New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-10
VIRGINIDS PLEA OF POVERTY.

CITIZEN OF TIE STAFF cLAREs THAT THINGS
AR, NOT AS RtPRt sRNTED-HARa WORKED BY
THE RFATJUsTERs.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
WAsHr>G1ov. Jan. o." Is Virginia honestly pay
ing all she cant
MOP
lis there al party in the State willing to pay
any more than Mahonei"
"Yr>D
d" Is the State really hankTuptf'
"Non
The foregoing question: taken from TRIBUNE
editorial publshe yes; ay were answered as au0ve
by a citizen OF Virginia. to whom they were all
dressed by TRIBUNE correspondent In addition.
tie V.TginIan remarked: AN this talk about tie
bankruptcy Of our Stale is not only untrue. but
has one the State lncalcuablc injury IN the last
zen years ly checking immigration and by prevent
ing he >tmcnt III tie State OF outside capital
The reason Virginia appears 10 he 80 poor - that
there has been systematic undervaluation of prop
erty for assessment purposes. The vauations
tlrou glout the State have not been uniform, and
the nudeTyaiuaiiOn is pr"ved bv this fact. know
Instances where TIE l&nd OF 4 county IS assessed at
$50 an acre while 10 an adjoining county, where
the land. are Just az good and quit valuable. tie
assessments are only 20 an acre. Now. while L SYM
paih,ze with Malone in his desrr to overthrow
that the excessive underyaluatOns have spoken
Of ar, n counties controlled by the Readju-ler~"
"WIlI not the reports ol the census Disclose the
fact that Virginia is much richer than her
m,nt rolls would Indicate I" aeked the correspond
ent.
"UbdouD; cdly. but do not believe that even the
cel ,n- rrturs viii show the Whole value. I3v fact
Is tLe poiticaus Or th,ir own purposes, have hrcn
for years rying convince our ope that they are
poor and ovrItaxed an,I the people have come to
believe Ii. suppose the ce;.>u~ yl,uatlon viii BE-
niurl ur.!or the tine aInou K. b.caISc IL Wa, o.
ialgc.y made IRON tie ate.aent, Of property
owners tLeMseIy' s.
And vet c.ntIur,d the VrC nian, "prope
know well cuoIgu that their property l. .c,-
Na!u-l uy tie a.-.s-or Reccatly acquaintance
Of uauc wanted to vi me piece Of property aad
ash, 80 az, acre t.ru. | ;oll him would buy It
and "a, h!u tie ASSESSED valuation. "a ctnr.e he
rc.4s-d to ac.cpti,. iolnd cut ~ rwarl thli 1t
We, a-,. ,s-,l - - an Gre Not louE before h. ad
sold property auj yIHIEg aId OF about tue vaue
FOR $50 ana acre.
The gent .-man who commune at"d The facts Is
Mt Sc oi Nug.nii an = ~ hI1iy Qll a well m
fotu-d rcg4ruS the condition and resource II his
Stat. as D., Gen. ral Nation or any o'her aAn IN iIc
>,.l.. H.. Lrc.ares tnat VIrnnl. notwiih-tin ling
the cr.,ycu, all io8s Of tha S;at@ politically
speaking. = s',Ad:!; th"ug1 not RAPIDLY gaming IN
Wrl th. Ii th> hr and iueIc can De 10 Tea,)u ~
,louD. IT, tn" DIukmptcy' Of rgluia does not
s>i-i. rXrcp, ~ the lrjhri";c Il { iua2i atipn II
tn IA ju-t-rs. A.cog,. ~ +. tie cen,.s of 1870.
-hc assessed yIln1'i1 fpop'rty IN Virginia Tn
ve.l- 20 W., }G5. .f39.0)0; ~ 1877. according TO
an IN "a. statement on h,h-l IN 80 hords Amrr-
lcl. ,ua. " foc l~7~ rh. a--"ss"'. valuation VS.
S.i1l BIZ -. and l.l ISIS arcOfilng 10 An IL al
nm !u. ned 10 III IiHtc ! hrOAi,t,, II ",s
S3lU.G-G.N72. Ihcer figures $40" - h'i n, .!e-
,.-,. !i 300. geo 9:Jp"rty iGU,l lSlU % l-'' 90
more dram - ."J0 UOJ 80 falling "I = sc
rioltl. tu.a I~17 20 io1S oI uraIy N3.o"".U'p.
C.u.r4t NaIou. ha> Lo, undertaken "a -uu. 'h't
th.r. wa. e.. n u ~nrinksgc Z values - F!rg1l
bet,yr.n 1870 anI ISIS 81 nrtTlY SJ0O0oV)o' *
,uo-, than rs p-. cent IN cisl' year. 81 an
".s.rf,ou ouuat hot TO te iade without stIOnG
,,r,f~ TO Sustain IT, e leclaily N view ~ tt I3't
that tha pJDll ti0n OF h- STAT has ihcitA>ei DeF
200 900 ~ tie lat ten YEAR. Oi cnuise Al t. h"fal
II n,e can show mat here IS an actu4i decfe@>- ID
y.u. al uyror six millions u Yea, ne cal 4 'ri>iiy
r-.y. thlc NrC7uta VIII uot Oe able u pay anS Ot
her deDt IS tia. she can II Uay . p4It VI Il.