, 1874-04-04

Furthermore, those figures show that, Will
tho gront burden Of poraonal-p property tax come
Oil the farmers, to tho exemption of othor class
ea and interests, It ia not fairly divided AZ regard
those classos aud intorests. Who believes thu
and credits than Fulton, and only about ono-llal
us muc!, as Sanganlon3 Who thinks taxation
is equal when al tho pawnbrokora in Lasallt
County paid tax on 953, sos worth Of property
while the same interest in Cook County paTi
only on 59,575? Who believes Cook County hat
on that day lcsa melodions aud organs thar
Wiinnebaso, Bureau, or Lasalle, and iesa thar
| Nttlo Kendall
Tho State Board Of Equalization mado ar
effort to correct these Obvious Inequalities BY
/ adding G8 per cent to tito assessment of persona
property i'll Cook, but, after all, this only
!. TRANSFERRED TIE INEQUALITIES,
for tho Board could not correct the enumeration
assesBod persons iu Cook paid higher taxes,
while the exempt persons continued to bo OK.
cmpt.
All tho AsB0ssmonta wero made Afny 1, 1873,
Btr,ctionH of tho Auditor, under Ills duty to the
eftoot tliat al property eyorywhero should be
assessed at it's true caah value. I cannot refrnin
from quoting one more notable instance of the
effect Of this low. You will see by referring to
the proper table in tho Auditors report that in
| Cook County clooks and watches aro nHBessol at
/ tho avorago value Of 312.37 each, while in BIZ
reau tlloy are nssosaed at S2.03, and both untor
tho operation OF tho Same Law and same instruc-
tions.
Now, nsk, in Wow Of all these figures, official
and public nB thoy aro, does not tito farmer pay
tax on all Ills personality, md docs ho not also
havo to pay taxes to
MAKE UP TIE DEFICIENCY
cauBpd by tho merchants, bnnkors, brokers.
mud other gontlemon OF loisure, in failing
to give true list of their personal Possessions,
About so per cont Of tho entire tax pai1 to tic
State comes from lands.
Tho wholo e1ualized assessment Of all pror-
ortY is 81 1863, LUZ, ,311, in this amount arc tho
following iton.s:
aa,,al Aanas; -: COZ
IoWn lots. 81, 100 2S5
Examine tho report of the State Board of
Equalization, andsce it thore is any moro Justice
citioH md counties, tIan there is in personal.
Hero are some Of the figures. showing how I'M
proved lands aro assessed on tile average:
oo,,, oo,,n.- Per acre.
IooK tonnty..:.. ser. .32
Onfage Connty. 1903
Durehu County....... ......................,s $50
Greene County,. .......,...............,. B.43
Iaspcr county. 660
1uAuls Goltllsy..: 39G
sanEamon County. 3l43
The assessments Of improved city lots shows
the aaEe
GROSS 1NEQuAIrT1Es,
Of which give few instancea
Cook County: 81, ,2GD99
Stephenson County. Observation-Disclosures. GOoA0
ILL, ~. Go40o
teorla cennty 1,2u5H
sangamon County ..............,.....,,,.. 9s3G7
THUS you see that when the real property was
in sight Of the Assessor, who Ia commanded by
the low to asaess it at its full cash vaue, ho as
aesscd improved lands in Cook County ut S25.32
per acro, aud in Bureau, one Of tho bost counties
of the State, at $3.50 per aero.
Tho lots In the graat City OF Chicago, which
havo improvements On them ranging III value
fr@F1 . IN H..
buildings, at tho enormous average sum Of
81, ,260.29 each, but q trifle more tlan the same
class Of lots arc assessed at in Peoria.
Taking these figures. every lnir-minded man
real property, under our present law, to be
THE 0nASDEsT uuaiDua OF THE AGE,
PISS this resolution, lot it pass tho other
House, submit it to tho votes Of tho people, nut
beyond question and doubt tho constitutionality
of taxes on tho special interests named, aud Vol,
hayo taken q long step on the road to Reyonuo
Reform. Tax tho special interests without first
assessing the realty and personally OF tho State
put It in tho power Of the General Assembly to
tax incomes, authorize a tax on tho gross re-
copts Of railroads in lieu Of al other taXes, and
lu my opinion. you can raiss all nodded royonuo
without doing injustice to any citizen, class, it,
forest, county, city. or section; aud then tho
cease to bo taxagAters, and become satisfied tax
payers.
II the real aud personal property of tho State
ia exempt from stato taxes, thon the counties,
towns, and cities can levy their local taxes OF,
oal debts. II any inequality exists In tLe assoas-
mont, 1t will not extend beyond tho locality in
which it occurs. That these inequalities exist. |
It IL only necessary to cite the fact TINT the nH-
purposes, for 1873, vas $144, 900, 006, while tic
assessment Of property in Chicago alouo. for !
city purposes, WIS 1911 100000
On the Amount Of reveAuo to 10 derived |
from
TAN ON DISTILLED srrR1rs,
gomo idea may bo had from tue following tigurog I
LII the months Of December January and Fob |
ruary last. the production of Spirits in this dis
trict, tho Eighth. WAS 073. 554 gallons. AZ appears
from the records OF the Internal noyenuo Otlico |
total production III ts diatrot Tor ono yoar' IT It
IL believed that rs por cont OF the spirits OF tho
State arc produced In this district, and it this il
correct. tho whole production Of tic State iB
lo,67G, ,028 ga!lona. a tux Of conts per gallon
on this would glve to the stato S77s8lo,iO OF
revenue.
;, Tho Illinois Central liat1road pays now into I
tho State. Treasury nearly s500,06O nor yonr.
Othor roads in tho etato collect gross receipts to
tho amount OF about ss0,9oo,5 ,50O annually, on
receipts Of tho insurance companies nro over
SO. .000, 900, aud thoso will boar tho sanlo rate:
and all these give us
THE FOLLOWING p1ouaEs:
oiher reas s" Il ic c .eeSr,na 10 4.
port OF liallr0al Commissioners, $40, ,0QD,-
Gl1 at nor cont. ont..................... 600, 10000
~ e. wy oto of nslrnncc, ut pcr Gent: 1e0 0D000
spirits, ut centH. H.........,...,....., 77s,B4g4o
sl,9as, ,s404O
Now. tho ordinary and extraordinary expenses
OF the btato Tor two yenrH are about III, ,tl00 900,
aud tho school tax for tho Same tiu,o ia ss2d01,-
000 Az Boen abovo, tho articles mentioned will
(nrnsh nearly a2.000,000, and tho balance can
nasly bo collected from tho other objects man-
tlonod, without loYylng ono cont on tic real aud
l'otaonal property in tho State.
| hayo thus shown you my iiloa of lilo defects
Of oue present 1soyon,le Byata.u, md what l
oonsltlor tho best WY to ron,ody tho OWLS, aud
70 ralao the reyonuo necessary to support our
5sato Government. But thoro is anotlior branch
of tho uueHtion Of Reyenuo neforn no loss i'm.
portant., Tho resolution oonten.plates radical