Bankers and pawnbrokers, lawyers and horse-dealers, physicians and confectioners, commercial brokers and peddlers, proprietors of theatres and jugglers on the street, were indiscriminately summoned to aid the National Treasury.
Blaine lists various professions that were taxed, illustrating the comprehensive nature of the tax law.
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