| Show TAX AT CASH VALUATION next year when the assessor comes around he will be instructed to assess your property at full valuation that method on its face sounds good but we can see liow how it may not bring any relief to the poor man un less ALL the property in the state is assessed it may work a hardship upon the poor man whose property is all in sight of course all fair minded men say that all property should be taxed and if it is all found and taxed at its actual valuation a 2 per cent levy will afford as much or more revenue than the 4 and 14 1 4 per cent levy raised this his year aye theres the rub unless this is done the poor mans tax is liable to be even higher next year than this then what meetings are being called in some counties to discuss this very important problem the ogden standard makes an excellent suggestion in the following this is the time of year to seriously consider a movement of reform in our methods of taxation and economy in public office during the last campaign the standard made taxation one of the issues and today we are not unmindful of the pledge pledl e then given to work for a reductio nain taxes we have suggested a taxpayers league the league should be state wide and strong enough ta lo 10 hold in check our state legislators isla tors who appropriate everything in sight and sigh bebau because s e there acre is not more money to distribute assessors from now on are required to assess all property at cash value that may prove a source of relief to the owners of small homes as in the past the he home owner has been outrageously discriminated against lis his assessment valuations being two wo and three times greater than han larger interests A local and state tax league might help to solve some of our tax ax problems by keeping a close watch en city county school and state expenditures why not organize the greatest d danger anger in the cash valuation law is thatis will so far reduce the taxa taxation floh per er that our legislature solons 0 in the various divisions alons state county and city will see I 1 therein opportunity for more am bilious aspessi assessment nent and spending and the time lias has arrived to call a halt upon prodigality and bring about an era of retrenchment trench ment and debt paying paving to take the place of bond issues and refunding |
