The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-30

less. The next question is how much
viii 1t cost to get the ore to the sur
face of the ground, and what are the
constituent elements of the ore. We
have taken 100000 tons Of ore from the
OliVer mine that could not be sold for
cent to the Carnegies. We had hopes,
which have been blighted. Why? Be
cause of it's constituent elements. But
We can use it in connection with our
other mines. No one else would use it.
In determining the value of a mine
you determine 1t where it is, not in
Cleveland. You pay $3.50 freight per
ton on all ore, whether 1t is good or
bad. That leaves us 80 cents for roy
atty. The Oliver mine has cost us
money in losses every year. Yet we
must go up In valuation, We object to
an increase.
Take the Lone Jack. 1t was bought
on the basis of 100000 tons. Of
which 100000 tons have been re-
moved. 1t is worth As cents a ton
on the ground, or $450000. We must
pay royalty and cost of getting it
up. The cost is $125, O00
Look at the Richelieu, which is idle
yet contains as much ore as any mine
on the range. But it is raised 80 per
cent
When we fixed the relative values
OF the mines we based them on the out
put. We were kind enough to value
at the meeting.
THE Zenith mine on the 1st of Nav
could not be given away We bought
1t for back yard. The Oliver mine
was bought at the same time, and we
believe our hopes regarding that prop
erty will be realized
AFTER we had equalized the values
Of the mines the county board made a
straight raise Of IL per cent
II Is not simple matter to dis
crlmlnate between mines. They should
not be raised without regard to condI-
lions If you do that you destroy the
whole symmetry OF the edifice of taxa
ton"
Mr., st. Clair protested against the
proposed assessment Of the Sparta
mine at $152, 625. He asked that the as
sessment be allowed to remain at S138
$50. ~-'''
TO INCREASE ONE-FIFTH.
Mr.. Ravens moved that the assess
ments be increased 20 per cent all along
the line.
w. j. Olcott, superintendent of the
Lake Superior Iron mines, and repre-
sentative of the Rockefeller interests
In them, said that Mr.. Woodbridee's
views of mining values on the Mesaba
range were as good as any outsiders
could be, and If his report was not &C
tried to do more than twenty men could
perform. '0
In making the relative valuation of
the mines" said Mr.. Olcott, I'VE place
the burden Of taxation on the large
mines. We agreed that if the relative
valuations were changed we would all
go up together. We will stand our
snare on raise, though 1t would hit
US harder than such a raise as pro
posed by Mr.. Woodbridge.
but don't think there should be
un1alr discrimination between mining
alike"
The morning session Of the hoard
was devoted to hearing TRANSPORTATION
ana freight companies explain why
their assessments should not be in
creased, ana to continuation of the
consideration of real estate valuations.
TAXES ON BEEF PACKERS.
A. R. Urion, of Armour & Co., said
he desired to secure a reduction of the
tax laid last year.
The number of our refrigerator cars
IN this state he said, is very few.
because we have no branch house or
distributing point for dressed beef in
this state. We have 5.O61 refrigeration
cars, of which 1900 are in the Pacific
fruit business. They pass through this
state. The rest are tank cars, stock
cars, etc. Few tank cars pass through
this state. We lease most of our
equipment to other companies. The
Britton Provision company lease num-
Der In their own name, which do not
come here. The Hartung Provision
Express. the Barbour Refrigerator
line and the Nickel Plate. road operate
a few, which rarely come into this
state. We lease some cars to TIE Pa
cific Express, which sends a few
fruit cars here. The Heinz Pickle
company operates a few in this state.
The only cars that come in this state
are the refrigerator cars and the fruit
cars. Therefore, the company operates
very few cars in this state and we
feel the assessment of last year was ex-
cessive. We do not object to paying
fair tax anywhere. In Ohio we pay a
tax Of $500 car, and also in Colorado,
where the laws are similar to that Of
Minnesota. We have not added much
to our equipment this year"
j. A. K1tteredge, Of the Cudahy Mil
waukee Refrigerator line and the
Cudahy Stock Express, said: Our tax
last year was $40 a car, which was
more than was justified by the earn
ings. One car will take care of all our
business in this state. In three years
our earnings in this state were little
more than $4,000 Our only business
in Minnesota is in May and June, when
we SEND our cars to Seattle and stock
cars from Hudson to South ST. Paul.
THE Cudahy Packing company, of
Omaha, made $4,000 miles in Mime
sofa in 1897, or more than double what
we made. Their assessment was
81, O00."
1t was agreed to deal leniently with
the companies.
The board then resumed it's consider
alton of real estate.
RESUMING REAL ESTATE.
''It is a good thing" said Mr. Cooley.
that We are not farmers, for we are
giving the farmers the benefit of all
the increased taxation. We are asses
sing uneQually right through. We are
doing rash injustice"
we have got to do it." said Mr.
Sprague, by the law and rule of the
BOARD. When we get 10 Stearns county
towns" ''-e
1--WE are within the law when we as
sess the value Of acre property and
structures and city lots and structures
separately. That is what we ought to
do" ~
Let US proceed as we did yesterday"
said Mr. Sprague.
Mower county was taken up.
Mr.. riddles said the acreage of the
county mad increased $4,000, and it was
raised per cent under protest from
Tostin Johnson.
We are doing injustice to eyery
body said Mr.. Cooley, but, under
the system we have adopted, it can
not be helped"
Murray county was passed
Nicollet county was passed.
Noples county showed a small in
crease of values, but was passed.
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