The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-04-15
LINN VS. MARION
An. Astounding Array of
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On several occasions recently, the Salem
Journal has hinted that county affairs in
Linn county under continued demecraticcon-
troll have not resulted In the promotion Of
the interests Of the people and tax payers Of
the county, and that this has resulted in the
formation Of third party, The DEMocRAr
believes that nothing should be concealed
from tho tax payers Of the county That af-
fects their substantial interests, hence we
have taken up The tediouSstask Of making
comparison Of the manner and way in which
county matters have been carried on In
Linn and Marion counties during the last
twenty years--the former under democratic,
and the latterunder republican rule, mainly.
During the first ten years Of this period the
population Of the two counties was nearly
equal. During the latter ton years, popu-
lation has increased more rapidly in Marion
than in Linn. on account Of the fact that
the capital Of the state is in that county
The following tabular statement shows the
amount Of taxes levied in each county for
eosnsy fsrfo,ss only for each year ior the
period mentioned. II also shows the rata
Of levy for each year. State and school tax
es have been omitted for the reason that
they are the same in all counties in the state.
There ia no reason why taxation should be
higher In Marion than in Linn. Crime
should be no more prevalent in the one than
in the other county, The geographical
area Of Linn county is three and fourth
times as many square miles rs Marion.
This woukl imply more money for roads and
bridges than in Marion. From these hg-
ures il win be seen that the average iais oi
levy ir Marion county for the twenty years
is l0S M ills and the average rate in Linn
for the same period is SO mills. The
whole amount collected in Marion fer cows-
~ fHrfosss oaiy during the twenty years was
500, 99l .4S and the whole amount collected
in Linn during the same time, for eoHHD
purposes sniy, was s5SSss57.0S, showing
that during that period the tar
payers Of Marion were taxed 1851, ,l64.4C
; more than those Of Linn. The ayerag,
/, yearly amount levied in Marion was $40,
049.57 and in Linn il was s29.l9l .35. Thii
astounding array oiGgures leads inevitabl,
to but one conclusion. That the republicans
: Of Marion county have been grossly derelic
in their duty TO the taxpayers of that count,
and that the democrats Of Linn have beer
faithful to the pledges which they hav'
/, from time 10 time made 10 the tax payers 0
/. Linn. II leads to this further truth: tha
there is no occasion for complaint amonl
. the tax payers OF Linn and that they shoul,
continue the democratic party in power
and that it is worthy Of much emphasis O
statement that there is ample reason no
only for complaint among the taxpayers o
Marion. but that the monstrous evil of ex
travagance that prevails in the manage
ment Of county Affairs in that county call
o loudly for a change. There is heard mur
II mer now and then from sonic taxpayer i
4 our own county that our taxes are.high. w
4 earnestly call the attention Of such TO th
i above statement and would inquire how b
c would like to change the burden Of Lin
: county taxation for that of Marion. w
3 have made this showing primarily TO dc
/. iend the good name Of Linn against tn
!, hints heretofore thrown out by the Jo~rso
of Salem. but we must confess that W
think that If these figures could be place
: before the taxpayersEn Marion it would dis
. close to them condition Of things neye
4 before dreamel Of by many of them. Bu
E read and study carefully the figures in th
c statement:
; Comparative statement OF taxes lcvie
for county purposes alone In Linn an
Marion counties for the years 1870 to ISS
L Inclusive: