The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-05
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9.

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'sQulRg Ions ArElSsQS, Of West Alex
ander, formerly a]CitiEen Of brooke county,
tand native Of this county and one oil
The earliest Republicansof West Virginia,
wins in the city yesterday. Tho Squire
gave us some interesting "reminiscences Of
hh early Republican experiences, es.
peclally Of his attendance on a small sized
Gathering up in Hancock, at u time when
the Bourbon Democracy looked on the
presence Of Republicans on the soil Of
Virginia as absolutely pestiierous; and
again Of his attendance on the convention
that was held in this city in ls50-the
time when Mayor Caldwell (the late Alfred
CALDWELL swOre In so many pro.slaVery
rjwlies as extra policemen and himself
took a scat in trout OF the door to sec that
the convention was not mObbed. The
Squire was warned to keep away
from that gathering bya prominent citizen
here, but he persisted IN his determine
ton TO take his chances with tho bretheFnr
and did do 80 as n matter o iCourse. He was
always that kind Of q BE Is now In
his SOth year and still in good health. He
Is fond Of telling how people are puzzled
to make out whether he was from the
last century or in this one, inasmuch as
his entrance into this world occurred on
the Sd day Of January, 1900. lie says
that some people hold thatthe year 1900
was the first year Of the present century,
whereas it was the last year Of the last
century, and consequently he is older
than the century-up to this time.
Taxation ON Land In this Country and
liz EngIRnd- Debt la the Two COun.
tries.
In the course OF an article written by
Mr.. William Saunders, an Englishman,
who spent some time In this country re-
Gently, gathering statistics in regard 10
comparative taxation in this country and
his own, u statement is made as to the tax
paddy farmersin England and the United
States that will astonish all who are moi
posted on the subject. Wequote from his
article as follows:
~ have before mt rent and tax papers
for lnrms in Wiltshire apd for farms In the
Uuited States. On these farms In Wilt.
shire, consisting of COS acres, the charges
are as follows"
hent" ,..,...,.,... .....,..SJ,l6O 70
IlIhr.,.' "'.''..,..... %? %
ales".""''..'''"'',., ,'.',.", 4O on
Total tax on land 1888 70
With this he compares the tax on Cos
acres Of land inthe West, assessed ats2O
per acre, and taxed y per cent. The tax
would be S3O9.4O. But even including 10
per cent interest on the value of the land,
taxes and interest combined would
amount to only $1,000, as compared with
the 81 1888 taxes on the English farm. Mr..
Saunders adds to this comparative state
ment the following:
"ln addition to the landlord, the gentle.
man farmer, and uninterested laborers, an
English farm has to support the church
and poor house. 1t is not, however, the
heavy charges on land in Europe which
constitutes the greatest drawback to our
system; but that farmers have only Item.
pOrary interest In the land, and laborers
are merely hirelings. The great charm
wi iCh attaches to farms in the States Is,
that the land is occupied and cultivated
by the owner thereof. Men work willing.
ly when they labor for themselves, and
bring to bear upon their Undertakings a
degree OF intelligence and energy which
under other conditions would be unattain-
able"
1t is no wonder that the English farm.
ers are ruined by bad crops and compe.
titiOn with the United States when their
land must pay such enormous taxation.
Mr.. Sanders shows that with all the talk
about ext ~ravaganCe, and recklessness in
the United States, England exceeds US in
the aggregate OF rational and local debt.
He takes the official estimates Of expcndi.
lures for the support Of the Government
OF the United States for the year ending
June 20, 1880, including all branches and
departments, and for the interest on the
public debt,A states the sun to be $685..
SS4,475; 10 this he adds SG?, 500, 600 for the
taxatiop by the several Sates-making a
total of S90S, S34,376. In contrast with
this he puts the expenditures Of Great
Britain for the current year. at SS54.5l4,.
OiO. The three principal items Of ex.
penditure. in Great Britain he thus con.
trasts with the cOrrespo nding items in
American expenditure:
Great United
BIiaIn. State.
Interest anu dcht"ln,".s. sl96,0 O0, 000. . s 9S. 900, 900
HrInv "'"'s'''".....""....s iA,22s,b00'N 69,85, 725
nav! 6!,9Jl,4S0 l+.Isi $50
Total '','."" ....r""....s $685. 10, $50 slsS,G2S,I0J
He, from the best information he could
gather, places the cost OF county govern.
ments in the United States at S69, 500, 900,
and that OF cities and towns at Sl5O, 900, 900,
The total expenditures for government in
the two cnuntriaa l,a tbus I'm u If, IT,