Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-05-13

tiously find TO exceed 81, 750, 900
they they should assess it, and if
they should appear before the
Board with less assessment at
the fall meeting, they should come
prepared with good reasons there
for. The Chair further called at.
tention to the fact that the virtual
mortgage of 100000 on these
properties includes real estate in
/ Newark, N j., to the amount of
but, S252, 600 The mortgage is held
in New York by the Farmers
Loan and Trust Co, " of that city
He also stated that the amount of
mortgages on farm lands in Sus-
sex County is S755 S68 The amount
OF mortgages on all property in
Sussex County is 1871, ,493. Total
debt including bond and mortgage
and personal debt, 81, ,S1S, 30S. Al
together not as much as the mort
gage upon these mining properties,
and who will claim that these prop
critics are mOrtgaged for all they
are worth, and more That all the
farms in Sussex Co. are mortgaged
for all they are worth. Mr.. Van
Sickle suggested that if a repre-
sentative of all Sussex Co. should
appear before the Farmers Loan
and Trust Co." and ask a loan of
81, 900, 900 on the farm lands of the
County, the answer would be, that
our Board of Directors have de-
| cided not to loan on farm lands
as they are no longer security for
debt the land is not worth any
thing only rs q home for the own
er, and yet this very land has for
| years been paying the taxes chat
the mining properties and the
towns of Newton and Deckertown
should justly have paid A reso-
luton was now read, directing the
Assessors in towns, where Banks
are located, TO obtain from them
lists Of the Stockholders, with the
amount Of stock held by each, and
notify the same to the Assessors
of the townships whore the stock
is held, to be by them assessed. 1t
was not pressed to p vote, how
ever, as the Board was advised
that a law had been passed by the
last Legislature making this duty
obligatory upon the State Board of
Taxation. Some further talk fol-
lowed, and at 2.45 o'clock the
Board adjourned. sine die.
Several things that we noticed
in the course of the session occur
to us, and we viii make brief
mention of them here. That the
Secretary garbled the Zinc Mine
resolution in the reading of it and
the Chair promptly corrected the
error. That valuable suggestions
were received by the Board from
two of Newton's ablest lawyers,
Senator Lewis J. Martin and John
L. Swayze. That ex-senator Frank
Ward is an export in parliamentary
practice, and that his tips were ap-
preciated by the Board. That the
Herald was ably represented by
POLK" Bannell the Register by
Thomas Dutton, the Recorder by
w. Q. Hursh, and your humble ser
want Oh. absorbed a modicum of
what transpired for the readers of
the Pike Co. Press. That a quiet
parsonage just without the Court
room doors took notes during the
session, but nobody seemed to be
able to tell what, or whom he rep
resented probably an agent of the
N. j. Zinc Mine Co. By the way,
this reminds me of an incident
Shortly after the Committee was
appointed to appear before the Board
OF Freeholders, for an app opriation
to carry the Zinc Mine case to the
Supreme Court two men represent
ing themselves as officials of the N.
j. Zinc Mine Co. came to Newton,
and solicited the Committee to meet
with the Company in New York, at
| lCompany's expense, which they re-
fused to do. Then the officials set a
date on which they should meet in
Newton. The Committee. desirous
of hearing such arguments as the
Company might offer, extended an
invitation to Senator Martin, and to-
gether met with them at the Hotel
Newton. An elaborate menu was
prepared, and the party were wined
and dlned to their hearts content
and the officials paid all bills. The
arguments as to why the n j. Zine
Company's properties should not be
taxed at a higher ratio were not at
| all satisfactory TO the Committee.
Then broad hint was given that
the Committee by winlIing the other
eye at the critical time, could name
the sum that would salve their con
science. The Committee, to their
credit, be it said, spurned the temp
tation, and the incident furnishes
another chapter Of the methods fol
lowed by great corporations to es-
cape their just share of taxation. tt
IS becoming more evident every day
that the peoples eyes are being
opened TO the iniquities of UNEQUAL
taxation in Sussex County. The
newspapers are sensible Of the drift
and are giving the subject more at
tentiOn than heretofore, and if the
agricultural Townships, in fact all
townships, will move together, as
the way is now fully opened for
them to do, the burden of taxation
that has so long unjustly laid upon
the shoulders Of the land owners,
will be equally divided with the
mining corporations and the towns
of this County that have been so
long favored at their expense.
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