The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-04-08


children of school age, $2.2e756.
Aggregate Sl6.49s.i6
Crystal Falls School District re-
ceiyed during 1914:
From Primary Fund. si3.24S.e0
From Library Fund. s4s3.25.
Total s13,7ll.S5.
Crystal Falls School District Tax
Levy for 1914. 100000
Aggregate Ss3.7l1S5.
Number OF children in School Dis
trict OF school age 6 10 20) census
OF 1914. 1894
Exact number OF children attending
school during the school year just
Prof. Hill estimated the number 10 be
about 1909.
Average cost per child for year in
whole school district based on 1000
school attendance and $50 10000 TAX
levy is $4,000.
Adding receipts from Primary and
Library Fund pro rata for the 1900
school attendance. 1851
Total average cost per child. $5S.57.
Average school tax per child paid
BY Bristol Mining Co for 1914 for 272
employees children attending school.
$685..
Average school tax per child paid
by b NJ Co. employees in 1914 for
their 272 children attending school.
s2.3s
Add Primary and Library Fund re-
ceipts pro rata for 272 school attend
ance, $s.34
Total S6o.se
From the foregoing statement OF
facts II will be observed that Bristol
Mining Company and its employees
paid s2.32 more in school taxes per
child for the 272 employees children
attending school than the 1914 school
tax levy averages for school attend
ance of the whole school district; the
result is practically the same If car
ried out on the basis of the school
census or children OF school age This
shows the error OF attribnting the
high school taxes TO the mining inter
ests and their non-taxpaying EN-
ployees and OF the assertion that these
parties combined do not pay school
taxes for the employees children in
as high proportion as the average tax
per child is through the district as We
can fairly assume that the average of
the other mining companies in this
locality can show up like condition as
the Bristol. There is the Youngstown
property for example which cannot be
charged of having caused any burden
to the city or school district and still
II contributed in 1914 about S3413.00
in school tax; other communities In
Marquette. Dickinson and Gogebic
counties undoubtedly are favored
with still greater direct proportion OF
taxes from the mining interests as
their mines are larger and contain
better grade of ore and consequently
have given greater stability to the
communities and more Of their lab
orers have endeayored and succeeded
in procuring their own homes than
past condition in Iron County has
warranted
Take the l0l Bristol Mining Com
pany's employees that are renting
houses aud are not on the tax-roll IN
realty are paying taxes; they are pay
ing al least S6500O0 In yearly rents
which cover interest on capital invest
ed insurance and taxes on the pro-
perty they rent and probably even
some profit 10 the investors
II is hardly fair to assert that these
miners cause a burden by bringing in
10 the community children that must
be educated Children are an asset
TO the nation and as rule the com
mon laborer and his wife are the ones
that carry the burden as they on the
average raise larger families than any
other class Of our citizens
The school tax being about one
half of the total tax levy in this city
and OF which II was assumed by the
Diamond Drill that AZ least so per
cent was directly caused by the non
taxpaying mine laborers this being
proved unfounded it would be inter-
esting to learn who is responsible for
or obtain the greatest benefit OF the
other half Of the total taxes levied IN
the city
The high taxes IN Crystal Falls are
not confined to any one interest. all
taxable property Is carrying big
load and the dirccl reason for this Is
that we are cndeayoring 10 obtain as
good schools. school grounds. city