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Show PROTESTING BANKERS. The; Hm Another Inning Before (he Ccancll Comtaltlee. STATIM1MS tt Till! 1UM.S. Argnmfnli)ldbr Alliirn'jt Crllchloir, Judge hntlirrlinit ami City Atlomry Huge. The City CoiiucllcJimmlllee appoint ed to hear and coualder the claima of tbo bankers held another meeting last night. The bankers were represented byJudgeHutherlaudand Attorney K. 1). Crltchlow. The following elate, mcnls by the hanks were submlttod: DIATT UANIC or UTAH. Hlatenient of tbn conJItbn of the Blatu Hank of Utah: 1 lrsl-1'ald up capital, iVO 000. rircmnd Surplus fund, 23,(iui) Ihlrd nihlng loaned on real eatato rourlli The bank owns lorty.elgbt and one-lbitd leel of ground on Vlrat Houtb etrcot, adjoining IhoThcatrp. upon which aro three amall onoa ory bilck aloroa ho valnatlon U placed on this protierty by tlio aateaaor, sntne bolng InclltutHl In tbe c inltal alork. Our aaaainent alandsat $.JI,0UD. and this Inrludoa real nlale Tho real eatale and Injprovcinrnta ro'ttSO, TJtiNJ. IIi.ni u M. run. tu submitting 111 stntemont, the Htatollank mado the following claim. "Wo rest our caso upon the unjust and unlawful dlfcrlmlnatlou against us ns compared with assessments of other moneyed roperty. We have exam. Incdtheaursiment roll, and find real cstato aaeessud as n rule nt SO to CO per cent of Its value. A large portion of moneyed property, aa money loaned on mortgages, IsexempUd from taxatlou. We are OMoMed at full value of our capital and surplus. The dlscrlinlna. Hon Is oblvoui. Taxes to be Just must lie equal. Ours are unjust, unlawful and unequal." UTAH -4ATI01AI. HANK. Statement of condition of the Utah National Dank: Capital Slock UOOnO llottfaxe notoa ,,.." w,asf Tolal.. ..f.".e,0vQ UM0N NATIOSAI. UANIC, Htatemenlof Union National HanVi Cai'iKL.. .... .. .!ioo oooio sun in - ivxkmo alonsasea on leal catate .... 121 Id ' Ileal eelale - ... 1V.U.0 bO t.b SlerranL liuatlttauart ot tho catnalet llieliant).. ... ITO.KOM AMI HICA.N NATIUNA1. BASIC. Htatnmvnt of tlie capital of the Amnio-, n National llaukof Halt Liho Ollyl Capital paid ep.... . ,.'I1W to to nrlua - H H .. 3A,a.ieo sleuer loaned vnioaleatale4M,..M lcoeoo ou Total. .., . IJTS.OM oo CUMlieitClAI MAT10NAI.. Rlalement of the londllloii ot the Commercial National Hank: l,i iui I ai 1 or,.. . tioomoo Korplaa ... Il'irno UnJilaUrrt,0U..w-...M. M H ,oi r l'roiii which auiplua and undlvl led protlla should be deducted tho amount I aid as premium on United Ntato bonds which aro not taxable. 'Iho treiiiltllii account on that date amounted to yOK), and aald account Is on cx'ienaoHcmMint cbsrt,oat I to profit amt loaa acuntl lit, like otLor oxpeniO atrynunts. Also, thai aald luk bad un that date nelvod In tbo regular conrao of builnei rtat eatatu liHirlgsgnatotbeainniilit ot li,lHW, that said morlgH.na wcru taken In eieordanco with law to aticure pre eclating dobla 1 hat tbo bunking bouac, fiirnlluru and llxluro uf said bank wure valued on that dalolntheaum uf fllJ,lU2.u7,and Ibat tiond prcinbiiim wero not stinrately as seaaed. 1 hat Iho bank Is tlio owner uf sundry'olber parcels nf rralcatato taken for ilobt nihI on foroctonmi, which aro separately asicsnod. Mr. Crltt blow made a lengthy plea for the banks. He said tbtreare six nstlounl bsnks In this city. Tbete baiks own a united ialtal of $J,CSl),. 1)00. The two wlturaacs before tbe ceinmltUe who gave oallinatea as to tbeamouutof money loaned on real ivtate In this city said this is from $.1,Ou0,0JO to $4,000,000. The muney loaned on real eeUte mortgage Is ex emt from taxatlou. Thu sharia In" national banks cannot tie taxed ngaiust tbo banks, but must be taxed against tire shareholders', but they cannot I asteiaed to greattr roportlon than any Other caIta), ilJ It Is claliud that ns Ihero Is so much other cs Hal thkt Is not taxable It renders n gnat discrimination against shares In Natloual banks nnd the tleilslone of Hupreme Courts are that where there Is so grist a discrimination discrimi-nation the tax Is not colhctlblo. Whoo the assessor fluds anting a man's ellrcls money loaned uu rml roperty heen.npts It from taxation, and the banks tlaliu tbe same right. Ho relerrtd to tbe argument whlih he said would no doubt be made, that the banks had nu right to take such security, but It was not so; the tanks claim the right tu loan money thesamuas other parlhs, aud taxing their mortgagta Is Ulioihnlnatlug against money uwntd heru nt home and taxlug It at a high rate when 1. astern motley lenders are allowed to comu here ami loan their tuouoy with-out with-out being trxed n cent. The third reduction that tbe banks demand Is un the unequal valua. tlon botweoti bank proterty aud other proiirty. Tho wltmsscs before be-fore thu oommittee said that thu rtal estatu Is not aastsred at morn than GO r cent, and If this Is truu thtre Is ngiest discrimination betwein men who have capital Misted lu reality und those who bavohelruipltal ItiMiied lu banks, aud It this Is true the banks eronsnaaod 40 per cent highir, aud on this ground they lUlnl 40 pir cent, reduction. re-duction. Another reason hu claimed a reduction re-duction on waa this It was not a pllrabln to all thu banks, but It was to some. He touk, for lustamt", tho Commercial National bank, which haa a cailtal and undivided irotlts uf J3t5,llJO, of Willi 11 fUL',00'1 ws luvist-cd luvist-cd In a bank building mis was not aatesced etpurattly, nnd If It waa It would be great terser ud, owlug to thu wear uf the building, which Is do. cnstlug lu value yuar by yi-ur. He concluded his argument by ru plying ta the alleged great discrimination discrimi-nation between lnnks and other lorrm of piopoily, and said Ihey ilulmed a reduction ol 40 per cent, oil the dlllVr tnce lu armament bttwoen bunks aud real i state. JiidguUogu followed, ulliglug that national tanks could not loan out money for tho purpose ol usee" lug taxation. tax-ation. Judge Hutherland cloaed tho arguments argu-ments tieforo the committee, lu whhli ho claimed that any hank ha I a right to loan money on a note and like a mortgage a security. There was no question but what tho banks were taxed from 80 per rent, to lliercent. higher than other moneyed CTjllal. All Mortgagee are exempt from lax-atlon, lax-atlon, whither held by bankers or other icoplc. The committee meets again on Bat. urday evening. |