Show STATE COSTS the non league program of costs abo taxpayers taz payers bwy n wy 9 ly them here la the report of a farmer who owns the NE and the SW ot section 18 township range 68 wells county north dakota the taxes on my tana near syke ston were increased in a single year from 58 24 to 90 when the non partisans came into power its value Is less I 1 bait sell it and I 1 can hardly borrow anything at all on it in the taxes were 51 65 in 1916 they were 56 as in 1917 they were 52 20 in 1918 they were 68 24 then the non partis ans came into power with their promise to save money tor the farmers well ahn first year my taxes on this same were 90 exclusive of personal taxes it wouldn have been so bad had thy used the money tor other than propaganda tor political purposes but there been one single stroke of work dona on public improve menta in my vicinity land values in other states have been increasing steadily the value of my farm has gone down I 1 tried to gt a loan on it but it was three months before it could be arranged and the farm was easily worth then I 1 tried to sell it I 1 asked 90 an acre tor it just what I 1 had paid years before plus the actual ost of improvements ive never ven gotten an offer what the non partisan league did tor me this same north dakota organization is seeking to gain control of various western states at coming election |