The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-27


increase Of taxation:
TO The Democrats of the Indian"
Legis lature.
STATE SCHOOL TAX LEVY.
sse 44s5 r. 5. -"There shall be an
lnusl, a--e-.ei and collected ~ o'"'e
ma County revenues are asses-e" M"
collected, sixteen cents on each one pu",
dted dollars Of taxable properly 'es'
and personal. in the State. and MY GEMS
I. 81 each taxable poll, for the purpose o.
supporting y general system OF cn,"'"o"
s,school-" In force March 9lh $500
I, Sec 4469. r. Local tax Tor tu'tio"'
The Trustees OF the civii to~hs"'Pe,
INC Trustees of incorporated towns, snu
. The common councils OF cities sns'i nave
! uower to levy, annually, = tax not eA-
! ceeding twenty. five cents on esch one
hundred dollars OF taxable property
i, and twenty five cents on each taAsoi'
;, u,u TN torce June OH 1901
From The ABOVE will be seen the !:us
!, ;pi.u,jou OF the State school levy. ro'
.'os,n, close in its wake comes the au
MARTY for local tuition levies. Does !
scam that the State school levy WAS au
= aona,e \, that time? Ii 80 whereior
). ~ local tuition levy? The condition
a acre then Just as they are now' WIN W
sxr.n,,on that q larger amount oil pre-
Inert, escaped taxation at that time. ma
l,ha ssssssment laws heen enforced,
NAV Are now, there would have been u
.scessi,y for the local tnition law.
80 II ,he Is cent State school levy vi
r,ght in 1865, IL is right now.
Eor vears Indiana has boosted au
..;a.J i,selt on lts excellent school law
IA schools Why should 1t retire
) .irom i,s lofty positionF
80. Why should the new tax law,
uh;ch az much has been said and wrl
acc ,.,, atYec, our State school levyf ~
res nov tsx law proves to be almost W
hahn cooy OF the old law, with one 9
.on,ion-the manner OF assessment
ss. ,srable property. II inserts the wo
IN rvrr cash value In place OF FAIR CO
Iify y.,n. n,sces county assessor over
eci w,ship assessors, to force them 10
entl,hs;r au,y. and gives q State Board
,re. ,.n,y.r 70 assess corporations. This
the ,hs oulv essential change 10 the new
hesl,a What chsnges has the new syst'
SOP nr.,uyht about? Has there been .
and ..rory dome. by the operation OF
re. 80 anv more than would hs
Nc, had everv tax payer listed
INTO n,nner,v honestly? What class OF
II At nayers were caught Dy enforcing
an. new law. thereby increasing 'ne va
.,,"n - ~ tsxables? The answer was
pea,ed thousands snd tnousa"os
d. iimes by Democratic speakers, NJ"
law was made al issue, pro ana co"'
Democrats and Republicans. during
last campaign. The h"pu"''ca" Y"
lucb i'm ali the wealth ot corp"i e"o"s
IL ,sx dodgera. vent down hghunX =
ssrv or,ncipIe Of tax Laws The people
tax ders,ood them. knowing 'hst they wo
due he benefited. and snppor'e"
~ OF - What has heen the result
u II I, proves thai the tui'ion tu""'
-per. .c,.d b> Sat. lew plscrd Us on
Y ~ =, The Original in'ent of the STATE Sc
,ouss law made IN 1865. and thn 10" local
said ,inu lew law, enacted in 1851, my
's~, repealed.
nued I, 4, Il riyh, that the State shs''
lands .n,lir.u. in acrord 4nce viii
,xore..ions ~ the cpn-fruuo" "'
state of Indiana, u - riR"t ~
n'' Thoroughly II II Il wrong ee"'e
nv not abolish the state sch"ol
mated e,,ire,y. sua let each county max
srged ,wn leyies? You would serve .h
own ,e,es,a OF the wesiihs class much ot
these The boa.,ed benefits that we're =
lwa,s derived from the new tax law 70
news m.sse. OF the people by catching g
+ land rs,ions. tax dodgers, etc, Ola come
per is i, nromises 10 be short lived. u me
"a are 49, ara TO be returned to the tax do
are 40 IN The shape OF q reduced State .
them tax lew. The man who listen his
saloon. per,y honestly, under any ana q!
psrs vii have to 90 dows in his pocket
homes, ar than ever should the State schoo
be reduced. This will be the i,u'
his benefits 50 loudly proclaimed
uc w" stump.
~ ae We are credibly informed ,ha
ing the ~ oT,.,s,s vill eudeavor to ha
p'e' es- state school levy reduced, ana
10 pay IA, Il will make one thousand
IN pur cratic votes TO where u Will los
'v'ncen marty ten that while i will prove
ger. ~ D"o oono,ies Now we ask the
!. -. snectfully. how about the 81 cour
7" ~ he State Ia the Same position %