Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-12-18
The Revenue Question.
To the editors OF the in~telligencer.
Tha tima aud att.,t;o, ~


The time and attention Of the COM
ing session of our Legislature will no
doubt be much occupied again with
the much talked OF and perplexing
question of u State aud COUNTY
revenues.
This is rs it should be. 1t should
be talked of and discussed and lcgis-
lated upon until Il better system of
collecting oIir taxes is adopted. That
tiicre is a reform needed, 10 one will
deny but as to what plan is best.
there may lie Il difference Of opinion.
The time wa once when this question
was OF little Significance in compari-
son To the present but now our
taxes have increased to such an
alarming per cent. that Ourrcal estate
interests are absolutely >uilerin. for
want of Il reform or law whereby 81
closer collection OF orr ;,v>s ran be
made. Oar personal ~d".iuGucnt TAX
Isis are entirely 100 iir.c. all it
seems are getting itr-rr every wear.
Oar taE"- are - iiimll that /, j. q
i"rnpi2ti"n to IiI:irr 10 rvarir i.HNin~.
t"l every one WIr toes cva.in, the
inn"ti'tt 81 iri- d"!i:irtrn": guc- on
I" tfi" real c-:atc a!id "i to those
VINO are willing 10 assist in lefrayin-
lHr cXI'"m>", of our government.
NON, t:."fr CtItli"iv can h, asvs-
i"ut nearer perfected. whereby +
closer collection of Uu. taxes can be
GIv'i'.
Lit unfair Ia work for this? Can
Any on" otter r'lSnnrbla objection
/" II: Way s;in til ang one lly;nm
Ht'L OF h,n'i to pt! avoid paw
il@ It, "hil" til" RAJ estate. which IS
i!mmovth!7. mast always pay:
should mo-: every ritixr!i be willing
To Contribute his share a~crorIiln To
his wealth, II support The govern
nrnt which protects him? II lie In.
but Il poll tax ~ but Il email amount
of taxable property. The mount of
his taxes Will be small accordingly.
a:ld would he no harder upou him,
than upon others vino have a much
larger iiN to pay. This i Il Question
%! vital Importance at this time. and
ono upon Whicl! much Ia, been slid
aa,i written. and various s,lrrrs;inus
offered. ant attempts by legislation
made {" remedy. but rs vet all that
has been done can he vastly improved.
We do moi appreciate that TIN,
comes within the purvicw ria u,rty
,trI.,-, I.,., .. ,i,,, 4, :,
-. "'' It >""h!l bS treated
IL such: bat rs We are AL of every
'"''i ''l''l'c\'"i' aiike interested. W.
h';.t 'i''' IT anu Hi,cu>> IL upon lis
"i''i'>' c''cIi i'h All rs citizens i'll
common. having II rouiiuonlu;crr,.
nave ;!r burden to b"ul alike h,iu,.
III! are Interested.
therefore, irt Us iay aside all party
pretati''H. ana rs r~caIonlbi". rational
men hiN!il" one common interest,
reason '"t''urf.
III inc IoWh>iip ORGANIZATION
Law lhcr" are portions that would
seem +" remedy til. matter in some
degree, and on" of il r]cdcrunin"
features. : he think fine only ana.
and wa rot This law 50 vuiurIirous
and did it mor contain ,,mr sr,.,n;,r
contradiction, i, wu,lJ ~, ANNIE
have carrie: az the late cIrr,inr ,r,I
been alnp1pI by on. SAMMY. L'.
respectable minority. y"
Now. i; seems 1o.:.,,
ture would pass AN NET or .,]r,o7hi"',
similar tn Lnvr nm ,.-.s
Irrtor f,r r.,.i, mr..nn, am cor,
township tl,nr, Ln;,n n. n"ni'lPt'
about ali we wuu,I nnnj ''t rha
advantages orthi> -raurr.u .nn,,
to H. nj once obvious.
For instance, we have IN ,SScs.nr
in Il township. he is personally ar-
qHai,ted with nearly every person in
his township. and hi. H.li -, L,L,.
brought down T., ), su,,Ii
that he can perform ;hr du.i.. Of H.,
office in Il hort space of ti,un. hn ."I,
visit every Drrsuu i'm hi. ,nv.n.r;'
and rs his salary wuuIJ J.,,.n' ,f'
the n!n,ln OF ns>r,.ir~ T.. ~ ppn
would he more apt to sr,. tn,t nro,n.
man liable TO pay n tax w,. n,.o,.i
on his books, and ns brt,rn ti,n,nt
bciur .cnu,iu,nJ wi,L s'',c"'
could more readily di,crr, III, ne
should be assessed.
Next. the collector also bcium = !
resilient of the township. bl, The
sam" advantages rs mentioned OF the
;:,sc'Sor. OF Knowing the people and
their Whereabouts. and lli, salary ali
50 depending upon the atIoumt col
lected. he could an'i would see every
person IA his township, and make a
demand OF his taxes, and if NOT paid.
he w"u!i have the advantage Of
Knowing the aln"Hnt #iri Kind OF
property oWne'i, and could ;t once.
scizc ana sell the ann Just as the
county collector docs our lands.
Now i there anythin" hurui i'm this,