The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

NJ & =
9as IRE now AL 100 tligii.
You be able tp anS fsolafef
81 pdal as uients anon.
tass Just g sou t,ail alrolls indiyias
spals but e tue Il is not are faiiit
SoI ind e. WIN stlie CORPORA Hon,
q ne sidaal is n
N 1901 The tota se, value ot:
allEproI lart III this stat Ii ronniI
T q ,000, 900 now, ii Sc $780,
ggQt 600 IN 1900 the publ seFYiee cor:
porat Ions @ere sses Il III 81, 400. COOS
NJ they nay. xes on s259i0L0OO VI
propeItgs
. BE essment 81 allroad Il tn i sO4i
va was y 10000 and III 1905 s1si 900.
.8B0. ,sS
sstl ne 1Ee expires com anies Of the state
t ir 1904 We're ssess ed az 5000 IN
1903 me total alne OF their property
for the purposes ots Hon Is ss0SS.
500 Pine lines % 1904 were asses lea.
AZ 1878 600: IN 4 9tls at SIS, s79, 900.
Telegrspll and Iephone lines were
Al, assessed ct ssgs.0pO ]; now at SIS. BAL,
|21T.
g Oh ridges We're not assessed BIZ
tho p2sTa Diet PrbIie Works Until 1905
Previous to that time they we're .iss
sesse q by the SCISSORS In tbs several
eoant assof the state. This sSear theyi
SageA ssessed at s1,s0a, Ooo. and this
aoss not include railroad toll bridges.
These are some Of tie bene acentS
fruits Of the tax reform laws passed
Iby the Republican party undsr them.
.all property as has been assessed In
stead o. only y part Of the property
assess der previous LAWS. Cor
responding the burdens on die props
erty assessed under the old law have
been elieyed sby the assessment iofsall
the property While this It's true. tho.
amount Of take levied for State spt,r:s
/
poses other than license. taxes. has.
decreased from S975.s04 IN the year
1904 TO- II 1907, IN the lat
ter year the resi- due 81 the expenses
of the state we're raised upon licenses
and taxes upon special privileges.
With the great deyelop ment ana In
crease Of populat ton in the state due
tnS large measure TO the policils Of the
.Repub lican party there has come ins
creased ia demands upon the state treas
ury in caring for ana prot those
engagedf In the various industrial pur.
suits and an ed6cat ting the youth and.
In caring for the Legitimate ana ;un.5
fortunate wards OF; the State
IA order 70 perform her duty TO her.
citizens It was Necessary for Us TO Z In
crease the minimum school term 81.
our public schools ftom four IS Az
11ll1 70 establish ten add stionai sins
stitutions. namely, the Bluedeld Co.'s
o 9. Institute, the Keysef Preparta ira
tory School three Miners Hospitals;
the West Virginia Asylum az hunting
ton. the Capitol Annex at Charleston.
the Girls Industrial school al Salem,
the the Human Society and the coioretls
Orphans. Home. And ia aldition to.
allS this we have expended much mon
ey3s IN the constrnc ton OF additional.
buildings for our Un:yersi ty and Nor
NAL schools: And the largely lncreas.
ed numb ers attending these education;
a a. tnstitut tons has necessarily IN
creased the climate expenses Iofs
such y Institutions. Under Republican,
control the state has met all these
increased demands and at the same
time decreased the direct. lax upons
the perry Of the STATE.
The cry Of rayagance made bys
the Demo cracy viii be found is be tin.
true by those who care TO sinyestig
the facts. The question is not how
much money we have spent but how
wisely II has been expended. N
While the state has prospsrei uns
derEwtses laws enacted by the Republfs
can party she has been no less forsI
tqlnate In the ecnttye OF admirnistra.
tive branch of the eminent.
The admtnistrat on 81 the afftatrs I'D
the sfa ia l1tin1 ~. = n y, III II < III