Show I I REVOLT AGAINST AGA OGDEN I TAX TAt INJUSTICE GROWS I Until city eity it county count and find state sinh authorities unite in an nn effort to fo bring about more equal e assessment nt of property in Ogden Og 1 n the t big hig city debt will n if stand Equalization oll is the only salvation of tit the th j small property owner Onel the thc man who Works for a n living li and from his savings has hns purchased a n little home of f his hi own This class s makes i tho rho best hest l po Cst citizens Sit s and yet et it is i is upon their undeserving shoulders S that hat I Ithe the burden of heavier taxation falls while hilt the man am ii with money mOH or orthe orthe orthe the corporation with money escapes with the payment of ofa I a tax that upon even casual comparison with other figures and aud with other cities eit e appears ridiculous I Weeks ago the Examiner called attention to this condition of affairs lS suggesting to the grand standing city cit executive who at nt that time was making a n futile plea for fOI higher license on legitimate business industries that equalization n offered an actual solution of the city eity tax lax problem The Examiner r asserted then that hilt t equal bur burdens burs dens s were werf not imposed on Oil all nil tax payers S and that special interests either ither through neglect or 01 indifference had h Hl been permitted to enjoy nin special privileges that not only were unfair but absolutely unconstitutional unconstitutional unconstitutional ft remained for a n fearless committee composed of oJ mcm n hers of the Ogden Real Estate association to delve into the assess assessment assessment ment roll for fo figures on local taxation That committees tee s report has hils d proved our original assertion Docs Does anyone myone imagine that real estate in Ogden is worth less at this tl i time lime ti lC than ii it was 18 14 years arf ago Is it reasonable to sup suppose S p h 1 pose poser that thaL in In 13 J years railroad properties s have depreciated Q r while the newspapers have been hard h ud pressed to provide the hc space f with ith which to chronicle fresh increased iH railroad investment i 7 t Does Docs anyone suppose that real estate valued d nt 2 in ill 1859 is j worth but hut at this thi day Is it not absurd to to say that real re l estate located in the very heart of the tho business section and valued varied j at 31 O thirteen years ago ngo has depreciated during that period until now worth w rth only onI Fifteen n years ago b bone improvements on one piece of property were assessed at fit 2 Since that t time the I building has hns been practically reconstructed and refurnished At t least one hundred persons pass this central location for every five fie to be seen seCIl in that vicinity when the original assessment ent was made yet et the figured never were changed These are cold col hard facts and only a n few of hundreds of similar discrepancies that may inny be he found fo The day da will never nevel come perhaps when equal rights along the line of taxation tax tion will be enjoyed by h allrich all nil allrich rich and poor alike but when violations of the privileges of citizens become so flagrant as those which Weber count county now faces it is time tine to call Nill a halt hall and that hint ii ir i exactly what the Examiner B proposes to do if it has to shout equalization from the housetops These facts nets arc laid Inid before the tho county board of equalization ion with an nn urgent appeal in tho interests of the individual home owner for fur justice A revaluation of all property in the county must be made before a t semblance of the th equal rights for which our forefathers organized that grand old Boston tea party can ean be restored Unless official action tending tend in t to i 0 provide pr ide relief for these t h Nie evils is found future historians pay may be compelled to chronicle an Ogden tea party and unless we wc mistake the brain am and brawn of our citizenship it will not noth b h a pink tea ten affair at 11 that thai GE JAMES SHIELDS I The other day in urging an appropriation to build a R monument to Gen James Tames Shields the statement t was was yas made that he was Avas the only man mini in the time war that defeated Stonewall al Jackson which aroused the thc wrath of a l southern member who declared that thai he hc never heard of Stonewall Jackson lackson being defeated und and and did not 1101 believe it was possible pos possible sible It is is iR true though according lo to The rhe Telegram that com commanding commanding manding a n division of General l Banks army Shields did dill defeat him himat himat at lL Kernstown Tie TIc was defeated more more than once Lew Wallace de defeated defeated Seated him in West Vl L Virginia lei r nr i i But the tho detente debate called attention ion to General Shields Perhaps no noman noman man mm who oyer cyer lived Jived in America supplied so many man themes for a il picture show as m did General Shields Ho IIo was Avas horn born in Ireland in n AH Altmore more Tyrone T rone in 1810 1510 lie Ire tried to conic cOn to America in 1823 1523 but the tho th ship hip he was on was Avas wrecked on tl the c a coast of Scotland collard and only he and his captain and one other person were lre saved Then Theil he ho made several s trips rips with Avith his captain as clerk but brit b t in hi his last trip to Peru Pern ho lie h was Avas from aloft to the deck delk in a R great preat gale palo and the fall broke both j I his legs Then rhen he got pot patched up up l came to the United Slates States and went to studying law in the tho th town of Ill III In 1815 he lie was Avas elected to the tho state t ate legislature with Anth such sueh men as ns I Lincoln c ln Douglas Palmor and Davis lie TIe was Avas circled auditor of the th state In Tn the terrible panic panie of 1837 53 he ho insisted that if they the would pay pa state taxes in gold and silver it would save the IC credit of the state Mr Lincoln made fun of this s and Shields 5 challenged c him Lincoln Lat promptly accepted hut but the seconds passed passe it itt oil off When the Mexican war fame came on he lic went Avent to assist At the tho t h battle Ie of Cerro Gordo h i was sh through one lung hing e by h a copper c grape Crape shot Word came Hack libel to thc states slates that hc lie was W lS fatally wounded wound cd eI but hut he was as ready ead when O and ml came Caine on to fight again and performed of valor at both places lie He was s I Ithe the first fist American to 10 unfurl 1 the tho th American flap flag in ill the tho th City Cily of Mexico He Tie was elected to the United lT States tes s senate from front Illinois in 1516 When California came ea nic up for admission 1 he h mado a n famous speech I which h drew grew to him hint the tho th personal praise of o Daniel Webster Later ho he II scent to Minnesota and was Avas elected to the e senate e T Then hen he was ap appointed appointed appointed pointed governor of Oregon Orlon by hj President Pr Pierce Then he mover moved to California Q and practiced law I w When 11 the fhe civil c j war came on he joined a the thc army again lie He Avas wa l once of twice on tl tlc tle c supreme bench in Illinois i In all nIl his career he lie so carried c e himself that there was Avas never a aslain slain sain on ou his courage or his integrity He 1 re e e r WAS lynx of a roving wild na i I ture reckless reel g always ah r ready a at ill any tinge time to lo join JO n any all servie i where a aI fight was promised He lie was bras perpetually being wounded Even on onI I I the lily day when he lie defeated Stonewall Jackson he lie h was as curried carried on the thC i 1 field fuld in il a litter having been mounded by hy the splinter of a shell the th thI previous precious 1 lay day a this Avar liar ar closed Shields California l to and I after aft er a few f fe years removed rP re ut to t rp Missouri where he h became a n member of the st gis a h r and then hn t Unil United mired cd States rs s I I r rI I No Xo more nuno varied career was ever CI known in III this country Tae lie lead had hada leada I a brilliant mind a n stormy sto m but hilt genial nature rind and his q friends are com coat complaining that lint no monument has ever eyel been beell raised lo to t him in iii this counti coun country try ti y His lis I friends should be patient pa tient While he lie h vas making a n name which deserves dr cres a monument there were a great mam many others and their graves are arc not much marked We Vi have Kaye one up lithe ll re c in I n the thc soldiers cemetery at hi l Fort rf Douglas He was Avas a hero a of moor 1 wo Vr three wars wals he served seeped his hi country IJ and served 5 Utah splendidly but still lies his Jus I grave rave unrecognized There 1 is n a movement on hand to complete e the arrangements mr arr and amt finally fil dl secure for fyr 01 him Ii im a monument on the l 1 th of I the th present ent month mal and we hop ho U Fe reproach re neglecting ol O l cg ting his grave gl YC will Avill he be taken t a away a wa for oi he was fiS one of the brave C who sink Hi uk to lo rest with all at his CO ho rols blest t u I AN OPPORTUNITY Y r rA A 1 women H taxpayers rs society has Iw been heen organized in New Tork York The Th object is not mot as might bo br 1 hastily conducted concluded to protest against taxes ta s or 01 to demand civic c ic rights because women pay pa taxes It Il is to study the he t taxation tt scheme to learn len rn where wh ere and a lId for fOl what wh 1 t tax tali t money goes oes to advise chise at as to the time fixing of taxes in the future and to 10 spread broadcast t information as Jf to the amount of taxes tuxes paid d by h women and andas andas as IS to the thc direct t receive th IC lom If Tf this were a legis legislative legislative bill the tho i feature f would ho bo called a joker Many mr any eyes will ill pen Jw when men iuen become ware tare t of the proposition of o taxes tax lases paid Pili by h women and ami of the direct t returns us made to them The Tho work of t i c society will f doubtless dou be hc more effective without the sin slogan gan gan H taxation iou without representation which might have been adopted ad op t A 1 study stud of lime Ihl taxation I scheme se is certain to result t in good T 1 If t this body hod of or women persist in ill employing experts as they the have done at tit the start and demand of f them reports on the scheme of taxation and its it results which clot can be he understood by b the thc layman ln and lay la laywoman woman they the will trill perform an fill important public service Societies of have hm been for this his in ill times limes men amen organized I purpose past and many man manor of or these societies sol are still working in the hope hop of relieving reli ing the great greatt burden of the citizen it body hod by h providing a plan of taxation that will willbe be hf fair to 10 all HII The trouble with w lh these societies has been and is that the membership comprises chiefly men more learned than the aver al average average age in in taxation matters and that till the IheI reports and suggestions made by b them have hac been so 0 written that the average individual indi dual could not them Herein n lies lils the opportunity for or the new women 5 society Women I Ins 1 as ns a rule are arc not tax ax experts The average woman knows only that i practical economy econom is necessary when paying illg time comes contes Like I the average man miln she sh pays taxes blindly She knows that the thc old limit hat and anI dress dis must be lie h made over in order to save sufficient motley money to meet the he t tax lax bill hill but hilt she sh seldom asks why there is a tax bill hilI and whether or 01 not 1101 it is a fair fail one olle She Ire accepts it as liS inevitable and lets it go at that Now No it jf these women can be convinced that such sac sacrifice sacr r f are UlC in iii large part necessary y and that another hat and dress are arc areto areto to be he Ih the reward for fOl an amt a II understanding anding and proper management of tax levies levits and t d tax tux payments pI the thc chances for improvement in the system will be he greatly increased A woman as ns a rule cares little for red tape but hul she is i persistent and curious curious once she becomes convinced that she has rights that th t arc I not nol being respected Since she hay has decided to learn where tax money goes gos in ill New York YOlk there thele are arc likely to be very interesting develop developments developments ments She can cau not be convinced that existing e political methods method arc are faults of her hel own because they thc are arc not She is not an nn accessory be he before before fore for the fact though having haying failed to attend the thc primary or in conse consequence consequence quence e of not having haying voted right She is not in any sense a party tu to the lime tax crime The fhe best hest of it will be hc that when the thc New York women have demonstrated the possibility of aiding materially in tax lax reform work similar movements l ls are likely to be he started elsewhere There is no ilO broader field for fOl women who desire to take up practical study t One result of this study stud will be he that when they gain a n com corn common common mon sense mastery taxation of methods they the will be in a position po to educate the men menthe the sole masters of the ballot Womans Yoman s National Daily |