The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-03-11
Facts and Figures.

al' from communication to tn
PE0nix of March 4th.
! On looking into statistica, we lcarl
that thc property, real and persona
# ,hc United States, as assessed il
1870 for purposes Of taxation, wa
valued at $l4, $685.. Ga thi
assessment there was levied For Stat,
purposes the sum Of S6S, ,05 ,20S, be
ng nearly 4.45 mills ou the dJllsr
In South Carolina the assessed valu.
tor 1870 was Sl93,el3,aa7, upo,
which there was levied, for Stat,
purpo> es, tax of 8 mills on tho
dollar that being nearly 100 PEI
cent. higher than the average levy
in the United States. But the real
value of property in the United
States for 1870 is given at $3O,06S,.
5la, 1907; being more than double the
as, s>cd value, upon which valuation
the tax collected tor State purposes
amounted to only 81 2G, say p mills
on tic dollar. In South Carolina
:he real value Is put for 1870 at
S208, 4G, ,9SS, which, instead of be.
ing double the assessed value, as was
the case ir the United States taken
III the aggregate, was only fractioa
mere than l3 per cent. above the
assessed value and upon this. v.lu.-
tiou there Was collected, according
10 the census report, tax, amount
ing in HE aggregate, to ST., 1921 :337,
boing at the rate of 6.35 mills on
the dollar, or very nearly three times
as much as the average tax Of the
United States for the year 1870.
\rd yet our South Carolina Solons
affect Il holy horror at the com plants
OF the aXpayers as being almost
g.oundl,ss. "Stop your ,clcmor,"
they Say, IN substance; GIVE only
charge you Sl.97 per capita for gov
erning yor.' Consoliug, truly. But
let us look a little further into this
matter, by comparing, or rather hy
cn,ro sting individual Suites. LII
New York, be assessed value of pro,
r~rty Tor 1870 was 1867. .OOl, iS5,
whiic the real is.given ut SG,500,a4l,-
2Gl more than three times the as
acSsed value, and upon this assess.
mcnt was collected, for State pur-
po cs, $S.720,I55, being 4.43, not
quite il mills to the dcllar: while
the amount collected was only in
proportion to l.54, say II mills on
the dollar of the real value. Thus
it is seen thatthe Empire. State Of
the Union, bloated with wealth, us
she is, collected, for State rrrpose>,
in 1870, only Sl.34 on the thousand
dollars worth o, property, estimated
at it's true value, while the people of
this impovishrd State had wrunE
from them $685. OF The thous md
dollars worth Of property, estimated
at is true value. In other words,
our benehocnt Govern nmeuv. required
us to pay, in 1870, Sl.73.9 Of tax
for every dollar that the citizens Of
New York had to pay, in PROPORTION
to tEc tue value of the property,
But We seem to hear the sonorous
voice Of our State 1reI>urcr cGbi-
Wandipg us IT, be silent, as wo are
only required to pay 81 Ct per capitu
for our blessings, while the people of
New York have to pay 81 prr capita.
How li.iie the peo pie of New York
seem to know bout tho allied scien-
ces Of government and political
econony.
From the en- nirc State Of the
Union let ua turn Ito Ohio, tho cm-
p''" State Of the West. Thcro, in
1870, tn" assessed value of property
wa, ST, ,l67,73l.697 and the State
taxA,iop $A,727,3lS, being in propor-
sion Of four mills on the dollar not
halt wh". it was in South Carolina
The trnc va nc is given at S2,235.
l30,3O0, upon which valuations the
tax levy vas IN proportion Of 3 10
mills ON the dollar, being only one"
thlld what it was in South Carolina
on the actual value. Look, now, at
Massachusetts,. There the assessment
was s ,59l 1888, ll2, aud the taxation
$7,iDS,962 iei"g st the rate OF 4 65
mi!is on he loIlar---ouly half what
il WIS in Sou!h Caro!lna. Tho true
value is given ut $2,I32, l4S,72l ;
tic :ax,tion being again only about
half what it was IN South Carolina
on the same basis it Icing at the ratio
# BAT mills on the dollar.
La ord, T. to .lisabuse the mipds Of
the authors Of the "R"ply to the ne.
mortal of the Taxpayers Convention
of any erroneous IMPRESSIONS that
may arise in their miuts in refer.
ence to the authorship Of THIS com
munica.ion, .tha writer will sia'e
that b: had neither part nor 'ot in
the "Tax.payers' Conventioni" ane
further that he is tax rayc-, and
onc who painfully feels the weight o
the Goverument which charges onl.
81 G7 per CAPITA for the unboundet
blessings it c,ufers, but which hap.
pens to charge him about $500
PER CAPITA.
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