New York City's Enormous Taxes

One of the most lively places in the city last week was the tax office, where a long procession was waiting eacli his turu at the desk. Or. the first day of the month the usual penalty of 1 per cent. was added. The tax levy this year is 30,079,077.12, being a rednetion of more than $2,000,000 since 1875, which was the highext late. Forty years ago (1838) the entire vahiation was S264,152,941. This year it is $1,098,387,775, being an increase of more than 800,000,000. This shows that every addition of 1,000 to onr populati.n also adds nearly $1,000,000 to the wealth of the city. You can see this ïatio nniformly held during the last sixty years by reference to the published records. The worst feature in our municipal difficulties is the immense debt, the interest on which is more than $25,000 per day. Our asylums, reformatorios and eharitable institutions cost $3,000 per day, while the daily expense of the judiciary is nearly $4,000. Almost the same sum is requircd for prisons and almshouses, Education costs the city $10,000 per day and the imaginary cleaning of our filthy streets forms a daily item of $2,000. Even the tax department costs nearly $350 per day. Eather a large sum one might think for this item, but it is not surprising here. The pólice department costs $10,000 a day, in the way of taxation, while the amount of property stolen is almost equal, but of this our model polioe spem to have no knowledgc. Their $10,000 a, day is paid to have them "minü their own business." If you want them to mind yours they must be paid at an extra rate. - JVew York letter: