The Yale expositor., 1904-11-04
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Some Democratic MiSstate-
ments Corrected.

Some Democratic speakers and pa
pers are claiming that the State tax
levy for this year amounts to upwards
of eight million dollars. This is abso-
lutely false.
The State tax levy for the year 1904
amounts to S2,954 ,692.00 Of which the
county of It. Clair pays 256, 1881. rhe
county of st. Clair will receive back
from the state of Michigan the sum of
S55, 1889 for primary school money,
and there is still due to the county from
the railroads, which are contesting the
tax i'm the courts, the sum of SS3,660S5,
so that the primary school money which
the county gets back from the state eX
ceeds the state taxes by the sum of
$50. .S65.53.
They also quote figures to show that
during Winans Democratic admins
tration the state tax levy was very
small, and claim credit on this account.
In making these figures they conceal
the fact that during the administration
of Governor Winans the State received
from the United States government
S4S0,S65.66 on account Of the states
war claims against the general govern
ment; and that when WinanS went into
power there was S590,6S3.C2 in the state
treasury; they also conceal the fact that
ut the time Winans went out he left
deficit in the states revenue OF over
SSS00,0000 90 for appropriations which had
been madesby Winans administration
but for which no tax had been levied to
pay. 1t then became necessarV for
Governor Rich's administration To h'r
row over SSo0,00000 to carry on the
business of the state government which
money should have been raised during
Winan's administration.
They also neglect to state that under
the change of law, whereby the state IS
now paying for many things, such as
expense of the insane, ETC., which were
formerly paid by the counties, that the
county has saved this year S15 654.S6
which is now paid by the state instead
ofthe county.
They claim that the present admins
tration is too friendly to the railroads;
still they do not tell you that during the
Democratic administration Of Governor
Winans the railroads were made to pay
but $l,7l3,000; whereas, during the pres
ent administration they were place.
upon the tax roll for $7,044,000. The
present administration has increased
the railroad taxes alone S5,33l 900.
DOto LillS lOOh do lllOuBll bHOy nClC
overly friendly to the railroads.
In the figures they have furnished
which claim show the primary school
money coming to st. Clair county this
year, they fail to tell that there is due
to ST. Clair county the sum of 81, sec, ,85
which is being detained on account of
litigation; but which will finally be paid
to the county.
They have circulated a hand bill
which claims that for two years of
Winans administration the primary
school money exceeded the state tax
levy $3,09l.60 and that during the last
two years the tax levy exceeded the pri-
mary school money by $2l, ,S65,52
If Winans administration had paid
its debts St. Clair county's share would
have been Sl4,15936; so that as fact.
the tax levy during Winans admins
tration exceeded the primary school
money by the sum of 81, ,097.76.
In figuring the primary school money
for the last two years they left out the
SS3,660.S5 due from the railroads. If
they had included this (Which should
have been done) it would show that
during the last two years the primary
school money coming to this county,
exceeded the state taxes by Sol, 1883,
so that for the last two years the county
of st. Clair receives from the state over
sos 600 more than il pays to the state