The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-06-20
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o To utmost Of the peopls'sability 70 pey. and
that without any dispcsiton On the part OF any
body in particular to maksan effort 70 reduce
either the public expenditures or taxation, We
trust . few suggestions in behalf Of reform will
not b. deemed untimely or o6icious. While
every good citizen 10 willing to BE- taxed 70 any
reasonable extent, and very many in Boise
county yield without grumbling. to most ex-
cessive taxation for the sake of supporting .
county organization and maintaining order.
still these facts can form no sort Of argument
against the curtailment Of our county expenses
in any and every legitimate and proper way.
Certainly we need not say to property holders
in this courtyard the whole Territory for
that matter-thst taxes at present are need.
lessly high, and more than can long b. borne.
We are taxed 8 As on every hundred dollars
worth Of property We possess. aud this whether
we are indebted for such property or not; and
in addition to this. every male inhsbitant Of the
Territory over twenty one years Of age i re-
quired to pay poll tax Of 8. But taxation
does not even stop here Every business man
must pay. besides his property assessment tax.
and DOLL tax, licence for tho privilege Of do
ing busiuess aud being taxed, which may b.
varied all the way from SIS to $500 per quar-
tor, according a. his business is classed.
Boise county will be assessrd the present
year at more than $SOO.OOO For convenience
Of statement. We will say the valuation will BE-
$4,000. Three dollars asd f"rty.6ve cents
on the hundred dollars Of this sum would
amount ~ 81 GOO. To this SUN must DO I'D.
ded SlA, 400, the sum which will be received on
tho 900 poll receipts which will be disposed
Of, making q total Of $4,000. OF this
amount, $3.50. or IA per cent. goes topay f"r
tho labor Of assessing and collecting. leaving
go, 100 for the county. Adding to this V.7oo
collected for licenses. and substracting the 10
per cent. paid the Sheriff tor collecting. aud
70 have grand total Of $4,000 paid into the
Treasury Of this county annually. not {" men,
ton fiues and other incidental sources Of rev.
enue from which 10 derived enough. certainly.
to swell the total revenue Of the county n
- .OCO, ia round numbers. And what 10 here
said about Boise county. applies with equal
force 10 every county 10 shi. part Of the Ter.
ritory. IL it necessary that We should br taxed
in this manneri Cannot the legitimate ex-
peoses Of the counties aud the Territory BE-
provided for without this oppressi"n We
think %. We think. leaving other counti~s out
Of tho question. that the expenses Of B"'se
county are twice what they should be. and
taxes twice what they should be-; but u resne-
dy the evil. the Law must be changed. A the
laws are at present, no reduction 10 possible.
Therefore We cay to the readers II the WoRtD:
Look about you before the fall election and 90
lect from among your ueighbors como man Of
honesty and intelligence to represent you 10
the next Legislature Never mind whether be
10 . Democrat. Republican. or IN lndeprnd'
ent, 20 long - be 10 capable aud honest.
and has material interests 10 the county. Such
. man there 10 10 every community. aod il yoa
will but try you can elect such to tho legisla.
ture. and BY that means secure reduction OF
fees, salaries and Of taxes: and start the county
on the way to prosperity. Let every member
Of the legislature cent from Boise county Do .
man who will not be pulled about BY the nose
by lobbyists, and let every one 60 pledged to
reduce expenses in every possible way. and our
word for it, taxes need not hereafter DO more
than q so on the hundred dollars. - they
should not be; nor poll taxes more than q per
head, whereas % are now paid. Men u cap.
ital will not come here 70 invest, however en-
ticing the inducements may be. until they have
assurance that their property will not Be conds.
Gated under pretsxt Of taxation. ~ they have
not now, and cannot have until we amend OUT
laws. On the contrary. everybody knows very
we'll that our own men Of capital. - rule. 60
elsewhere to 20 into business. ~ soon - they
get thsir affairs here 10 condition to b closed
out; thu reason given 10 every instance. being
that, although the interest on their money. nor
the profits ia business 10 20 great - here. yet
they are not eaten up BY taxes, and generally
have more clear money at the end Of the year
Think Of these things. people Of Boise county,
and send no man to the legislature this coming
winter, who 10 not pledged to crush out thia
growing evil Of taxation, and whose chsrsctss
il not guarantee that biz, pledge will b faith
fully kept. The WORLD will support the party