The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-09-21
STATEMENT,

*This District School Tax embraces schoo
house fund. teachers fund, and school con
| tingent fund tax.
1t is interesting to look at this table
or the sight and three-quarter millions
OF taxes paid in Iowa, three millions
seven hundred and thirteen thousand
four hundred and seventy-two dollars
are paid for common schools. This is
more than three-eighths of the entire
amount. AS deducted from, but directly
connected with this, it should be stated
here that the State has permanent
school fund of two and half million
dollars this year. This sum should be
added to the above to obtain the total
| 1918, ,472O amount paid for common
schools in Iowa. Last January there
were 43i, 900 persons in the State be-
tween fve and twentyone years of age
Yet our school system i. so liberal that
we annually pay about ten dollars for
educating each one of these 434 900 chill
dren; while our entire tax is only seven
dollars and thirty-five cents per capita.
The lowest assessment in the list is
for Paupers. One hundred and twenty
two thousand eight hundred and sixty
seven dollars foot that bill. Only one
slxty-fifth of the whole levy. The in
sane require but little more, $lG3 900
sufIicing.
1t REQUIRES nearly one-eighth to build
and keep up the necessary roads and
bridges.
only one quarter of a million is re-
qulred to pay interest and principal of
the bonds issued by counties for various
purposes, but mostly for aid to railroads.
Railroads are pretty we'll aided in this
list, the amount in the table showing
how literally our people have voted
money to assist them i'm constructing
routes. Not very large amount is nee.
essary to carry on the State Govern,
ment-Sdll ,2O7.O7 answering the pur-
pose. This pays all salaries of State Of
ficers, all the Judges and District Attor.
neys, all the clerical force, entire ex-
penses of the Legislature, support of all
the State institutions and du,1b
asylum, blind asylum, three orphans
homes, agricultural college and farm.
and the penitentiary-with their Off
GERS. Besides these it answers for car.
rying on the erection of a new State
House. new insane asylum, compile
tion OF the deaf and dumb asylum, and
repairs and improvements to other in
institutions.
Special and corporation taxes only
reach half a million. These last it
should be borne in mind cover expenses
OF all cities organized under the general
corporation law. The special taxes are
those levied for incidental purposes i'm
the various localities.
/ have at hand the report of the Com
missioners Of New York, appointed hv
the last Legislature to revise the laws of
that State for the assessment and collec-
ton Of taXes-lS7l. In their compara.
tive taxes of municipalities they give
New York city Il population of 027, ,436
aggregate taxation, S27, ,4O3, 500; taxation
per capita, S29.54. Democracy runs that
thing.
In Iowa, the population is 1,l9l 900;
aggregate taxation, IS, 76l ,25l so; taxa
ton per capita, $735. Republicanism
rules here. Put the two side by side
and see how they look:
Republican Iowa. Democratic New York.
rr'Pna;tion rPu,;an LIZ ooo Population, a27,i 1876
bna.ion, b sS,'oi,22I.W Taxation. eE, 500
Per Capita, s7.25 Per Capita, S2S54
Or more than four times as heavy taxes
to pay in New York City under Boss
Tweed and Democratic rule, than OF
Iowa under Republican rule. Which
party will you have to levy your taxes
Let Republicans of Iowa bear these fig
ures in mind when they go to the polls
next October.-Ioera Cor. Chicago Post.