Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1892 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

gate for each year, the difference between the -two years. r ( The state poll taxes have never figured in the discussion. They aggregate for the county about SSO less for 1891 than for 1890. By a slip of the editorial pen, or a mistake of the printer, a mistake crept into our comments upon \he Hanging Grove table, published last week, aud the error made ns say exactly the opposite <jf what we meant to say. What we did say was that “No railroad taxes are included iu these figures.” What we should have said was “The railroad taxes are included in these figures.” The railroad taxes are included in’ all these tables where there are any railroads in the township or town.

TABLES OF TAXES 1890 AND \ HANGING GROVE TOWNSHIP. 1890 1891 Increase Decrease State taxes $640.52 1178.26 532.74 County tx 1473.23 1415.88 57 46 Tp. tax 390.28 314.64 75.62 Tuition tx 489.56 629.28 139.78 —- Spc’l school 682.96 943.92 260.9 C Road 477.88 98848 150.45 Total net increase of township taxes $475.55. . Per centof increase of state taxes, 81. \ Per cent of increase of township taxes, 23. This Hanging Grove table was published last week, but is repeated here, for the sake of having all the tables together. We made some comments then and now will only add that Mr. Gwin, the Republican trustee, is one of the very best in the county, and people of all parties there, have the utmost confidence m him. He has decreased one of his four township tax items, and for the increase of the others no further excuse is needed. The tuition inciease is for longer schools, the special school increase for a new school house, now, about completed; and the road increase for better roads. The percent of his net increase is less than half the average increase of the Democratic trustees.

GILLAM TOWNSHIP. 1890 1891 In’se State tax $ 568.18 1264.12 696 Co. tax 1242.65 1499.82 256 Tp. tax 829.18 499.77 170 Tuition 411.47 499.77 88 Sp. School 493.77 666.36 172 Road 411 48 499.77 88 Per cent, of increase of state tax, 133 Increase township taxes, $5lO. Per cent, of increase of township taxes, 33. The new law gets in its work in Gillam by increasing state taxes 122 per cent, and it increases both county and state taxes much more in proportion, than the average increase in the county generally. The increase in the four items of township taxes is considerable, 83 per cent., but as that increase is 25 per cent less than the average increase by the Democratic trustees, Mr. Robinson, the trustee, although a Republican ought to be acquitted of the charge of increasing his taxes for the purpose of making the new tax law odious, or for assisting the “court house ring” to plunder the people. Mr. Robinson’s well known integrity of character is also a strong evidence in his favor, and his neighbors of his township, of all parties, will all agree that he is no “conspirator” nor tool of conspirators. Even the Pilot gang will acquit Mr. Robinson of the oharges which it has brought against the trustees generally, of being either villains or dupes of villams, if for no other reason than hia being a brother of a prominent member of the Pilot's official hoard, and his more distant relationship to the People’s party candidate for sheriff.

WALKER TOWNSHir. 1890 1891 * Il'CI State $ 599.17 1256.76 GSB County 1306.49 1479.29 193 Township 328.78 828 Tuition 432.62 657.46 225 Spec. Sc’l 259.57 828.73 69 Road 432.62 971.83 539 Per oent increase state tax, 109. Total net increase, lownahip taxes 1061. , Par oent. increase of township taxes, 193. The per cent, of increase of township taxes is the highest in the county with one exception. But as the trustee of Walker tp., who levied these ill ba.afuitlcd