Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-10-18
EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER IS. 1877.
STATE TAXES.

Tba Steer State, for q cow-coupty
paper, comments very i~nteiligently
and honestly on a subject Of some con-
Germ to tax payers. Ignoring the base
islanders aud misrepresentation given
out by men who have rot the moral
courage to be honest, the Sitver State
presscts the question fairly on It's mer-
Its. as follows:
Controller Hobart has informed the
editor OF the Eureka SENTINELthat the
State revenues, for this year slone, Will
be more than sufficient to carry on the
State government for this year and
next. II will therefore he Unnecessary
to levy any State tax for the year 1875.
Hut, unfortunately for tax payers, mat
cannot 10 avoided. The law Is manda-
tory on thai point, and the tax must he
levied and collected, though 1t should
work the greatest hardship on the tax
payers, 1t il wrong, In a year Of gen.
,rsl business depression like the pres
emit, to levy and collect taxes for which
che State has no immediate use; yet II
IL difficult TO placethe responsibility on
person or party. At the last session OF
the Legislature the legality Of the bul
lion tax was undecided, and taxes to
the amount Of about $780, 900 were
withheld by the bonanza companies OF
storey county to await the result Of the
suit. The Legislature was In doubt as
20 what curse to pursue. II there
was q certainty of the law taxing the
proceeds of the mines being sustained
ly the courts, State taxation could be
reduced; but as it Vas the State Con-
troller, whose opinions govern the ac-
tious Of the Legislature tn a great ex-
tent In raising or reducing taxes,
thought the litigation might last a
year or more, and suggested in his re-
port . tax levy for the ensuing two
years Of one dollar on each one hun
bred dollars valuation of taxable
property. At this juncture u compro.
mise bill was proposed, reducing the
rate Of taxation on the net proceeds oi
mines, the mine cwners agreeing To
pay the delinquent taxes il the reduce
ton was made. Had that bill become
q law, the Legislature, knowing that
the delinquent taxes would be paid
could have acted intelligently on the
question Of taxation, and reduced the
State rate accordingly. Since then the
Courts have sustained the law, the
bullion taxes have been paid and the
State Treasury is overlooking with
coin, but the State tax must be COL
lected, nevertheless. The compromise
bill would nave certainly benefited
tax payers at present; its defeat may
benefit them here after
Abiding to the above, the Rereitto
has the subjoined:
The Winnemucca SiIper State,
though q protested partizan paper,
shows that it can be fair and consist
emit. It opposed the bullion tax CON-
promise; but now that it tnrns out
that the States are more
than sufficient to meet its expenses,
aud that the people are being taxed
far beyond the requirements OF the
State Government, the Situer State
has the candor to say: "The Compro
mise bill would have certainly bene-
flied taxpayers at present; its defeat
may benefit them hereafter"
The most intelligent advocates of the
compromise-men who were strongly
impressed with its utility-have held
that time would show that its enact
ment would have been a piece of wise
and beneficial legislation, and this ad
mission by the Sacer State is one Of
the vents that is bearing out the
prophecy. Those newspapers which
opposed the bill out Of pure rabidness
without investigation and only on thu
principle that capital must be 'cinched
no mA.ter who got hurt, may raw anc
abuse those who held, and hold opin.
ions at variance with their own, buI
abuse and raving cannot do away with
tho fact nor put it out OF sight thai
events are proving that the compro
mise was q measure OF wisdom. Facts
are facts, and figures won't lie.