The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-01-26
THURSDAY ,"::::@""::JANUARY 26l
Taxes il Canton Agsia!
A FEW MORE FACTS!
THE REP. & REP STILL
F~ALSIFYING.
THE ORGAN STILL AIDING THE EN-
EMIES OF CANTON.
Il Aims TO InJure the business OF
the Town. -
A FEW MORE FACTS
THE ORGAN STILL AIDING THEE EN-
EMIES OF CANTON.
IL Aims 20 Injure the business OF
the Town. -
Hard, hard the landlord racEs US,
Than wapyo oueh load ~ taNaal

Hard, hard the landlord RACKS US,
Then we'Ve such aload Of ta1esl
[Old English Song.
Two weeks ago we paid our respects to
the Rep ard Rep and all others, outside
and inside our goodly town, who were en-
gagged in bawling and u%ttering falsehOods
VITA a view of injuring the business pros
poets of Canton. We showed that Akron,
though taxed at a lower rate, yet pays
rHITY-Two THOUSAND DOLLARS more than
Canton-almost one third more. Mans
field, also'at a lower rate yet pays EIGHT
THOUSAND DOLLARS more han Canton.
Youngstown pays within four thousand as
much as we do. =
We might go on and show that, accor-
ding to population and wealth Canton is
lower than the average in the large towns
of the State. True, our rate of levy Is
high, but that is in consequence of the
very low valuation of the real estate of
the town. When the valuation was taken
ten or twelve years ago Canton was not
then what it is now, and this year we are
taxed upon that old and low valuation
For example, large business blocks bring
ing fine revenues in the shape of rents are
only valued on the Duplicate for taxation
lat a little more than the amount of one
.year's remit Some dwellings that would
sell for three thousand and do remit for two
hundred and fifty or three hundred are
taxed only on about five hundred dollars !
The tax on the latter ranges at somo TWEEN
ty dollars only. We could give abundance
of figures to prove all this and may do so
on some other occasion.
Now, why do not u neighbors give
FACTS in regard to our city taxation? OF
the two modes of lying, according to Mrs.
opie, the sttppreSsio reri, suppressing the
truth, is worse and meaner, than the &C.
preSsio falsi, or utIering falsebood.
The Rep and Rep harps upon the ag-
gregate rate of our taxation without CIV
ing the details necessary to a fair under
standing of the case. It also meanly and
falsely holds our City Council responsible
for the forty mills of the levy, when, in
that is included the 4 mills levy for State
purposes ordered by the Legislature the
6 mills ordered by the County Commits
sioners for county, bridge and court house
purposes; the 6 mills ordered by our Re-
publican City Board of Education; the 4-10
mill ordered by our Republican township
Trustees, the 6 mills for interest on the
city water debt, q debt contracted by q
vote of the citizens, the 81 mills for the
Wikidal lot given to county for court
house, and also done by a special vote of
the citizens of Canton. Yet all this the
Rep and Rep lays at the door of our
Democratic city %councill Of the eight
members of the council three are Repub-
Leans and we believe they voted with
their five Democrats colleagues for Syery
mill ordered for city purposesl This fact
alone gives the lie to all the base ~insinua-
tons and low demagogue efforts Of our
neighbors.
The fault we find with the course of our
neighbors is that they are aiming a serious
blow at the prosperity and best interests
of our town. OF late years men Of CAPT
tai from the surrounding county have be-
come citizens here, purchasing property
and otherwise investing their means. This
is a benefit to the town, has assisted its
growth. has helped to raise the value Of
our property and aided materially our
manufacturing interests. AS q citizen Of
Canton we desire to see this process con-
tinue. We would not falsify to accom-
plish this, but would state fairly and fully
the whole situation. This, our neighbors
fail to do. Their u~tterances and misrep-
resentations are calculated, not only to
keep capital and population away from
Canton, but also to drive them away. Is
such conduct worthy a good citizen ? wor-
thy and proper for a newspaper of some
pretensyons? Nay, verilyl
In this connection we give n OF the
malignant articles in last weeks Rep and
Rep:
For some time past there seems to haYe
been q continued effort among certain
parties, not residents of Canton, to tradnce
the town with q view Of affecting u bu-
siness interests and lessening Impor'
lance as q business point.-DemocTGt
We do not believe it. Neither do you.
The RzPosIZoRY AND REPUBLICAN, Which