The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-10-22

mississippi pays2i mills State tax; hui
In the miles Of railroad he is evidently
| mistaken. We do not desire TO m:sIea,l
any one. on the contrary, we wall, this
subject known. According To the latest
statistics. Mississippi has $40 miles OF
railroad.
Now Mr.. Shumaker, how about tha,
unfortunate episode are You not inform
ed, or are You endeavuring to misIegd.
lie says that Mississippi has The least
railroads, fewer number of miles.) and
the lowest rate OF taxation. Nun the
Statistics show that South Carolina Lou
isina, Florida and Arkaiisas haze fewer
miles OF railroads shan Mississippi. La,
hcving only 1914 miles, less number
than Mississippi, by 526 miles, Il greater
nun;ber than he claims To be IN Mlssi ss-
ippi. We grant that Alabania has more
railroads tnsu Louisiana, but she has net
the other wealth, far behind Louisiana in
taxable values, hence she pays a higher
rate. As for information tor the readers
of The SEsTINkL, we give tine number of
miles of railroads in tine Southern States.
and rate of taxation paid by each Staie,
and any one can inform himself IS to the
correctness Of these figures, by writing 10
the Auditors of the different States.
(Ne could give all the States, but it
would be too leghily.) From statistics of
1854, Alabauia h:is2i2l miles Of railroad,
rate of taxation g. mills.
Arkansas has lIi5 miles Of railroad !,
rate Of taxation mills.
Florida has l39s miles of railroad, rate
Of taxation { mills.
Georgia has i005 miles of railroad, rate
or taxation mills.
Kentucky has lS5S miles of railroad,
rate Of taxation I. mills.
l.uuisiana has 1914 miles of railroad,
rate of taxation 6 mills.
Mississippi. has 1910 miles Of railroad,
rate of taxation 2ia mills.
North Carolina has 1882 miles of rail-
rosd, rate of taxation none.
South Carolina has 1919 miles of rail-
road, rate of taxation mills.
Tennessee has 2lI2 miles of railroad,
rate of taxation mills.
Texas has 6ll5 miles Of railroad, rate
of taxation 8 mills.
Virginia has 1913 miles of railroad, rate
of taxation 3 mills.
Now we leave it for the readers OF the
SENTINEL, to say from the above figures,
whether we are right or not. There is
only Que State with fewer miles of rail
road than Louisiana, WIKI less rate OF
taxa.iun than Louisiana, aud Only one
with a greater ruinber of miles than In, :,
that pays greater fate than Louisiana
psys. Now who is the unfortunate man
in naming Statcs. We will give the rate
of parish taxation, st some Iuture time.
Now We favor the railroad tax, because
it will add material wealth and rdvantae
ges to the parish and in the parish, we
say vii, give decreased rate of taxation,
rs it has done In other parishes, and the
record proves 1t. We do not desire 10
oppress anybody. but on tie contrary al
lesiate their burdens. We will not get
the road as certain as the sun shines, II
we don't vote the tax. Ii We vote il we
may get the road.
II the advantages Of the road viii repay
the fax, We should take the safe side and
vote The tax rather than refuse To vofe il,
and miss the ROAD. II we had the road,
two-tnirsls of the hauling to and fro
would be saved 10 the people. IiIe adj
would De here. Hot away from
here. The wealth would be added To our
parish not carried sway. Now If we re-
fuse to vote the tax, ami Miss the road,
" inn parish after getting the ''gc by"
and another people the benefit. will be
MS dead financially, as esor 4 country
MAS. ENTERPRISE.