State Taxes

A :ev weeks ago the Courier liad ti.i editorial on 'Washlenaw's share ot state texe-s to the effect hat tbU counly was píiy'mg more thin it-i proper share. -s furthsr prooi of this may be added that our popula1 iou is ifl ieth o: the entlre state's whüe we pay one thirty-sixth oí the tnxeiIf we paid one íifiieth of the tax ive v ouul pay $00.000 insteaa oí 8$1,í'40i7T. : So -vve pny $20,000 o; the laxes other couuties. W;;shtenaw' has'i3 491 popula ion n Lenawee 48,541, but the latter only pays $79,562. Kalamazoo has tbe same i. opulalion as "Wahtenaw, jet. it: oniy pays $71,539. Ingham county has 39.689 and on'y payj, $55,929. Bay county has 61,292 and only pays $72.333. Whea the state toard of equalizatlon meats at Lansing next August, ■rui supervisors ought to be i there, to get our share reducei to its p:oi er amount.