, 1873-09-15

nntoftn question:. Comparing TINT dispatch with
tho totnlcd report Eycn III tho Now York papors Ut
Fridnyt 1lnd hothing to Justify 1t, aavc wiltatl
Or uncohncioub ignorance. Without imruting to
tho hgonta Of tho ABaociatcd Trcsa my worac
offonHo tlan Tint Of putting nows IN nj startling
shape III pnssiblo n,itmit tinnt tho credit Of q
grcht city III too serious subject 10 be trcntod
according TO tho methods OF tLo Sensational To-
porter. Woro 1t worth wllilo, 7 might oxpnin
tho fnlso co'oring Which Is givon to tnca Of tho
nows disseminated throughout tho country IN ro-
gartt to tho prcsont management OF Now York
1inencoa. Comptroller Hroon has received q toll
prab1y consistent Hupport In hin to1cntc and
difficult tank from at lnoat only two newspapers
In New York; Tho majority Of tho daily press,
oeption aro bitterly opposed to him, having
substantial grievances againat linn in tho shape
o. reduction on hfl1H for corporation a.iyer-
Thsng Ths,ng r@nsng {oa from r 191 sor to sso00ts {:
say 40, newspaper mon aro not above tho ordl-
nary faingB Of humanity, and tho abolition of
Huecuro or setni-Binecure c1orkshtps and Bteno-
grarhorahfps has totally diiroront aspect whom
tho roformor'a, poiut Of Wow. Thus It will be
Bcon that tho medium through which tho nowa
about New York iinancoa liz largely transmitted
IL H. not very favorable ono for tho proaorvasion
Of tho "day1ight Of unprojutlicod truth"
70 come 10 dasailB: Tho aprnrout oxceBs Of
$40 000o, 600 In tho expenditures as compared with
tho rerenuo Of Now York FOR tho financial year
doos not o1iHt, IN fact. It ,nay DO quito truo
u
property only Amounted to s32,ooo,ooot while
tho gross expenditures Of tho yonr woro $52 000,-
900, and yet no room DO loft for auch oplthets
AZ "disgracoful aud alarming" noedlatdly
rcnind Chicago Taxpayers Tint nvery largo Bharo
OF municipal revenue ii derived from asaeasmont
on adjoining proporty-ownors for stoet openings,
boulevard improvements, now sewnrs, ho.
Notice Of this branch Of income ia suppressed
Tweed loft New York a respectable Legacy Of m
paid debts contracted previous to 1871, and lawH
have alroady boon pnusod authorizing tho iBBuo
OF at least 91o 900 600 Of dated bonds to
long bonds issued for permanent works, such
as tho docks, parks, and water supply, and,
apart from tho proceeds Of tho genera! tnx-loyy,
and Of tho income from city property, tho
" Alarming discrepancy betwcon Ho-callod
AZ to the ratio Of taxation, It Ia this yenr az per
cont On T. valuation which represents, on an
average. about 60 por cont Of tho market vnluo
Of tho property assosBed. Last year, tho rate Of
taxation wns about a 1919 per cont These
tguroH, be 1t noted cover tho ontiro tax-lovy for
Stato county, and city PURPOSES. Docs Chicago,
with the property valued OH tho AnHesAora'
ofais noSs r h;dh fh ssa'syaue '0nHdor thom inord
Tho incrcnso Of s1s, 900, 600 In the city dobt In
four months can easily 10 accounted for. Tho
ta1os for the yoar do not begin to como in till
November. The expenses begin with January.
bonds-i. o. promises to pny at short dates
have beon issued, otherwise the wliooa of gov
ornmont would be at a standstill. As tho tn1oa
come in, these bonds will be Cancelled, aud tho
proportion of the dobt will shrink again. Tho
system is bad one, but it hns beon sanctioned
by long years Of uaago, and it can only DO worry
gradually amonded.. Again thero has lately
been an excoptlonally-largo issue Of whnt arc
riverside Park and Broadway widening improvo-
mentH. Theso will E,o repaid ont of tho aABoBa-
monta lcvied on tho proporty-ownors bonotitod
BY those improvements !; but, meanwhile, the
city aBanmos tho responsibility, and the totnpo-
rary debt suffers O corresponding incrcase.
Long established uBago is the only possible do
fenso for tll!B system Of beginning public works
without my money In lana to pay for then.
AS to tho Government of New York being dis
cussed from partisan standpoint, thought
OF tho valuo Of keeping municipal afrnirs
outside Of politics to prevent any journal
from wilfnlly msapprohentling tho diflculties Of
tho Reform movement in New York. Tho re-
BpeotAblo voters OF Nov York havo boon prctty
thoroughly awake to tho absntdity Of making q
man'B opinions nbout the Fifteenth Amendment
test OF hia iltneBs for holding an official posi-
out ot the bands Of another gang OF plundorers,
1t will only be III vrtuo OF tho continued vitality
of tho movon1ont in favor of non-partisan re-
form. Thero have boCn blnndors and betrayals
enough in carrying out the movement to diA-
hearton some Of itB moat oarncst friends; but
Chicago IL the last place in the world from which
New York Reforncrs would expect shallow mis-
representation Of tho undoubtedly great results
which they liayo accomplished, and Of tho still
creator which thoy hope to attain:
NEW YonEEn.
Cu1cA0O, Hept. T. 1879