San Andreas independent., 1858-02-06

From this it will be seen that the mi
aing counties, during the last half of
1857, paid into the State Treasury $685.
e3014, against Sl57 ,669.94 by the agri-
cultural counties-being an excess in fa-
vorof the mining counties of Sl70, ,36020,
which is considerably more than double.
The Legislative representation In the pop
ular branch, is from the above mining
counties 80 members, and from the above
agricultural counties 20 members; SO that
when our agricultural friends bring up
the question of "equalizing taxation, I"
and assert the doctrine that "taxation
and representation should 90 hand in
hand, they are bound to come out losers
for while the mining counties pay con-
siderably more than double the amount of
taxes, they have less than double the
representation. The remaining counties.
classified as commercial and mixed, ;"
furnish 2l members, making up the full
number of so.
La some of the counties put down as
mining, there are small sections of farm
ing land; as an offset to which there is a
good deal of mining in number of the
counties put down as agricultural. Among
the counties put down as commercial
and Mixed" San Francisco, stands at the
Head of the list. Since the formation of
the county of San Mateo, Ahe agricultural
lands left in San Francisco county are of
no extent or importance. San Francisco
is exclusively a commercial county, and
should not be classified with the agrlcul-
tural counties any more than with the
mining counties. In fact, San francisco
derires TIC greatbuN Of its support from
tie mining counties. The miners pur
chase, pay for, and consume very much
the largest portion of the goods, wares
and merchandise sold by the San Fran
eiscans, and upon the profits derived from
which the people of our commercial me-
tropolis prosper and grow rich. 1t is er-
roneous and unjust to figure the S206,-
z76.3S paid by San Francisco, as against
the mining counties and in connection
with the agricultural counties. 1t is the
principal seaport town in the State, and
as such is the common depot of all the
common depots of all the other counties.
Sacramento with its $40, ,20S.l9 of
taxes, is also a great commercial depot,
and deriocs the great 6uH Of Its support
from the mining districts-the counties
of Amador, lei Dorado, Placer, Sierra
&C. The agricultural counties have no
more right to classify the taxes paid by
Sacramento with theirs, than have the
mining counties to classify the amount
with theirs. They have not as much
right, for the city of Sacramento not only
derives its wealth i'll a great measure from
the mines, but the actual mining interest
In the county itself is extensive. Sacra-
mento is mining as we'll as an agricultu-
nal county.
Yuba county, with its s41, ,37SSl of
taxes might have been classified, and not
improperly, as Ginning" The city of
Marysville derives its support from the
mines, and the county is more of mining
than an agricultural county.
San Joaquin, with its s2S,1S032 of
taxes, may justly be styled mixed
county. No doubt the agricultural large
ly predominates over the mining interest,
outside of its principal city; but Stock
ton Is the chief commercial depot in that
part OF the State, and is supported in a
great degree by mining counties-Cala-
yeras, Tuolumne, &c. This thing of de-
siving a rich support, and growing wealthy
from the patronage of the mining coun-
ties, and then turning in opposition to
them, looks to US as a good deal like in
gratitude. This matter of taxation should
be treated fairly and impartially; and a
comprehensive view of the whole oues-
zion should be taken, rather than attempt