Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-01
CAN'T FOOL THEPEOPLE.
THEY KNOW THE DEMoCRA PAR
TY ifAS HELPED THEM.

Efforts Of Republican. Politicians to Dis
credit the Big Reduction In State Taxes
This Year tnsucccs~Iu Result Of Demo-
cratic Economy Means Dollars In the
Pockets of Every Tax Payer In the state.
MILWAUKEE, oct. l5--rhc efforts Of the
Republican politicians to dscredit the re
duction IN IA" state tax this year has been
attended with littlc success. The friends
OF Mr. Sawyer may thcOrlle as much as
they desire, but the people who pay the
taxes know that their state tax this year
IL mere nothing and that the reduction
Is due TO the good management OF the
Democratic administration SO much has
been said Of this wipinY OUT of S742 900 In
state taxes and SO many Measurements
made that it may be interesting to many
10 have the original order republlshed
The order was rs follows:
TIKI ORDER
/, WHEREAS, II appears that after reser wing
sufficient moneys for defraying tho entire OK.
pense Of STATE government from this date to
Jan. !, 1880 there Is q surplus In the general
fund In the state treasury Of $742,570, derived
as follows: Recovered in judgment from former
state treasurers, to the credit OF the general
fund, $G7, Dot direct war tax fund, $50 400. 10;
Interest from bank deposits, StB,6H.5S; railroad
and insurance licenses and office fees, S275,550
81; and that such surplus without detrment to
the public service can be applied al IL portion
Of the state levy; now therefore,
Resolved, That we, the undersigned gov
ernor, secretary Of state and state treasu rer
In pursuance of section l0bDA of Sanborn 6,
Berryman's Anno atcd Statutes, do hereby APP
ply ~ portion Of the state tax levy the sum
Of $7i2,j7O to be applied rs follows: The | mill
tax for the support and maintenance Of the
common schools, $500 go; NTH normal school
tax, $l0NO; state university tax $l:g $40; leav-
Ing to be levied In accordance with section 1910
Of chapter ~ OF the Revised Statutes OF the
state Of Wisconsin the sum OF S?iOOO, being
$l57 80 to pay the interest upon certificates OF
state Indebtedness incurred between the years
1865 ana 1896; for the support and maintenance
OF FREQ high schools, S5O,WW; the l20 mill tax
for normal schools $3O,OOO for the support and
mainenn 60 Of the state university, &,4;U, OF
which sum The following named counties will
be required to pHy the sums set opposite the
name OF said county In the following table, to
wit:
Then follows list of the counties OF tho
state with the amount each must pay 1t
Is not necessary to give the list here rs 1t
IL gvcd In table which follows.
1t will DO seen from the order that tho
state officers before deciding on what sum
to apply to the reduction OF the state tax
levy SGT aside money enough to pay tho
running expenses Of the state government
until the state treasury is again replcn.
ished by receipts from those sources which
furnish money for the general fund 1t
will also be noticed that the war tax re.
fund Of which so much mention is made
by Republican speakers, amounts to just
$S9, 1910, or barely ono.eighth of the total
amount. 1t will be seen further that the
amounts directly chargcnblc to Democratic
economy is 1925 POI 3D. or nearly one half
Of the total amount, which ctfectually dis
poses of the Republican assertion that the
Democratic administration has not been
economical.
Most interesting of all, however, IL tho
table showing tho gain to the people OF tho
state by this Democratic economy. This
table, compiled from the state records,
gives the taxes for zach county for 1890,
the last year OF Republican rule, and for
1894, when the Democratic administration
pays out of its savings $742, $40 Of the $685.,
$40 levied in state taxes for educational
purposes this year The table-Iron and
Villas counties being omitted, as not or.
ganizod In lS.U-is AS follows;