Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-04-13
HARD TO PLEASE.

If there " a newspaper III fseva' .
which mnIe thar "n> Other i har' 1"
please II - The ker" Journal he' |
the Governor and Controller started |
out in October. 1899 /" 'nansu'"te
change in the mt 'hod~ ~ fixing tan
valuations n N.vad~ the Keno ]"'r
nal SAID:
The Governor aud Cnl,rolfei a'e
on junkes,"g tfp owe, 'he State. ON
the peoples money. u>1ng !" yet Tive
assessments of the Snutnern Pacific
railroad ard the banks rrd c"rl'or"
tons rai-ed That is what hey say
but. Oh Lord. they don't mean it. III
there wa> any danger of The rail-
lace would not let them 90 1t L.
Just another cheap blind to deceive
the people. but it don't work. not
bit. The PEOPLE know these precious
"reformers" too Wel!to think for E
moment that then intentions in this
matter are either honest or honorab BILE. ;"
On Oct. nth the same paper said.
speaking Of the Governor and Con-
troller:
''They m de it duty to request the
Boards they visited to increase taxa
ton on property that was assessed
below the rule of assessment in their
several counties, and that the Central
Pacific Of Utah be raised from It val
uation of t n thousand and thirteen
thousand dollars per mile TO twenty
five thousand per mile.
"They had all the authority, make
the request that is required as citizens
of Nevada, and that hich was done
by them was legitimate and proper.
The work, whether Of value or not, is
very commendable, as it was work in
the inte rest of good government. and
what is most required in Nevada is
work in that line by the irdivldua
citizen, and by the body of citizens.
Those no offer as an argument
the low assessment of the Contra
Pacific and the low valuation of TIL
property OF Others do SO to the detri
ment of good government, and whel
doing so they are aiding the bad gov
eminent there is in the State.
The last issue Of the Journal take
another view Of the same question
On Oct nth the same Journal tina
thought So. 900 a mile in SO wa
Legitimate and proper" now says:
The Journ al is OF the opinion thu
an injustice has been done 10 the CON
pany through the wholesale advanc
made by the last assessment as direc
ed at $40 ,ooo per mile 1t is the opir
ion of the writer that the sum mel
toned is over-taxation, uponi tt
theory that p2o 600 is the value pla
ed on the road per mile by the Sta
of California"
When the roads net earnings
1899 wee $4,477,975 the Journ
thought SIS 600 a mile was "legi'
mate and proper" and less valu
ton was "detriment to good 60
eminent" In 1901 when the II
earnings Tor the year just passed we
$7,253 42o, it thinks $4,000 mi
unjust.
The PEOPLE of California have a
sessed the Southern Paci6d as bis
as $3I 600 mile. This was in IS
and in 1887, SIS, 900.
1t is the rule IN most States to {
sess corporations at about two thir
of the market value of their sto
and bonds.
The net earnings of the road in 1e
(see New York Finn meier, March d,
page $3.50 is about three and tine
eighths per cent on 81 SC, 900 ,oco. I
contention of the Journal that I
road does not transact as much bu
ness in Nevada as California is
tenable, The law says that Tor ,
purposes of taxation each mile of ,
road is to be considered as an intre.
part of the whole.