Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-27

cOuuleS IN heDIucky, MISSISSIPPI an
Alabama concerned, We have collate
from our exchanges such expressions {
opinion bearing upon it as might prov
Of interest. Beside these evidences {
favor for the new State, we have other
in the shape Of long lists of delegates t
the convention to be held on Tuesday
the twenty-ninth instant, at Jackson
There can be no doubt that the attend
ance will be very large, and that some
thing definite will be accomplished.
FACTS AND FIGURES.
From the Jackson Whig and Tribune
Seeing the beauty of our proposed ney
State IS it appears upon the map, an,
considering the homOgeneousness of it
people, its diversity of soil, climate an,
prOductiOns-the one part supplyiR,
what the Others need-the unbrOkeI
commerce which has existed betweeI
these fractions of States since their frs
settlement, which has been always NOR,
intimate than with the other parts o
their own States, so much so indeed tina
the railroads were built upon the genera
line of the old dirt road travel, il a
once strikes the mind that the only
thing lacking in its unity already is mat.
ter Of form. But true to the American
can character, wherein every per.
son feels himself to be a part of the
government, and that its concerns are
his ian idea probably yet lingering
from the impressions Of early youth "a
good omen, too, and prOgnostieates the
proper management of the affairs of the
State when fOrmed-Our people are in
qulrlng as TO what will be the effect oi
the success of the project in q financial
point Of view. A ststehouse and peni-
tentiary must be built, which will be in
curing expense for things which we al
ready possess. This is true, and is the
only objection we have heard urged
the advantages claimed are admitted.
1t Is not dOubtingly, but with that
confidence which the logic of facts COM
blned with past experience enthuses that
we say, as a money transaction we will
be greatly the gamers. The West Ten
nessee portion of the estate will have to
assume and pay its proper proportion
of the State 5debt unaided by the
Kentucky or Mississippi fractions, and
Of course as regards their States thew
Our State debt is now $50. .OOO. 900. of
which our fair proportion would proba-
bly, be five-twentieths, or $1,000. 900.
The question then is, can we not nav the
81, 900, 900 under our own management
and financiering easier-for we propose
70 show not only that we will not be
iamaged, but be actual gainers-than
We can under the management of the
state Of Tennessee. In the past we have
ili Fsry little to do except to hand over
De money TO De handled by officers |
.leeJed from Middle and East Tennes-
ts
There are In East Tennessee S,O99, 1855 !
.cl- q land; in Middle Tennessee To-
50 and in West Tennessee only |
,5te j6S. In 1871 the State tax in East |
tennessee amounted to S32S, ,135 90, and |
u 1872 to S215,3!5 SO, a decrease Of SILL
50 -. In 1871 the State tax in Middle |
amounted to S756, 396 II, and in |
So to S4S2, $50 %, a decrease Of S227.
81 %. In 1871 the State tax in West /
tennessee amounted to S5S3, 43S p, and |
q 1872 to S39l ,67S l9, adecrease of S19I,
50 O3. This decrease of taxationiu 1872 !
vas owing to the lesser rate of tax in the
after year, but it viii be observed that
be decrease in West Tennessee was q
reat deal less iH proportion than in |
ither of the other divisions of the State,
Or while the taxable value of property
q East Tennessee decreased 1884, Ais 90 |
q 1872, and in Middle Tennessee it de-
reased s., ,406, ,072 90, it increased the
anne year in West TennesseeS S579, $500.
he total income from privileges in East
'ennessee in 1872 was $50, ,561 81, in
fiddle Tennessee SI72, los AZ, and in
Vest Tennessee 1852, 759 %, West Ten
essee paying within less than $40 OOO
( what Middle Tennessee paid. And in
canning these figures Tecollect that
Vest Tennessee has less area than East
eDnessee by over one and half mil
Ons OF acres, and three and three
'urths millions less than Middle Ten
essee.
While the middle division NAV be
it is notorious that the
sstern has not been for twenty wears or
lore, and therefore West Tennessee is
'Xed at much higher rate than would (
necessary had she only to pay her !
roper proportion of the state expenses. | I
illustrate, East Tennessee, paying the
asst amount by very considerable '
IN, has in 1t thirty-one counties in
hlch the courts and necessary officers
e Kept up, while West Tennessee has
lly nlneteen-CrOckett not then hav- I
g been formed-and paying nearly as {
uch as Middle Tennessee with thirty :
7e counties, and the comparison pre- :
nts a much greater contrast even than I
Is when we look to the school fund, f
lieh we pay in the same proportion. q
e paid near Sl2, 900, more than double f
nat East Tennessee did, in IS72-which Q
IS, in East Tennessee, in property tax. 4
10, ,375 80, and privilege tax, SIS, ,56I 81. =
aking S27l, 1897 IS; in West Tennessee T
Operty tax, 1891, ,67S l9, and privilege. 7
50, 75S %, making 1854, ,437 As. while .,
eyget more from the school fund than v
, do. %
In the northwestern States the school T
( Is ABOUT two per cent. on the 500, 8,
q the people Of this State seem to be h
ing IN the same direction. Had our II
looI tax in 1872 have been two per 3
A., West Tennessee would have paid
that account 81, 7S2, Isl 40, and East fo
only 81 ,359, ,535 IS: West Ten q
ssee, therefore, paying over one mil G
Q dollars more than that division, and N
because their scholastic population is b,
,ater than ours, they would receive fiI
OF that fund near a million dollars al
re than we would, a difference of {,
nethlng like two millions Of dollars r
US.
n other words, we would have paid n
re than a million dollars into East q
nnessee-she keeping all which she r
d-for the schooling, of her children. "a,
as Middle and East Tennessee al q,
Us have controlled the State govern On
mt, 1t Is but reasonable TO suppose ~
L the same thing will continue, and ~
i does, may we not look for this in le
&se in the school tax? ~
Ne nave and will continue to increase N,
re rapidly than the other portions of m
eLaIe,s and calculation demon
stes that We could assume our mart og h,
state debt and pay it off much :.
ieT by ourselves than with the whole -,
.te together. -,
feDce the establishment Of the new ~
ie viii not add a cent to the taxes -
r borne by West Tennessee, but will al
Tease them. We present these facts "
ause the ideaiof increased tax is the NJ
Y argument we have yet heard
inst the new State.
GROUNDS OF OBJECTION. hi
u the Vicksburg CAGississippi) Times, to
T the only grounds for objection to the O'
ject is found in the additional repre-
tatiOn in the senate Of the United
tes, to which the south would be en- Ii
ed by the formation Of another State W
hin her territory, we sincerely trust th
{ the proposed plan may be success OF