Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1892 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 [ADVERTISEMENT]

is the trustee. No more intelligent, in the county than he. HR reads and his school houses are kept it the very bes-shape of any in the coir ty, and it 00 .ts cash to keep them so. Pew building v good new school l * use this yeat hence the large incrcas- of special chool taxes. The cu. ion tax win reased because the p« pie w*g| th tr school terms mere? ad; and the oad taxes because they '' ant better r> ids. The average per - *at. of incre* *e of township taxes is 7 ess than the average increase by* U i 5, Democratic trustees. MILBOT TOWNSHIP. : 1890 1891 Inc State $212.12 412 200 Co. 1 434.54 472.86 38 Tp. 143.88 262.47 118 Tuition 143.88 210.76 ; 66 Road 201.44 325.47 124 Per cat increase state tax, 94 Total increase of township r xes, $545. ! <-v^Per ( i nf increase township 1 xes, 71. Hie state tax in Mtlroy is only about doubled, and the township is lucky it is no worse. Most of the others are also largely although the county increase is only 8£ per cent. The four last items were levied by Trustee Kesler, now no longer a resident of the county. He was a Democrat in politics but, as we firmly believe, an honest and upright man, who made his levies for what he considered the best interests of his township. The tuition tax had to be increased to give the people longer terms of school and to pay the teachers the “McKinley” wages they now receive. The special school tax also had to be increased to pay the increased incidental expei sea of the schools. Many new roads are being opened in Milroy and the increased road tax is, easily accounted for. And in none of the taxes is the evidence of Mr. Kesler’s complicity in the “conspiracy” at all apparent.

UNION TOWNSHir. 1890 1891 Inc Dec State $924.65 2126.26 1201 Co. 2049.48 2556.34 506 Tp. 814.37 1136.15 322 Tuit’u 678 63 1136.15 457 Sp’lsc 678.63 284.03 394 Road 1085.83 1988 26 902 Per cent, of increase state tax, ISO. Total net increase of township taxes, $1286. Per cent, of increase of Tp. taxis 89. | Union township also “gets it right in the neck” in the matter of state takes. The increase is much more than double. The increase of county tax is much highei than the aver tge for. the county, which is only 5 per cent For these two pleasant facts the people of the township can thank the new Democratic Henry George tax law. The four items of township taxes also show a healthy net increase in spite of the fact that the new school house having been paid, for la*t year, the iteip.of special school tax is largely decreased. Wm. Cooper, a rockrooted Democrat, is the trustee. Although the net increase of his township taxes is “way up in G’' he too is too strong a Democrat to have knowingly made them high in the interests of a Republican conspiracy, and too intelligent to have been humbuggtd into doing it unknowingly. We give him credit for increasing his taxes because the increase was necessary, and take it for granted that even the Pilot gang will agree with us in this one instance, at least. Ia conclusion, we wou'd aik all fairminded men of all parties, who honestly desire to know the truth in this local tax matter, to read and study the above, to investigate the truth of our facts and figures and then they will understand how wholly false have been the assertions of the half-Democratio organ of the People’s party in regard to this question, and Jjow great the deception they are seeking to impose upon the people. Next week we shall just as thoroughly dispose of the matter of that alleged greatly increased balance in the county treasury. We shall also besdn to show how the new tax law affects the tax as of individuals, as this Wel-a w.. have shown how it affects the townships. L Forth© Campaign. For the purpose of helping along the good cause of Republican-