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Show j (EDITORIAL PAGE) -V' (EDITORIAL". PAGE) - ';V? "". (EDITORIAL PAGE) I Til 35 cents to 100 cents on the dollar. That is -where it comes hard on the poor people. If the poor widow' s-cow and her little home were assessed at only one-eighth of what'-they H 5 were -worth, it would be about equal with the way the railroads are assessed and taxed." ' H II Ygu Can't Buy tlie U0 P. Railway For Eigbf Times Wltat It Fays Taxes it in Ut a!s I 1 How many of our poor middle class will sell their property for eight times what it is assessed at? i he publisher of this paper will sell his home and his business -block H U for two or three times its assessed value, but no railroad in Utah would sell its property for two or three times its assesed value. Why this difference? The law says all the H jjjl property in the state shall be assessed and taxed on the same per cent of value. Why does our governor and the Republicans and Democrats in Utah permit such an outra- H jjll geous favoritism? Why are the poor forced to carry the great burden of the state? How much longer will the people of Utah stand it? H II Tlie D. & R.G. Railway Cannot be Bought Fof Six or Eight Times What It Is Assessed at In Utah I " Show us the poor man with a home in Ogden who will refuse six times the assessed value of his homestead. Why is it this way? Do the railroads own Utah? What do l you people think of a governor who says the taxes are just right in Utah? What do you think of the federal bunch that has foisted this system on Utah and refuses to right it? II What do you think of the Ogden Examiner, which presents fake figures to deceive you? , M II Tine San Fedi8o9 Los Angeles Railway Will Not Sell Its Moad For Six t Eight Times Its I I Assessed Valee In Utah. I H Yet the governor of Utah says this railroad is assessed just right. "Ye gods and little fishes!" What suckers the common people are! Will they never act for them- 1 selves? Can a few leaders with railway passes in their pockets pull the wool over the eyes of the people forever? Twelve years ago William Glasmann, a member of the leg- 1 Jslature from Weber county, called this matter before the legislature, and his bills to correct the tax system in Utah passed the lower house of the legislature by a unanimous M 1 vote, but the senate killed his bills because a majority of the senators were owned body and soul by the railroads. George Q. Cannon, at that time a director of the U. P M 1 railway, told Mr. Glasmann he was right to pass his bills, but to include all big corporations and to limit the taxing power of the city, state and county. M I People of Utah, there is but one hope for you politically. Vote the Progressive ticket. Stand by Colonel Roosevelt and his party. They have promised to right this wrong. M I The Progressive platform says their promises are covenants with the people, and all promises must be kept. fm M m Kind reader, here is the key to the Utah taxation question. Look at it: , . 'M fl m Railroads assessed in Idaho 60 per cent of actual value. It , . l ':."; . rmM S .Common people assessed in Idaho 60 per cent of actual value. - ' 91 B Railroadsvassessed in Utah 10 to 20 per c:nt of actual value. ' , s ii 'f; - ,-v . -f .rvji', ;. -.- if z;. """ "7. ',T " "11 1 Common people assessed in Utah 35 to 101 per cent of actual value. J? , . ? , -.'-- K 'p ''. . ,v " ' " fll I Railroads assessed in Nevada 30 per cent of actual value. T ' , -,-;' -? I Common people assessed in Nevada 30 pe cent of actual value. 11 m It does not make any difference what the tax rate is. So long as the widow's $30 cow is assessed at $12, we want every $30 owned by the railroads assessed at $12, and ';afl 1 not at $3, as it now is. Assess the widow's cow at the full value, if you want to, but also assess the rich man's property at the same ratio that is all; just a square deal, and HfljjH HJv nothing more. If the big corporations will pay their just share of taxes, the common people's taxes will be reduced one-half and more. Don't make the poor carry nearly -HS l&f the whole burden of taxes. Jlfi |