The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-01-17


the LIST four years, has oeen As follows:
| 1883, S4.sGS 60
1859, 12l5t 40
! 1860, 1874 IS
1861, 1O617 40
s42.954 aS
The amount has been paid from the
prncipdi of the respective funds, and is
charged against the lands. As most of
these are bought in by the State, and but
few resold, II follows that these expenses
ale permanent loss 10 the fuEd of nearly
the whole amount. The reduction in the
price OF forfeited lands, proposed and de
nanded, must efectua!y dispose Of the
last hop9 OF recovering the moneys so ex-
pended. 1t is manifest that the interest
OF the funds dictates a reduction in the
prices paid for advertising, which, in the
case of long lists, is much too high.
a comprehensive State policy must take
in every Judicious measure, inviting Capt.
tai and Labor to the development Of our
resources. The census of 1869 shows g..
GIL ,036 acres of the area of Wisconsin to
be improved. Our State is rich. far be-
You'd all she now enjoys, in capabilities OF
production-in forests Of timber-in un
appropriated water power and in latent
mineral wealth. These vast resources
need but the touch Of labor and capital
for the realization Of the widest dreams
of prosperity for our State The policy
of the State is, doubtless, 20 encourage
and, so far as prudence will permit, assis.
investigations and experiments having for
their object the increase and diffusion nj
knowledge of our mineral wealth, and all
enterprise looking to to the establishment,
OF new manufacturing industries in our
midst. 1t is recommended that you con
slider the proprletv Of exempting from tax
alton for a limited period of years, capital
engaging in the branches of manufactures
within our State
As nearly as can now be ascertaineG
the liabilities of the State stand as fol,
lows:
Total expenses as above, s165665S So
! Payments by the State
Paymaster General, 0,526 43
Payments Of accounts au>
dited by the Secretary
of State. 1924 50
Payments by tie Cover
nor, $3.50 Al
Payments by the United
States Paymslter, d.
rect on Quartermastes's
contracts, 357,765 IS
PAYMENTS on commissary
bill, 1918 rs
Total, sl3l3651 &c
Present liabilities Of State, 343.00S 6S
Some further alowance-not believed
to excee,. $4,000 should be made for
salaries due to members of the Governors
military staff, the assistant surgeons sent
by the State with her regiments, and wa
ges due to agents and employees in one
service or another connected with our
military operations.
The y. S. Government having assumed
all further responsibility of providing for
onr volunteers within As well as without
he State. the services of many person,
now in the employ of the State can be
dispensed with Provision could AT once
be made of means to settle t.eir claims of
wages or salaries. Provision should a,
once be made to continue the payment o.
the aid pledged hy Chapter S Of the acts
of the special session 10 families of vOIun
teers. and all volunteers from the State
shonld be held in equal regard in what.
ever branch of the service they may have
enlisted. A special tax or temporary loan
may be necessary. Action on this mat
ter should he taken at once, or mach com
plant and suffering may he the result
The Statute also requires amending, in
details, to the end that the State be better
protected against abuse of its provisions
Especially should heavy penalties be en-
acted against Justices making false CERT
iicates.
By an act of Congress, passed on the
9th day of August last. direct tax Of
twenty millions of dollars is annually laid
upon the U. S. To the State of Wiscon.
sin there is npporlioned of said tax the
sum of sl,O6S.s07 which ls0033 II up
on tho dollar Of the present valuation of
real property in the State. The law of
Congress further provides that the tax
shall be assessed and laid on the valus of
all lands anh lots of ground, with their
Improvements and dwellings.
1t follows that if this tax is to be colec
ted by tina United States, personal proper
ty will escape altogether. 1t is provided
that any State may assume to assess aud
and pa7 It's quota in its own way and man
ner and deduction of 5 per centum will
be made for expenses of assessment and
collection. Ths advantages to be derived
Or The State from assuming and paying its
quota of this tax are the large per centums
of discount offered and the opportunity of
providing that all the property of the
State bear lis just proportion of the bur-
den. In a new State like ours, however
so large portion of taxes remain undaid
upon delinquent lands, that the STATE can
scarcely afford TO paw this whole tax in