Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-28
WILL
COLLECT 1AXlS
Board of Supervisors Believes
That 1t Can Recover from
Glucose Company
PERSONAL TAXES INVOLVED
Al TAXES INVOLVED
PERSONAL
County Treasurer Smith Has Notified
Glucose Company That Assessment
Has Been Made on Personal Property
Covering Period of Five Years on
Which Taxes Are Unpaid.

Il
fed the county treasurer that the COM
pany has failed to list all of its personal
property for taxation during the five
years past. Consequently Treasurer
Smith has made a demand upon the
company for such taxes to a large
amount. The claim as prepared by the
attorneys hired by the board to push
the matter, with accrued interest and
penalties, aggregates nearly $4,000. but
1t is hardly possible that this amount
can be collected for the reason that the
company will have the right to come
before the treasurer or go into the dis
trict court and show that it did not have
any such amount of personal property
on hand as claimed by the county.
The matter was laid before the
county treasurer who notified the cor
poration both by registered letter and
thru the sheriff of Cook county, H.,
that the personal property had been
assessed, allowing it the statutory
time to appear before him and show
reason why the assessment was not
just, -
During the period OF five years passed
the Glucose Company has paid but very
little taxes on personal property. For
three years OF that time there was no
assessment made whatever. This was
done on the authority OF the city coun-
Gil which wished to foster the company,
in order that 1t would continue to
operate in the city. Having ceased to
tempos,ze 1t will now push the mat
ter and will. doubtless fight it to a con-
clusfon. The personal taxes as
sessed, covers grain carried In stock
moneys on deposit in this city and in
voices, with the accruing interest for
the. period.
The committee Of the city council,
which has had the Marshalltown-
Glucose Sugar Refining Company mat
ter In charge, takes a hopeful view of
the situation today rs the result OF the
visit of Superintendent George F..
Chamberlain. of the National Starch
Company, to the city Tuesday. Mr..
Chamberlain made known to the COM
mittee alone the exact status OF the
situation. and it is not in shape to be
made public as yet. 1t can be said. how
ever, that the committee believes that
an effort is gong to be made to re-
model, enlarge and place into opera
ton the Marshalltown factory, which
will manufacture corn into glucose and
It's numerous bi-prolncts.
As stated in these columns Tuesday
the object or Mr.. Camberlain's visit
was to try and get postponed the action
OF the county, which has been COM
menced, looking toward the collection
of back taxes on personal property. The
city council has nothing whatever to do
with this matter. which has developed
since the notice 1t served on the COM
pany regarding the assessment on real
and personal property. amounting to
$13,125 in taxes on one-quarter valua-
ton Of 100000. aside from the personal
property now on hand. The company
has the right to come before the board
of equalization in April, and show
cause why the assessment should be re-
duced. II the board does not see fit to
make the reduction there Is still an
other recourse. the district court. There
Is nothing more for the council to do
in the matter until 1t meets as the
board of equalization.
& Mr.. Chamberlain. not understanding
the difference between the city assess
ment and the action OF the county in the
collection of back taxes. went to the
committee with the request for an ex-
tension Of time. The matter was ex-
piained and he was placed In commu-
nication with Treasurer Smith and the
attorneys who have the contract of the
county. To the committee Mr.. Cham
IL off rQe
from it's firm position with the COM
rany. All that he does ask is that the
extension Of time be granted, IN order
that developments, now pending, may
reach focus. 1t will only be q matter
of two months or so. and at that time
Mr.. Chamberlain feels that the COM
pany will have Its proposition ready.
The city's Position.
In this new phase of the situation.
which developed on Mr.. Chamberlain's
visit Tuesday, the council committee Is
not receding one iota from its posi-
ton taken when Chairman Webster
made his report on glucose affairs. 1t
will stand firm to the end, and nothing
but a guarantee of the right kind, one
that will satisfy the most critical, will
eb accepted.
The matter Of reopening the Mar
shalltown factory as Il remodeled insti-
tuition has been placed into the hands of
General Manager Butler, of the United
States Corn Products Association, and
Superintendent Chamberlain, of the
National Starch Company, both of
whom the committee consider favorably
disposed to Marshalltown.