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Show 'MERCHANTS MAKE TAX SUGGESTIONS Some Are in Favor of a Reasonable Merchant's License, While Others Would Wipe Out the City's Big Floating Debt by Increasing the Tax on All Forms of Property. erfy. residence or farm property, real or personal, ond let the assessed valuation val-uation lie sufficient to raise revenues fT city purposes. I ran t say that 1 am In favor of a merchants' license." Other merchants will he Interviewed, Inter-viewed, and their answers giveu, from day to day. i In answer to the question. "What method shall the city council ndopt io pay off the Jiuo.uno debt Og.len city had January 1st. and, in addition, addi-tion, meet the expenditures necessary to put iu over a hundred sidewalk crossings that the Brewer administration adminis-tration left unfinished where the property owners have already put In their sldGwalks?" the following answers an-swers were made this morning by prominent business men of the city: Joseph Thomas, Last & Thomas "It seems to me that a two-mill In- i crease of taxes would he the best way to accomplish It." S. H. Browne, Th Toegery ' Raise the tax levy." N. A. Tanner, Watson-Tanner Com-pany Com-pany "I think the taxes should bo borne by all, and I believe an increase of two mills' taxation In Ogden would meet the situation. Hut I don't think the merchants would. object to a small license." George Driver, Wrllliara Driver & Sons Drug Co. "I think every progressive pro-gressive city in the country Is In debt, and perhaps always will be. The only way to overcome it is through economy econ-omy and taxation. I don't think there would be serious objection to a small merchants' license In Ogden." John T. Hurst, Paine & Hurst "One of two things: raise the taxes or spend less money. I would have to think the matter over before I could euggest any particular policy.'' J. S, Lew Is, Lewis & Co. ' I do not care to eipre'ss an opinion. The Brewer Brew-er administration deserves the greatest great-est possible credit for financing and purchasing the waterworks system." E. J. Horrocks, Horrocks Brothers "By direct taxation and an increase of the tax levy." Virgil P. Cain. Boyle Hardware Company "I think the majority of these crossings were unfinished In Glamann's previous Mmlnlstratton. and he Bhould be able to finish his own work In so far us the raising money to pay off a $100,000 indebtedness indebted-ness is concerned, I have no suggestions sugges-tions to make." (The mayor says Mr. Cain is "talking "talk-ing through his hat," as his administration adminis-tration left enough cash on haud to finish all the crossings.) C. E. Fisher, Grocer "I don't know how to answer that question, because I am not well enough acquainted with the details of the city's affairs to know what the revenue and expenses flro. or whether the expenses are much greater than they should be. It may be that the city government la costing more than It should. Insofar s taxes are concerned, I think every dollar's worth of property should be assessed, whether It be business prop- |