Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-01-19 | Page 4 | Taxes in This State

H i ( TAXES IN THIS STATE. H j That there is something -wrong with taxation in Utah is further H proved by. abatement given us by 0. D. Rasniussen of Ogdcn. We H reproduced an article last week, showing the valuation of railroads H in Nevada and Idaho for taxation purposes. Compared with Utah's H "assessment roll, the figures are very large. Now comes the "Wyoming H merchant to prove how large is the gulf which separates Utah from H "Wyoming in taxation. IIr. Rasmussen is assessed for $10,080 in H ' Ogdcn, on which he pays a tax of $369.93. lie is" assessed for H ( 29,300 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, on which he pays $257.84. H h The question is asked: H Is there extravagance in Utah, or does too much pronerty H ' escape taxation, dr is undervaluation the cause? H ' The forogoing indicates that the rate of taxation in Ogden is H I i three times as large as in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Sweetwater M county, in which Rock Springs is situated, has a large railroad mile- H age, but unless that mileage were forced to carry its share of the H expense of government, the rate could not be made so low. H ,1 -' One property owner in this city pays over $10,000 a year in H ' ' "taxes. But he is better able to meet that heavy tax than the family H Vith a small homo on which there is due each fall $40 to $60, with H the head of the family earning not much more than that per month. H ' r ? Something must bo done to cut down the taxes in Utah.