Daily Republican., 1890-01-24

A<11&sH6 INV tpaHtJ
Citizen taxpayers OF New Castle
County, look at the figures that come |
TO you from the annual report Of the
State Auditor. In the lace OF the OPP |
pressive taxation that is pressing you
10 the earth they are enough to blind
your eyes. They show to you the
debt Of New Castle County, debt
v hich you have got to pay. If it will
not confuse your optics too much We
will reproduce the figures. Here they
arc: o580. 900. Take look ct them,
turn sadly away, give an inward
Groan and keep on with your daily
toll, for The fAx gatherer IL after you,
and he wants beth his pound Of flesh
and ounce OF blood. You are working
end strAinlne and turning over things
% mako ends meet, are yous II 10 hard
iss't Ia But you have got your little
property and you want 10 hold II.
Crop have been poor and prices low.
ard everything seems TO be against
you. don't III
But your wife and children have TO
b fed and clothed, and you labor on
hoping that there will be . favorable
turn somewhere In the road. We know
lis hard, But hold on; here are more
ogures. In that debt OF $3.50, 800 10 an
nam Of eS8. 600 ola floating debt, upon
Which you arc paying six per cent. In
asFsst This debt ID held by the banks,
aud II not paid at maturity, the notes
have 10 b. renewed from time to time,
he tax payers paying the discount
every time.
What does this floating debt mean,
~ you ask, and why have we got itf
II means exactly that with all the
taxation piled upon you, tho Levy
Court, with all It's Doughertys ana
NcKees, does not raise enough money
10 pay the debts Of the county, and the
banks have to be appealed to for aid.
And the debt IL increasing from year
70 year. and % the debt increases your
taxes increase. Who 10 to blame for
u, DO you sski
Why the Levy Court OF your coun-
y, OF course, and the Immediately
sacred collectors they sppoint to col
lcct such taxes as will not hurt their
political party. Bad as the county
needs money, In about five weeks
more four thousand delinquent tax.
payers will DO returned to The Levy
Court by the two Wilmington collec.
lors alone. These delinquents owe
the county SIX thousand dollars. They
want to pay II. Some Of them have
taken their money to the collectors
and plead Of them to take II, but they
won't accept It. Every dollar Of II can
be collected without trouble but the
collectors are afraid that by accepting
u they will enfranchise voters thai
Will defeat their party at the polls
There IL the whole truth In a nut
shell. These same Levy Courtmer
are paying thirty cents day TO tn,
sheriff for feeding prisoners Will,
Chester county feeds her prisoner
better on eight cents day.
That takes away some $i5, 600 OF III,
taxes you pay. The law only allow
the coroner OF the county one thousand
dollars and no perquisites, but he makei
out to pocket over two thousand yea
OF your taxes. Thus it runs all through
The county treasury Is looted all tn
time, and you taxpayers must make u
the deficiency. How long will yoi
hug this phantom Of Democracy tina
10 fobb'ng you ct your hard earnings
Three commissioners run the count
Of Chester for $500. but in New Cas-
Gle County II takes eleven at a cost G
$500. II takes $4,000 to pay tn
YAK collectors Of New Castle County
while in Chester County the taxes al
collected for three and four per cen
by the county treasurer.
That Ia how the money OF the cou,
try goes. Even at this very tine Il
Wilmington collectors say the Lev
Court and county treasurer are goat
ing them on TO use more eyertions
collect taxes, as the county cam
make ends meet To meet this d
mand these collectors go out al
hector you property taxpayers viii
refusing thousands Of dollars ready
lie laid in their hands for poll take
but which money is obstinately l
fused. Citizen taxpayers, keep {
thinking over this matter. Perhal
you will see after awhile where yt
have been aiding these county looter
that are continually plunging q
county farther in debt, We feel /
you In your hardships, but as long
you support the men who Cypress a
rob you. sympathy for you is throy
away.