Show OUR ONLY ance the republican candidates have declared for a reduction of taxes a number of men and papers hat think they have a patent on making figures leavo presented all kinds of figures to show that the taxes cannot be reduced now THE desires to that for six months it has told the people that the only hope for prosperity in oden was to reduce STANDARD has studied the question carefully and declares that there is no doubt whatever that the taxes can be reduced to show the people that we are in earnest and that we know what we are talking about when we discuss alie finances of the city we now offer a reward of to be paid to the first man or woman who proves that the following figures are NOT substantially correct now TUB republicans TIG OBI total receipts from taxes for 1896 were 00 reduction of 40 per cent on same would be 00 tofal tax that will be collected ander the reduction of 40 per cent 00 receipts 1 licenses and other sources except and for 1898 total receipts of last year less a tax reduction of 40 per cent 97 the reward of ia not for one day but it is good for the campaign we offer it to those people bo shoot off their mouths on the street and tell abent there being only after ahr 40 per cent has bean reduced to the tribune which says there will only be 2000 after the 40 per cent ha benn cutoff we bay come acet our if you tell the truth in your paper to the herald we eay put ap by the side of our it yon think the reduction is a bunco scheme to all of theli we say we will give you free space in our columns to prove yourselves financiers end truthful een tiemen and by EO doing get from we will let the people study the above figurea for one day then we will take up some figures to show how and what expenses can be reduced in ogden in tomorrows iesue if our figures are wrone some ot the very wise will correct them look oot for tomorrows STANDARD there will bo published the proof of TE figures being eitnier fala or true |