The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-10
RATES OF ADvvERrIsIxG
ALLY RE clST e r.
The space Of ten nonpareil lines, or three
fourths OF an inch, makes square.
From the Greenbrier Independent.
The Old system.


In 1853 there was tax Of l.l0 on
each tithable, TO raise the county levy,
which was $3,742.23. In 1859 there
was tax OF 90 cents on each tithable,
to raise the county levy, which was
S4202.2l. In 1860 there was tax Of
60 cents on each tithable, to raise the
county levy, which was $3,365.95.
THE NEW SYSTEM.
In 1868 there was tax of 40 cents
on each 500 worth OF personal and real
property, to raise the county levy, which
was, in round numbers, $l6,00O.0O.
In 1869 there was tax Of 90 cents on
each 500 worth of personal and real
property, to raise the county levy, which
was, in round numbers, $4,000. In
1870 there was tax Of 80 cents on
each 500 worth of personal and real
property, to raise the county levy, which
was $l2,949.47. But this levy left
between $4,000 and $4,000 unprovided
for, and which added to $l2 949.47,
makes from 81, 949.47 to $lS,949. Al,
and required a tax on each 500 worth
of personal and real property Of about
IL cents instead of 80 cents.
Hence, we find that for three years
Immediately preceding the war, under
the old system, we ran the county busi-
ness for ll,3l0.40, while under the
new or present system, for the past
three years, 1870, 1869 and 1868, it has
cost So, 649.47, or near four times more
than under the old system. Now, bear
in mind, that this increased and vast
expenditure was not occasioned by
school tax. 1t is independent Of the
school tax-has nothing to do with it.
1t is owing altogether to the extrav-
acance and wastefulness Of the new, or
present system of county government
All this money came out Of your
pockets; and that, too, when you were
struggling, day and night, with decreas-
ed means and facilities, to recover
from the effects OF long, bloody,
desolating war.
And what profit, voters OF Greenbrler
in the name Of heaven-what profit?
How are you the better off by this tax
alton and expenditure? Stop just here,
Law down this paper, reflect, and answer
this question: What profitY' What
public buildings have been erected ?
None! What bridges have been made
Two or three small ones, at trifiing
expense, on Muddy creek What
roads have been repaired? None
You know that our roads were never
in a worse condition than they are now.
You know that our Court House Is
going to rack. You know that our
Jail wont hold any prisoner who wants
to get out oft Again, then we thunder
in YOU ears. What proft!
What has been done with all this
money; your money, wrung from your
sun-embrowned and toil-hardened
hands by taxgatherers Where has
it gone to2 Go to your Court House
and examine the public records and
you will see. You will see that it has
gone to keep up this new system OF
county government which, instead OF
benetitlng You, Is, like an lncuTaole
cancer, eating out the very vitals OF
your substance. Party fayorites fatten
under this system-this Radical system
but you are gradually wasting away
under it.
And yet you are told-in the face OF
these figures and facts-by the hideous
vampires that have fastened upon you,
and are sucking your life-blood, that
it is a cheap system, a wise system, a
good system, and that you ought not
to modest it. .
Will You do as they wish you to do :?
Will YOU 60 with the Radicals in
voting agaii st a Convention, and thus
perpetuate this system, with its count
less evils, upon yourselves and your
children, or will you stand eide by
side with the Democrats and ConserV-
atiyes in sustaining the call for a Con-
vention that will sweep this system
from our organic law, and give us an
honest, economical and efficient county
government in its stead. Voters OF
Greenbrier! the matter is in your own
hands.