 �which was
refunded when he returned the keg in good condition。 The Government
manufactured pure liquors and no foreign liquors were admitted into
Eurasia。
In the chemical factories every drug required by the Medical
Pharmacopoeia and every chemical required in the arts and manufactures
was made�察 �but no drugs were sold except on a medical prescription�察 �or
chemicals except to responsible parties。 The voters of any district could by
a majority vote prohibit the use of any or all liquors or drugs in the district�察�
and on receiving official notice of the law enacted by the district the
Minister of Manufactures issued an order withdrawing from the district
any or all liquors or drugs prohibited�察 �and any person bringing into the
district any prohibited drug or liquor�察�unless under a prescription from a
Government physician�察�was punished by six months at hard labor within
the district。
At every Government warehouse where drugs and chemicals were sold
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the Government employed a competent physician�察�on a salary fixed by law�察�
to superintend their sale�察 �and he could prescribe and the Government
furnished the medicine free to those who were sick and did not have the
money to pay for it。
Tobacco was manufactured and sold in three grades�察�viz。�察�cigars�察�which
were sold in packages twenty cigars for a dollar�察�and smoking tobacco and
chewing at one dollar a package。 No cigarettes were manufactured or sold
by the Government or admitted into Eurasia�察�as it was recognized by all
intelligent people who took a warm interest in human progress that the use
of tobacco in the form of cigarettes had an injurious effect on the young�察�
through the pernicious habit of inhaling the smoke。 Coffee and tea were
put up in three grades at one dollar a package�察�the packages weighing in
proportion to grade�察 �and sugar was made and sold in two grades�察 �viz。�察�
common sugar and refined。 The common was put up in twenty´five´pound
sacks and sold for one dollar a sack�察�and the refined sugar in twenty´pound
sacks and sold at one dollar a sack。 Salt was put up in one´hundred´pound
sacks and five sacks of common salt were sold for one dollar and four
sacks of refined salt for one dollar�察�or at the rate of four dollars a ton for
rock salt and five dollars a ton for refined salt。
The Government manufactured charcoal on a large scale in fireproof
brick kilns�察 �that turned out ten thousand bushels of charcoal to the kiln�察�
with elevated railroad tracks running between the rows of kilns�察�so that the
wood was unloaded from the cars into the kilns and on the outside of the
kilns were sunken railroad tracks so that the charcoal when drawn from
the kilns could be loaded into the cars with the least�察 �amount of labor�察�
enabling the Government to sell charcoal in one´hundred´pound sacks at
one dollar for two hundred pounds�察�or at the rate of ten dollars a ton。 The
Government reserved for its own use all anthracite coal�察 �but sold
bituminous coal in two´hundred´pound sacks for a dollar�察 �at the
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