The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-24

rotnl le7, iiOsl.G.le 5l.:s' &c
oiosou Of personal property to total In l;C0 Z:
Speaking Of the t",ais ior 1860 and 1ss,
Mr. Bell Significantly remarks: 9Th. SC
totals vary from the iootings given in the
special report of the Auditor for the rea-
son that the latter are incorrectly added"
Distribution or TIE INCREASE.
Forty.tiye percent oiil,e increase in real
estate, and thir;y-nipe percent OF the In.
crease in personal property, is found in
the Panhandle counties Of Hancock,
Brooke, Ohio and Marshall, which have
less than one-iorlitth OF tile State area, and
less than one-ninth OF its population.
T Ohio county alone, which has less than
onc.slxteenth Of the population, and less
than onc-two.hundrct:.h OF the territory
OF the State, makes total gain Of Sl2.-
s9o,o2l, being over el0 percent on 1860
values and amounting to nearly ouc.tlirI
OF the incrcase in the whole State. 9. Z.
Another table is given showing the in
crease by counties. Ohio shows The larp-
est, being s., ,207, ,33l ,or l.i3 percent, Oh tic
valuation OF real estate. Wood and liar
rlson show over 100000 each, and
Brooke, Marshall, Aluson and Taylor over
Sl,C0o,Oo0 each. In personal property
Ohio comfy increased IS, lS2, ,G:O. or 6JI
percent. Wood and Harrison each in
creased over 81 100000 percent. Jefferson
county i'll the same time decreased over
s., 0OO, 900 in real estate, being u percent,
and is percent, or Sl40,G4l in personul
property. Berkeley decreased $SG3, ,03G in
real estate, q percent, butincrcased about
S?oO,0GO i'll personal property. Staa
p, OTHER uNrouNDEDT ASSERTIONS.
The preliminary. report Of the Tax Com
mission at the outset states THAT n vast
amount o! property now on"
This idea furnishes the text for 4 large
part Of the report.
Ofcourse. il arast amountof property es-
capes taxation, there mIst be great dis
honesty on the part OF the taxpayers.
Naturally, therefore, much Of the docu-
ment is in the nature OF an indictment
against property holders, and especially
that portion Of them who happen to hold
visible personal property.
lie statement is made that four.tiiths
OF the invisible property is not listed and
it is further charscd-by implication at
least-tlat it is withheld from the knowl
edge of,he assessor for the purpose Of es-
Gaping taxation.
The report says: '.'rhe amount of in
visible property which is not listed is csti
mated at fifty millions"
This astounding charge, il true, would
indicate shameful amount OF habitual
on the part OF taxpayers and
negligence by the assessors which il is
to credit
The reasons are then given which in
duced the other two Commissioners 10
make these claims, and II il shown that no
facts arc quoted from reliable sources to
the claims made in the pre-
llminary or majority report. The authors
OF that report are accused OF dc,uasouy
and Of presenting false statements, and Of
expressing "eScited and destructive sen,i-
menta. ~. t52I h.
'.!,4. 81 ME. nELI's coNcLl;sloSs.
NJ Il is held in Mr.. Bells report that tltc
amount OF untaxed property is not large;
thattlie hope held out in the majority re-.
port that the tax rate might be reduced ii
not Snow listed were assessed is
illuslve and untrue that the exemptions
made by the statutes arc Just and wise:
ut stringent laws aimed ut the dis.
coyery Of property now invisible and not
returned for taxation, will only heap in
dignity upon the honest Taxpayer, With
out permanently increasing the revenue.
+ The majority report is again arraigned,
rs follows GtlI. y - ls.s,. '558 !
The preliminary report, on leaving the
subject OF taxation, abruptly abandons its
demand for strict adherence to the Consti-
tuition and with strange, inconsistency
tiles to the. opposite extreme aid suggests
Il direct violation OF that instrument, in
the .spoliution OF the school fund. .i,,
p 1tproposes also TINT the State, without
any warrant in the Constitution, embark
in scheme OF railroad building, This
scheme, OF course, cannot be carried out
without the creation Of State debt. This
the Constitution wisely forbids, and It is
to bc hoped that this restriction will never
be removed.
g In view OF this restriction, it is perhaps
TO mention any other OF the
grave reasons which exist, why the State
should never engage in any work what.
ever, Of internal improvement.
~ Fight Between Miners and Officers. ], w.
CIScISSATI, o.. Nov. 93.-A report
comes from Murray City, mining town
IN the Hooking Valley, that on last Fri.
day largo number Of miners determined
TO quit work. The detectives employed
by the syndicate prevented them from
carrying out their design and fight G II.
sued, the officers using the butts OF their
rifles as weapons. Several miners were