The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-01-07

/ extravaganza Of Boards of Superyi.o1~
IS added TO these are the heavy local In ''s9I
o that fail upon the inhabtantso O. c;t; @' us
t towns and The unhappy people ~ a. q
Levee Districts. ~
h In September last, Senator S5o..
said TO the people OF OHIO: 'lla
: THE -tirs5 requisite of part, T..
e minister the government now il ecoa ~ q
1 he most difficult to practise. esno ,,;"'s
: after period OF geeat expenditure T wa
we most need is Il very large rqdrc+:' - I'D d
local taxes, and still more, a ypr,, '' ,.1 Il
limitation OF the power OF local t.v. :; &"
Now innumerable local authoritias ,. 49,"
ties, towns, cities, etc, have an'L 1?,n
to levy taxes until this amounts IN 'l NV, :
eases, to confscutjon < ! many
Upon this question Of local tiyat;on
ought 10 have no party, or soon jnco,, ~
will be absorbed by taxes. "'''iiS'
Apt words these, and wise eran ,-,..
addressed to the people Of rich and ,''N
p rous Ohio! With what added f,.p,I - y
they apply to Us who suffer under - groe, 10
local" burdens, with the adGjf"osJ{
weight OF enorl~ Gus State expepd;rnr.aI
10 show The extraordinary and ran;j
increase OF taxation imposed On tb;s ' r,
poveri>hed people, we will cite these na ,-.
ticuIarS, viz ~'o par
Ia 1869, the State levy was 10 cent. d,
the hundred dollars Of assessed vsIno "a
lands. u
For the year 1871 il was finn. ,;n,.-
as great. For 1872 it was ciMt and y Laf
.'mes as great. For the wear 1873 i .rg,
,'ce}Ge o'ld h01 times as great. F,r t5e
year 1874 it was fourteen times a. ora., -
{ was in 1869. The tax levyof iS14 was
he largest State tax ever levied m MISC
ippi, and today the people are poorer
han ever before.
1t Is true, that now, because Of d:o,in-
shed property and depressed values faa
SFce"toge Of taxation must be increased
me amount OF revenue levied IN former
mes ; but what we complain IF Is tbat
ne aggregate amount Of taxes levied On
:, IN our poverty, greatly exceeds tbn
mount LEVIED IN prosperous dars. The
aofhIty OF this great increas. in fbe
7rcentage, will become more r]ain if
{ consider the fact that, our present as
Ssments very greatly exceed the market
'dues OF the property assessed.
mus as the people become poorer ar.
err taX-burthens increased!
IN many cases the increase in Ibec9p,,fy
'Ies' IN the same period, has been
II greater
But this is not all. 4 careful o.t;o,.+o
'ws that during those wears ofincy4as-
and most extravaganza tax lev;as the
olie debt was increased on an average
;, r.oa''y over S66l,O00, Il sum Of itself
llcleI'' 10 detray the entire EXPENSES Of
S@,,r, - economically administers
! MAJ IS the State spent On an aver
mis- large sum each wear, over ana
We The amount collected on those non.
- '''A IeEies y hat may be the ex-
: i me year 1914 is not revealed, X
''i'' we Know Is, that macy Of the =
I"ISe appropriations tor The year e
IS s'' 1;9 since exhausted. o.
~, ,r,,3 1' re extraordinary results have G.
VIC" the operations Of the Boards ~ 3:
'rv IS,, at least in many Of the eou0- le
" neither these facts prove a lick 70
, "h@m y M N administration, orare to be !, y
.: rs SAD proofs Of the rapid ex- !"
tion of the means OF the noaril "a i,