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About The independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1904)
SEPTEMBER 15, 1904 THt NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT PAG J U. .AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAr, : : o T r i V I HaitSduffntr ( V ! ' SJ 6? Marx ) cj jHnd Tailored I 1 I-N VyO 1 H 1 c? l!l -a a iVk jf ' Copji(M1904tr lUrtSchaftaw kUr , ' W Our Clot lies am IdOOD There's lore to GOOD is 8 ; : o Clothes! ir a,jr ' ) Than Cloth ft Lining and Buttons . : ;: : : . Clothes to be truly GOOD must be made from deV pendable fabrics thoro ughly shrunk and tested before making. After that ! oil HororHB nn T-ittt rrrftll i 5 they are made as to the amount of good lopks a n d shape retaining qualities they possess. GLDTIES i r- K? i y K? K? K? i5 From every view point. They are made from the best of Do mestic and Foreign fabrics, and are made by highest clas3 tailors. Every garment we sell is guaranteed to give sat- Js v faction or your money back. The clothes we sell are the kind of ? clotnes you should wear, they are bettermuch better than any ' i other kind of clothes you can buy for the same money. We pub- j S lish a Catalogue of our Men's Suits and Overcoats, it tells a good deal about our clothes, shows samples of both suits and overcoats, i c, The Catalogue is worth having. You may have one FREE if you j , jj V will ask us for it. Better write to day. ! v A 3 m m stromg Clo 7 O 9 LINCOLN, i22i to 1227 0 Street )'5 NEBRASKA ! WW WILL TOU TRUST THEM ? - During the discussion pending the enactment of the present revenue law, when it was proposed that under the new law all property should be as sessed at its full market value, people were lulled into non-resistance to it, by the assertion that though the full valuation were made, the levy would be much lower. , For instance: If property were as sessed at 40 er cent of the full value; it might be levied upon for taxation of say thirty, mills on the foliar. So on a valuation of $100, the assessment figure would be i0. A thirty-mills levy for revenue purposes upon this would mean a tax to be paid by the holder of the property of $1.20. It was asserted that if the property were assessed at the full value of $100, the levy could be so reduced as to equalize tne tax. To-raise the same tax under this ar rangement a levy of twelve mills would be . required. . ,It was asserted that if the full val uation were made, it" would prevent many glaring inequalities of valuation, and thereby enable taxing authorities to matte a lower levy. Be that how it may, the etfect has not been accom plished. The full valuation has been ' made, but tha levy in many instances has not been reduced, while in most cases it has not beei reduced suffici ently to make the tax paid as low as it formerly was. Of course, the real reason is in the - fact that the republican state board of . equalization in adjusting the levies for the state has allowed . the railroads" of the state to escape any taxation at all upon the most valuable part of their assets their franchises a part of the taxable property of the roads, which the constitution of the ' state makes mandatory" upon state author ities to tax, and-which tax is even provided for in the present . revenue law. , Regarding the increase of taxation which the people of this state are now Buffering from, C. O. Wheden, Esq., a leading republican attorney of Lincoln, in a recent letter to the State Journal Bays: - "In 1903, the taxable value of the property of. Lancaster county as re turned was $8,598,077.94; for 1904, it is $14,729,869.24, an Increase of $0,131, .791,30, or more than 71 per. cent. The rate for state and county purposes for 1903 was 31.8 mills, imposing a - tax amounting, to. $273,418.83.. ..This, year, the rate for state and county purposes is 21 mills, imposing a tax amounting to $309,327.24. ' The decrease in the rate this year over last is 10.8 mills, or 33.3 per cent, while the increase in the amount of taxes imposed is practi cally 13 per cent. .Tabulated as to percentages, the account stands thus: . " - Per cent. Increase in taxable valuation 71.3 Decrease in rate of taxation.. ... .33.3 Increase in aggregate of levy 13 "The action of -the taxing author ities under this law warrants the as sertion that authority to increase the taxable valuation of property is fol lowed by an increase in-the burden of taxation in excess of actual demands. The levy of 15 mills for county pur poses this year can not be defended for the reason ; that the amount of .money which such levy will produce is not required for public purposes if public business is judiciously and econ omically administered. "The assessed valuation of the prop erty of the city for 1903 was $22,380, 834.55; for 1904, it is $29,145,695.00. This is an increase of 30 per cent. With an increase of 30 per cent in valuation there is no decrease in the rate, but an increase of a fraction of a mill. The state, county, school and city tax which one business house of this city will pay this year will ex ceed the amount paid by it iu 1903 by more than $1,300. Another house will pay $760 more than last year; another will pay an excess of $2,000 more than last year; another will pay nearly $1, 1M)0 more than last year. If the present revenue law is con tinued in force it may be safely as serted that next jear the Increase in the assessed valuation will at least tqual that 1001. and the rate tf taxation will abo be increased." Now the exptrknee of Lanco&lcr ruunty 8Te only a a sample of the operation of the present revenue- law, and the uufalrutsH of the present ntate board of equalization in fixing a.es.-t-mcnts for state purpose. What Is true of l.ant astir uninty 1 equally (rue In iKurlv if nut quite all of the (ountlu of the state. Now the fact iiiubt not at any time be let Ik lit of that the istate board of tqiulkation eumponl of the republican Mato of. tulal, lnsoled by Covirnor MWkey. If Ibta tiartl not piforutl its duty in tht paa juhI proportion! Mat Uuitloti U-fcfeouM, then hat a nurafKo b the votn of Ihm Mat that this board, composed of the re publican state offitlaliJ, will do Its duty m the future? That thin board has not done Its duty, let the Omaha lie, a republican paper, testify: In Us !sue of May 17, Um3. the Ie, paid: "Nobody d.ire contend that the true value of railroads in Nrbraka h nut more than doubled within the lit felxWen years aud if ase.-ed on the buidi of their rnriilnp, one bth of their actual value, they would have been aKv4f(l for iwor than M,WjO, out); aud 00 amount of RophMr and no -iHiuui iileadlUKM will juntify the kiatr board io nmkiac the aetntrM h'HU. No amount of explaining could reconcile the people to the hhrlnkage In railroad aHsesxmentH In the face of the fat that their market value and their earning had doubled, trebled and quadrupled." In Its mi of May 20, vm, the ! ald: 'Th boaid of railroad axessnienf eiprenex it-self bk well pleased with lt action In apprah lK Nebraska railroad (at the s ini of $27,077,353) and the railroad managem, railroad lawyer, and rallroal u knockers are more than well pleaded, but the? ieople of Nebraska ate not only not mull pleanl, but are deilded ly Ul-jsutted." Kemember, farniern and workingmcn of Nebraska, as well a.i businessmen, that this increased burden of taxation falls upon your shouldertj. The re sponsibility of curing It also rest upon your shoulder, aud In your baud Is placed the mean of curing this In equality, Tb election of Mr, Here alone can not accomplish your relief. The defeat of the entire republican Mate ticket U necessary to accomplish what you desire. For tho same of fkern who were Rullty of violating your iriiut In th irx aoklnir rmip uf- frafc now. Will you trust Ibim c:oinT ' -AHSOC1ATB EUITOH Q.