The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-10-21
What Il Costs 10 be Governed.

nate 70 nave anythlng arc receiving Sun
dry unpleasant reminders Of what It costs
! to be governed. They lead so much iu
Democratic prints, and hear so much from
Democratic, stumps, about the burdens Of
Radical Taxation" that we fear when
they go up to the Captains Office to settle,
and find their tax bills much larger than
they were last year; many q them will
heartily curse the RaaiG6lsAS the authors
of their tax.paytng woes. Before, the
malcdictton is pronounced, lot us hope
they will look at gtlle items of the bill.
Here they DIRE: : = ~"
State tax for cost of State government
UeSiSt tby sRepnbli 20 cents on the
800 Of mxable property.
State tax for distribution among the
counties Tor support Of free schools tlcvied
by Republicans), 10 cents on the 500 and
a capltation Of 81 on each male over 81.
State special tax for completion Of Host
pital for, the Insane, (lovled by Repub.
llGa4sl cents ohl$loo, ma fBgd
For the government Of Ohio county,
ClOvied by Democratic Board Of Super.
visors,) 90 cents on the 800.
For the school expenses in the city dis,
trict; Qevied by Democratic Board Of
Education), in, addition to distributable
share Of State school tax, 25 cents on the
800. " t'Sa .H9' -.'.s.s
For building school, ,cdttices in city dis
'trici, Qeyled BY Democratic Board Of
Education )25 cents onthe 500.
For the extlnguishmentof city railroad
debtand interest thereon, Qcvied by Demo.
cratic city government, e5 cents on tho
800 real estate. ,:,,-,
For expense Of governing the city,
Qevicd by Democratic city govcrnmeDt),
so cents on tho 500, aud a capitatlOni oi
5gcssie 4 oR o4cE sOsS ~ 6esladsth
tax on canincs.
The taxes levied on property by the
Republicans, It will be seen, arc all told
35 cents on the 500. Those levied on
properly by the, Democrats are Ss.154 on
the 500. lNGt quite ltlis. accurately
speaking. as the e5 cents railroad tax is
laid on real estate teonlylo,.l q lzaa1s.I .
Tho aggregate is nearly $3.50 on the
800, or9E per cent. Tie, yalGe Of pro.
perty in the city and county, ,tas we find it
ii the last Auditors report, Is: Land and
buildings, not in the city, $s, ,1sSt40i lots
and buildings, nearly all n,the city, $0,-
10000: or total real estate in the whole
county, $s,32O,13O. Total personal pro-
peEty' in the. whole county, 50, ,a9G,sO0, Or
$l4,24G,42O in all. This Is tho taxable
basis for State and county ,4evies Upon
this tho State taxes. (lnCludins school and
special Hospital taxes amount to SlO, ,s6a.
To this ado $5,73S for capltatiopg. Tits
would be $55,5O5. But tho county gets
baclS .$l4,8$O from the Statei treasury
Tor schools; which would leave the,real
DRAFT blythe State on the county $4l,265.
The county levy, on tho same basis,
amounts to $1es,217, (against 5O,74s. as
reported by the sheriff last year) '0'@
In the six townships which constitute
the city school district the valuation, Of
real estate is $O,0S9, 9,5lOa and that of per
sonal estate 1885, ,795@= @=6r i$lLs6s;I05.
The district school taxes arc,50 cents op
each 500 OF this basis, and therefore,
amount Ito S5O,841. To show the
amount that will be spent In the district
this year it is proper to add to this the
$9,757, which tho district recelvesl from
distributable State fund, making Il
total Of SGO,5oe) :"
Tho valuation OF property for city pur-
poses Is made by the city assessor, and
may not correspond exactly with the State
valuatiopqnwhtch pther taxes afs asSess.
cd.S Wspresumes however, It Is about the
same, and that o calculation on tho latter
will be, an approximation to ytheI truth
The city lcviess then, 6OtSnts on each $lOO
of gil, $685. eiFh6Rouldyield $60S4t.
She also lcyles 25 cents on sG,OSs. $40 real
estate. This would yield $l6,Osls She
also levies so cents capttation Tux on 4080
persons, yielding $9,O4s. s'What} the dog
tax yields we do not know. Tho agggc,
gate Of tho city taxes according to this cs-
timateis $78,965. The following is q re.
capitalization: eiiz y '1a.,.s F.
Aggregate State taxes Rep). .....$ sS,5oS
County tax lUem ...'''..''.'..''r lSS'5!!
CITY school TAX (Den )...,'...s......s..fo9 o9,d9!
City general tax (Dem.) .)......,.........,. 1895
r rs1Hri0Hr 20 yFnr'.NIIt 80" --.---s
As we have shown, $l4,9SO Of the first
item is returned, leaving 1t really s41,9S5.
1t appears, therefore, that or'tho grand
total s3I4,6I8 only $41,9O5 Is, re.
quired By tho Republican State govern
ment and $259,0sS is exaoted by local
government under 8 Democratic manage.
ment This does not still show all the
taxes paid in tho county, for It takesno ac-
count Of township lsviOs in tho country
d;stricti r'sall+l p. n.fl "..,,t
THIS Is heavy taxation, II IA must bc cona
lcssedM We do mot write, however to
complain Of it. We only wish, that our
citizens may realize tho magnitude of the
sum 1t costs them to DO governed and
may understand that sIx.seventhsi Of It
arc levied by Democratic and not "Radt-
cal" authority II the people Of the city