The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-10-27
WEEKLY Exo isafrsArsyT.
ssaiay. October -. 1875.
Tsas S:sn.remI.-.

Editor E;to I~rEP. SpEsI:-I n ,.iea
that the EatorP,ae ciain.s a vr-ai d,sl 70
credit for the BONANZA Enp ia having
comproni~ed the Bullion Tax suit ir-
stead Of fighting tie same, a. they
claim they ecuid lave cote fer ;LIev
or four years longer. The editor Of the
Est1Prie under estimates 'h- :nteili-
genee Of the public when h. .xp- eis to
gAiu thu sympathy an ysoI viii u
The people Of Ssy.is FOR his matters
by any such sopLi.iEy. Maths o:
finance and rty,aue. si:h0i.sh very I'm
Portsnt. are SO exceedingly Day ard
rnintsresting. ;hat to- great masses do
rot give it proper csD-ii-r.t;on. I will.
a. briefly as possibl-. ,Aplsin that the
compromise effected w-s fur the sole
benefit and prot, ction - the BspEnZ4
People themselves. We all know ihA;
IL takes MONEY 10 carry On State and
county Rovernmeats. uni that ut the
proper time in the one case, the Le.is-
lature. in tie other the County Com.
misAioners. With tke assistance Il the
respective financial ctie-rs. aud ga:i-d
by past experience as ~ tie uIperai
lures, make an estimate of the t.r.jdv
property. and on suth estimate TX III.
percentage Of tax; ard va,u Known. as
was in this case. that ~. controllers cf.
say. one-ba.i the property. refuse to
pay the imposed TX, Ihe ptrcrniace
would hsve to be ts;ee As large to re
ceive the same Eiaornt Of available
money. q have net Tic data. tu. tfinS
In Storey couaiy tie levy for county
purposes would have had TO have been
almost three times a. high lad no, the
compromise bsen ma 10 sud "a like high
amount vonld rtaUd charged against
the deiiDquents. II be character Of
property WIS alike throughout the
State. Whale The burden OF this heavy
levy would fall Oh al alike. the bensi;.
OF the vast amour. Of d-iinquencies,
when paid in, you'll Glso b. distiibut, Il
alike: but such is not the case.
All other property may he ts1el any
number OF times while in the State, the
proceeds Of the mines are taxed Lnt
once, and then, in the main. hurried %
to Nevada Block, San Francisco; there
fore, IL tho tax levy for the period tina
the bonanza ores were being extracted
had been higher, we woald have re-.
ceived a larger amount OF tax, while on
all other classes Of property the excess
paid would be like paying tax in al
vance to the Bonanza folks, Ill,
excess would have been n derll loss. az
the proceeds had then ceased to be Ia,
able, at least in this State. To illustrat,
still further, and show how some mis-
deeds are followed mp swiftly with dur
punishment, 1 will show that the NJ
attempt Of the Bonanza fra to modify
the Bullion Tax law worked to their dis.
advantage. The last Leg stature in III,
face OF the attitude assumed by ihp
Bonanza firm, could not safely rs.,uc,
the State levy, and the consequence
chat not only has tlic Bonhuzn firm con
tributed Its share OF expense on carry
ing on the State government for Tie last
two years, hut also its share on o hal.
q million Of surplus now in The SLATE
Treasury, and Of no benefit to property
which could have been tax. Il On; once,
but will be quite IA relief 10 ~ heavily
haYnH fNanrla 1l,,- ,,t,l H.. .-.N-..
why the advocates Of the Buuauza iirm
were 30 anxious to nave au extrn session
OF the Legislature called to have the
levy for the current year redhced. ii l.
TO be regretted that some innocent Min
ing Companies, who were always willing
- pay their just proportion uf taxes.
were compelled to pay more than re
quired for the actual expense vi the
State; but tho responsibility must rest
where 1t belongs. Some may ask. could
the State find no other remedy? could
not an enforcement act be passed? could
moi the State have borrowed money! To
those say mo-; the same fourteen Scna-
tors that voted for the reduction of bal.
lion tax, voted against the social. Il
Nichols Enforcement Uill; See Senate
Journal, pnge 3o2. Assembly bill 30. and
refusing to act on Assembly bill No. i54
enabling the State to make n loan. L
have RETAINED from making any lengthy
comments, but confined myself 10 facts,
showing that the Bonzsna firm, in
offering the settlement, consulted their
pockets and not the dear people. 1
challenge the editor Of the Enterprise or
any Of the advocates OF the Bouanza
firm, to e%optroyert anything l have as.
serted. FAC1s.