Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-09-20
Ant | AR TIRE !. A l 1 !
The Pine Tree Company
Appeal 10 the State
Board Of Equaliza-
I ton.
A Protest Against q Rope
titiOn Of Last Years
Unfairness.

5S.i4 Tt will be remembered that last
yearthe state board Of equalization
raised manufactured articles and and
] manufacturers materials 400 per
cent in Morrison county. The raise
came almost entirely on the mill
& owners 81 Little Falls, and the bulk
Of 1T on the Pine Tree company. The
increase made their assessment al
4 most twice, as high az any oi
the great#lumber firms Of Minneapo-
lis, and several times larger than5the
other firms that cut about the same
amount If lumber. A part OF the In
crease was afterwards taken Oft
through the action Of localand state
authorities. This year the matter
was taken before the state board
now ill session in st. Paul. Last
!, Saturdays st. Paul Dispatch said:
1.-THE state board disqualification had
a seance with the representatives Of
the lumber companies this morning.
Last year the board. on the infOrma-
tiOn Of2One of the members. made a
big increase In the assessment Of
some OF the companies, especially
: those Of Little Falls, where the assess.
ment returned by Morrison county
was raised over 400 per cent. This
wear the board received letters from
these firms stating that the increas-
ed assessment was far In excess Ot
i what it should be, and that 1t was
unjust. The protesting lnmbermen
were notified that they would be
given q hearing this morning. and
Mr.. Vanderlip appeared rs attorney
for the Pine Tree Lumber company,
of Little Falls, and Mr.. Mccartney
for the saltwater firms. The board
granted the hearing ior the purpose
of gaining more infOrma ton, 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" I @.@. s,# s.g2$
Monday g issue Of the same paper
contained the following: z{.
'MayorA. d. Davidson, Of Little
Falls, appeared before the state
board OF equalizat ton this afternoon
to ask for a reduction in the assess
nlent 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. This makes the as
ssessment entirely too high, and IN Guild
have the effect sOf diving thiS lumber
concern out Ut the county
All the local lumber company asks
is that It 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. r. Ia.
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 as possible the
basis for logs and lumber adopted In
assessing at Minneapolis, which is
the grea test lumber manufacturing
point in the state. There seems no
question but the present assessment
is we'll up to tile standard in other
lumber towns, and it isnOtprObable
that the state board willagain treat
Little Falls unfairly. The PROPOSE
tion that brought up the presen dis
cussion in the state board was one
to increase the assessment $50 per
cent. The assessment Of the Pine
Tree company on ''item IT. is now
over 800, 900, and proposed increase
would bring itup tOiOvpr $30O,O00.