The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-12-26

4 che valuation Of all real estate o,
te eI2nd Duplicate of the countie
| .h'estigato S old be Increased b,
TIC per cent which the transferred
eel estate is shown to be underval
uod. the increased valuation with th,
ralua'icn of ersolal property un
r. sngai, world res N In a decreas.
II tie tax rate as follows:
Valuation. Rate
At1ms. present valua-
,eqms. pn full valuation. 100 o. -,
D'Cwn, present valna-
Pr wn full vallatioH... 100 IL
NrHtoe present wilma
Mcnroe. full voluf ton. 100 ii,
Mcnigomery. present
Nc tgomery, full valua-
| 'ion ...... 1O0 LII
y, L. is clear from this statement that
70 eY le par; of Just share OF tax
Is unyise. aud causes owners to be
| lo1ers ins cad Of gamers They are
| not only Obliged to pay about the
she amount of taxes through an in.
| 'rtasea ratn IN decreased valuation
mn Trey pav on increased portion nj
re total tx through decreasing TIE
revenue &c Led from personal prop
rrty, caused by rhe depressing infiu-
ence Of hig" rate.
Growth Of Taxation.
The growth of the grand duplicate
and OF {. KOS Dald, state and local. from
le52 to 1907, Is summarized as fol.
lows:
Per CT.
GRIND dur 'e'te. Increase 49,. 34l
Real estate valuation. increase. 32S
u Personal property valua-
ton. increase ........... 37O
Taxes paid on real estate. In
crease .................. 947
% Taxes paid on personal
Population, increase, ls5O.i90o' 1og 9
~ These figures include the per-
solal propeTty voluGton and taxes
paid by public service corporations.
Growth OF Taxation and Population.
For state purroses, increase. 1886.
1896. 12f pr cent: 1Sa6-19o6 $50 per
cent; ratio oi increase second over
first pc inc $50 Dcr cent
For local pu~noses. increase. 1886.
1896. IA Dei G. ut; lS96-1906, 55.3 per
cent; ratio " = "r~asa second oyer
first period, 1868 ,er cent.
Population, increase. 1SSO-1S90. 14.S
per cent 1890 1900, 1872 per cent; de.
The unsour1 economic policy OF pt.
tempting, to ..tcllsn the general prop
erty tax for s-"te purposes through sc.
curing all needed state revenue from
special taxation vas entered upon by
the state OF o.; 10 by the enactment
or law assessing an excise tax, 50.
called. on the gross earnings of public
service corporations. In 1902 the Cole
lew was enacted increasing this OK.
else tax 100 per cent. increase In the
rate being from one-half to one per
cent; the Willis law was enacted al
the same time. assessing a tax of one.
tenth OF one per cent on the capital
stock OF business corporations and
taking for state purposes ali revenue
derived from the taxation Of life and
fire insurance companies. Because
the general property state tax rate
was reduced from 2.89 per cent to / AZ
per cent by this means, many persons
have been led to believe that a de-
crease In taxation has been effected
by shifting the burden from farmers
and small home owners to the broad
to hear it" "''e
These data show that there has
been no actual nor relative decrease
In taxation, but. on the contrary. there
has been an actual and relative In.
crease ~ taxation during the ten-year
to'Act ohi loVOhJvO. covering tnA
time this policy of special taxation
has been In operation. as compared
with the teD-year Deriod from 1896 to
1895, W en- none of these special taxes
was being ccllected.
Special taxes for state purposes
wherever asses ed have Invariably re-
taxation. The result in Ohio is now
before you. Compare the growth OF
state taxation in relation to local tax.
alton and population, and OF local tar.
alton In relation to population. and |
answer the question Do these re-. |
suits show that the present taxation
policy or Ohio IS economically sound? |
We have hear1 much about the moi. |
Icy OF shifting the burden of TAXATION
from farmers and small home owners
by means of special taxea for state
In 1902 when this policy
was given It's strongest impetus. the |
average tax rate in Paulding county
was per cent. In 1906. four years
Willis laws, the average tax rate NJ
Paulding connty was 399 per cent |
From such relief the farmers and |
small home owners of Pauldine conn. |
y nav Justly pray to be relieved.
deprived OF Growing Basis Of Tax.
alton.
the requirement that all property |
snail be taxed on its true value in |
money by q uniform rule at . uniform |
raie. deprives the state OF the benefit |
II growing basis of taxation for an |
large and rapidly-increas- |
ng class or prOperty--ttat OF DubIic |
service corporations. AS there was
40 such property In 1861, II Is not sur
)rising to find that the constitutional
PROVISION on taxation. then adopted |
9 unsnited to the proper taxation OF /
his class OF property Unlike all pri.
'ate. property, the property OF public |
'erylce corporations is affected with |
lon an Illogical basis for its taxation.
~ giving. adequate service nt low
ates, public service corporations rem.
Ter service to the people 0f far
'reafer benefit than the people can L
'a'n I noir's9s lroTs any y amount q tsxation II