Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-08-31

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We don't expect 10 live long enough
TO see absolutely an equitable taxation
ef propcrty-but we would like to live
long enough ~ see some attempt made
for that end Our merchants complain
that with license and heavy taxation
an unjust burden is placed upon
them and one owner OF real estate
dues not understand why he is taxed
on Valuation 81 $l.O00 an acre-
while an adjoining neighbor with
really more valuable land, is let OH
with valuation of $50 per acre. The
Board Of Equalization will soon be in
session, and they should give this i'm
pOrtant matter thorough investigation.
Boise Statesman.
/ We are glad 10 see an influential
newspaper like the Statesman take
hold OF this question OF taxation, and
wish IL had gone into q complete ex-
pose Of the system practiced IN Idaho.
| We are reliably iniUfmed by one
whom no person will dare TO contra
dict that the valuation for Ada county.
%, 600. 600, would be- doubled. in
creased b. ~. 900 900, IL the taxation
laws of the Territory Here any ways
near carried out; aud that the first
place TO strike would be the stocks Of
merchandise throughout the county.
| Talk OF merchants--non producers
complaining that "with licenses and
heavy taxation an unjust burden IL
placed upon them" A merchant
when he receives an invoice Of goods,
before he sells q cents worth, adds 10
the cost price certain per cent. for
rents, insurance, taxes, etc. Who
pays the taxesf The consumer. But
then this is an old, old story.
i Tc retaIn: Our informant says the
reason full valuation is not returned
for Ada county Is that none of the
other cotihties Of the Territory do 30
that there 10 no reason why Ada
county should pay two dollars into
the Territorial treasury 10 other
equally wealthy counties otie dollar
This state of affairs, il il really ex.
lists, In a shame and disgrace on the
Territory Territory that aspires "a
Statehood.
i II we have q valuation Of $40000,
900 10 $50, 1000 600. as both Ex-Gover
nor Stevenson and Controller Wicker
sham in their reports ssy we have, let
the books chow Il. Let the world
know it; aud then put the tax levy NJ
a figure where il will be acceptable u
persons hunting homes, and not be a
hInslrance AS nj present.
In Aituras county last year the por.
ton which now comprises the cotnty
OF Elmore returned $600, 900 valuation.
This year, assessed according to law it
returns 81 100000. II every Assessor
in the Territory had worked On the
same principle as was adopted in FL
more--to make as good a showing for
his county aud the Territory rs pos
sible--then instead Of applying for adj
mission into the Union with q valua-
ton smaller than that OF any State be-
fore her, Idaho could proudly ask for
admission, and in reply 10 inquiries
produce her assessment roll, instead Of
lodging the question.
AS regards the Statesman's com.
ments on the inequalities of taxation
and the Board of Equalization Such
little INEQUALITIES" have come up
every year in the past and will doubt.
less come mp in the future. Hereto
fore they have mostly been settled on
the "sou scratch my back and I'll
scratch ycurs' plan. There Is no
reason TO believe that there win be
any marked deviation from this rule.
Caldwell Tribune.