The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-05

Beamer and Warehouses; remarks on the
assessment of Alameda County.
In long statement published this after
noon, which is an interesting compen-
dunn OF facts and wit, with clever touches
OF sarcasm sprinkled throughout, Mr.
Dalton takes up each statement or mis-
statement of the State Equalizers.
THE whole business is Southern Pacific
politics" said Mr.. Dalton to-day. More
house has said that l made lingo cam.
paign and pledged that 1 would reduce
taxes rs per cent I did do so, and re-
ferred to the fact that if the railroad
property was assessed IN the same proper
ton as workingman's little home taxes
could be reduced fully % per cent in TINS
county. 1 do not fear the statements of
the men at Sacramento. The more they
say the better it is for me. am indebted
to them for their opposition. 1t helped TO
elect me-"
In his signed statement Mr.. Dalton saws.
after an Introduction:
It is said, MANY Oakland merchants, known
to be doing business Of thousands of dollars
a year, are not assessed for one penny's worth
OF solvent credits and but few OF these even
went to the trouble to prepare statements
OF course have no means of knowing from
whom you received your information but that
makes no difference, for. as a matter of fact. It
is not true. And am sure that even Equalizer
-Beamer, who claims to know so much about
Alameda County and really knows nothing at
ALL am sure that even Equalizer Beaner can
not, even in his most enthusiastic moments
AS another matter of cold fact nv assess
ment OF personal property is $1,042 I26
greater than the amount assessed by the last
Assessor OF Alameda County, the man whom
Equalizer Beamer hired TO edo Dalton uu - Do
you think that our merchants are any more
prosperous. carry any larger stocks or have a
than they did in 1894? don't
IL is said: 1.-THE most interesting assess
ment. however, is that of certain property in
which Henry P. Dalton possesses an interest"
i is true that the Henry Dalton & Sons
Company, OF which l am a member has a
paid-up capital of 500 600; and il is also frue
or any of its members is $9575. And that assess
ment is fair one for all the property OF the
com pany. or any or all OF It's members in the
county Of Alameda. You perhaps did not know
(end Equalizer Beamer seems equally 10 no.
ranD that the Dalton Company holds property
in other States, and that the above assessment
covers only the property held by the COMPANY
in this State, except small holding in San
Francisco. Furthermore, l made this state
ment 10 the Board Of Equalization in response
10 Mr.. Beamer's question.
''If others are assessed as he has assessed
himself and relatives" is is said, cit would
look as ii considerable property had ESCAPED
taxation" Had Equalizer Beamer dispgyed
as much energy in looking after the assess
ments of the Southern Pacific of Kentucky as
he did in looking up (under the tutelage OF my
predecessor in office) the mares nest of the
Dalton Compan the State treasury would
have been enriched many thousands of dol
lars.
AS for the interview with Equalizer More
house, as II appeared in the Bee. there is not
much to say, except to remark that Mr.. More
house is talking, as he usually does, Through
his hat" But will say that when Equalizer
Morehouse says or intimates that l made
assessments to punish anybody he says what
even Mr.. Morehouse shall not be allowed to
say without receiving Roland for his Oliver.
And when Equalizer Morehouse intimates
that did not require from every resident tax
payer in the county of Alameda the statement
required by law, he states what he should
know is 1.-THE thing that is not" If he does
not know that the contrary of his insinuation
is true, he certainly is not doing his sworn
duty an officer of the State. Mr. Morehouse
would be only too glad to aid in removing me
from office, if he thought for moment that he