Show TAXES MUST HOT BE INCREASED weber is Alre aily taxed too much reasons why the state coard of equalization should not raise the valuation of real property in weber county 0 per cent more data to be furnished the board the weber county aud a committee of alie city council consisting meders ash toy lor and waited upon abe elate board of equalization yesterday and protested individually and collectively against the proposed raise of valuation en weber county real detate the reasons put forth by the delegation were to the effect that real property in ahia city especially and throughout the bounty generally Rene rally had been for the past five or bis years bearing a fictitious valuation that even now property hero ie assessed at a higher rate per cent than property in any other part of the state that the proposed rate of 20 per cent would work a particular hardship on weber conaty property owners because of the taxes imposed it is the belief of abe that abe state board was favorably impressed with the showing made by abe oden and that abe least that may be expected is a big reduction in abe per cent of tho proposed raise the raise is opposed by weber people not because property owners of this county object tj paying their behare of state revenue but it would be to weber to make a raise at this time considering consid erinc the relationship tion ship this county bears to the statu I 1 tegould be understood that weber is one of abe few if not abe only county that pays more money into the detate treasury than it draws out salt lake it is true asya a larger alian it draw sout directly but theu it has all he state and federal institutions and officials and a dozen other means of drawing upon the public pap so indirectly that city gets two dollars for wry one paid into the state revenue then agan the valuation of property in weber W eber county ie hieber than th an in any other part of the state by comparison ol 01 farms business and other city prop erty etc etc the county of weber is valued higher than any obber county this tact makes it patent that weber pays more than its charo of detate taxes Thie hould considered by the board of equalization equalisation before any raise of valuation is made beckies the reasone cited above anere is another great bearon why additional burdean should not be heaped upon the property owners of weber it is alleged by a reliable business man that a care ful computation of the income of weber county property will bitow that the in come for will not amount to 3 per cent and certainly the taxes of a county debould not xcell the income inc oae additional data will bo laid before the board of and it is confidently expected that the injustice of a raise of 28 per rent in valuation will not be forced upon the property owners of tins county |