The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-18
RIOH TAX EVADERs.
The County Commissioners nring Them 10
lime a. tho 'uns of 8iOO 900,

The County Commissioners bring Them 20
Time 10 tho 'une Of $500 900,
The movement inaugurated liat sum.
mtr y The Board OF County Commission
tfG, composed al inst ime OF those three
| sterling Democrat, Messrs. Shelter,
smi \ ana schumacher berger, TO compel
wealthy men, who were hOnTdiug up
thelr money, without iLa being OF any
benefit TO anybody but themselves, aud
NllhAl not paying u cent OF tax on II,
To come To lhH front aud pay their taxes
M well ~ farmers aud business men,
mas led To splenGid results. Since the
movement Was begun Mr.. Shelter has
retired from the Board having been no.
placed NJ the election last fail by Mr..
Laltl'ni but the Board sll remains
Democratic, ana ths good work Of max
ing lhe mOl'ed sharks dIsgorLe still goes
brAyely on.
For some years past II has been q
notorious fact that great many
wealthy men within the county
were 81 etcaplng the payment of taxes on
personal property, by falling to report
the amount OF money In their possession
TO the ASSESSOR, this money amounting
In very many cases 10 thousands Of dol
lars. The money not brug invested
In any Legitimate business, but
simply lying In idle hOaTda, or put
Into stocks or Government boz Il makes
II impossible for The assessors ~ iind 10.
II IL an easy matter for an assessor 10
lnd out what bnaineas man Il worth,
~ his stock OF goods is In plain sight on
his ahelYe0 and counters, or else stored
away where II can be handIly found.
Not 10 with the capitalist; his thou.
sands ere generally 70 situated that no
assessor chn fnd hem.
Since commencing the work about
August lat last, the Bowman brothers,
OF New Lisbon, who are EN-.
ployed by the County Com
mlHHlOneTa for he purpose OF
looking mp those ilCh Tx eyadpIa, have
rooted np u large number OF them In
thtlr inYestlgaiOra and succeid Il d In
enabling the u mmissioners to add
already TO the tex duplicate the immense
sum Of about 100000, on which taxes
are 10 be collected. The personal prop
erty thus brought 10 the Tux paying sur
face has been kept, IN hiding from the
assessors eyes aud penc,lsfOr yeare, and
the sums returned vary In 6muuht from
1000 TO $4,000, the latter huge sum
having actually been discovered with
one Individual, on which he was not
paying u cent OF TAX, Fifteen Thousand
dollars was found with one man, $20y
600 with another, both OF Canton, and
| tf0, 600 with still another, and no IL goes.
The good results received In the pro
aecuIlOn OF this cOmmeDdabe work all
accrue TO the benefit Of lhs general tax
payers throughout the county and the
bringing OF these rich tax eyadera to
| time Will be hailed withdelight by citi-
z 'na In general, az the effort TO compel
Them TO bear their just share Of the
burden Cf taxation viii eventually lead
10 u reduction In tAxes.
IL IN not the small farmer OF the cOun.
try nor the merchant OF moderate
means OF the town who are thus being
made 10 dlagOFge the amount OF their
W. alth for the henIll Of ll0 tax dnpll.
cate and consequently Of the communl-
ty NJ large, bu, II IN The men In whose
hands Thousands Il dOllars are lying
idle without ben,A,iDg any one but
themselves.
The work Of hunting down this class
| lg elill being prosecuted with ylgOr
throughout the county, and not only In
slalk county but In every other county
In The State. Naturally the objects OF
II aud their friends and attorneys
0trorglY protest HgIinst this thing OF
people pryipg into Ineir private affilrs,
but their Wishes are not consulted In
the matter, and all their opposition In
trying 10 stave of the investigators Ia
vain. Desperate Diseases require In this
case ~ In all others, desperate remedies,