, 1864-04-10
PICTURE FOR TAXPAYERS,
Taxes for tic Cheal Var lsS3-WhoIe
AEanlt Of Tar Lists, tS52,4sG.9S-
Excess OFer Previous fears,
S3s5, ,1I1.5G-HIle1c Dacs
lie Money Go7-lIow =.
PortiGnis krcl ded-A
Shall there be a ,
Change!

! :, In recent article under the abo1c canton. v
gave httot exhibit or the Anancist cona,tiou o
chicago; among other things showing the vSlua
non OF t1e real and pe,sonA1 estate OF this city
the percentage Of taxes levied for tho dve year
past, ard the amount realized from sue b levy
We showed that the valuation OF property for tht
year 1868 was So g., ,a.i, excess On tho avcras
ofthc four years preceding OF IS Sas.oss Wsshowcs
that the tcyJ for the ycar 1868 Wass.fsoeHfl
mills on tho dol1sr against an Average of.twe'c
mills for the preceding four yrars, on the increas
ed valuation. and that II the lavy had been assoas
ed on the old valuation Of 63a 10 the per cent
age would hsvo been over t,ocak karee mils on the
dollar. We showed In dollars aud cunts, thst the
expenditures for municipl. purposes had leaped
from f47a. .39o.ns, tho average OF the four proceed.
Ing Seats, to $85.. 4,d,4s, difference OF $973,.
1lO.5G. <Wo gave the copperheads credit for
tho one mill aud threo quarters excess Of the War
Fund Taz, and showed that there still remained an
excess Of $685. s52G.G2 In favor Of Republican
management and challenged them to show in
what respect the city bad beeu better geksn ed or
henc4ited by this excessive -expeadllafa. We
showed alao that the cost Of conducting municipal
aftaiEs was five dollars and seventy cents per an
numfor each mup, woman and child Of the one
hundred and any thousand which 60. to make mp
our population. - = -
Let us sec whether in respect to the cost Of this
luxury OF city government, We are not great dis
tuuce in advance OF contemporary cities. In 1858,
In Phi..d dclrata. with m est1uatod population or
oco-thc amount paid for taxes was b. .3s4 Goa.
With population four times greater than Cbtcnoo
PhlIadclph1a requires = tax only two and three
'quarters times larger If she paid ta1 eaual TO
TINT imposed by the Coppefheads OF Chicago, the
amount wonld reach &, soo, ,s25.9e. Phi1adelphla
spe1ae mofe In Jingle month In keeping her
sues.s eaeaa .ha7 A.yos Sherman expends during
.. - ~ n.r..~-u.. se.u. -. 4e ums ~ '"
-NNN-,. ue popu1nus- In 1850 was 49, 0OO
o.a.s,s.,1..,e-. g.. eo'i,o'' With II 900
h.s s,e, az 1''A'' on1sAo' nef 'A1es are lesB
~ n..ta.. -. pt.... -.
paa.L1.ns, .1sa.t...,.a y' .uas eenefe o. M
tiorts7 s-d ,ssssrs,,..torm -As -: VI aoo.l-
or so1cseed n denoHJn,ss rht.T X
etatc, which when the south shu,I haye conn.
her tndcnendence and neace vltb hcs,Ino -
shell brood over The natfon and the T1oJa5 ia -
constructed according to The ,,rine1o,es ~ ,be
gospel Of peace, IL to be Lett out in The oold-fn
1861. NTH an estimated nonulation NJ 1on M ~.
ta1 was zine mills and thre tenth. ~ sa,,s, LUG
Equally favorable sesnlts will be reached In the
examination Of The statistlcs of Detroit and Rns
Galo.. In New York where the copperheods 1sra
nad toe control Of t.e city government for se7cn
sea1e INC e1penscs hive Increased from S7,0oo,o0O
to s15Go,0 o. O. IN advance almost, il not quite par.
seso DT the aa.anss in this s There is
.nine' afs ta1-eatefs, NOT fa1payerd, md have no
interest In keeping down expenses- =:
We have laid that the tares rnisad H., 4sea
eepa 6as 40 IN erceoe ~ +hoea - 49, .0o "et0
snd + heeomes o,ost,ar ~ so ~ ptes'oas years,
know where this money has gone. II lhe civ "a
spy better governed II The no,,ra fo-~o "a -.
EFFICIENT r. I'm at-aats 49,, s,s. r - nao'e