New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
GAYNOR SUED FOR TAX
CAMPAIGN BOOK FACTS.
Part III of Republican Document To
BE Issued to Fusion Speakers.

Taminany Misrule' is the title Of Fart IT OF the
Republican campaign book which will he issued To
the speakers OF the fusion forces to-day II does
not deal N vituperation generaIites. but takes
UP specific Instances OF the way in v hch the tav
payers have been mulct by the extravagant and
unbusInesslIke methods Of Tammany's officials
Facts and figures are given in this arraignnsent OF
the political organization which is seeking TO retain
It's grasp on the city and the expenditure of the
taxpayers money There are no personal attacks
upon Justice Gaynor. but the following statement
which the campaign managers say they are pre-
pared 70 prove. is made:
Judge Gaynor failed to paw his personal taxes for
& 4go and was sued settling after service Of process
ago. after he had been warned that he would be
sued again.
Under the subtitle THE Tammany Mortgage
the following statement Of fact is printed
The increase Of tax levy under Tammany shows
that that while the increase IN population during the
rule has been but sS per cent the incresse ir The
@ 9e6seT ~ mas been 100 Psr cent and the Increase in th
tax rate has Increased under Tammany:
INCREASE OF THE TAX LEVY
-. lsss 1905. Increase PC.
FsRu.tlSn s2 sSs Sss q s s7d $50 S @ s5 ,oa
The budget for 1909 amounts to s15s.a5414s. or .
per cent more than IN 1903 showing that the abnor
NAL increase stiI continues. as the population in
crease was probably about per
The following table. comparing increase Of debt
INCREASE OF PUBLIC DEBT
B:ssaon B.Ss IS ssss sai 5 IS ~
The total city debt April 1. 1909. had increased
70 sr9ssl TM Including: however minor items not
table The growth Of debt has been much larger
during the latter part OF this period. from 1904
1893. Tammany reganed control in 1904
Figures are given showing that since 1903 Tam
many has increased the tax rate in Manhattan and
The Bronx from 1.41 to 1T. in Brooklyn from 14s
70 1.IS In Queens from 147 TO 1.T2 and IN Rich
mOnd from 1.4S TO III.
Instances are given 70 show vhy the tax rate
has increased for the benefit OF Tammany laborers
and others. For instance. It is stated that twenty
men worked four months sodding $50 feet Of bank
in Van Cortlandt PARK The book goes on TO say:
II ss bss Tan mortgage is no mere estehword
bonds issued TO pay for the extravagances Of the
purchase is a part OF the Tammany mortgsge
The millions wasted on the Catskiu water supply
When the Mcclellan administration came into Of
debt on OF the city l. was isSa 5e net interest % S Sesn
1909 It had increased to S71s.sSl7O1. and BY Jan
tS@srS Sus 81 $3.50 800 it 5 T hsye ay3aSsd wen
mortgage that Tammany has placed on the cfty In
the last six years OF misrule.
1t is shown how the increase in the budget from
slOs674SS in 1904 to s5s545I4s in 1909 affects the
man who is not a taxpayer but only rent payer
The book says:
Indifference on the part Of the rent payers to the
increase OF city expense debt and taxes is short
Of population. oveTpus Of building or specuIs
tive realty movements, the cnsrge on real estate
LEWIS naturally shifted by the owner Of real
estate to the user In the last analysis the rent
citys funds squandered real public improve
nents are withheld Lack Of transit facilities for
instance due TO waste Of money results in conges-
tion Of population. accompanied by high rents
Added TO this is the lack of public accommodation
@ Iroa lprOvenlsnLs' - ,t 10 Tnich all citizens rent
a class are of moderate means only They depend
If by the of1cia! waste and extravagance these
things are denied the rent payer is the first to
suffer.
The record of Borough President Ahearn who
reelection Of that official by the Tammany mem
hers Of the Board of Aldermen is cited as an tn
stance of the utter disregard OF that organization
for public sentiment public welfare The scan
das of Borough President Haffen's administration
in The Bronx also referred to-
The city lacks subways. the book shows because
Tammany has wasted sSsOo0OOO year in the pur-
chase of supplies at exorbitant prices in salaries
paid to useless officials, In excessive awards for
land extravagant contracts and other things A
chapter is devoted to Facts About Tammany Land
Purchases including the Hunts Point bathing
beach
Considerable attention is given 10 the "Catskiu
extravaganza and IL Is shown that through NAL
administration millions of gallons water are al
lowed to go 10 waste daily.
Tammanys punishment OF Police Inspector Rms
sell because he dared to close up dives in which
Tammany men were supposed to be interested is
outlined.
How Tammany failed to fulfil its promise Of
Political.
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