Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-11-04
VOTERS READ !
FACTS ABOUT TAXATION.

STATE TANEs HAVE BEEN INCREASED IN
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, AND THRoUGHoUT
THE STATE UNDER DEMOCRATIC RULE.
The Democratic partisan press and
speakers have been badly routed upon
the tariff and wildcat money Ques-
tons, and are now seeking to stem the
tide of defeat and disaster by misrep-
resenting facts concerning state taxes
and making claims to economy in
their administration of state affairs,
which are equally false and an insult
10 the intelligence of the people.
These claims are chatf with which to
catch votes. Al investigation of facts
as they actually exist will convince
any fair minded man that these claims
are false and are being pushed by
cunning politicians for the express
purpose of deceiving the people and
covering up the true state of affairs.
The facts and figures given in this
article are compiled from the state re-
ports and the reports of the County
Beard of Supervisors for this county
and can be relied upon to be correct.
These show that state taxes have stead
lily increased in this county of St.
Clair and throughout the entire state
during each year of Democratic rule.
In making comparisons it should be
remembered that the last year of Re-
publican administration under Gov
ernor Luce was that of 1890. Taxes
levied since that date have been levied
under Democratic rule.
A COMPARISON.
The sum levied on the county for
state taxes for 1890, was So 1854. so.
fSaa rannrf nf Road &C
for 1890, page 2l). This was the last
year of Luce's administration.
The sum levied on the county for
state taxes for 1892 was $25, lis. so.
(See proceedings of Board of Super
visors for week ending Oct. 22nd 1892. J
This was the last year of Winans' adj
ministration, and corresponds that
year of Luce's administration as given
above.
By the simple process of subtraction
of above amounts, we find st. Clair
County paid for state taxes:
For the year 1892, under Winans .S25, IFS G2
For the year 1890, under Luce ..........2 80
Showing an increase of state
taxes for this County under
Democratic rule S3,063.S2
How do the voters of st. Clair
County like this kind of Democratic
economy?
These figures are official and any
citizen may determine this matter for
himself by examining the official re-
ports, and they show beyond contro-
versy that the Democratic claim to
economy is false; that instead of re.
ducing taxes they have actually in
creased them.
EXTRA MONEYS RECEIVED PROM THE Ma
TIoNAL GOVERNMENT BY THE DEMOCRAT
IC ADMINISTRATION.
One of the most INSCRIPTIONS meth
DDS eyer attempted by any party IL
that of the Democratic press and
speakers who attempt to compare the
tax receipts of 1885 with those of 1891,
or other wears. These are the facts:
During the year 1891, the Democratic
administration received from sources
entirely outside of state taxation, the
following sums, (See Annual Report of
Auditor General for 1891, at page 34.)
Direct tax refunded by U. s.. $40 900
For Soldiers Home from q. S............. 1900
Total from U. s. Government $4,000
There were other extra receipts, but
this amount of 1866, 600 alone, which
went into the state treasury from the
General Government, greatly relieved
our people from the burdens of state
taxation, as it was nearly half of the
entire sum that was needed by the
state for the Democratic year of 1891,
and since the 100000 went into the
general fund of the state, (See Statutes
of 1891, page $780, and since it was
used to pay the running expenses of
the state for that year, the state taxes
could only be about one-half of the
sum raised during the 1899, or previous
years.
Neither Governor Winans, the Dem
ocratic administration, nor any of
their representatives can claim any
credit for this reduction, from the fact
thai it was refunded to our state by
the General Government to make good
the amount the state had raised by
direct taxation during the civil war of
1861. This money would have come
into the state treasury just the same if
the Republicans, Peoples Party, or
prohibitionists had been in control of
the state, and any attempt to make
use of this fact and to make claim to
credit any Democratic economy is an
ATTEMPT to deceive and mislead voters.
ANY such comparison of receipts is a
sham and a fraud. Republican voters
should beware of those who make this
claim. But it might be well to remind
our Democratic friends that 1t was a
Republican Congress at Washington
that voted and ordered paid back to
the state of Michigan the 100000
which when received lessened the
state tax 10 that amount the succeed