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Show IS GOVERNOR BAMBERGER KEEPING CAMPAIGN PROMISES Salt Lake County valuations reduced Seventeen Millions. State valuations Raised Twelve Millions. Cache County- -Valuations raised nearly Five Millions. , Four years ago when Governor Udmberger was campaigning ho de clared that If elected he. would savo more than his salary through tho reduction of taxes. CltlzeiiB of Utah and especially Cacho county havo been bowildorod at tho way tho gov- irnor hns fulfilled this promlso, nnd l.ne waited a long time for somo mathematical solution that would come anywhere near proving the case Dut now lo und behold on tha last lap the sunlight may bo deeping deep-ing thiough. Who knows but that tho lltle goernor has mado good the promise, and if so really Is ho not entitled 'to a renoinlnatlou nn,i a ro. election? Heio Is tho bolutlon, Tho total stale valuations for the cm tent oar as published In the Salt Lake Tribuno ot Triday the 23rd Is $704,277,961 an against a aluatIon of $G92,330,398 for tho year 1919, or a ralio of nearly $12,000,000. Tho valuations ns reported b counties coun-ties show that somo eighteen counties coun-ties hnvo been accorded a ralso, Wo-ber, Wo-ber, Utah, Cache, Ilo Elder and San Pete being tho chief contributors to a ralso aggregating In round numbers num-bers 32.000,000. Somo eleven counties coun-ties havo been favored with reductions, reduc-tions, Salt Lake county, for Instanco being given a reduction of nearly 17,000,000 out of a total reduction o; $20,000,000. And of the twelvo million dollars not raise on all s'tkto valuations bo it remombcred that Cachi county contributes nearly $5,000,000 or It, or nearly one hair. Of courso theso aro the valuations as passed upon by tho county board of equalization; and are still subject to the erdlcl of the stuto boaid. But a few things aro appaient. L'lthor Salt Lnko county h.is been gieatly over assessed In ears gone by, or sho U gio.itly under assessed now. Klthor Salt Lake county officials de-fled de-fled tho Stato Hoaid ot nquallz.ulon or else tho state boaid did not got nftnr them as it did Cache county alllclalu who suricmletcd completely .to the state boaid." It Is hardly to bo supposed thai Salt Lake county wsa tinder assessed last year, elso the state board would havo reduced Its 'valuations to a reasonable, amount. Or can It bo tnio that In his deslro to make good, and reduco taxes Governor Bamberger has forgotten for-gotten all tho rest of tho stato and mado a specjaf effort in Salt Lake County? The problem is Interesting and as tho stato board moves along I we "shall see what wo shall see." In tho meantlmo tnpayers of Cacho county study tho figures. |