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statement Of the Auditor Of SAFE. which has
been recently published, that the sinking fund or
surplus applicable TO the payment Of the princi.
pal Of our State debt for this year alone will ex-
ceed firo hundred and fir thousand dollars.
talso appears by an official notice TO the State
creditors by the Auditor Of State, that the funds
are now in the treasury for the paymentof con.
siderable portion Of the Domestic State Bonds,
and that the interest will cease on the first Of
November next, on these Bonds, which will then
be paid off in full. These are the first fruits Of
the Wing policy, and if it were true that the tax
es have been increased, we have the satisfaction
Of knowing that instead Of increasing the State
debt, il will be reduced this year more than Two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Ii may be we'll 10 make a further comparison
Of the operation Of the Wing tax system with
the old law to which the Democracy wish TO
return.
The total amount Of the grand list of real and
personal properly on the duplicates Of 1874. was
SlS6, ,l42 666. The taxes amounted to 81, 1884,
355 90, being lilile more than sixteen mills on
the dollar. Horses and caIlle we're assessed at
Se0,C67 ,25l, being more than one Sirih of the
whole amount. Merchants and manufacturers
stock, and money al interest were assessed at on.
ly S7,550,005, or one eighteenth Of the whole
taxable properly. How stands the case now, un.
der the new tax lawl The whole taxable proper.
~ Of the State, for l847, is estimated at four
hundred and eight millions, upon which the tax.
es will be about six mills on the dollar, making
The total taxes Of the Stale assessed on the grand
list, S9,448,OOo.
The total value OF horses. mules, cattle, sheep
and hogs, returned last year, was 96,632 ,257-
say that they will this year amountto s7 millions,
which will be one fifteenth Of the whole taxable
properly. Merchants and manufacturers stock,
and moneys and credits, were last year returned
al S44, 4,692, ,l68--say that they will this year a.
mount 10 As millions, which will be about one
ninth of the whole taxable properly of The State.
The facls, therefore, stand thus;
Taxes paid upon horses and cattle in
1914, under the old law, being l6
mills on S9O,66797l S33o,676 33
Taxes paid upon horses, mules, cat
tic, sheep and hogs, in l847, under
the new law, being 6 mills on 27
millions, 10000 90
Taxes paid upon merchants and
manufacturers stock, and money
At interest, in 1914, being l6 mills
onS7 ,55O,Oo5, 10000 os
Taxes paid upon merchants and
manulacturers' stock, and moneys
and credits, in l647, underline new
law, being mills on 45 Millions 100000 90
The tax upon horse in 1914 was Ga cents---
in l847 it is q cents, The tax upon each head
of calle in l844 was l2 cents 8 mls-in l947
it is cents.
We ask every honest and intelligent man in
the State TO say which Of these Two systems is
most just and equtablel
But it may be said that the taxes are greatly
increased on The Farmers and holders Of real
properly. If this were true il might be we'll 10
inquire whether The real properly of any nan is
assessed al more Than its fair valuel II so, the
county officers have not executed the law pro-
perly, or he has neglected his own interest by
neglecting TO apply TO the county board of equal.
izauon 10 have il reduced. But is not true that
the farmers and the holders of the real properly
Of the State pay greater proportion Of the tax
es under the new law than they did under The
old.
The total increase Of the taxes Of l847 over
1914 is, according to the preceding statement,
which is taken from the records, $259, ,544 II.
Of this sum $49, ,l99 90 is paid by the increased
tax upon merchants and manufacturers stock,
and moneys and credits, and 35 thousand dollars
upon watches, pianos and furniture, and other
unenumerned articles, leaving an increase of
only $75444 70, in l847, overIhe taxes Of 1914,
upon the domestic animals and the real properly
of the State.
We appeal to the documents to prove these
facts. They are stated from The tables made up
from the sworn returns Of the assessors, and can
not be denied or controverled.
Ii is true thai the taxes upon highly improved
and valuable farms may be slightly increased,
while the taxes upon the farmers stock IS greatly
reduced; and The lands owned by poor men, in
the new counties which they are lOborng TO clear
and make moro valuable hereafter, is released
from the unequal taxation which placed the poor
mans farm, with his log cabin and few acres
Of clearing, upon the duplicate at the same rate
with the rich mans well cultivated farm, upon
which he has his barn and orchards and costly
No man can now say with truth that the law
requires his properly TO be assessed at more than
lis fair value. The object of the law was TO
eQualize the burden Of taxalon---to make every
man pay an equitable proportion of the taxes,
and TO provide fund in due time for the payment
of our State debt. These objects have been AT.
tanned.
During the seven years previous to 1916, the
State debt had been increased for the payment
Of interest nearly two millions of dollars; it had
become absolutely necessary 10 increase The reve.
nues of the State, or Reputation would have
been tho inevitable result. This could be done
only by taxation. A just and equitable system
was devised by the Wings. A desperate party
warfare was made upon this law, which was tri.
nmphOnrly sustained by The people-it has resul.
led in rescuing the State from the brink of repu.
liaIion; shall it now be repealed Shall the par.
~ who made war upon the great interests of the
State be again placed in powerl That party who
Obtained power in 1886, when the State debt was
less than five and one half millions, and who