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Show B COHIUUITHE AsES)MEVT i TiiCityllwaof lijuihuUon j has closed its Iilwr-, ani has sub- rtantlally upported the Avessor in HWsr' JiU extortinatB vakia'Jinj of prop- f&j e"tr- Same few clnuei havejwen nude, but they do not a-u-wint to BJBil much in tne aSregato, and the BKfi i Assessor will pocket, within a tritle, HR' the big haul that he started out to fjBF make, on the peroentage allowed V , l,y ihe c''i' Council. In som-IS; som-IS; " caes the Counidl liai Loen canud-itt-it. trle wlth widow an I indicant Bl ' persons iuoHiers the reverse. And BBf luone or two cases they appear to !; lve gone b?yond the hmlt, of the. B3i law. "" -"' j- v W&k Tne "LJbtral' oran . para les a WMM ' iutoCthoraleis of Taml!on pJaeedl KB on property in a number of large BBS title, and ala the rates of t-v-i. Bl Hon, andthen aVs how thc Mor- Way mon P15" are going to "expbln BJJi . t these facuaa ay." Well a, far as BR the DE'lKr Xws is concerned BJK it will not atterapt to cxolain any BBS "fctawa3" Facts are what we IHH are after, borne facts are furnished IKK l'y "'"Lral" organ although BIJ a doubi is cast upan them by the BJh fact that theyapp-arin the 7Vduie. BJIj Bjt what do they show? Any K enormous valuation placed on prcp- Wf Crt'7 fn souso game like that of H which we and tho general public BJ complain? Any instance of prop- SJf rty being placed for asse&ment MS purposesat a figure far higher than pt it would sell for cash? "bt at all. BE But out of the nine c'ties reported, Si only two placed property at its full ft value, while the others range from BSlj 1:i iwrcent toSOperccntvaluation. BBBJU u 1 another case of stating a propo- aBHJ s't'on and proving the contrary, Umw which occurs nearly every day In JBJIl ,uc "liberal" organ and is coming BJHff tobs recognized ai Tribune logic KEf The tacts which the Tribute BJk wants to explain away but can- Bf n-t aro thee: Troperty has been BJS assessed this year at from double la Bt ten times tba tlju'es eier placel Slffs UP0 t before. MulUplying the it I ; i Tarnation from three to seven times u a common rule in th present assessor's anthmeUc The rate of E i;m j. taxation has been reduced ut one ll 'i'" ovm previous ratei. Tlie result E2Bl Isau immense IuJreaseof jveuje & r a,Kjt,e'iPP.relon of property own- Mjf- BB v-iBBB)k. jBBBBt. -. . . .- eis. Many email ownernrlll have to borrow money in order to pay the taxes upon it. The law docs nol Justify theTMdlculous and exorbitant exorbit-ant figure of the assessor, and le definition given In, the law a,io tlje meaning of "a fair cash, value" has been ignored, in order to wrest Ifie words quoted go as to 'make them mean "boom" prices. The txxpayers, fearing the disposition dispo-sition of the City Council to backut this enormous assessment in tbr interest of real estate speculators, pe iltioned the Council to ruduce tin rate of taxation. The Council obtained ob-tained an absurd and self-refuting opinion from the City Attorney that they hid n't tlie power tu reduco tne rate tquivalent to say lng they could not rescind or amend a resolution and having made u their minds to rake In all the revenue reve-nue possible without going too fat In their rasbner, they refused th petition of the great mass of the tax-jajersof tax-jajersof all parties in thecily. If telling the facts and jolntlm; out Uie hardship that is b-ing un necessarily, and in many instances cruelly, imposed on the taxpayers is '-brutal abuse," we hae abuseu both the assessor and tlie Council This city has heretofore miintalned an envlible reputation fir low taxes and goo 1 order. Under "Liberal" nile "rule" in its fullct nense, domination Instead of service from the city ofilclal that reputation will soon be changed, aud we are ot the opinion that the change will o disgust the majority of thecltr zenstliata e nauge of managemeut will lie tlieTosuit as sooaas it can be legally eflVcted. Tne "Literal" organ may call names with its axuftomed courteous cour-teous and refined manner of "arru-ment," "arru-ment," but it cannot cover up the facts In the ca-o with ever so great a ford of iltiiicgiKatcnoTthrox'nusr In the tycs of the taxpayers b quoting a lot of figures which effectually effec-tually refute Its own assertions.'' |