The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-01-23

well convinced that taxes are paid most
promptly by our farmers and by men OF
comparatively small means, and that there
are very few of US who do not spend
yearly for articles of luxury which do not
promote either our health, our prospcri-
ty, or our happiness, more than the sum
required FROM us as taxes for the support
OF the government that protects us. The
sGtjcct Of revenue aud taxation assumes
gravcr interest and Importance at this
time for the reason that our State is call
cd upon, for the first time siuce its ad-
mission, to pay direct tax for the sup
port of the General Government. We
nay expect to be called on to pay during
the present year a Federal tax of from
$500, 900 to S7oo, 900 This is render
ed necessary By the heavy expenditures
incurred by the General Government in
preparing to put down the rebellion in
certain States Of the Union. \ resort to
loans has been and must continue to be
necessary TO meet these expenses, and
prudence and sound economy require
that the General Government shall not
be compelled to borrow money to pay the
interest accru'ng upon its loans. The
interest upon loans made and to be made
must be met by actual payment, and not
by incurriug further Indebtedness. The
capitalists of the country have thus far
responded nobly to the calls made upon
them by the Government, and have given
it assistance and support as necessary as
that rendered BY the soldiers in the fed.
Six hundred thousand gallant men, of
whom 20, ,OoG are from our own gallant
State, are in arms, giving their labor,
their health and their lives, for the coun-
try,and now the call comes to US who are
at home, and we are asked to give "A little
of our substance to the same good cause.
| have caused to be prepared from doe
uments in the Office Of the Auditor of
State table, hereto appended, giving
some interesting information touching
the taxes paid by our people. 1t will
perhaps be a matter of surprise to many
that the taxes for the support Of the
State Government bear so small a proper
tion to the entire amount of taxes paid.
1t appears from this table, that the whole
amount of taxes, for all purposes, for
1861 was sl,7O0, 600, and that of this
amount onl y $500, 900 was expended from
the State Treasury for State purpos es,
while 81 100000 were expended from
the several county Treasures, for county
and other purposes. l regard this table
as useful for this among other reasons,
viz: that the people have been led to
believe that the great bulk of our taxes
were caused by the expenditures of the
State Government, under the appropria-
tions made by the General Assembly, and
they have been taught to look to reduc-
tlon OF State expenses as the means Of
relief from taxation This table shows
clearly and Exclusively that of every
s. 66 paid by the people of the State as
taxes, but one dollar reaches the State
Treasury, or is used for State purposes,
while the other 81 66 are retained 10 the
counties and are used for county and
other purposes. would not desire our
people to relax their vigilant supervision
of State expenses, but l am of opinion
this information may lead them to give
as vigiant supervision to the expendi-
lures of their respective counties, where
equal vigilance, is, in my Judgment,
equally needed. 1t is evident from an
inspection of the table, showing the
amount Of taxes paid, and the purpose
for which paid, that if it be deemed de-
s'rable to decrease our present expcndi-
lures by aa amount equal or approximate
ing tC the amount Of taxes required by
the Geueral Government, much the
greater amount Of such reduction must
be made in the taxes levied for other than
State purposes.
In some particulars the expenses of the
State may be materially less for the next
than for the last two years. The appro.
priation of So, 800, for the Revised
Statutes, was temporary and will not
be again required The amount appro-
priated for past indebtedness of the Pen
itentiary, S3S,5o0, has nearly paid that
Indebtedness, and bat nominal sum will
be needed for that purpose The amount
appropriated for the general support of
the Prison has been so we'll managed that
the amount thereof unexpended is deem
ed by the Warden sufficient for the next
two years, SO that the amount of S35, 900,
appropriated at the last regular session,
for that purpose need not be renewed in
whole or in part. OF the amount of
SO, 900, appropriated at the last session
for finishing and furnishing the centre
and east wing of the Insane Asylum,
about SIS, 200 remain unezpended, which
balance with $4,000 now asked for is
deemed sufficient to complete the whole
building. So that the appropriation need
&c tor construction account in that in
stitution may be S5j 900 less than at the
last session. The Blind Asylum at Vim
ton is now under cover, and not liable to
injury from the weather, and if you
should deem it advisable not to make
any approprla ion FOR It's present compile
ton, SO, 900 may be deducted from the
amount of the appropriation Of the pres.
ent session as compared with that of the
last. There has been paid during the
last two years to Agricultural Societies,
the sum of about $4,000. If you think
it advisable to withhold any appropria-
tion for this purpose, :or the next two
years, this sum may be saved. The fore
going sums amounting in the aggregate
to 10000 are the expenditures for the
objects named, for two years, and if with.
held will be saving of SSS, 900 per an
nun from the amount of State taxes
This amount, doubt not, may be in
creased by a careful examination of cur
State expenditures and strict economy to