| Show I I t PLATFORM PLA OF REPUBLICANS 1 I 0 We the Republicans of Salt Lake j t county in convention assembled de declare deI I clare blare and affirm We reaffirm our approval of the Re Republican f publican state st te formulated and adopted by our State convention nUon In Jn Salt Lake City Utah on oi 20 O 1009 We Ve endorse the t e successful 11 H HI I Ican I can administration o p if our Q ty 3 L fr frI 7 I t I fairs and believe that every voter and andI I taxpayer t within th of our fair faira fairI I 1 a iuT 14 4 county Js I f Interested re ted in inan Ina an a hont t efficient and e administration ot at o our county r V mJe and that the I Issue f for ns of gf i this county to consider is the collection collection tion and expenditure of their public motleys moneys i The Th question qu of taxation is Always a aVital avital Vital one ene ne and can be made madea a light or heavy burden b according to the amount of df public moneys collected and nd the t e wis wisdom wisdom wisdom dom which is exercised in their ex expenditure expenditure expenditure and we submit for most se serious serious serious rious and thoughtful consideration of overy every property holder within our coun COUIl country country try the following facts In the last seVen s sen en years in Salt Lake City three political parties have been I in fri power viz The Tho Republican party i for four f ur years sears the Democratic party for two years and the American party part for practically one year We Wt call can to the attention of taxpayers that during luring the four years of Republican control the city ity tax levy averaged but 8 lh mills that for the two years of Democratic control it averaged 10 mills and that in the th one year of American control it is 12 mills that the average assessed property valuation valuation valuation tion during the four years of 31 can control was approximately 35 that the tho averaged assessed property valuation during Democratic De control was and that this tillS year the tile year of American control contro the assessed property property valuation valuation tion pion is In other words the Attention of the taxpayer t payer is called c to ithe the startling and important fact that Democratic control with an in greased reas d property valuation of the tax rate was in two mills that under Amer fAmer 5 ft han an party control with the tn tl increased property valuation over the assessed value alue of property during Republican control of the tax levy lev was in ini inti i ti d Ph 34 mills Ve We also call attention to the fact that the claim of the Democratic party and Jid nd tile the American party that the tile reason for the increased tax levy and expenses during their control tow t the public improvement on by them is not true The facts are and the records it that during the years ears of Republican control more street paying find and was vas done Cone Conethan than under either the Democratic or American administration It was during Republican control that the streets of South Temple and Second South vere to the two depots and thus t far not mt a single block p ock of paving within the city of Salt Lake has been be u completed by the Ameri Amen American AmerIcan can city eit administration We Ve call attention of the taxpayers 3 payers TO the fact that the permanent fixed es of the city of Salt Lake Lale dur ing the last year have been increased ased over thirty in numb r that t at clerkship foremanship and other positions posit ms have been created and when wen W P no necessity cg sity sit for their creation cr existed We remind taxpayers Y r ht t tue th American P pty JI of Salt Lake City hag ha determined tg pay py 7 B to the contractors paved q South uth tret tre t In n defiance de n of ol p fat faq that a Republican council Republican board of public works Republican city Republican R mayor Ezra a Republican city en engineer jn fr 1 J Cr C 31 Kelley n Uey investigated this claim and md rejected it tt as one which the pitY city was wa under no legal nor moral ob obligation obligation to pay and confirmed in this tills position by the city attorney under the present U American party administration tion We submit these few incontestable facts fasts to o the tile voters voter of Salt Lake county they are part of your public records and in the face of the same the Amer American American American ican party announce that they will give to this county the same kind of administration that they have given to Salt Lake City in other words they the tell the people in plain words that with an increased property assessment they will increase the tax levy and with no greater gre ter public improvements than in preceding years and no in increased increased Increased creased work they will increase the county pay roll roU 30 to 40 per cent Are the taxpayers of this county prepared to accept this t ls kind of an administration tion Under the present county Republican administration ton there has haa been much improvement in the highways of f the county We Ve pledge the Republican party to a continuation of the same The main highways y throughout the county have been lighted with elec electricity electricity by the present county adminis administration administration administration and we favor the t e continuance and of this lighting system so far as the revenues of the county will permit A large part of the e taxes ta es of this county are derived from small prop property property erty arty owners and the policy of our coun county county county ty administration should not be such as to compel the mortgaging or con confiscation confiscation on of the peoples homes and ancl property by increased levies and there thereby thereby thereby by paralyzing industry and enterprise but with increased assessed valuations on new wealth and new property de derive derivE rive nyc sufficient funds to carry on the county government and gradually re ye reduce reduce duce the rate of tax levy which will have hav the effect of placing a premium on oa enterprise encourage building and improvements s I the burden of the overtaxed and destroy the tile argument that the tha progressive citizen and home homebuilder homebuilder homebuilder builder is i a target for the assessor We warn arn all who are interested in the success of Republican principles that our old enemy enem is alert and active in inan inan an au attempt to secure a congressman from the tile state of Utah and the re result result sult suit of the election in Salt Lake coun county county ty will therefore be pe and andis andis is of more that than usual importance We Ve call upon all aU those who desire to up uphold uphold uphold hold tho the hands han s of Pres lent Roosevelt in the great unfinished work wok which lies before him to express their approval of his policy by a continued support of the Republican i party arty |
