The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-10-08

But we come now to the year 1S47,
when the new Revenue System is in full
operation and present the facts to our
Taxpayers. 1t must be remembered
that the Wings expect to meet all the or
binary expenses of the State, pay the in
terest on our State debt in full and make
another addition to our Sinking Fund
To do this, of course more Taxes must be
levied than in 1874 and 1S45, and of this
increase, Farmers, what amount, think
you, fall upon yourselves! Whythe sum
of $3S5-about s cents perhead. Ofthe
increase tax, this County's share ought
to range between $4,000 and $4,000
which every honest taxpayer, who has
the honor of his State at heart, will pay
without a murmur. But our Farmers do
not pay eirproportion of it! Well and
good. individuals had fine furniture,
gold watches, pianos, bob-tailed horses,
money at interest, bonds, mortgages, up
on which they paid no tax under the old
law, which was not Justice. These things
were property as well as the Farmers
lands and the owners ought to pay tax.
The new Tax Law makes them do SC,
and this it is that meets the expenses Of
the State, pays interest and part of the
principal.
And this is not all, Farmers. Your
lands are now valued. Personal prop,
erty must be assessed every y%ear--each
year il is increasing in v%alue-thus the
taxes collected from it will increase and
of course so much less will be required
from Real Estate. And more than this
Every year money will be applied to the
payment of our public debt-that viii
decrease--of course the interest will also
decrease and not such high taxes will be
required to meet it. Is not this thought
PLEASANT But here we are met with the
obiection--"the Tax on A. BIS farm i:
lower, but the tax on G. DIS farm is high
en-" True, friend, but this is not the
fault of the Tax Law. If the Wings
could have made your Appraisers as wei
as the law, things might have been differ.
ent but as it was, men were appointed
to appraise land by Locofoco Commiss'
toner's, who knew nothing about it. The
Treasurer of your County was asked why
the tax on a mans farm in Greenfield
was higher, while that on a mans farm
in Pleasant was lower, and he replied
"that tie Appraiscment was higher II
Greenfield" True oh! sage; but tina
was not the fault Of the Tax Law, but o
those men, who appraised the land, ant
the Commissioners, who appointed them
Another thing, farmers. You have
read Mr.. Cards Report. He is a Demo
crat, but differs from a majority of his col
leagues. That 81 per cent, which thu
State Board added to the valuation ofou
County, would not have been added, hat
the valuation in the first instance beef
ANYTHING like reasonable. And VIVA
does this provol 1t proves that you ough
to elect Commissioners, who know how
10 select men, who understand the value
t of lands, the next time your lands ar
to be appraised under the law, and the
| inequalities of this kind will not occur
I at least not such striking ones.
. Well, our Farmer friend, is here read,
, to admit the equality of a Revenue Sys
TEN based upon the cash valne of al
property; but he wonders why the LAY
! can be so good when Locofocos max
} such strong objections against it! Tha
4 riddle is easily solved. They object t
> anything the Wings do. Why if tn
, Wings should pass a law stating "tha
every man should be entitled to who
| he earns"--ihe Locofoco leaders woul
cry out, oppression" 'injustice," ENC
nopoly," "the poor man plundered," an
/, all such stuff as this--expecting to &c
offices by the operation, where tie
could plumber the treasury of all the pee
: pie to their hearts content.
Taxpayers! We have given you
fair exposition of the Wing Tax Law
! You will admit that a law taxing all proI
erty is just and right. No man Or elias
8 of men would wish to be exempt. Al
$ arc willing to pay their just share. Til
law goes right to that point. Where
y is defective, if it be so in any particula
! amend it. The principle is the CORE,
6 one--no Locofoco disputes this; but
o is opposed to the Law, Very well, as
him what he will have aud he will CT
n the "at ominable tax law"--he offers I
other, he dare not say that he is in fave
of the old one; but he don't want thi
because the Wings made it. They d
make it--aud the Taxpayers had bett,