Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-04-19
FIGURES THAT TALK.

There is nothing like the back files
of newspaper to prove facts with.
The Silver State during the year 1899
was clamoring for some sort of tax
reform which would "raise valuations
and lower rates - Its columns ,een-
ed with declarations that the present
tax system was driving capital eway
from the State, etc, etc. AS soon as
the new revenue bill was passed,
aimed to rectlfy the very condition Of
affairs of which it So Justify COM
planned, it began systematic attack
upon the new law and everything
connected with it. 1t has made no
open assault upon it. but pursued the
same covert tactics that was used
against the bill in the Legislature. 1t
assails it by insinuation and inuendo.
In its issue of A phil 10th it says:
The report of the County Auditor
of Elko county shows that there is
S42,623 1e on hand in the county
treasury. 1t is good thing for Elko
county that this report was not made
public before the late III citing of the
State Board OF Assessors. The rev
enue reform patriots from Storey,
Ormsby, Douglas, Esnleralda aud the
other tax Sinking counties would
have fixed matters SO that Elko's sur
plus would be devoted to the payment
Of their proportion of the money,
needed for the support of the State
government.
Now let US turn to the back files of
Silver State and see how Ormsby
compares with Humboldt as a tax
Sinking" county. On Sept. 10Th, 80
the Silver State said editorially:
Taxation iii Nevada is no criterion
to IT'S industrial wealth. It is farce.
Compare Elko, Washoe and Hum
boldt and the margin will be largely
in favor Of Humboldt, Huub?ldt tc-
day is the richest county in the State
She has more cattle ard more sheep,
larger stock Interests and more area
of cultivated land, than any county
in the State, Paradise Valley, in
Humboldt is richer than any tive
valleys IN Elko. Lovelock S valley is
richer than the entire Truckee Mead
cws. Ten men can be picked out Of
Humboldt County whose comblne'
property in Washoe or Ello Hum
boldt's wealth exceeds in the aggre
gate the entire taxable property i,
the State which is little over S27,
100000.
If the editor Of the Silver Stat
knows of these ten wealthy men VIII
are worth more than all of Washoe {
Ell<o. it is his duty to furnish tn
Assessor with their postoffice az
dresses that he may be able to plac
them on the tax roll.
Let us see what the tax rolls sho
regarding these counties.
Elko paid the State S53.6s9 las
year.
Washoe paid the State S52,75I.
Humboldt paid the State s37,25o.
Out of these three counties, whi'
one is the most pronounced "ta
shirker?" The Surveyor General
report shows that lslko paid taxes
3d. head of cattle and s., 900 he;
of sheep; Humboldt on 81, 900 he
of cattle and 11o, 200 head of shee
Washoe county on 17o. 900 head
sheep. Yet the Silver State assel
that Humboldt has more cattle a
more sheep than any county in
State. 1t is clear that those who
not show up in the reports m,
dodge the Assessor in some way. 7
only livestock interests in viii
Humboldt outnumbers its sister CO,
ties of Washce and Elko, is hogs.
leads the procession with 900.
Humboldt also brags of its lane
interests. She had $3.50 SOU
miles. Ormsby has but $50. Hu
boldt has eighty times as much a
as Ormsby, and yet Orlnsby pays S.
900 a year into the State Treas
and Humboldt but little over til
times as much. Summing it all
from the official figures it looks as
Humboldt was about the champ
''tax-shirking county in the ST