The San Francisco call., 1897-11-20
STATE ASSESSMENTS AND COUNTY
TAXES.

Wv assessments of various counties it did confer
great benefit the people of those counties as it
doubtless intended Certainly the officials who being charged
with the duty of raising for county work. have been
PEELED levy make up the
reduction in assessments by well pleased with
| situation.
The average little of
the time it is being fixed but he always
the levy. The taxation
forever under discussion The the rate OF
with that another and judge the business ability
the Supervisors by which they increase
diminish the rate Homeseekes and intending investors
compare the rival
their homes their investments the localities where the
is least.
easy enough say that fashion of estimating
alton absurd 1t Is enough to explain to intelligent
that certain money being for
purposes low assessment requires high tax levy, while
high will permit small levy the actual burden
of taxation property remaining in both
These explanations however avail nothing People be
always explaining. MANY whether
is too high TOO low but they readily make
up their minds about tax levy.
peculiarly pubic has turned
the of The Board of Equalization
it reduced The Taxpayers
counties have forgotten the reduction
derng why their Supervisors imposing higher levy
promised the happy days when
running for office The result that newspapers friendly
the accused officials trying explain matters
and finding the effort to be vanity of
The Fresno Republican OF the papers
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the minds Of Its readers Recently made elaborate
panaon of the problem in county going
from 1891 1897 inclusive and showing
county hi, 96 compared year
burden of taxation is really almost
the Ifurther shows the
ton due to larger valuations of property
All of which will have little effect opinion
people steadily higher levy and they will
nothing else
The moral of the situation is plain Board EquaIza-
ton whose members of different
of the State whole will always
Each seek to favor his
district by reducing
doing will popular and the county Supervisors
will have raise the levy and bear the of the Equal
zer's popularity.
system in every respect Let US elect Board
of Equazers by the State large and rid OF these
changes in There always
money be raised for county purposes and if
kept from year to at normal Supervisors be
rightly held accountable for the they fix
then high levy will waste money
mere accident of equalization present.
Society Prevention of Cruelty to
Children might find enough Legitimate
ing aside a While the person in
whom the society mani esng dspeasing
engaged in sticking knife defeneess citizen nobody
observed rushing the OF the tendency
the fellow manifest grows
| almost tiTesome
all very little i'm to be attached to the
fact that one low browed huking ruan in ring whip
another The extremely reeettabe there
is no method by which each whip the other so
efectually that single inquest will do for the pair
in Michigan strapped on two revolyers
tried his friends admira that one
of the friends while all atremble with satisfactory
fright shot and killed Thus the fool
killer occasionally made light.
Since the Cisnero proved fat fail
show, yellow journalism has that urse
ish interest concerning which wont to make so
many appreciative
Suicides on the ferry to have the
searchght do final This render the episodes
spectacular and very likely add popularity
Something TO break the growing friendship between Messrs
Huntington Alger as public calamity
Some jewels San ring likely to be
! knocked from the setting