Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-27

q special baIistla on assessed VAL
gzfl5a o. property and amounts aaI
rates OF levy. recently issued b. D.-
rector sam o. Rogers. o. the bureau
OF ceus4s. department OF commerce.
Fapua total property tax levy OF
nearly sI.zl5. 100000 throuEhout the
Ju.tsl states iu 1919. amounting 20
flg,st per capita These amoutH rep
resent increases % S. per cent and
80 per cent. respectively. over the to-
cal and Per capita Isvies IN 1902.
THIS buiistin. which ts one % a SER
ira uf seven. al dealing wifh the gen
rrai subject OF wealth. debt. and taxa
ton. relates % the year 1919 and con
taias comparative figures for 1850.
1890. 1850. 1850. and 1902.
The assessed valuation % real es-
tate. personal property. and other
property subject 20 ad vaiorcm taxa
lion in 1919 vas, in round figures.
sisFs1. 900. 900 an amount almost
twice a. great a. 'he assessed valua-
ton On 1902. aud nearly six times az
great as that iu 1850 The assessed
value % real property and improve
ueufs subjects % such taxation On
1919 vas 1854 900 900 - nearly
double the real estate assessment tn
1902 and more than seven times as
great as that % 1850. The per capita
assessed valuation % all property
subject % al vaiorsm taxation in
creased from sass - IN 1850 20 St4S11
iu 1907 and % S7t5fs "a 1919. while
che HpondinE per capita figures
for real property and improvements
Increased from s7zi.7s IN 1850 20
F11s7- in 1909 and % s5sfIs IN 1879.
AT % these figures are % little
real siEniteaucc. however. since the
bases 90 assessment vary in different
states from g per cent 20 100 per cent
% the true value. and also fuctuats
CO. some % the Individual states from
decade 90 decade. Furthermore. the
afsiity with which the established
basis % assessment is adhered 20 var
ies greatly 10 different states and IN
diTereut localities 50 the same state.
The oniy valid measure % the tax
bur4en. theFcfors. f. the per capita
levy. aad even this does no. Indicate
precisely ths relative weight % tara
tion IN one state as compared With
another or Ia oas year a. compared
With another. sines % different states.
ard tn diGsrsnt years. varying proper
tious % the total revenues are derived I
froz corporation taxes and license
fees The PEI capita tsvisE. however.
give a fair i4-a % the general trend j
Ia respect 90 taxation
he levy % taxes OF real estate.
personal property. Azd other property !
subiset 90 al vaiorsm TAXATION. By
states. counties. municipalities. school I
districts. and other civil divisions IN /
1912 amounted 20 a total % ti.SfsSsi.-I
90. OF tt1st per capita The Per
capita levy "a 1909 ~as - -. and In .
1880 vas oaiy s. !, should b. ksp.
81 nirf that these fEurss DO no; COW
81 The federal revenues. most % which
are derived from various forms OF tn
direct taSatiou. and also exclude rev
eases derived ~ Municipalities from \
iigEpr licenses and other licenses and
fees.
The tar levy % Se~ York for
state. county. municipai. and other
purposes IN 1919 aggregated s27iasT.-
ece-snsAriy one-sixth the total for the
rnifst States and over two and one
laird times the corresponding Squire
'Or P~aasyissnia. which had the seq
ond iArxss; levy. sss1-s 900 Mex; TO
Pennsylvania vas Illinois. Nth Q to-
IA lew % sss.s3s.0co. followed eiose-