The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-14

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Tax attentive eye catch es from the State
n,e.s some idea Of what is going on in the
,srsral counties in the way OF giving the
..r.esmep. an extra lift In Roane
.orr.v the Assessors increased the ralua-
linn %. per cent. The high dignitaries at
wheeling looked on this and saw 1t was
No, well; whereupon they added 40
Ne, cent, and Roane Is not happy
n,dsr the increased burden OF 62i per
tsu. In Hardy the increase Is IS per
1sn, and meeting Of farmers Is announced
m consider the matter. The Moorefeld
Eraniatr, in It's latest issue, remarks that
+bis extraordinary rise in real estate is not
understood or appreciated" and It eIhorts
,b4 farmers to turn out The Examiner
sums up the case and gives Its party warm
iug in these words
The reasesment OF lands, the tax on
hfnDRFfV leIEtUlOTt kap AAAtAbA W
sys cents on the sl00 in the rate OF tax cer-
tainy Oughtto be sutti cient TO meet the de-
1,nds upon the State Treasury. The farm
en- OF this county, for these reasons, enter
snDbstic protest against the addition OF IS
nsf cen, 10 the burdens they already bear.
iithc Democratic party OF this State cannot
m,nIre he affairs without the addition OF IS
ner cent tA1, then they should step down
Ind out and let the Republicans try their
hand. Without change for the better. the
Indications point to the overthrow OF the
Democracy Of this State, In, 1884. and we must
add 1t will be deserved punishment Go
,os gentlemen. Too much tax will arouse
The people, and neither the cry OF Democracy
or the sius OF Republicans heretofore will ap-
p.ue their wrath. Democracy Is doomed 10
5.hI, II the addition OF IS per cent 10 our
u1e, :, necessary 10 run our State govern
neDL
The Webster County Echo says that rs
per cent has been put on in that county,
and adds: "SoLewis county is not alone
in this outrage" The increase from the
Wheeling end OF the reassessment ma.
chine was 80 per cent. in Lewis, and we
have recently seen from the Weston Re.
publican and the Weston Democrat what
Lewis thinks OF it. The Weston Repub.
hoan, just at hand, says: "Real estate in
Lewis county is now valued at more than
scould bs sold for on three years time
Il might not have been thus IL Lewis had
rolled up good Demscratic majority, but,
alas she has now left the Democracy Tor
ever"
10 Upshur the increase is 80 per cent, in
Rtrhie 10 per cent. 1t is said that one
county has been salted 200 per cent. We
do not hear which county this is, but II the
report be true We shall hear her gentle
voice. The cheerful work goes on, with .
good deal Of mystery about 1t, but the end
will COME sometime, and then we can foot
Il all up and see how II looks in the lump.
The Wheeling friends moved Greenbrier
up 50 per cent, and this is the comforting
way which the Independent looks at 1t in
view ofthe approaching election for Con-
gress:
This sctlon seems to be greatly misundsr-
itood oy many OF our people. They asume
that an increase In the assessed value OF the
lands necessarily implies an increase Of taI.
alton. This Is an entirely erroneous view
ot The subject A certain amount OF taxes
must be raised asd 1t Is altogether immA.
urtal 10 the taxpayer whether this amount
raised by q small per eentIm on high
uluAtloR or by q high per een.um In low
valuation OF his property. For instance:
county fixed the assessed value OF her lands
Ns?OOO000 Then, 10 raise $50, 900 OF taxes,
would require an assessment OF 81 50 on the
800 But this valuation having been raised
By the Board OF Equalization 10 s. 600. 900,
Al assessment OF 500 on the 800, will real.
lts the required $30O00. Conseq uently, the
increased valuation has no effect phsteser
on the amount which each land owner will
AAVsto pay.
But the Legislature fstly refused to in
zeaSe taxes more than Ave cents on the
800, making the present rate twenty-five
cents. 1t refused Tor fear Of arouslng' the
himer; for the same reason that the pre-
riouS Legislature refused to obey the con-
s6lution and levy tax to meet the State
liabilities, preferring reassessment, which
has since been admitted to be failure.
What the Legislature refused to do by
tar levy the State Board Of Equalization 10
doing by increased valuation. -
The Boards method was thought to be
preferable. because the taxpayer knows
that a tax is tax, and he might be deluded
into believing, as the Greenbrier LndtpenS.
sN says, that "the increased valuation has
no effect whatever on the amount which
each land owner will have to pay" But
when the Greenbrier farmer comes to pay
his twenty-five cent State tar on q
tiFm valued at $500, nobody can make
him believe that 1t is just the same as
though he had paid twenty-five cent rate
on $1,000. The rate has been made, and
every dollar added to the valuation Is an
increase Of taxation, whether the increase
be Just or unjust. .
Perhaps 1t will be some consolation to
taxpayers to realize that the State admin.
isttatiol may by this left handed method
be ableto do something towards paying
of the State debt-money taken
from the school fund and borrowed from
bank-ior which the Legislature stubborn
ly refused to make any provision. The
Legislature didn't want to hurt anybody'S
feelings, and 1t is supposed that ncbodyS
FEELINGS have been hurt by the genial
gentlemen who are 80 busy supplement,
ing the work Of the Legislature. Bot the
returns are still coming in.
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