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Show TAXPAYERS ROBBED WITH RECKLESS ABANDON Tho robbing county ring which in trying to porpetuato its hold on the offices of Salt Iako county would not Ts permitted to live outside of prison if tho taxpayers could roallzo how the public funds aro being squandered. Those members of tho office-holding trnst have boon telling many taxpayers that tho American party hnB incroasod tho taxes, whou thoy know full well that r,uch a claim is an outrageous falsehood, and is made merely to docoivo tha taxpayers and porsuado tho property owners to help hold tho grafting ringstors in office. The assessments of proporty aro made by tho Smoot Hopubllcan assessor's offico. Tho Americans havo no tax aosoasor. Tho assessor is a county officer, and Americans havo no moro to do with this offico than thoy have to do with the control of tho British parllamout, But the claim is only sot up to decoive to turn tho public eyo from tho wastefulness of tho county ring. During tho pa3t six yoars tho present county machine politicians havo expended in Salt Lake county tho vast sum of $2,130,029.40. Of this vast sum, $388,038,01 was spent on roads and bridges up to the first of this year, and tho expenditures expendi-tures this year will swoll tho sum to moro than $500,000. Does any man in Salt Lako county know whore this large sum was expended on tho roads and tho bridgos? jVs a matter of fact, fully one-half of this was wasted and stolen. It cannot possibly bo accounted for. There has been but little road and bridge building, and what has been dono has been to benefit a few favorites, including Commissioner Mackay's ranches. What is thore to show for the major part of the two million and moro of county funds used during tho past six yoars? Lot some ono answer who wants tho taxpayers to vote tho machlno into offico again. Why, for tho vast sum expended on roads and bridges account tho most beautiful pikos could bo built throughout every mining camp in tho county, and every important thoroughfare could be made a veritable boulevard! How long will taxpayers stand for these things? |
