The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-09-30

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good MANY babies. and looked - come
4 the Young ladies - though ne
souldn', object 70 kissing them, also.
The Postmassers' lsepublican 7
Documents.
EDiroR CouuER THE Republican,
County Chsirmsn 10 distributing great
numbers Of Campaign Circuisrs-smon<,
Ihem . speech entitled, the Wise And
isene q cent Tax Law, BY L. 5 Dist. A.
torney 5. w. Chamber
The speech wss addressed 70 club O.
wealthy nabohs Of Indianapolis, ana
does not d. conditions Of adAirs 10 Dn-
hois county. Among other things. =
mentions : wonderful feature. namely
the COMMON school tax, and grossly mas
represents IL. II says : large sum q
money Is collected for school purposes
ana paid over 10 the Stale Treasurer.
which Il utterly false Not cent
Of echool money Il paid over % the
State Treasurer by counties receiving
more money than they pay Luckily
Dubois County j. one Of the counties
that receives more money By reason Of
equal apportionment according 70 the
nun Der OF school children. than What ~
actually pays; therefore the school mon
ey set apart q the semi-aDnuAl settle
'meuts remains In the County Treasury.
aud is not paid over to the State Treas
urer. That applies only 70 extremely
rich counties, that pay more than they
are entitled 70 receive according 70 their
!. number OF children. Immediately after
|, the settlements the money u disbursed
10 the tow uship trustees. The proper Gus
ltodians, and u not held b, either county
Tor State treasurer. For the actual proof
visit your county officials and examine
records. This Blstherskite Chamber
. would mislesd by fsisehood. and make
. 1.-The common people believe thaf The Of
lficials used sacred fund, 1t loss 70 the
rltax payer. for official gain. He further
o asks WHY did not the Commissioners O.
q the various counties reduce the schoo
levy! The shameless hypocrife! The 10
s-lcrease In school money under the nes
ltax Law made IL possible 70 abolish III
local tuition Ievies, aud this local tuitioi
lew wss reduced in Dubois county .
a-lfoIlowe: Columbis Tp. 10 cts; heroi
son Tp. IL cts; Boone To. IS ctr: Asdi
son To Is cts: Bsinbridge Tp- - cts
= Marion To. CITE: Hall TIP - cfs; Jef
lfersou To Is cts; jackson Up ~ efs
'. Patoka To. cts: Ferdinand Up cts
c. Jasper 6 cts. and Birdeeye s CTS re
ID duction IL the general levy Of - much
~ and more. than the increase OF the stat
OF lew. And by the collections Of %
%, duplicates OF 1891. under the new a.
" Law, not y ithsts nding the reduction Q
be the local tuition levy. eight townships 4
NJ, Dubois county got more school mone.
Id than before with . local levy, two 50
l. about the same. and only two got lesi
u lOf The townships and corporations gel
ID ting the largest increase the city o
be- Il uniting burg stands ~ the head: mex
ng the town OF Jasper; next CoiuObia Ip
On the three corporations getting over thre
re hu ndred dollars more. Then follow
'rt Jefferson To-. Hall Up. Birdseye. Fed
Rsinand. Marion and Cas- Tps. Pafok'
OF Il arbison. Madison and Boone Fps. CSC
nd one hundred dollars less II Dubo'
re-, countv citizens have reason 20 kick "a
lot being be Melted. well and good.
One thing to be remembered By ever
y. citizen Il. that tax levies upon proper
hit the rich; il does not work like "a
id tax. imposed BY the Republican
cd the rich. or in other words- count nos
I'm ana chin iu alike. A tax evy on pro-
nd erfy hits The dollars according 10 the
nd number. The speech Of Mr. Cbsmbe
de NAV be I'll right among the rich men
ely Was made 10, but wholly unint n po
r Duhois county. and distributed BY po
'lph mortgage-burdened indlviousb O. y
ibois county! In Gods language
per must say, forgive them Tor they kno
ur- mot what they do.
q Mr.. Chambers speech % . whole.
nIin line with the school fund part,
slset machine speech. favored 10 !
the tastes OF the wealthy End against I
his Interests Of the common classes
ard the Ievies throughout the k<ps
oflIican counties Ia the stste been made
npt they we're in Dubois county. over ~
5od thirds would have been benefited A
vio- wss, the Tax Law was singled ont .
not campaign target made possible By
IN publican excessive levies made By mi
liri- ofHcials. Township Trustees. scco
lion panied By scheming .workers. -
urged and Induced 20 make their lev
ever exhorbiisnt and above actual wants
nicn public business.
DE- Another document, entitled -Del
vile cracy - Tax gives : tAbulsted %
W. ment OF the various counties. and sho
eme Be proof to every fsir-minded. hos
7, . reader, Of the benefit Of Democracy
ness comparing the frst table, showing
tate Dubois county did not collect n
Emo under the new laW than before, b
Why iittle less n Ire second table they a
ming how much excess 49, paid 20 the q
land say that the reduction Ms Nh
x from local levies. Well and good,
City, amount collected from the increl
and valuation for school revenue mad
me possible to entirely omit the local tut
: Die levy. Nearly 5000 was saved 70
ltax.payers Of Dubois county
time this reduction alone. The increl
ested valuation in the county made
emo possible to reduce the county
thai liovnship levies. and vel collect as O