The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-08-23

one that the value Of improved lands decreas-
sd from eco, DOC. 900 IN 1850 TO scs, 600 900 in
1870 loss OF about two-thirds.
Texas had debt Of s2, 900 600 in 1861, and
In 1871 Il was slf. $780, O0 It's State Govern
ment cost 1z500O yearly ia 1850 and 81. and
sl.ss6,i37 IN 1901. The rate Of taxation in
1860 was l61s cents on the f10O, and in 1871
II was e2.25 ON the sl00-an increase of over
thirteen-fold. Accordingly. the area of land
In farms decreased from TWENTY-FIVE 20 eigi-
teen million acres. and though the quantity
OF improved land increased the value fell from
lightweight millions in 1860 to sixty millions
| IN 1870
One more State completes the shameful
record Of misrule IN the name OF loyality. Ar
kansas had in 1850 debt Of only q. 0sl. l79.
In 1871 its debt was 1898 900, and its con-
tingent liabilities from aid to railroads s1l.-
GOO, 900 more. The LEGAL taxation i'm 1850 was
sC35, 1913. and In 1870 il was - sG6 800 The
rate OF taxation increased from 40 cents to g
ON the $lO0- Accordingly. the area OF farms
decreased from ., 500 600 to 1900. 900 acres !:
the area Of improved land from 800 900 TO
900 Ares. and the value OF improved
land from s9l ,OO0, 600 to $4,000, 000, "A loss
OF more than one-half.
Figures are tiresome, know. But do ron
not think such robbery and devastation must
be to the taxpayers and land owners infirl-
itely more tIresome? And vet, after all these
blessings the disloyal people of these States
positively refuse to vote the Republican ticket
How strange IT Is that they will no. love the
paternal and benehcent governments We have
given them. But it will be SAID that these
losses. frightful a. they are, may be due to the
change in the system OF labor and to the
devastations of war. Let Ms sec War ragged
longer and more fiercely in Virginia, Kentucky,
Tennessee and Missouri than in any other
States. 1t involved there vastly greater devae-
tation and loss. Yet in each of these States.
except Virginia, the area Of improved farms
has increased since 1860, aud IN Wrginis the
decrease was only from II, 400 900 I'd l0,700.-
O0O- In these four States where the war ragged
longest and destroyed most there we're in 1850.
~, l24. 237 acres in farms improved, and In |
1870, 34.s23. 0S7 acres But in the carpet-bag |
States, where the war ragged less. but loysi |
Republcanism for more. the aggregate quao. |
tity Of improved land in farms was S. 59s 996 /
acres in 1850. and only 81 1878. $50 in 1870. a 1
loss of 5000, 900 acres, then productive and /
profitable, teeming with industry, and adding
to the National wealth. but now desolafe. silent
and tenanted oply by people who must be
supported by the labor OF others. In the four
States which were the main theater Of war the
value of improved lands IN 1860 was Sll65.-
249, 727, and in 1870 il was IL .237, SIS. $50 an
increase IN value ~ well as in quantity But
In the remaining States, where Republican
ceased, the value Of improved farms IN 1860
was sl.207, 5s1, S57. and in 1870 il was only
s545. 377, 9l5-a loss Of more than half Of the
entire value Of real estate! Was there ever in
any land more terrible prostration? The
aggregate local taxes in these States increased
from eleven to twenty-six millions, while the
assessed valuation decreased from %, 294 .0O0.-
boo to 81. 40a, zoo. 600. 80 that the ratio in
creased from 80 cents to 81. 80 on the el00.
While the States which the war devastated
most severely have actually gained both in
area and value Of farms. the States left to the
lender mercies Of Republican rule have lost
], 900. 900 acres of cultivated land and S66a.-
w, 900 in the value Of farms alone.