Show II W Scandalous Extravagance of American Party Officials I I ary i ers el of or the Hie American party have ha c endeavored en lo to confuse thc issues ISSUeS so o that the people can CUll not 1101 easily understand what has been done in the thc matter of collecting col col- II and expending public money by ur the present city officials The Ilie following state state- statement ment ment is is direct and should be ue understood by till all And il it is the record truth 1 i Here are arc the tax rates rales and the total property valuations in iii il Salt Lake for fOI the three years eI named I V VI I Year Levy Ley Lc Valuation I 1905 OO f V U 11 ni m. m 0 V l v oG V 1901 V. i 1 J J HI 1 1907 O 1 i m. m 9 i i It I t win will be bc observed that the American merican city cir it lot not only raised the 1110 thc tux tax rate in I 1906 but bul that they would have had had without the hit raise rai tl ha had raise moIe e more money to spend to-spend spend in that I year that was derived cd from taxes in ill the year yeal ou previous because the thc property valuation I was as increased more than thUl a million milion dollars itol dolar So o that the tax tux amounted in DOG 1 to 15 iUS more than thau in iii 1 1905 03 I Also J lo o. o tit the Ol increase in il property valuation in iii il I 1 1907 JOi JOia a was vas seven cu million milon dollars olal's more I than thun in ju 1 1905 and ad the city cOlI council 1 again ga J raised the tax rate two mills over 1905 They I collected Ot ol or will WIl collect collect in in 1907 1901 t 1 79 D. D more than Luau wu was derived Cli del cd from taxes in iii 11 1905 90 S This added to lo the excess collected collected and and spent spent ill in 1906 l O gives the American city ad- ad 1 a ii total of more l money than titan was ever before required for the running run run- lUI- lUI of the ning tle city ciro They have JJ c taken near leal a ti hundred lh thousand u alt dollars i in ii excess of or any year yem pre pie previous ious to their attaining office of c. c Look Luok at tt thi this table taule Vt It t shows show the tle rale rate of ot taxes in mills for state county school chool and aud city for fot the three years VeIns named Hamed V 1905 V 1906 1907 State 5 5 Mills 5 1906 Mills V 5 Mills State at e S School c h V 3 Mil Mills Mils s V V 3 Mils Mills s. s 3 Mills Mils County Co u t y V 45 M Mills s 45 4 Mil Mills I s V 45 M Mis Mills Mills' Is' Is County School d. d 25 25 Mills 11 25 Mills V 25 Mills l Mils City City i 11 i Mills V 12 Mils Mills 13 Mils Mills City School 82 Mills Mils Mis 81 Mills Mis Mis 93 Mills Mils Mis I It I t will rJ be lie seen ceJ that only in il the Ut city has liis the thc tax burden u been cl increased And iid An it will wiH not Hot do to excuse this awful i prodigality by saying a u IC new sewer is being heing constructed or 01 that water i is being brought from Di Big Cottonwood canyon Those C expenditure J iu t atc are provided out of jf the thc million dollar bond U l issue is uc voted before th the l Ameri- Ameri c i tJ came into lulo power V V j 4 kIt will il not do to e c c the extra g. g p to tlC the street tc l pa pay pay- V rg who l o I It aC ii i. i Id paying lug foi those im- im mi- mi 1 nH iti ti h e pJ j or of s tio s ii H Iii ilce the I tP l UI t iJ t 1 l lh h se 1 tel have hine l T lUv r t f 1 G. G P O l V 1 1 I i w tl Q Q j f s r. r 31 F 7 1 r. r 9 E. E J E V ut O J OrI r. r l t MI J t u j Ut io f I i roi FOn IN 01 rillS SE 0 OF EV THE lH PEOPLE Y Ti STANIS FACE F TO l E V r. r N J APPAL APPAL- tT eJ iTS F FIN 1 NOES |