Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1894 — A Sensible Mexican Law. [ARTICLE]

A Sensible Mexican Law.

We are apt to look upon Mexico as a poorly governed country, or, at any rate, as very far behind us In this respect But in one of its provinces a law has been established whioh is oertaialy worthy the attention of our legislators. The Legislature of Sinaloa has reversed the order of things In the matter of assessments, and,. Instead of lnoro&slng a man’s taxes In proportion to hts Improvements, It givos relief whore the Improvements are of value to the goueral public. Any one laying out a plantation with at least 500 rubber treos 16 to reoelvo $1,000; and tho benefit Is not to stop there, for tho Increased value of the land, owing to tho improvements, is to be Ignored by the assessors, under heavy penal!ios. This is a decided Innovation, and seems a groat improvement on our plan of making tho whole burden of taxation fall on those who spend money on improvemonts.in which the neighbors participate, and reducing the taxes of those who keep property Idle and of little use to a minimum.