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

for good reasons la th> matter of »*Mkd taxes, for instaneg. v.liith shows! r le 1 irgeat increase of *ny item, it may be stated, in explanation, that many new rouds are be-ng opened, jot only in Walker, bm. in all the lorthern towi‘ships, and new roads eost money. BARHLST TOWNSHIP. 1896 1891 Inc Dece $1999 02 m&M 783 ~ ' Do. .2413 39 2184.88 Tp. 799.14 485 53 313 Tuition 709.13 971.06 17l ; ' Sp’J Sc’l 1278 66 1213.83 Road 958.97 971.06 12 7 -- Per cent, of increase State tax, 71. . Total net Decrease Township taxes, $194. Per cent Decrease Township taxes, 5. J. F. Uiff, trustee of Barkley tp. i< the strongest Republican in northwest Indiana, but for all that, instead of increasing liis township taxes, to hurt the poor dear Democratic tax law, he has at tunlh made a net reduction of 5 per cent This lets Mr. Biff out, most conclusively.

RENSSELAER. 1890 1891 Inc Dec. State $1949.58 3071.25 1121 County 4502 40 8653.04 - —849. Tuition 1851.54 2029.46 167 Sp’l Sc’l 2885.38 2435.35 49 Per cent, of increase state tax.43s." Increase of Township taxes, s2ll. Per cent, of increase of township taxes, 5 (nearly) • Per cent, reduction of county tax 18.

Here is richness. The attention of the predominant Democratic wing of the Pilot gang is requested to this table. The workings of their beautiful Henry George tax law, which they can not say enough in admiration of, are well exemplified here. In 6pite of Rensselaer’s remarkable increase in wealth and population, during the last few years, her state tax is only increased 43j per cent., while in some country townships it is increased more than 150 per cent., and in the county generally nearly 100 per cent. What else could be expected of a law which increased the assessment of farm lands over 100 per cent., and of personal property, such as banking capital, money at interest, notes, mortgages &c., only two percent? The proportion of that bind of properly is, of course, much larger in towns than in country towaships, and the proportion of taxes in the latter will be necessarily greatly increased. This increase in country townships of course includes county taxes as well as state, as witness the fact that in Rensselaer- the county tax is actually reduced 18 per cent., while for the county generally it is increased 5 per cent, and in some townships the increase is over 50 per cent. The lam takes the tax of from the capitalist and puts U upon the fanner.

MARION TOWNSHIP. 1890 1891 - Inc Dec State $1591.31 3068.91 1477 Co. 3457.30 3718-17 39 Tp; 746.48 413.18 333 Tuition 1244.14 2065.65 821 Sp’lSc’l 1492.97 1239 39 253 Road 1741.79 2065.65 323 - Per cent, increase state tax. 93. Net increase township taxes, $B9l. Per oent. increase township taxes 16. Wm. Greenfield is the trustee of this township. He is a Republican, the whole 6 feet and 2 inches of his length but he levies his taxes according to the needs of the township, and not to help or hurt any political party, (and we think the same thingcan be said of about all our present township trustees, Democratic as well as Republican.) In “Uncle Billy's” case, although he gave the tuition fund such a big boost, in drder to give the people the longer terms of school which they are demanding, the net increase of township taxes is only 16 per oent. which is less than one third of the average increase made by the 5 Democratic trustees.

JORDAN TOWNSHIP 1890. 1891. licrusi Dec. State $ 614.01 $1140.13 $526 County 1329.89 1320.46 9 Township 264.22 298.43 29 Tniton 440.36 586.86 146 Spcl. Sc’l. 852.29 586.86 284 Road 528.44 586.77 58 Per cent increase State tax 85. Net increase Township tax, $469. Per cent increase of Township taxes, 29. Jordan township enjoys the luxto tiiU J. tOilit/ $ M tfOt. i -* *