Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1892 — Why Taxes Are Higher. [ARTICLE]

Why Taxes Are Higher.

Instead of reducing the local tax levy in proportion to the increase of aaamment, the commissioners and trustees ka Republican counties actually raise it. te numerous cases this was done for political effeet. In not a few counties a surplus was created by Republican officials for the purpose es leaving the same at good interest. To illustrate how the taxpayers ana imposed upon by Repnbliean the following counties are given as examples: £§ || * COUNTIES. : * ft : & is. :■ | ;fr : 3 Benton .... $36,228 31 $11,897 16 $13,648 M Decatur .... 25,933 12 8,955 93 9.344 54 Fayette .... 8,397 27 7,614 88 9,403 90 Fountain... 18,795 80 18,489 *4 16,516 9B Hendricks... 85,188 31 12,440 88 WJMS 51 Henry 30,228 95 15,800 $0 BMt « Jasper 18,404 15 faOO 84 11,177 91 Jay 34,543 76 8,888 86 11,507 99 Jennings ... 15,221 34 6,478 37 11,948 68 Kosciusko.. 48,403 39 18,066 31 19,101 X) Lake 105,099 79 28.976 09 40,369 53 Lawrence .. 26, 464 +7 8,218 74 15,087 51 Morgan .... 9,420 64 7,536 42 7,800 59 Newton ... 16,402 64 0,312 55 12,404 30 Orange 10,596 12 3,112 58 3,185 82 Porter 49,680 78 13,857 67 35,729 16 Randolph .. 35,087 08 15,263 79 30,804 91 Rush 32,979 79 14,922 21 17,653 99 Tippecanoe. 41,265 50 31,962 81 28,828 08 Union 33,ti1i2 96 ‘ 8,913 55 9,587 96 Vermillion. 18,720 66 6,223 04 10,591 39 Warren.... 30,824 88 8,581 60 11,661 94 Wayne 49,565 82 18,774 35 22,802 34

Trusts Legitimate Offspring of Protection The trust is the greatest enemy of the protectionist cause, according to The Commercial Bulletin. This is a new illustration of the truth of the scripture saying that “a man’s foes are to be found in his own household.” The trust is the strictly legitimate offspring of protection as it is now advocated in this country. The essence of protection is the shutting out of competition. It n»Ha upon government to intervene to prevent competition. What more natural than that when a kind of competition appears which it is out of the power of the government to prevent, those who have been used to being aided against competition Bhould combine among themselves for this purpose ? It is so natural that It maybe pronounced as inevitable. Surely, when government is asked to intervene to aid business, there ought not to be surprim that business takes stringent measures to aid itself.—Boston Herald. In 1890 beans were imported from Canada to the amount of $15,899. The duty on beans, then, was 20 per cent. The McKinley tariff increased it to 40 per cent., the object being to shutoff entirely the Canadian product, that the American bean growers might have a monopoly of the bean market. As the value of Canadian beans imported during the twelve months succeeding the enactment of the McKinley tariff amounted to $15,725, it is evident that the American hoar. men do not receive the protection promised them. Still, McKinley can point with satisfaction to the fact that the balance of the bean trade is $174 in our favor, all on account of his little bill.