Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-10-01

In 1878. she had s3l6.6S6, Sis.
Doc. IT. 1879. And all taxable values
after the general assessment OF 1889
,ciH not ercecd $3.50, 000 900.
The total value OF all the productions
of the st tie has decreased from $50, 5ll,'
92O in 1867, to $50, $40 IN 1916; and
not over SOS, ZOO, 900 for lS79.-S. Doc.
II. 1873. This gives on an average
only 500 head to the people OF the
State, out of which all costs OF produc-
tons. and all demands OF every sort
must be paid, if paid at all.
thirds Of the lands Of Virginia
are in the commons and half the en-
closed lands produce nothing yet, all
are taxed.
Most, If not all tie States, exempt
some necessary Of life from taxation.
Virginia exempts nothing-except the
Brokers' Bill bOndholders.
Virginia pays yearly tax 10 State
and counties ofs5, 000,0 900. This makes
sl.7O on the 500 of assessed property
and Virginia's assessments double the
average assessments Of the other States ;
thus, in fact, as compared with other
States, Virginia pays $40 on the sl0O
of property Governor Kemper'S Mes
sage Of 1873.
The license tax, which consumers
pay, added to properly and head taxes,
makes the rate paid for State purposes
! 90 cents on the 500 Of assessed proper
ty.-id.
Virginia pays yearly United States
tax on tobacco, whlskey, &C., of ST.
932, 22O.7S; and by reason OF an unjust
tariff, 100000 more.-Speech Of
Senator Daniel, March llM, 1878.
Virginia had in 1860 money circuIat-
ing among her people, sl4,OOO,000.
Now she has only 81, 900; and the
most Of this keptin banks for the use OF
The internal revenue taxpayers. This,
fif equally circulated, would only be 81
per hcad.-id.
All the thirteen Southern States (Vir-
ginia lncluded) have only s23, 800 900
OF circulatOn-not enough to pay VIZ
ginia's debt.
All the other States have sG75, 900. =
900 Of circulaton-being $40 per head ;
vet not enough. France, the most
prosperous country in the world, has a
money circulation Of over SO per head.
Virglnia's debt, as fixed by the Bro
ber's Bill, is larger than the debt oil
any State in the Union. 1t gives SOS
to the head. And if county and town
Indebtedness be included, then Virgl
MAS public Indebtedness will be $40 to
the head. Eight times more than in
Kentucky or Mississippi, and four times
more than in South Carolina or Alaba.
ma. Emigration and capital will avoid
Virginia.
In 1878, 81, POI, GS2.32 of State taxes
had to be collected by dstraining Oil
GERS, and FIVE per cent. was added as
penalty for being too poor to pay by
December lst,-Audtor's Statement TO
House Of Delegates, January %. 1879.
Out of the 2o5, 900 men in Virginia
more than one-third are too poor to pay
the 81 head tax. Last year 1854 were
returned insolvent; and many had this
tax paid for them by iriends.-H. Doc
G, 1879.
Last year persons owning land could
not, and did not, pay taxes on came tC
amount of s37, 396.7l.-id.
Virginia had in 1871 1880, 900 in the
Treasury, and estimated assets in rail.
roads, &C., of sl2, 5OO.00O.-First Mes
sages of Gors. Walker and Kemper.
In about three years this money and
realized assets, In addition TO taxes,
were absorbed by the debt. And every
Legislature since then has increased
taxation by hunting out new things to
tax, and increasing the taxes on licenses
(Which the people directly pay; yet,
the revenues have dwindled. Tue Au.
dltor puts the net amount this year at
90, 400, 900; out of this $1,000, 900 will
be required for government expenses
and the schools Git the laws are obey
ed), and he has already paid as interest
on the debt 81, 437, 5l3.9l.-AUds.
Com. of Aug. /, 1879.
Chief Justice Marshall is to day tell
ing us from his grave, that 1.-The power
to tax is the power to destroy" The
sacret contract ofthe Brokers' Bill gives
to aliens (uot the Legislature) the pow
er 10 tax Virginia so much as will pay
their interest every Blk months; and.
after 1885, so much as will make u sink
ing fund to pay their principal. After
then, the Legislature must extort from
virginia's poverty enough TO support
the Government. Alas! for the schools.
This sacred contract provides for an in
crease of taxes and they will be in