Show TA DLE VALUATION The announced intention of the Tribune candidate candida to for county assessor that it will be the policy polley of his office omee if It he Is elected to ralsa rais the taxable valuation of et f Salt Lake City property I as well as the property in the county outside the city is not one calculated to help hint him any among the taxpayers who have be been n studying this question since the of ot the campaign c The action of the city council in in increasing Increasing Increasing creasing the tax levy two mills even after atter tho the taxable valuation had been raised six millions of dollars is I I rather strong In iu the minds of taxpayers who are having trouble meeting me their taxes es C iiI this year and paying paring for their homes The taxable valuation was raised by bythe bythe bythe the county this year lie He raised rai ed the value of ot property In the city about six millions of dollars and the valuation of property in the county outside the city about a mil nih million million lion and a half of dollars The Re Be Republican Republican publican county commissioners were with this increase and kept the tax levy Ie at the tue same me figure which I was waa a last year The city coun council cli cil took no such view of the situation however and tacked two mills to the tax tx levy le The opportunity was toe too good to lose But lint when the Tribune candidate e for county count assessor a iEl Or makes known his h In Intention Intention intention to raise ral the taxable valuation again It K puts PUg some seme fear tear into the hearts of the taxpayers Many any of at them believe that a rise rl e of ot ten millions million in the Ute taxable valuation of the city is coming to us ua next n t year and that on D top of that the Tribune city council will Ul again increase the tax levy The TIle TIler result r would be most moot disastrous to the property owners ow And Antt with the Tribune party in con control trel in the eo at to raise the tax levy leT there also a o few tew of the smaller smalle property owners especially those thOlie wh who who are still paying for tor their homes would be able to pay pa p their taxes It costs eo ts more flier to own a home in Salt Lake than thanIn In any city in the world now no The re rei I i suit nit would be Ite if It they the were wore able te to pursue the same mme policy with the tax taxing taxIng taxIng ing power In the count county that they are arenow areno arenow now no pursuing in the city it ft would be only the wealthy that would be able to own homes home In Salt Lake City Improvements earl cail be made and the city can ean n en an economics economical l basis bu No one complains over oyer the see ape cial elal taxes they have had to pay py for city Improvements While the cost coat 00 It o of oC all improvements except the item o of oC labor has been increased by the Trib Tribune Tribune Tribuna une una party during the five flye years Y s It has haa been In control yet the people wanted the improvements and they the are no not disposed to complain about them themI I They do complain however and with justice over the manner mallner in which the general tax levy lev has been han handled dIed None of the coat cost for city Im Improvements conies comes out of the general genera tax fund Zun City improvements are paid for tor by b the abutting property owners owner In the last lut five live years ears there has been a anet anet anet net increase if It mills in the gen general general genera eral era tax levy With the county administration in inthe Inthe inthe the hands of or the party that has han ban handled handled bandied died city business in this manner the tl finish of ot the taxpayer can be easily forecasted But the county adminis administration administration administration Is not In the hands of ot the Trib Tribune Tribune Tribune une inner circle as yet et and there is no danger that it wilt will be |