Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-28

Unequal and excessive taxation VI
farm property ia assigned by tho farmers
OF Maine Ne cause of depression. That
this complaint Is well founded is un.
donbtclly true, gays tho commissioner.
The views Of farmers Ia various SECTIONS
are published. nnd below arc few am.
pies Of the most pithy and suggestive:
n kcnduskcag farmer thus pleads for
moro equal taxation; "Rovolution and
civil war again unless we have more
equal taxation. Tho lumber kings pay
no taxes. Every township " lumber
land has more income than any town.
ship Of farms. Look ut cities To which
every farmer pays tribute. BAngor. for
instance. increases her valuation g. 900.
900. She hUa built moro than aj.Ooo.ooO
worth Of buildings tho last decade. Look
nj our highway. This town has $500
worth Of bridges 10 support, and tho
farmers Of thia town don't own more
than $4,000. The nest tho money lender
owns
II don't think" sayH Monroe i.llcr
Of tho roil, II could r'nt my farm for u
cont; no onn wants farm in oar days
NA' nv R'thNE NnhN WY mAffilt
When one comes to depend on hired
help such as one gets In these days. II !.
enough 90 turn tho strongest mind
a Bath farm owner givcs this Wow.
81 have lecn on tho farm thirty.uiaht
years. and with tho siricirst economy
and bleased with good health have been
Ablc to keep my family comfortable and
make a small increase In tho value ~ the
farm. but believe that with the Same
amount invested a. hpcr cent. interest.
and The same number OF days worl; In
any Of the mechanical trades. at usual
pay, would give much better results.
But am not one that 10 always CRYING
for tho good old days Of yoFc. believe
farmers arc much better situated now
tiun they were fifty years ago.
"My farm uiirc years ago" Hebron
man Hnyr. twas valued NJ 5000. aud cot
Mt iliat time about fifteen tons hay and
raised forty barrels apple. II now pro.
duccs forty tons hay and one hundred
barrels apples, and II | have my health
It shall double this crop In few years.
] think i would DO hard work 10 scll II
now ior 4, 800" ..
one jefferson farmer thinks tho gran.
gors arc having hard times, and he says;
~ think that the common farmcTB who
have no other means Of supporting their
families arc having the hardest times
they have had for fifty years. and unless
something turns upin their favor large
part u the landed property will 10 into
the hands 81 fcw.'
Farming NJ present Is prcclrioua
business" Is what North Troy farmer
writes, lowing 10 tho depressed con-
dition Of nll agricultural products. The
,ruo value u real estate Is hard 10 deter.
mine. II valued according 10 net In.
come u would have 10 b. rated very low.
AZ present We arc taxed TO tbs utmost
carc aud economy 10 live within our In.
come. The adasc. He that by the p!ow
would thrive must either hold himself
or drive becomes painfully apparent
now, Us we have 10 both hold and drive
In order 10 live"
The aggregate number Of abandoned
farms" reported Is 3.3lS. Estimating
the number in the delinquent towns and
plantations, on tho average basis, NJ 50,
tho total number In the state "a 8,0as
The total acreage OF tho abandoned
farms reported Is e5i.5lS. an average TO
each farm Of 90, gcrcs
The assessed valuation a. q, egs. go. an
average, including buildings, Of about
500 per ncro,-Aumsta Special In BIOS.
ton Herald.