Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-12-28
The Daily New Mexican
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27,


lContlnued From i st TaGc
,+s avoct nronorrion u, the take. received,
making for the 49a fiscal vear. something
ovar ca nor cent. The remedy for this
condition of +binrs is slmnIc. and is en-
+irely in the hands Of the LEGISLATURE, 1t
ia meraIv ia mako tne tax levy such that
II will nrodrce the fuU omount of the
CONCENTRATIONS.
Rrt anothar element has tn he consid-
orod Tho amount nf fay actually maid
into the treasury is much less thnp that
which shnuld he nrodured nv the levy,
Aro+hor intarestinr table nrenared bv the
trpasurer gives tne exact drures as to
+hfs From this il anpears that the tax
of 1881 shouId hive nroduccd S8y5.S53.
Int only S2sO4g3 reached fine treasury
In 1890 S37l,75s was called for and $3.50
SC7 was received:and in 1891 the amount
6re WINS slO4 GpS, and only S27aGT3 has
heor noil Here we hive an nverorc loss
of more thon onc-ouartor of the taxes; of
$500 ono i, three Tears. II couId NOT he
cTnoct,d that nnr finances would he in
Good condition. in the foce of snch n loss,
IT. +,tla ,,ivn. tbe ..xoc+ o,noupt which
should have heon received from each
county and thot which was octuallv re-
ceivei. With fine perccntaue which the
navments hear to fine dues. and from this
# annears that certain counties have paid
nearly every dollar dine while others are
larreiv in arreors I'm one county the
loss in three vears bas Lnen lint Dcr
cent:and in another. i: while in several
the deficit reaches 25 ar 40 nor cont and
in one, less than half fine proper amount
has bcrn received. there heiu,r GO per cent
still dine,
This calls for looislative action. kpart
from the fact that the Territory needs all
the tax imnosed il is mapif.stlv ruiust
that one comfy .hould nav and onnthc,
shoull NOT 1ho remedy i mot Li0irult
+o dev;sa In most nf tha stotas each
comfy * charrrd with tine vhole umouu,
of state fax levied unon il If il doe.
not nav il fine defrie,'rv il oddrd tn TN,
neyt lew and If is fnrcnl to nrnduco tl,
nancy Snmo striI,c,,t md rTertiv.
measure Of this kind Is needed here.
Bnt we must EXERCISE tha wisp,t states
manshin in hrinuip,, fine recent, nm,
exnenditures ia m. rnraIi+y. with as littI,
increase as nos,ibIo in fine mrdpus Of fin,
neonle. Taxa4iou is ouprou. rpo9.rh n,
best and every increase in fine rrrep,,ta-,
levied adds tr thA hard.hin. If t,n nrn
nile. Money is far from nl,n4irul omnp,
the citizans of fine tcrrit,r, r.nrr,.l -,
and hiyb taxotinn nrtau moan. qcir.
nrivot,Tn in the family 7 rnoo,,,u..n5
tborar,ro th,+ ,,,,.o+ ,,,,.,, t,,, ,,..,,i..l I,
creating expenses, and that attention b.
given to the discovery OF new sources O
re,oHu ;5,s t'no'.5 ,''o l''''',' "''g "s, VI
palace Car comnany is a vol known , cnr
poration operating in this territory an,
obtaining large revenue from it
business here. In one county it wa
assessed last year, but upon its appea
it appears that there was no law by whic
it could be taxed in New Mexico. Blu
laws have been framed for this purpos
in other states which have been approve
by the courts, and there is no reaso
that similar statutes should not be en-
acted here, The collateral inher!tanc
:" \, lonE usqu IN -, s r' "u' introduce
last wear nrodnrod in tbat sfa7, owe
$l,O00,OO0 Of revenue. OF course its re
suits here would be comparatively smal
but the sum would increase year by yeal
and 1t Is tax That Is not at all onerou
your finance committee give early after
ton to the increase OF our sources G
revenue by every available method
Az the same time we should endeaVor t
reduce all
UNNECESSARY EXPENSES.
We do NOT have to ao far tn find onno,
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-Ui'' '0l '''i -'0' '''0
familiar with the e1orbltant amount
paid to some of our county officials. Tn
most extraordinary OF these are thos
paid for the assessment and collection {
taxes. Taxation is always a burden, an
we should endaavor to arrange that Il
large percentage as possible of ever
dollar collected, is actually used for nece.
sary public purposes. The machiner
for obtaining it should not be expensive
Yet the amounts pa to the
.sepssop Ann c7rrFcrop
..;,u4o H., f.,,4;..,,r uo4.4,
'on'Vi' u'0 1t, !, '''''o i u ''' y0''
amount received. The fees were tiIe
when taxes were snail. aal have bee
continued until they have reached tn
most exorbitant amounts, utterly out c
proPorI.on W INC Sal',SeS p.ltQl,LrIu
The COLLECTOR is tbo shor;rf and rarai ve
this enormous compensation for recel,
ing taxes In addition to his regular o
fetal fees.
Two years ago | devoted much space
this subject, with pre- Else statistics show
ing the amount OF money thus worse tina
wasted; and beg, to refer you to IL
facts and figures then presented. sa
worse than wasted because 1t would !
far better II these vast sums were throw
into the sea than to he used as they ar
For their bestoWaI on Two o1ilclals III eac
county causes complete polltIcal demor
hzatlon not only IN parties but anon
the people Neither ONCE Is OF much III