Injustice To Our City

A A ultoR, January 17, - Mi: Khitok: - Will you picase publish iliiWaU'iiierilolViiiializationnf'Washtcnaw Couoty, (rom 1859 t tod including 1S7Í' aii'l 1880. I llave i:ken thcequalizationof wlii.-h na 18,900,000, and havc equaltied ii M $10.200,000, a. 'id 1879, ainl i he iliHrri'iiir ofnuánf and rcdoctnf iKr wm (owMtod eities, also the amouDt raúed pn year and the full amounf, cash valué, n IttO, and ihe full aiuount for 20 ilia( (lie lax-paycrs may sceandjudgc fur of tira ri;lit or wrong, as thcy seo fit. No doubt thcp.1 will be honMl dtüerewm of opinión, but we may by examiiiinL' BOOM lo an understanding, mmcwhat approzimatiDX tbe iruth. The Sgorw, 1 ihiok, are nearly correct. IfÜM terenü eoanktaM havr u ctirrcctions to Duke, [ wnuld lie il':a.tod to make tlicin. I tin IgtMVf are wrong, except fractions. Thr I have taken as a whole, thcy 'ni make tlic 'liviion an tliey lik as ihey liavi' te takc tln'ir hare i The cquaüzatinn oommittee, of 1880, f wlioui are froui towns which have been largely reduced in tlie last twenty years. yet lliey again redueed their respect ive towns. Why ? We find that the city and tnwus which have been raised, 80ine ol tlicm large anmunt, have been multiplicd by three, when ihey were much nearcr than the towns which were reduced, and some of' them very niuch, cxeept Hriilgewater and Yp.ilanti City, which were much favored by the honorable cotmumittee. Why? Ann Arbor City don't deny that lic bus proressed, but she does coiupl;iin uf raaking ¦ difference agaiiibt her, in twenty years, of' 1827,400, whilo twelve towns were reduced, and Ypsilanti City onlv raised $342,300, not ono-half as much as Ann Arbor. There is a screw loosc somewberc. The law on equalization is either not understood or grossly violated, one of the two. Some of our towns have not relurncd as much personal property to the i-ecretary of sute as thcy have in horse.s, miloli cows. cattle, swine and sheep. How ia that? Oh, hone8t ¦mwwrunti Let the cities- especially Ann Arbor- pay tlie large lax ! That is their motto. Bapervüoi ist mm a nm