Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-07-10

Making a difference between the personal pro-
perry taxed in this city and township, in the years
1916 and 1884, Of ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND /
rIETY-NINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AID ElGHrY- /
SIX D0LLAEsl In other words the personal prop 1
erly returned within the above named limits ia 1
1S4A, tmder the old tax law) is equal 10 about one
htthof the amount returned two years afterwards, T
URderthe new awl Observe where. and ON what
articles and properly, the increase falls. Money
a! interest alone, twill be seen, makesan increase
OF nearly SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND D0LLARs:-
more Than one-half of the wholeincrcasc. Thus
more than half of the additional tax 10 be impo-
sed on the city illson the money tenders, lheoap-
i!alJS's, brokers', DC. The sheep and hogs togeth-
or, which have not before been taxed, are not
worth half as much as the PIANOS, which are now
placed on the duplicate for the first time! and a
mount in value TO little more than one fourth the
taxable value of gold and silver WATCHES, now
placed on the list for the first timel
/ Under the searching operations of the new law.
the number of carriages brought on the Duplicate
has been made to double the return Of 1914.
The large number of horses returned on the
duplicate for $40 is owing the fact that Mcssrs.
Neil, Moore Il Co., have brought their stage stock
on for the first time.
/ The large amount of non-enumeated proper
~, embracing urniture &C., &c., it will be rccol-
Iected, has never before been on the tax list.
Merchants capital has nearly doubled in two
years. The taxable properly of the lst ward of
the eny is $50, 1924; Cd ward, S698,052; Sd ward,
Sl9l ,2l8; Ith ward, $l32, ,534 9th ward, Sl9,-
$50; township, Sl59, $50: making total in the
city and township as above stated of 81 ,58l 1873.
Showing that nearly tlCcirc hundred thousand dol
lars of the taxable personal properly is held in
the second and third wards of the city, by a com
paraiively small number of wealthy men. These
two wards are among the smallest in the city,
The vote Of the 9th ward, which returns but little
over nineteen thousand dollars of taxable proper
ty, and is chiefly settled by Germans, polls more
votes than either of them.
Need we add morel Donot these facts show,
too plainly to be mistaken by any, that it is the
wealthy property holder, the capitalist, the money
lender, the broker, and such, and such only, who
feel with increased severity the new tax law!-
Rowing, however, as we do, that mohey makes
money, that these classes are able to bear the adj
ditional burthens imposed upon them, believing
that they have not paid their just share of the tax
cs of the State, and that tits rghtto make up from
their properly the deficiency in the general rove-
nue., we cannot find ii in our heart to side with the
+ LocoGoco press and Locofoco politicians against
the new law. We cannot consent to impose on
the real property of the State, the farms and cat
He &C., of the tillers of the soil, the additional
taXaronnccessary norder to prevent the increase
of the State debt that has been going on for seve.
raj years. DAVID Ton said such plan would be
, proper and just. 1t is quite likely the wealthy
properly holders and money lenders of the frs
r and second wards, hope the next Legislature will
take Mr. Tods advice and free them of the bur.
+ thens of the Oppressive" tax law; but We ques-
lion whether the farmers, mechanics, and labor
ers of Ohio, will give that gentleman or his
friends, the "tax-kcrs," an opportunity OF ln-
Creasing their burthens TO relieve the rich!
Thcrcarc some lcweuorsinth statement given
: above from the Assessors books. In one Of the
wards of the city, the Assessor did his business SC
3 badly, his books were handed back to him, as We
, learn, and when corrected may render necessary
) some change in footing, &C., &c. As soon aS
practicable we expect to give a statement embra.
S cling the personal property Of the whole county
r as well rs the city, when we shall aim to have
every figure correct. 1t will be rcColloctcd that
J the taxable properly enumerated above, for SAC
/ will be taxed on one half its value, under the IT.
mcudcd law. Next ycarall goes on the list, and
the ratio of taxation will then be reduced to cor
respond with tho increased aggregate.