Taxation In Washtenaw

The tax payers of Washtenaï county should feel gratefnl to Democratie state administration and to a legislature Democratie i both branches for a large saving i state taxes. As will be noted inou news columns, the amount of th state tax apportioned to this count has just been officially ascertainec The state tax to be . paid hy thi county this year amount to $38, 933.84. Last year they were $39 624.97. Under the last two year of Luce's administration the taxe were $40,099.76 and $57,798.54. I other words two years of Demo cratic state administration has eos the tax payers of this county i round numbers L20,000 less tha two years of Republican state ad ministration. To be accurate to th penny, we may recapitúlate th taxes during the two years paid by Washtenaw amount to $78,558.81 as against $97,898.30 paid during the two years of Luce's last administration and 108,156.47 paid during the first administration of Luce. This great saving has been made in spite of the extraordinary appropriation required for the World's Fair. These figures are obtained from the books of the county treasurer of Washtenaw county. They are accurate and anyone can verify them. If the tax payers of AVashtenaw approve of this saving of nearly $20,000 in taxes in two years they should show it by their votes.