Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-09-20
AIIR| lEAT
The Pine Tree Company
Appeal to the State
Board Of Equaliza
~ ton. AZ
A Protest Against q Repe-.
tition Of Last Y ears
Unfairness.

\ . will be remembered that last
/ year the state board Of equaliza ton
raised manufactured articles and
manufacturers materials' 400 per
cent In Morrison county. The raise
came almost entirely on the mill
4 owners III Little Falls, and the bulk
OF it on the Pine Tree company. The
Increase made their assessment al
most twice as high as any Of
the great lumber firms 81 Minneapo-
lis, ana several times larger than the
other firms that cut about the same
amount 81 lumber. A part OF the in
crease was afterwards taken Oh
through the action Of localana state
authorities. This year the matter
was taken before the state board
now iii session in st. Paul. Last
SATURDAYS ST. Paul Dispatch said:
The state board Of eqnaliza ton HAD
I sennce with the representatives u
the lumber accompanies this morning.
Last year the board. on theinfOrmR-
ton Of one of the members. made q
big increase In the assessment OF
some or the companies, especially
those Of Little F .alls, where the ASSESS
ment returned by Morrison county
" as raised over 400 per cent. This
year the board received letters from
these firms stating that the increas-
ed assessment was far In excess Of
what it should be. and that 1t was
unjust. The protesting lumbermen
were notified that they would be
given q hearing this morning, and
Mr.. Vanderlip appeared as attorney
for the pine Tree Lumber company,
OF Little Falls, and Mr.. Mccartney
for the Saltwater firms. The board
granted the hearing Tor the purpose
Of gaining more Information, and the
attorneys were unable to give them
all they desired BY any means. After
hearing the arguments the matter
was taken under advisement BY the
board. = sSG ;,s
Mondays issue Of the same paper
contained the following:
NJ Mayor "A. ID. Davidson, Of Little
Falls, appeared before the state
board OF equalization this afternoon
to ask for q reduction in the assess
ment Of the Pine Tree Lumber COM
pany. Mr.. Davidson said the board
raised the assessment ON manufac-
tured products In his county 400 per
cent last year. his makes the as
,sessment entirely too high |. andwOu
have the effects Of driving this lumber
concern ont Of the county "a
All the local lumber company asks
IL that 1t receive as fair treatment as
similar companies in other parts OF
the state do. and that Little Falls
industries be not made the victims Of
discrimination. a;
Mayor Davidson returned Monday
evening, and said that he went he
fore the state board and explained
the way the local board Of equaliza-
ton (of which he Is chairman)
arrived at the assessment this year.
He followed as hear az. possible the
basis for logs and lumber adopted in
assessing at Minneapolis, which is
rl,t. greatest lumber manufacturing
point in the state. There seems no
question but the present assessment
is well up til tile standard IN ether
lumber towns, and it isnOtprObable
that the state board willagatntrrat
Little Falls unfairly. The proposi-
ton that brought up the presen dis
cnssion in the state bOard was one
to Increase the assessment $50 per
cent. The assessment OF the Pine
Tree company on 'sitem IT, Is now
over 800, 900, and proposed increase
would bring it up to over $500, 900. b
nj MOlasses and Feathers.