, 1875-12-04
NanagenIent OF Cities.

understanding Of this belief when re examine
the indebtedness and taxation under the
management % each. The tv'"l national
Indebtedness on the 1t oF NJ, .ubor vas
s., ,2IT, ,963, ,lGl, while the local Indebtedness
At the same time (as near as can be estimated
from returns at hand collected with the
census returns of 1870 was 81 ,520, ,OOO,U0O.
The total national taxes for the year past
were $500. 600, while the local taxes
S35J. zoe, eco, Ii We remember how much
larger a proportion Of national taxation goes
fer the Payment Of interest than does Of
tie local taxation, We shall at once be
struck with the vast excess in the cost
OF our local machinery over our national
1t is disparity which ,xi-ls in nothing like
equal proportion il any other civilized
country of the globe. 1t Will occur at once
10 The reader that this condition OF affairs Is
largely owing to our arrangement IS a union
Of States. We shall sec about that later
Int, in the meantime, 1t Is a safe proposition
that. since orr local governments cost twice as
i""ch money rs 'he NATIONAL 'h's5 Is '"ice
as much stealing in their management
This is q sugg, stion that it Will he well to
bear in mind, particularly in view OF the
fact that every one feels called upon to cry
cut against national corruption while Only a
modest ie" undertake +" p'oo up The ''Ifup-
non al ho'ne,
ii 'hIs yoHnS nation 'h'Ee i " E.o' oe"'
more oi country Than of town and II might
"'H Ne '~!''''--''i '''A''y amer 'h' '"S
s'7'''" '''"' IBIS 'A''S>''e '''' u local gov
'ihi' III @ii''7 li''" our arrangement as q
eo"',Usr"''oH "i 9''''''-- 'L4l " l"' '-e
larger '"i"'h oi ms ; FI,0-v''0o'oOo "I -"c--
hae''ean'SS' ana thiS f:"'''OO''0Oo oi local
'"Xaii'n' should he Iorne iy the stale or
ganlzai'ons- Such Is roF' unfortunately, the
Iaei- ) he total State indet'''nsss' bonded
and hoailn&' does not exceed S.''0'ooo, ,o0o,
The country indeb'e-n'S-' Of all kinds Is
about 9Ie''COo'0CO- The city and town
Indebtedness Is "'ou' f""1,VlVo'o- is TO
tie !oe'L taxation we Ind hat oi 'Ae states
TO '' S'0''''''''' mai oi Tie counties ?aO'-
OV','Oo' ana max "I 'Ae ''''e- SID towns
S-'''"V"''0'. tAr lime VIA come "h'A
graf newspapers and S'at'Sm'" Will rise mp
III Tins country 10 assert that all which IS
good and protective IN cur ""san OF States
might be got ""t OF Ii at much less co,'
Than That reires, nt'4 y STATE debts OF i'''o'-
og',''o' annual state taHa'Ic" OF so "tO,Ito-
That j. rot our I"rIose at Ire~ent-iheIe Is 4
far richer ti,ld, AID one whose claims are
ruU,h u,gr.. r.r..f.~ -, ,..vl7Ii. f,r-- ,~ir,
..:......,-
II IS '.'' -!''' iil5' oi New 1ork, brook
lyu, Baltimore, Chicago, St Louis, Ciucin-
,,r,i a,l q. r..,.,.. .r t,,., ,.,l.r. ,r... I.,..
~ ''' '''-'e o. ii'''' '''''''T7
ana lbs immense lUIc.n q! taxation. II i
against Il Csc municipal !irg- that the ueo-
rr.. no ,,,,,. ,,,.,;.i,.., .,..I ,..... - A.
IN ''' 49, VI ''' "i'''"H1 "I any sue"
unlimited eNPeEdI'ure Of money and creation
Of debt.
H.. -,l:.:-s = .5..,, :, ..,-...,..-
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even n"ie anxious attention than J. the poll
tics uf 1hr nation. We have Ic1. ir1u,.hr TO
q mss vT,,h ,Ir.ar.,. iI.. I.f.. IF ,,.r -r,n.r
- -.,;.;..r -.-...-r -.
'-'''''- '''.'...' pm .'-,.l Sums al
most 10 p'o'r 'Hs iHeipicl'y oi popular gov
eminent and the imp.ac'icabil.tv OF popular
suffrage. Is wr.rh,r.o,ug.. cs ,l,-. ,.,.,,,-or,
"a. g Ill. ..r..-.
i"'''1 '-'''' --' ''' nave III VIC i"S
month, seen VolI'IcaI revolutions III the cluas
Of New York. Brooklyn, Chicago and B.Iti-
more and others ar.. vi p, +r.c- 0rd