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Show J - (EDITORIAL PAGE) (EDITORIAL PAGE) (EDITORIAL PAGE) fj I j People of Utah, Stand Up For Your Rights! 1 I I The Republican Leaders Now- in Power in Utah stand in with the, Big Corporations of the State Compare the Taxes I jj Paid in Idaho and Nevada With Utah, and Yon Will Discover That the Railroads Alone Are Cheating the People I of the State Out of a Half Million of Dollars In Taxes Each Year by Standing In With the Governor and the Federal 1 I j Bunch, Who Control Affairs In Utah Read the Letters Here Following, From the Officers of Nevada and ldaho- f I ! Read Them, and Then Nobody Can Fool You. 1 H The Morning Examiner, the special apologist for the governor of this state, in a last effort toshow that the big railway corporations in Utah are not protected by the gov- ( H ernor and his federal bunch, presents a lot of false and misleading figures to prove that the railways in Utah pay more taxes per mile than in the neighboring states. Just H where the Examiner's figures came from, it does not state, and, therefore, cannot be accepted as reliable. Whenever figures are presented it should be stated where they fj H came from, so others can look them up. For instance, the Examiner's figures have four different tax levies for Utah, from 25 to 31 mills on the dollar, yet the Ogden City rate 8 H is 37 and 6 'tenths mills on the dollar. To prove conclusively and forever that the railways and big corporations are favored in Utah when compared with Idaho, this paper J HI wrote to the county treasufer of the first adjoining county to the north of Utah in Idaho, asking for the tax rate in Oneida county, and in his answer the treasurer shows H that his county receives from three to five times as much cash from the Oregon Short. Line per mile as do the counties of Davis, Weber, Box Elder and Cache counties on an H average in Utah. Read his letter, then compare it with your Weber county tax rate of 37.6 mills. The other counties have a lower tax rate, and the differencewill be greater fj H against the railroads. Read this letter and then pay your taxes without swearing, if you want to: ' 1 H Office of Assessor and Collector, Oneida County, Malad City. Idaho, Oqt. 25, 1912. )Ji Mr. William Glasinann, Ogden, Utah, Friend William : -...,,,. . n H) The atate of Idaho does not make a tax levy such as is made in the state of Utah. The state officials charge each county -with a certain amount in dollars and cents and the county commissioners of each county m ;' H the state must make their levy so as to raise this amount for state purposes. This levy for stale purposes will therefore vary somewhat in the different counties. H The Oneida county tax levy, including the amount for state purposes, for the year 1912, is 27 mills on each dollar of valuation. Malad City tax levy is 8 mills. Malad school district tax levy, 18 mills, making a H "total for this district of 5S mills, or 5 3-10 per cent. ' 7 . y H I have not seen much of "Bill Glasmnnn" for several years past, but I hear and read a little about him occasionally. You old "Bull Moose," I believe I would enjoy being in the fight with you in Utah this year, but i it looks as though I hate become weaned from Utah at last, after having been a resident of that state for fifty years. t H . Below I am giving you a little information which you did not ask for, but I am charging nothing extra for it. , " H -i - Village of American Falls, total tax levy 1912 -. 53 mills i $ M Malad, total tax levy 1912 .' 53 mills i H Fit n """"" ' Franklin, total tax levy 1912 ,. . , . -. 70 mills . X J H ' -- " "T"" '"' Preston, total tax levy 1912 53 mills w ' f H - - -m r '-.', " r s -, Samaria, total tax levy 191 2 51 mills K 1 ; "' .'.--- - Weston, total tax levy 1912 . 62 mills i $ H jh y 2-- u '' -- ' i"i - And still some people tell vou that taxes are lower in Idaho than in Utah; nit. ' - k 3-, . -- ? - . & M .& . ' v Yours, truly, E. R. NIELSEN, Deputy. '5 , i! H .'n ''- .' fyT tue wa3' these .are all the incorporated citi es or towns in Oneida county. r - 'jp M " ' I, T. R. O'Connolly, a notary public in and for Weber county, do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing printed statement with the original letter n H rom E. R. Nielson, deputy assessor and collector for Oneida county, Idaho, and I find the same to be a true copy. -. , T. R. O'CONNOLLY, Notary Public. J October 29, 1912 M From the foregoing letter the following table speaks for itself: , c ; ' J UTAH AND IDAHO TAXES COMPARED "" "" '' . '. ! H The tax levy of Weber county, Utah, and Oneida eonn!y, Idaho, compared for 1912 See jctter from bounty troaBuror of Idaho worn to on this page. AIbo see report of Utah state board of equalization for 1910, the last report published, showing aerage of Short Line assessment In Utah Mr. Watson, member of equalization board, sajs tther II Hj has hoin imall Increase of asBCBBinent thlj pajnjjd aq ujm jodoi 1X9M JTja.C sn December or Januarj' next: 1 " -.- :- ",. " i Is;!??"!!! It ?if"! rii" , 1 H -$4dscsi x-a sfei-- --'-- - -&&'. -j:) ' ." I-. s "'K 4- J "' ' ' H 'j "7;-Mvf-'tU , American Falls, Idaho . .Tr '." . 53 $50,000!$2,650l37 . 6$20,600 $774 $1,876 per mile ;-'V " - H Y 'Vi ' ' ' fcT' r Malad, Idaho ' 53 50,000! 2,650,1 137.6 20,600 774 1,876 per mile ' - v -- I H M Z.'" ' "' " ' "' Franklin, Idaho 70l 50,000 3,500 ,37.6 20,600 774 2,726 per mile J - . ,! H v ' i; 1 Preston, Idaho 53l 50,000 2,65037. 6 20,600 774 1,876 per mile J H - ,w- . -.,, ... . Samaria, Idaho . r 5l 50,000 2,550r 37.6 20,600 774 1,776 per mile , . ir.w H -' - ' Weston, Idaho 62j 50,000 3,1 0037.6 20,600 774 2,326 per mile ' H . H Now, after you have read the above letter, just study the table of figures and please note that the Oregon Short Line in Idaho, from Montana to the Utah line, last year, fj H paid taxes on $50,000 for every mile running north and south, and $60,000 per mile for main line running east and west, while in Utah the average for the Short Line from j H Salt Lake county to the Idaho line was only $20,600 per mile. The foregoirig should be enough to satisfy every honest man that the Utah railways are protected by the powers j H that be, if Idaho has been fair in its assessment and taxing of railroads. The railroad, too, paid the tax without a law suit; in fact, they paid quicker in Idaho than they did II H when the railways controlled the state of Idaho, as they now control the state of Utah. But we also wrote a letter to the treasurer of Elko county, Nevada, the county joining jl H Utah on the west. Just read what the Elko man says about taxes in his county in Nevada and compare the same with Utah: ' 'II H IKT. R. Connelly, a notary public in and for Weber county, Utah, do hereby certify that I have compared the following printed letter with the orignal, sign- I L H ed by M. H. Miller, treasurer of Elko county, Nevada, and I find same to be a true copy. , October 29, 1912. T. R. O'CONNOLLY, Notary Public. :p H --.. 4W Elko, Nev., Oct. 25, 1912 ll H LMr. "Wrif. Glasmann, 360 Twenty-iqurth Street, Ogden, Utah, J , r $-'. ' IP H V.J Dear Sir: Replyiug to yoiir'letlerdatecl the 23rd inst., beg to inform you as follows: " - ' J r ' fflr H ' State of Nevada tax levy oa levied by the 26th jes?ion of the legislature, 1911, on each $100 00 valuation of all property . t . . .'...'... .f. : .V. :i. . .-. .. ., .t. n. ..s. v ,. . .$0.60 jjl j.jElko county tax levy as levied by the board of county commissioner's for the fiscal ear of 1912 on each $100.00 valuulion of all property assessable $'. '.-.... .:....''... i..: l. : r. t .. .'.:. &1.07 jm, H ' ' ( WE m - Total state and countv tax rate '. 7.V " ":': ' i - 3 l?f...L 'x.$1.67 gl H SPECIAL TAXES. II; H Stat aneep inspection tax, levied by the state to apply on sheep property valuations only on each $100.00 valuation of sheep property only ,-l , , $0.40 HI - H -Levied by board of county cdhimissioners setting as a board for the town of Elko, for the fiscal ear of 1912 on each $100.00 valuation of property located within the boundaries of the town of ftlko .TT. :.... . .TO U H f Levied by the board of county commissioners at request of the board of school trustees of Elko school district on all assessable property located within the boundaries of Elko school district for the purpose of the re- fil ademption of bonds arid paying interest thereon, sai d bonds issued for thp ereetiqn of school buildings in said school district, on the $100.00 valuation , 22 M H Levied by the board of county commissioners at request of the board of school trustees of Elko school district on all assessable property located within the boundaries ot said Elko school district for the purpose of rais- ffl H ing sufficient funds to maintain the school for th6 present term during the year 1912 , . f , 2o U M Yours very truly, 3L. II. MILDER, County Treasurer and Ex-OfficioTax Receher, Elko county, Nevada. m H u Jhis s?'ws the total tax ievr in Ellco county to be 28 and 4 tenths mills on the dollar. Now turn to page 71 of the report of the state board of assessors, ldl 1. and we find II H tJexCntral Pacific Railway taxed at $31,500 per mile from California to Utah. Now turn to page 39, the last published report, Utah state board of equalizers, and you find W H tnat'the Central Pacific has 252 miles of main track in Utah, and the whole road is assessed at $4,698,723 in the state of Utah. Divide that by 252 miles, and the assessment 8 H per mile in Utah will be found to average only $18,700 peV mile. Now look at the following table and study it: . mG I ' ' UTAH AND NEVADA TAXATION COMPARED S M According to average assessment in botn states and! rate of taxation of Elko county, Nevada, and Weber cosiiaty, Utajj m H w Q h h BI i m - , . . i . .. . . .a ? ro h ' 5 i :? ff fEt- i( i-K . m& H " "k Central Pacific Railway in-. '$' '': : 1$ ?" 5a! : ? 3s ? iew.- r. " - . - IK H H - r"'' ! -?' : j :J u SH S jsH ' . -,.'- -- H '" V: :? '" nf?da ;-' ' m" -v. : r.--J," . $31,500 28.4 $9.84 $282 $71,064 $520,290 or over. " ' "' - - jgjj H , TL , "" Utah ""'"'r, "; l870 I 37'6 I 7'02 ! '- 1 ! per year A half million dollars per year. ' tr J same If the raiSadTTe assessed but' taSktt l a,L " i d ?eVada a11 the,roperty is asSeSsed at e same lva,uer,thaJ is' the same Per cent n the dollar, the g? h same as me rauroaas are assessed, but m Utah it is different. The railroads are assessed from 10 to 20 cents on the dollar, while the common people are assessed at from J?e " ii - ? 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