Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-01-23

companies own Sl25, 0OO, GOO worth o.
property in the stato ana pay only SIS 600
in taxes, or about .oae.twcntieth Of one
pc reaat.
"But coming &c oar own oounty may
remark tbnt tho present assessments Of
taxable properly hayo exEted, with but
slight changes, since war prices made
grain high and farms valuable. [rdeed 1t
Is nov becoming difficult to sell land for
farming 81 any prioe Except to capitalists
who a'e always willing 10 increase their
acreage at low figures. Let us get some
idea OF what this taxation roaliy Is. Take
tho 'agm Monticello, three miles from
Delaware CITY. The recent owner
bnaght IL in 1884 for 9lG, 900, OF S7j per
HcFS. III 1888 the assessment was on
81, 100, or $50 per aero on which was a
tax Of @lO7.36. or which sam but 3d. 40
was sohoo, tug. leaving for county, road
and poor tax $l02.9J The farm contains
Pa nores of which 80 Ia worthless marsh.
Soould the owner Wish to sell it nov he
could aot get near what he paid for it,yas
it 10 eBse9ssd OF IS more peg apre. This
ia q tax equivalent TO about II per cent
of the owners income-reckoping what
his SIC 600 would hays brought him II
invested at per cent. His farm did not
pGy him 6 per cent 40 the income tax was
relatively that much mora. The farms
thst have indicated in some Instances
mortgage debts u, on them and tho own
era 30 pay taxes upon property that they
only partially own.
II nave compared our taxes with those
upon q farm which once owned in Kent
county, Marylard. ond lind the amount
"a r,ae ms tha puff us
than which there was probably no more
productive farm in its county. This
county Is divided Into five .igtfiotG, each
with u commissioner, who has charge OF
all roads in his district. The board mas
weekly meetings from January 20 July,
when the levy liz mA1e, togother with ap.
| pointments "a county ofi5ers. The total
cont IL only &5,bOU.
''Ceoil county hss but three commits
sioper who do the work handsomely.
She formerly had nine TO pay Ut a cost Of
| $4,000 each 10 the county. Cecil taxes are
| eOilaotea BY TIE county treasurer. II paid
| by September Ia. rebate Of 8 per cent ID
,,ivou; IL b. OctoL5r lat, per oent
November lst, . per cant Daoempor Ist,
2'per cont. After January lat, the full
nmouDt is pail Rn0 at o given date the
liat is put into tie sheTi1s hands. The
treasurer sta at convenient places on GER.
taiu aaya to collect"
CDguing 90 New Castle county Mr. Hig.
| gins gave SONS very interesting figures
| that uessfya study. They show with
much cletrness how lSyraatly Ill used is
the Delaware farmer, and point out with
equal perspicuily how easily this injus
tioa may BIO remei.ed. He says:
"In 1883 appropriations for bridges
and cause ways made $4S, l11,G9. thinA
thoss Of you who are familiar With the
subject will agree with me that the reso
lute economy plan would have saved al
ieght Bl5 0G0 per year.
I'm 1883 IL members of the levy oour
were paid 80, 75S.12 per diem AMI mile
age expenses. The system OK three com
missioners, that Is entirely adequate fol
our nsighboring counties OF Chester and
Oeoil, would save US more than IS coo.
"As taxes are oollaoted In Ksusas, VOr.
mont, Maryland aud Pennsylvania aud
other states for 3 per cent we can DC
likewise. The cost for collection in 1885
ut a commission OF per cent wal
Sl2, S39; We should save 80 900 in thii
direction.
abolish tax qualiieation-the source
of evil and evil only-and then collect
The isE laid on every man not an imbe
eiis Or pauper. This will give u
$40, 900 or $lb, 600.
st is plain to MS that prisoners can b.
fed IN Wilmington at seven ceuEs p.
day. TIE Chester county report give
the feed expense for prisoners in tn
W ST Chester jail at eiRht cents per day
Oar sheriff il allowed 80 cents for Gao!
prisoner. Should his boarders averag
1d0 per day, and we ALLOW 10 cents pe
man per day, The saving here wouil b
"a, 600,
II d not insist upon these figures bu
merely adduce Them to suggest linea upoi
which retrenohmsnts and reforms can o
eesliy and judi iously pursued. The saw
ings mentioned will aggregate Si5, 900
Other reforms not mentioned, but Gapde;
! and possible enough, would swell the sAy
ing to $4,000. Bombs, mortgages an
! stocks arc taxed IN New Jersey; and i
Pennsylvania they pay state tax. Il
: New JsFsey Judgment debts are deducted
IN the assesHalent of mans property.
"5hould :A1 owners of personal pFoE
erty assume it'll just share and join wit
all others in scheme OF general taxation
the result would be rate that would g.
lightly upon Alli it would sImply be
, duty 10 the State in retusa for the prt
; lection OF its laws, which eyory on
would be glad to render. Our govern
] inent agricultural stations will, withoJ
cost, pilot our farmers into many ne
aad p1a;iiAble fields Of enterprise. Ih
] pres.nt situation il our greatest danger
: Wa may DO starting toe late. Help TO |
! effective must come while We own ii
. land aud not after it has siipgod from I
: altogether"
4. I-a following are the of!eots OF Il
l Institute; P,elident, Dr.. j. j. Blaul
b Vice. president, JamaH Ii. Hossingg
Q Traa3urer, u. D. IAlley; Secretary, Del
j. ware Clark; Vice p,eti dents Gone foe enc
t hundrail, William Wsr, Rseniywiu
!. Acs.m Palmer, ChriatjAng, Sc. z. Eeao
4 Mill Greek; D.J. Haryiay. Waite Cla
t Creek; Charles Walton. italea ler, DAvi
IS HssG, New Castle; j. e. Emory, Is
I Lioe; Alexander Corbis, ~ Georges;
i L. Rapdain, Appoqpininliuk, Colen F.
queen, RslcEard. Tho exso4.iye con
x Iuittso is cpmpesed OF DE-. Blgok, j.
8 Higgins, Daniel w. CoIbit, J, Ii. Wake
b DR.. :. 7. Nasla
I, The next meeting viii be held nt Hi
), dletown, February ga
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