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" To lay with one hand the power of the Government on the property of the citizen and with the other to bestow It upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes is none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms... "
Report: to Accompany Bill H.R. 9051 - Page 140
by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - 1888
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American Bee Journal, Volume 29

Bee culture - 1892 - 710 pages
...citizen, and with the other to bestow it upon favored individuals, to aid private enterprise, and to build up private fortunes, is none the less robbery...done under the forms of law, and is called taxation." It is altogether wrong, and as beekeepers we only desire what is right. The following, from Volney...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 11

Law - 1875 - 438 pages
...upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, la none the less a robbery because It is done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This ls not legislation. It is a decree under legislative forms. Nor is it taxation. A " tax," says Webster's...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 37

Science - 1890 - 980 pages
...from which the bounty is to be " bestowed upon private individuals to aid private enterprises becomes none the less robbery because it is done under the forms of law, and is called taxation." This proposition brings the effect of this theory of protection directly into view; one may well ask why...
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Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends

Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - Quakers - 1873 - 860 pages
...the citizen, and with the other to bestow it upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less robbery...done under the forms of law and is called Taxation." Albert Gallatin declared that "the system is in itself an infraction of an essential part of the liberty...
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The American Law Times Reports, Volume 2

Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 788 pages
...upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law,...legislation. It is a decree under legislative forms. Nor ia it taxation. A " Tax," says Webster's Dictionary, " is a rate Vol. II.] CITIZENS' SAVINGS, ETC.,...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 11

West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 966 pages
...upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law...legislation. It is a decree under legislative forms." The principle has been so often adjudicated it is not necessary to cite other authority than the case...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 30, Part 1, Pages 1-800

Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 1682 pages
...upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises, and build up private fortunes, is none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law...legislation. It is a decree under legislative forms." The suit was on bonds issued by the city of Topeka, in aid of a manufacturing company, in virtue of...
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The Federal Reporter, Volume 130

Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 1148 pages
...upon favored Individuals • » * Is none the less robbery because done under the forms of law and called 'taxation.' This is not legislation. It Is...decree under legislative forms. Nor is It taxation." The Supreme Court of West Virginia, in Varner v. Martin, 21 W. Va. 534, 548, Judge Green, on behalf...
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Economic Tracts, Volumes 1-10

Economics - 1881 - 446 pages
...property of the citizen and with the other bestow it on favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less robbery...decree under legislative forms. Nor is it taxation. Beyond a cavil there can be no lawful tax which is not laid for a public purpose. * * * If it be said...
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Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the ..., Volume 2

John Joseph Lalor - Economics - 1883 - 1076 pages
...of the citizen, and with the other bestow it upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less robbery because it is done under the forms of the law and is called taxation. This is not legislation; it is a decree under legislative forms. Nor...
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