The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-14

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croa.,rg hurdar vnor real nronertv
ana an ever d,m,nishinv share of nor.
sonai nronertv IN the s,nnort of that
pove,nn,ent Witch otvss an aaual nro.
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~ witch a,+s,,,on has o,ra.dv hoon
called re. s,noo ,,s odoot,on tho
Grand t.x ar,i,cota 20 tho stote hos
shown morc ana ma cioa,,v tha In,
equality ., con- r,,,' lion hetween raai
=
ana personal property. In 1852 the
grand duplicate OF all property, real
and personsl. In the state. was $b01,-
5Sl,OO0; In 1907 1t was $2,2SO,663,1SS.
In 1852 the total value OF all real es-
tate was $S54.937.0oO. In 1907 1t was
$1,544,391,3lS. In 1852 the total value
OF all personal property in the state
was $lS2,644.0O0; In 1907 It was 1885,
lI1.SSO. In other words, the hrst year
after the adoption OF the present con-
stitution the tax value OF all real es-
tate In Ohio was 1-3 times that OF
all personal property, while at the
present day. after 90 years OF develop
ment In railroads. telegraph, tele-
phone. electric light. and other mod
ern utilities. as well as Industrial en-
terprises OF every kind, with the con-
seqient enormous growth In the Is
sues OF stocks and bonds. the tax
value OF all real estate In Ohio is still
2 l-l0 times That OF all personal prop
erty Ana this Is true notwithstand-
ing the fact that corporations gener-
ally IN this state are required to re-
turn as personal property all the real
estate used In the operation OF their
business.
In 1880 real estate paid 77S per
cent or the taxes and personal proper
ty 22.2 per cent; In 1870 real estate
paid 6O,7 per cent OF all taxes, and
personal property S9.3, while In 1907
real estate paid 6I.1 per cent OF all
taxes ana personal property but 1928.
These remarkable figures are even
more significant when II Is remember
ed that the chief growth OF the states
wealth has been In the larger munich
paifties and the tendency TO concen'
tration OF population In the cities has
been more and more evident with the
passing years. In 1850 the total pop
ulation OF ONO was l,9sO.329. and the
total population OF all Incorporated
municipalitieS was 73S2S. That Ia to
say, more than ive times as many
people lived In the country as In the
cities and villages when the present
constitution OF Ohio was adopted. In
1900 the total population OF Obio was
i.lot.3io ana the total population OF
all cities and villages was 2.f12,352
In oiae: wcids. considerable more
than ha'f the whole number OF inhab
itants IN the state now I'VE IN the mu-
nicipalities. When the constitutional
convention OF 1851 met In CINCINNATI
that city mad population OF lf5.435,
which was then about twice the total
population OF the ten largest cities In
the state. In 1850 the total popula.
tion OF Cleveland. Cincinnati, Toledo.
No'""'p"'' D"' VIII AS"Ao''o""' ~"
ron. Springfield. Canton and Hamil-
ton was 1S2.l46. In 1900 the total
population OF these ten cities was
1,230.S32 and II Is probably today
nearly two million. Certainly 1t Is ten
times as large as 1t was In the middle
OF the last century.
The special report OF the United
States census department on the sub
tect OF rural and urban popuiarons
makes some comparisons that. with
respect to Ohio, reveal conclusively
the fact that the larger cities Of the
state are growing at the expense OF
the rural communities. In making its
compilations the census bureau con-
siders every mun'c cpality OF $500 In.
habitants or over city. and the rest
OF the state as constituting the coun-
try districts. On that basis Ohio's
rural population in 1880 was CTS per
cent Of the whole population; in 1890
u was e9 per cent ana In 1900 81 per
cent These statistics show not only
decrease In the percentage OF popu-
lation In the country districts but an
actual reduction N the number OF In