Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-11
ASSESSMENT IS SMALL
Independent Car Lines of Iowa
Are Taxed According to
the New Law
ESCAPE is NOW IMPOSSIBLE
These Lines Have Hitherto Escaped
Taxation EntireIy-May Go Into the
Courts to Determine the Matter -
Pottawattamie's New Scheme for
Handling Confirmed lnebriates.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Aug. 11.-The entire tax
thus far assessed against the inde-
pendent car lines doing business in
Iowa, the assessment and taxation
both being by the state executive coun-
Gil under q new law, amounts to less
than $4,000. While this is the total
of the taxes claimed to be due the state
fact is that some reports Of compan
les are still coming In and the assess
ment can be entered up later, as there
is no time limit thereon. AT first the
car companies refused to make reports
or to make their business known, and
lit was only when they had become
convinced that even tho they refused
they would still be assessed and taxed
did they make reports to the state
officials. These reports are not as sat
isfactory as had been hoped but they
form the basis for first assessment
and fixing OF a tax levy on which the
whole law may be tested If the COM
panies so desire The independent car
lines have heretofore escaped taxation
entirely and have been doing business
In Iowa for many years. Under the
new law the council assesses them on
the number Of cars made use or on an
average for the doing of business IN
Iowa. The rate of taxation was fixed
at as.2 per cent, and on this basis the
several companies that have thus far
come UP for taxation and given in re-
ports have been assessed as folloWs:
Anglo American Refrigerator car
line. s5.75.
swift Refrigerator Transportation
Co. s115.0s.
Armour car lines, $165.17.
Continental Fruit Express. S25.7S.
American Cotton Oil Co., s6.6S.
Western Refrigerator Line, S23.S7.
= IynIon Refrigerator Transit Co.
s539.57.
western Refrigerator Transit Co.,
I$l9.10.
American Refrigerator Transit Co.,
s42S7.
Arms Palace Horse Car Co.. 1854.
American Fast Freight Co., $26.74.
ChlcaSO, New lOIk anu L>SSoiA AsS0
frigerator Co, s6S.S5.
Cudahy Packing Co., S205.32.
Conewango Refining Co., $6.6s.
Consumers Ice Co., SAT-.
Producers Shippers Despatch,
$9.54.
Streets Western Stable Car Co.,
S1O3.14.
M. Remeley Co., s2.S6.
Republic Oil Co., s5.72.
National Car Co.. s65.s9.
National Roofing CO., s2.S6.
Provisions Dealers Despatch Co.,
SS5.95.
Omaha Packing Co, SAT-.
Merchants Despatch Transportation
Co, s219.65.
Lewis Roofing Car Co.. s2.S6.
Upton car line, $14.31.
Germania Refining Co., $1l.44.
Penn Refining Co, $5.72.
Hammond Refrigerator car line,
s9.54.
Union Tank Line Co. s524.29.
Burton Stock Co., $3.50.
Total, s1,91s.11.
1t is not vet known what will be the
attitude Of the companies toward the
payment of taxes on this new form of
taxation, but it has been broadly hint
ed that they will not pay without go
ing into the courts for determination of
the matter. The law is a new one.
framed entirely on new lines. and the
representatives of the companies who
were before the state officials declared
that there is no other like 1t anywhere
The executive council made the as
sessment comparatively light because
of the uncertainty about the new law
and because they anticipate 1t Will take
several years to get the law into good
working order so that all the compan-
les will be listed.
The fact that last year the enumer-
alton of school children in Iowa showed
falling off from the previous year.
caused much unfayorable criticism di-
rected against the state of Iowa. The
enumerators found a total of 1S5, Joy
school children In Iowa in the fall of
1901 and the enumerators returned d
total of 72S,S10 in 1902, falling off
of 6,34O. That this was due to errors
or derelictions Of some kind was neve:
doubted by anyone, for there has been
no actual reduction in the number of
children of school age in the state.
To avoid similar errors again. state
Superintendent Barrett has directed
letter to county superintendents in
which he calls attention to the COM
ing school census from the first to the
tenth of September, and explains:
."The taking of the annual enumera
ton of school children is so important
that we address you for the purpose Of
urging that you leave nothing undone
to secure prompt and accurate returns.
AS you are aware, the school census
includes all persons between 5 and II
years of age who are residents or the
district. No exception whatever Is
made, and to be complete the list must
include the names of all persons of the
stipulated age, even If married or tenn
porarily absent to attend school or en-
gage in other work. child in one
OF the charitable or reformatory IN
stitutions must be enumerated In the
district where it's parents reside. TO
do justly with all districts, 1t is alb
solutely essential to have correct list
of all who are entitled to school pr1vil-
eyes in each separate district"