Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-01-26

! We have made rough calculation on
the subject. from which il appears that ths
cities and towns of Virginia pay Que. fourth
OF the entire State tax. The population Of
the cities and towns is about ohe-seventh Of
the entire population !; from which it results
that the tax payers Of our cities and towns pay
in the proportion of nearly go to 81 as com
pared with the rural population on the State
tax. 5Ge1 Gsa" al
We presume it may be roughly stated that
the county and township taxation is about
so cents in the $500. In our cities the
city taxes range from one to two per cent.
on property. Here in Richmond it is 81 ,35.
Putting it at 81 on the 500, the cities and
towns pay twice as much in the way Of
State taxes (Which is SO cents on the $1,000
The entire State tax assessed on the peo-
pie of the whole State amounts to So, 49,
600, according to Auditor Taylor's report.
OF this We estimate the amount paid by the
cities and towns at $3.50, 900, which de-
Quoted from $2,475, 900, leaves 81, S45, 900
assessed on the country population. This
country population pay also, as we have
said, so cents on the 500 in the way Of
county and township taxes, which is
(reughly) some s1.500,000 more-in. all
So, 345, 900 paid by the country districts
The municipal tax (Which is exclusively
property tax) paid by the cities and towns
will amount to about 81, 100000. Con-
sequently, the entire State and municipal
tax paid by the cities and towns amounts to
81 $50, 000-that is, the cities and towns
of the State pay in State and city taxes
about one.half of the sum paid by the rur II
districts FOR State and county taxes '1-
The population Of the State is some
1885, 900, the city and town population is
about Its, 900 The country population
amo UNITS therefore, to 1,050.000 .1Fsr
The result is, that l75 900 people living
in the cities and towns pay one-half as much
in the way of taxes as 1850, 900 people
living in the country pay In other words,
a man living in Richmond, or Norfolk, or
Stauntou, pays $3 taxes where man living
in the country pays 81. @"es aaa $50 '4'
This fact is significant whep we consider
that the main complaint about taxes comes
from the ru,al districts. There is not
town in the State, we imagine, which is not
oPPooeo " ony 'dhlpeiiuS "iCu tue OldIe
credit, and which is not in favor of paying
the interest on twe.thirds of the public
debt. -H'Asl9 tlIa--sf.a
Persons living in the country do not real
ize the far heavier taxation to which their
fellow citizens living in thottowns are sub
jected. zen ~"f .ta.- J ID Jay D."
Ii man with seven or eight hundred
acres of land were to come to Richmond to
live, he would have to pay $500 to $1,000
for bis housc-say $500. If he has fam
lily, it will cost him 81 900 to feed them,
His fuel will cost him $3.50 more His gas
$500 more. The clothing of his family
say $500 mere. That is nearly SO, 000 for
these items alone. In the country the house
would cost about 500, the feeding of bis
family he would hardly feel excepting gro
cerles; the clothing would cost less than
halt the fuel would cost comparatively
nothing. We have hard time Of it here
in town; and we assure our country friends
that they are to be envied, if they only
knew it !-Richmaond Enquirer.