Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-08-31

uniformity IL the collection Of taxes
is DESTROYED. The man of wealth, The
owner Of real and personal property Tho
bank, the railroad company, the insu
rance complny, wealthy corporations
under its provisions could pay thei
taxes for fifty cents or the dollar, Will,
the merchant, The hsiOl keeper, thu
auctioneer, all persons of whom license
is required 10 transact business woulC
have to pay that license lax dollar 70
dollar-anl 90 with The capitailon tax
| 1t is as hard for ths lahoriug man Il
pay one dollar as Tor the wealthy pro
perlv owner or the rich corporation to
nav hendricks Of dollars, and yet it il
proposed for hem te pay their taxes OF
property at so cts. on the dollar while
the cari;aliou tax must lie paid in fu
dollar for dollar. OF ceulse If il is in
tended bv tbs gentlemen who advocate
the measure WHEN they reach the taz
bill TO double the rate on real and per-
senal property. ;ud Gu hark', railroad
and insurance companies, then this OBJ
lection loses much Of lis per!inency, but
If there be 20 such irttnlon, it would be
cross OF rage ~ one clsss Of taxpayers
to compel them 10 pay their taxes dol
lar for do,la W lie provldia for another
class 10 paw lleirs ut 80 cts. OH the
dollar. We will now briefly discuss tht
effect of n csc loan certificates" oil
the taxes levied for school purposes
The Constitution OF Virginia Art. S Sec
s provides that The General Assembly
shall apply az annual AK upon the pro-
pcrty Of The Safe # not less than One
mill on the dollar (cq'al ts 10 cents or
the slO0) FOR the equal benefit Of al
the people Of the State" Tor school pur.
poses and every legislature that Ia:
passed tax bill since the adoption o
the constitution IN 1869 has provided
that there shall be tax OF fifty cents
ON every hundred dJlars Of the valu Z
of real and personal property the pro-
ceeds Of one 9Th whereof shall be ap'
piled to the support Of the public free
schools of the State" that being the
minimum amount under the eonstiin-
ton. We perceive therefore that the
effect of the lsan certificates in the
Rjddleberser bill would be TO cut of
half the school tax Lived on property
and 10 bring the sctool tax down to one
ho'forthe minimum provided for by tie
constitution # The present rate Of tax
alton for scheol purposes be le'tin force
and as a result Of the S ale Of loan cerIis'
Gates" in order O raise the coSstliu iona
amount for the school, the rate Of tax
a ion for school purposes would neccs
sarily have to be doubled. We con-
clude therefore, if the statemen ia
the nreamble Of the bill be true (Which
we i, nc, aluiD tint II: doajIiag etthe
rate of t,ration would he Absolutely
necessary under its provisions in order
70 carry on the Safe Govern nent. to
INV interest on the debt as refunded
under the bill, and TO support the
schools. That the statement oil th'
amount of net revenue to be relied OF
w. 50 1Gj. 00O. is not true was no. th'
ganlt Ct the friends of the Riadlebergel
bill. for every effort was made by then
ia arbitrarily reduce the assessment on
raj estate at least y per cent. Jud 1e'
were 6l,cted TO appoiat assessors t'
reduce the assessments in order that
the predictions OF these false prephe II
miuht be verified. An arbitrary re-
dnciion of at least % per cent was adj
vocated ly the promoters OF the Rid
dlohorc,r scheme on The hastings anC
in lsnothy newspaper articles, and al
this when the effect of such reduction
would hayo bssa to reb tho schools Of
o cts. out every dollar levied on rea
prepsrty for the support Of tho school
system.
But this article has already gone be
vord reasonable length. We will re-
turn to the subject hereafter.