Show I Communications Editor Standard Examiner StAndard Examiner Since tho Taxpayer seems scams to tobo tobo tobo bo having a a free for in the expression of ot hIs i views view concern concern- concernIng concerning In ing the th more mor or less les unjust t man man- manner man manner ner of ot fixing tho the tax rate the basis of ot property valuation as ag aswelt aToll welt na M the tho nature and kind hi br property to be bo taxed I wonder If 3 It It would b bo be out ot of order for me meto meto meto to offer a n few suggestions on tho subject also Only recently I read an tn article In which it wa-s wa wa contended th t the farmer was taxed taxed to death and was finding it almost st irn- irn Im Impossible possible to meet hi his just Ju t obliga- obliga obligations tlona largely because of or tho th th great bu burden of ot taxation and b b- b b cause of the fact ct that the re- re returns returns re return turns turn from froni the firm farm were ere so meag meager r that he found Cound It t el discouraging r to try to carry carry on under present conditions This leg leg- In Individual led that his rate of was wa 33 35 per cent of th th- th real value alue of oC o his Jis Is property and stated that in itt his hi opinion much of oC the burden of ot taxation sho hou be placed on the shoulders or orth orthe th the wage earner carner or working zoal ma lie IIo held IJ that under present con con- conditions con conditions the tho laller's earnings wet wet-c crr utmost wholly C exempt from ta tax tax- taxation ta and suggested th that t be remedied by taJ ln such earnings I am ad advised that the rate rate of taxation in the he state do donot doi not nol much exceed 4 per pr cent enl on th thc assessed valuation How th th gentl man came camo to Dp hp forced to pay 35 per pr cent Instead does docs t nt to me to he 10 entirely clear Do Does s ho he Include In this s 1 tion 1100 taxes as pave pave- pave pavement ment and ancl other s semi public tax tax's I and did diJ ho pay the full rull of such taxes at once thus bring bring- brine tog Ing the amount up to on third one one of the value of oC lila his property it If the latter Is 1 true tru does docs It no nol just ju l a n bit misleading to that his 1111 hi axes are 35 J pr r rent ent of the ulue of his property I thia could be 11 truo true for br only a avery avery very ery short time lime 7 As A to the proposition of or tax tax- taxIng tax t x Ing tho the earnings or wages wage of oC the wage earner carner c Now just why Is this to tobe be 7 Docs Does not our friend realize that thai the lie wage waBe earner pays taxes on whatever kind of or horn horn horn-he he may be fortunate or unfortunate unfortunate nate enough to own Wh Why y then In order to bl be b cons lent should not the farmers farmer's Income be lr 1 a a- well aa as a his property There are many homes of average value In the larger cities that bear benr a ajea jea heavier Ier load of ot taxes than titan do domany domany domany many of the farms firms In this county Not only are aro they assessed at a higher alue alu but th the rate of oC tax tax- taxation tax taxation atlon Is almost Invariably higher In the city than In the country It Is admitted that tint under present conditions the farmers returns are meager meiser enough but that Is no rea reason lon for placing un- un unjust unjust un unjust just burdens upon some lome one ono else elie el c As As I see c it the resident or of orthe the city has a a just complaint coming to him birn That Is s particularly true in regard retard to taxes for tor special Improvements In la the thc na nature ture tore of or paving curb cut and gutter gutter- sewers and nd sidewalks This criticism cism is directed especially at street pavements I consider the following to be wrong both In principle and ind In lit practice FirstI I understand tand that a mere one one- third one I third of the abutting property owners may force fore the their r will Ill upon th the other two thirds In the milt mat mattar mat matter ter tar of ot determining whether or not nota nota nota a proposed paving program shall carry I consider that in mattErs of 10 so much importance as us the tho Incurring of large Indebtedness ii as asfor for Cor paving etc ete that hat this uro uro nrc should be b reversed Second SecondI I 1 consider It wrong both In practice lice tice Ice and principle to force the abutting property owner to liS aS as- as sume ume the entire expenSe of f such improvements As A the streets art public not private property properly and anI andare n Iare are therefore open to traffic as aswell awell well to the resident non or the tho taxpayer thenon-taxpayer taxpayer non as to the one who pays pas the tho th entire amount of such Improvement I T consider It only ony fair that the th city should meet rt It least one half of the cost coat of such Improvements I OC Of course I do not forget that It Is claimed that these the improve improve- improvements ments ments Increase the value of prop prop- prop property I orty erty thus improved This Is no doubt true in a a few cases casts hut but does dolS not hold in nearly all nil In- In Instances li stances sUlI I have ha found round that It Is almost impossible to get ret as much foe foe- property against which an unpaid pavinG tax stands as might have hivo been een had before the th aid caid Improvements Improvement were made Yet the he assessor does not fall fail to raise the assessed valuation of of the tho property eYe even I though the Im- Im Improvements improvements Im Improvements do not belong belons to the taxpayer This Is ts virtually a man for Improving the at streets t reels I am In favor of both und and private Improvements but tim am convinced that the lie burden of taxation for tor thes these Improvements i la not justly distributed Let I ct the th I lis public assume a a goodly proportion of the costs of all 11 public im improvements I such tuch as those men men- men mentioned above E Instead ot of requIring a comparatively few to bear the tho holo of such Much cost then the sev- sev sev several Oral eral city administrations will be beI justified In boasting of or the th great I number of streets ts paved pa and n l sewers sowers and sidewalks laid T I I think tho the abutting butting property own own- own cr er cr should bear say about one one- one half halt half of the expense expense of these In im mt improvements in order to show good faith fulth and because his hia property under this practice would hr h I benefited as as- as there would toot ot b bo be ns as a often otien happens now al- al almost al almost most a n tax charge held against the property C J S JF SEX 2247 Adams Ave ve City Editor Standard Examiner I As on nil exponent of the ho lane dane dancIn irs In Its 13 highest artistic forin OrUl may mayI in y yI I not make an nn app appeal al to the eel eel- cultured cul cultured lured people of or 0 den to fill till lit I Orpheum theatre on Sunday afternoon February 6 67 This Thia will willbo willbo I bo b an n opportunity to see o the tho best bestin bestIn in dancing combined with lIh ex- ex exI ex I music and beautiful cry cei cry ry aligi ind costumes stands the I longed emp emperor of ot ilc clat-ilc lancing dancing and to lo see lice ee him hint at his hl best beat bc t is an all opportunity not to bo be wD wasted waited ted It wall vas he who with Pa lo Ka Ka- Ka Kakine kinc Ka-kinc I kine Kosloff and anel nd others left I to carry corry their conception I of or the th lie art of ot dancing to other countries And It was w through I Ithem Ithem them that we wo realized that there theo Is II another r side id to the tho story of nU besIdes betides the one of lenor- lenor anee and squalor I lie lIfe Is n a very cry Int inte I sting ling liue one Tic Ito rebelled against I the conservation of the ballet a as controlled by tho the czar and startled the tIe classic clastic dancers dancer of Europe by turning lila his toes toe in 11 Instead of out In Irs an art Interpretation m of an Italian beggar Near the Ito end of the war he and his lam lam- faMIly fam family ily were saved from starvation by tho American Near f Eat a t I In southern n Russia and he tells of I how he gave ga rave a II performance to their fund after being re ret ret- res rescued cued reI I Besides himself ite e will be given the tho opportunity of s eln- eln another male mal dancer lierre who has ben been premier in tho the R In Paris and ilso clo Iso two Ia- Ia famous moui fa danseuses Vera 1 premiere ballerina front from the ball ballat ballatIn t tIn In Petrograd and Hilda an English girl pirl who haa has been premiere ballerina In company To see sen this performance nex Sunday Is an ala opportunity to see se gill 11 that Is lovely and beautiful In dancing It is an appeal to the soul more moro than tItan to the tho being as is so o much ot or the dane dane- inc lug jug we have seen teen of oC late Let us show how that Ogden Osden elites dates cates artistic thIngs and then I well ell be be given elven more opportunities of this kind I S W v REED nEED |