The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-05

1898. Comfy taN............ IS 002 SIS
Including schools. -. p. .00u.0D
1879. County taX................ s3,4l9. 80
Including schools -. %, 10000
1856. County taX............... 93 :f,i6. 06
Including schools " u. 10000
1881. County taX............ sc. .40.. .0i
An examination of the above record
shows inconteStably that in the very first
year OF their administration 1S6D there
was an increase of levy, followed in 1868
by 4 tremendous bound to nearly $780,
900, or nearly $2i.0 600 more than the
h'gdest amount reached by the Republ-
cans i'll any one year. The taxable basis
ct the county property, too, from 1861 to
1856, was only about eight millions, which
in this wear QSGS) was increased to nearly
fourteen millions.
Now, it is very evident that under the
new assessment, reaching an increase of
nearly 50 per cent taxable basis. had
there been an economical administration
nt county affairs, the rate of taxation
conld have been. in that. and every sue
ceeding year. very materially reduced.
\ comparison between any two years,
respectively. under Republican and Dem
ocratic rule, will show this. Take the
years 1868 and 1873. for instance. In the
latter year, under Democratic rule, the
annual rate per 800 was ,5 cents. In
! 1863. under Republican rule, the rate was
81 cents per 500. on the old basis. Under
the assessment Of 1868, the Republican
. rate would have been only "a cents per
500, but it was increased forty cents,
the simple reason being that the amount
! levied in 1873. under the Democrats. had
IN the six years that they had been in
bower. increased from S49. .0O2. 81 to the
enormous figure *103, s:}4.,a, culminat-
ing. in the year 1874, in the unreasonable
amount Of $l12,213.76.
But i'll the face of these figures. afford
ing in themselves the most indnbitahle
proof that the annual expenditure for
county expenses has been largely in
/ creased under Democratic management
over what it was under Republican adj
nlnlstration in the county. Tie Democlut,
| in its hopeless task to prove the contrary
10 he the fact, makes Il contrast between
/ Two years, taking the levy of the lotcest
year. under Democratic rule, and the
Ai9h|$t under the Republicans. But the
very meihod he adopts proves the fallacy
of his argument. The relatirr merits OF
tie t''o administrations, as to expenditures,
""n"" be correctly j"dged by tie con, .onri-
<"n IF a single yc"r "ndcr oae wjM SIN
gle gar ,tadfr Tie othfr.
The common average of any given
| H""tder of years under both adminstr;l-
! tionS, however, affords the intelligent
! taxpayer certain means of Judging of
the briiliancyC') of the Democratic rec
ord. With pencil and paper he can by
a very simple process discover-which
evidently the Editor of The CccU Dtmo-
crat has not-wlIat has been the e.rurt
per rG"t""t Of lncrease-not of brilliancy,
but Of eNpeIse-under Democratic tinan-
cial management.
Average annual amount OF coun-
~ levy, exclusive of school tax,
for years lSGi-I -ISGI...... SIG l41 90
Average annual amount Of county
levy. exclusive Of school tax.
for II wears, lS6S-1SSl ST. ZOO. 90
L,rrsasc Of - per cent undCr Demo-
| tratic ruie
Average annual amount OF school
tax levy from lS6l-lSG6 six
Years, On" levy i'll 1867 ....... Sll SIS. 90
Average annual amonnt OF school
'aN irvir>, lStiS-S1, II years. .. S24, so 0O
Mrreaae or,r Rrpub}iron admiaistration
# iD6 L.. per- cent.
Average annual levy for Sheriff
account, lStl-GT, seven years . 81, $40. 90
Avera@" annual levy for same,
lS6S-Sl, fourteen years. ....... S2,J1g Il
Increase # IL per cent "nder Democratic
| 1Dfr.
| Average annual levy for roads and
! bridges, lSGl-G1, seven years. =. so 761 GO
Average annual levy for same,
lS6S-Sl, fourteen wears. ......... 81. .06S 90
! Increase IF 80 pCrrcnt nnder D,morratic
! 5"it.
I Average aHa,iai expenditure for
! Circuit Court lS6i-61, { years. rs, ,0GjO0
Average annual levy ior the same
| from lSiS-Sl. fourteen Years. =. Sill ia 00
| MrrF"sC IF p PCrrenf"" Demorrntic
| r"lf.
Average annual levy iol pay of
County Commissioners, lSGl-BI
4 Average of same from iS6S-Sl.. y, ,12jOO
Hrrease # ~ per rcnt "ndcr Dcmo-
cratic rHlF.
The apprehension of The DemocrGt
that Taxpayers in Cecil county may be
frightened into a belief that the record
of Democratic financial management is
/ net a brilliant one, is, in view of the
above figures, exceedingly well tim ed.
The Editor Of the spbtcrranean organ is
not the only frightened Democrat in the
county Just auoUJ this time.