The daily gazette., 1875-01-19

Fortunat tly FOR our people 1hiS Slitte
ENJOYS II remarkable exemption from the
burtnens Of local taxation which so heav-
Ily opprcss other cop'mul ;tias. And
trnst that the cxanplc Of honesty and
strict care in the expenditure of pubic
money (Which, after all, ia only the
money of private individuals draw Il by
taxation into the treasury Of the state y
viii be continued for the benefit of the
'ndiv idual citizen, and rs an assr"ance
to our public cre.' I rs of that 1teg. ity
which Ii thei" best reliance for the fr'-
fl i''nent of or" pecuniary Obligations.
IT. IS greatly TO be regretted that the
nr'hilation of our wen secr"el State
bank issues, by the ruthless exercise of
Cong fessional power of taxation, is con-
tinued. ard that thereby our supply of
paper money of the Ur'ted States-our
only cin,ul,.ting ,ne,linm-is cont'rua"y
floating eff to the great money centres
and leaving our rural districts denuded
of II nece3sa"y medium of exchange
which, but for Federal taxation, world
be safely and conveniently supplied hy
our State banks.
1t is to be hoped that the interests OF
the work'ngmaD, as we'll rs OF ." the
legitimate commercial. manufacturing
and agi icnlturai industries, may be Sc
cured upon the basis of gold and s'ver
coin, as was designed by the framela of
our constitutional govei lment. and from
which Congress- IA an evil honr for the
country has seen fit TO depa' /, and TO be
still nnw ling honestly to return.
ATTACHMENT OF WAGES.
Ow ing to the general .prost at on of
business to which have referred, the
necessities of workingmen have demand
ed the use of every dollar of their wages
to supply their families with food and
shelter.
Existing Jaws of this State authorize
the attachment, in the hands of h's em-
ployer. % the wages of the working
man.
This procedure is productive of great
distress to the work ..ng man by taking
| away h;s only means to pay for the ne
g, 's9 .es of life. while it also burdens
| the fund created hy his wages with op-
prtisive legal costs, embarrasses the
employer by compelling his attendance
as IN involuntary party to litigation
in the result of which he has no interest
and, moreover, tends to drive many ex.
cellent mechanics from our State, thus
depriving the community OF their sk.''
ed labor and employers of the'" mos
| valuable workmen.
| In view of these facts, and in the light
of orr own experience of the law, and o
the sue .essful examples of ncighbornt
Statns, deem it advisable that so mncl
of existing laws, rs authorize the at
tachmcnt of wages should be rerea ,nd.
INCREASE OF REPRESENTATION,
| The rapid increase of the population
and property of New Castle County, a
compared with that of Kent and Suf
sex Counties, of late years has necess
tatcd an increase of the representatio
of that county in the General Assom
bly, for the protection and promotio
, of its various interests.
So urgent has the necessity for thi
become, and so decided the current {
, public sentiment in its favor, that
fair adjustment of the present Unequal
, ty should no longer he postponed.
!, therefore, feel it to be my dut,
on this occasion, to advert to the sui
: ject and to urge early and favorab
action upon it.
4 TO fully appreciate the force an
Justice of the claim of New Cast
(, lCounty toan increase of rcpresentatic
e | in the General Assembly, it is necc
sary to compare her present represent
i ton, population and resources vii
:, those of the other counties.
BY reference to the Federal Cens'
II of 1870 it appears that the populate
of New Castle County was sixty-thr
thousand, five hundred and fifte,
's (G3, ,515), of Kent twenty nine thousan
o eight hundred and four go, ,80G, al
y of Sussex County thirty-one thousal
d six hundred and ninety six (31 ,89l
- thus showing that the population
,s the former was greater than that
d the two latter combined.
BV the same census it appears til
ly the assessed value of real estate
j. New Castle County was as great, a
re the assessed value of personal proper
a. more than three times as great as I'll
of the other two counties combine
~ y and that she paid more than twice
a. amount of taxes paid by both of thu
g. together for State purposes.
Also her total of annual wages pa
Do in farming operations and the to
n. value of her farm productions, r
OF pectively, were quite equal to
S. aggregate totals, respectively, paid
Oh produced by both Kent and Sussex.
ty IN lne mecnanlCul anu nldnuiael
W. ing industries, the capital invest
e. the wages paid, and the value of
be articles produced, respectively, w
|. at least ten times more in New Gas
at County than in Kent and Sus
ne Counties combined.
ON And yet with this great dispror
re- tion of population and taxable proT
On ty, the Legislative representation
no that county is equal only to that
ro each of the other counties, while
M city of Wilmington, with a populat
lie greater than that of either Kent
or Sussex County, has never had Il rel
sentative of her vast local interests
both houses of the General Assent
at the same time.
.ne When our State Constitution of l.
,nt, which established the present app
. ia tionment between the three count
rit- was framed, the population of each
them was nearly equal in numb
'ar- That of New Castle being ninet
zee, thousand six hundredIand eighty
ma; 40 ,GSG), of Kent, eighteen thous
and nina hunlrcd and twenty (18 92M