The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-10

system. II len ~ iSr'~ Indeed Marion
connt, g. ONLY Two wears Ola. 10 being
4, The top round ~ the Isiier, placed
there Nv the raiiro' Il property, aud nov
boast. ~ fiasnra- Owssi aud controlled
hs corpar atoms, and cares very littl- Tor
N. tinsn~ss ~ rhs thou-snis OF poor
townships ia the Sia'e L. - easy 10 see
whoss mnufhpiece the ~eutinel -
Marion comfy collected IN is9-, $50
TO e local tuition tax Ry = nve cent
reaaciion OF the STATE scapol levy ~
~ouli gain $3i9S5. according TO the
sentinel. fignres Let them do sway
With the local tuition tax ~ Marion
county. sni LEI the State school levy
stand at Is cents AMI Marion county Will
-rilI pr0f' 81 1918 Senators ana
Representative. can hni the amount 81
local tuition tax collected In their re-
.pacfiye counties by referring 20 table
in IN. state auditors report, 1892 pages
81 81 Sc. ari il will s,tonish ynu
What's the matter with Marion county I.
The tpfai amount OF local tuition tx
collected In the State lsstyesr. ss shown
N in Aniii0r Henierson's Report, wss
81 237 s2f Og. The reduction OF me
state school levy five cents on the SiOo.
would re-nli in = loss to The school rev
ecu. Of &62. SIS. which amount Is nseH-
ri in every county where the Boards OF
commissioners acted fairly win The
lpeople in making tax levis-. Inc ~
peal OF the law authorizing local tuition
llevies " ould save tax payers Sl.ZS1,..
AL 90. or 5000 1900 more than would
result from the proposed five cent re-
Iduction. Which 10 the truest Democ'
rscy. best Tor the people, and the oes'
financial system!
The question ia, shall this burden be
lifted from the Railroads. and distributed
on the common people OF the state
senators and representatives. can readily
solve the problem should the Stale
.rhool lew be reduced to ii cts? TAX
the amount your county received from
the st tie T; multiply IL by III. and dlvid'
the product by l6; then subtract ina
amount from the amount appornoned V
YOUR county. and the difference, or re
msiuder will show your conntv's loss
Dividing the loss by the number o
YOUR enumerated school children VII
give Won the per capita loss 10 eacl
child. You eau then apply the same Z
: esch township enumeration aud sp
nrai.ement. and find how much local ~
itiop levy il will take 10 replace the los
bearing in mind that for The net los
Won credit amount Of 5 cents on stat
lew. asked 70 be reduced. DO this hon
estlv aud fsirly. 1t is due your consul
iuents.
: 1.-The is cent State school levy vi
destroy the finsncial system, do ne
blame the school levy for IL. but hiam
the new TAX law that forced these cslsu
litv shriekers to list their property at
true cash value.
The Sentinels table referred to abov
and hich il says was prepared for II
bsnefit OF members OF the Legislator
hardly goes far enough 10 be very val
able. II should have contained, in a.
di,ion. the total tsxsbles of each count
and the number of school childr'
enumerated therein, so that memhe
could make their own figures % to lo'
Is and gsins. Ii also bases its alleg
- osses and gain. upon the tsxsbles
each county, instead of upon the smou
of schooi fund derived from taxes a
apporsioned to the county,. Thus,
amount ssid to he lost in Dubois conn
by the Ssntinel's figures 10 - SS3
= while the actual loss 10 the school fu
Of the county j. $399l 20. so "
Marion county. Ia the spportionme
IL the levy is reduced cents. she wo
necessarily lose SIC OF the amount
portioued to her last year. which wo
be ioss 10 her school iuud. IL the 81
proportion OF taxes are collected,
: &37O7- 50. which would have To
Z made up by local tax, IL schools
: 10 be maintained at their present
> cheney.
JoHS GRANELsPACuEl