The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-08-17
4 Word % Dubois County Tax


Every taxpayer II Dubols Couaty
shonld b persoNaIly interes'ed in|
knowing that the money he pays inso
The County Treasury % properly e.
|pended; that mono Of q u used extrnva'
Ieantly or useleasly and that he y not r.
|Quired to paw In more than r. neceasary
IN meet county expenses. We were led
Into shis train Of thought BY looking
lover the census report for this county
for Ifas0. and % come Of the 0gures may
| b interesting 10 taxpayers generally.
! We have put down few. % foliows:
Total valuation for TAXATION In 1850
We ose8Q00&, on which our people,
paid taxes
II State : 10 SIS
County 91O73
lT0wnship o,tSS
Total s1o,is4
This did not include road Or special
tax.
The total population w. 1892. 20 tho
taxes we're nearly - 81 tor every man.
woman and child In the county, on On
leverage, per head.
i The total product Of III the msnusac-
|turea IN the county II 1880 Vas returned
lee e3o6.75>. This Was the sum In
lgrosA not the pro6ts. Estimating the
'|proilts Ct 30 per cent, k would Be ST.
1850, 20 our treasurer collected o. taxes
more than half the profits Of ell the
Iworkmen q trades In the county.
4 The corn crop Of the county Vas 65e..
los bushels. worth ct 80 cts. per bushel
: ol67 $1,000. 90 the taxes were about one.
!, lfourth The value OF I'll the corn raised 10
5lt the. co0nty that year.
The .oato crop that year wss l92397
-Ibushels, worth q 20 CITE. bushel 99A'
Iz79 4O.-taxes nearly double the value
|of al the oats raised 10 The county.
The wheat that year. q IS cts. bueheI
sIamounted to ol54059. 90 that Il tool
Imore than oue-fourth Of the wheat crop
Ito pay the taxes
I Many farmers and tradesmen were
slpushed to got money to pay their taxes
The General Government collected IN
rltaxes last year 1854 900 200, equal 20 s.
lper head for every man, woman and
! Icbild. Thus the 1899 people IN Duboi'
: lcounty had TO pay 10 the General Gov
in taxes. whenever they bough
lsuy thing, nearly three times - much q
! they paid OF county and state taxes, Of
Ian aggregate Of 4ll1.O44, - comparef
I With 3l0,l94; yet - this was paid, Il
Z lmost instances, few cents at time. !
l Was not thought 20 much about, We
= Imost al farmers Who bought binder, O
Ireaper and mower, paid in the price o
lie. alone, % much taxes TO the govern
= Iment, or bounty 70 the rich manufactur
y or, q would pay their taxes : year o.
their farms. or the amount TINS collect
d led, $50 100000, or about ~ % 20 enc
= ltnhabilant ID the United 6tatess wes cp
y lected more than was necessary, an
'eInow lies locked up In the treasury idlI
e Il will b seen this idle money onl
g lacks one cent per head Of being enoug
~ Ito meet the local taxation IN Dubo
"a Icounty, and every taxpayer would
D. that much better able TO pay HE taxes
y the idle money be bad paid the Cover
% lment Va 10 his own pocket instead
4. being locked up. The Democratic part
- proposes 70 stop that usoIess taxatio
o. while Republicans are trying to keep
=. Iup, and compel its expenditure &c
Harrison says be h IN favor Of paying
~ out literally 70 rich vessel owners, u
~ Gould and Thusber, q subsIdiee. TO {
o. lthem 20 run their vessels On the oce
y to ports where tho trade don't pa
oe- which side will your votes show you
'ne IL favor Of, taxpayer Of Duboisf