The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-28
INDIAN TERRITORY PA
PER DISCUSSES OLD
SCHEME
WANTS SOME LIGHT
On a Subject Worn Thread.
bare Long Since

SPECIAL 70 Daily Le1dcf.
Nuskoeee. May 2s-rhe Tribune says:
Every taxpayer In oklahoma Territory.
and when the joint statehood bin IS pas
sed. every taxpayer ~ Indian erritcry.
will be Interested IN IA fair valuation OF
al classes Of property for the pupose Of
taxation. No one can complain II all
properly IS valued alike, that Is, having
rcflrd for thereal market value. with
fairness 70 an and PARTIALLY 10 none.
Ttis is case. however. where the p-op-
nfty on one person % valued al an Il s.
worth aud the property Of another per-
son or corporation Is valued far below
It's real worth that the Injustice occurs.
lhe outuSwth OF which Is dissatisfac-
tion with our government and contempt
for public officials and when such In
jastieo Ia borne t0 the poiat Of uprisiag
ana riamor by the PEOPLE. demanding
fistlce and honesty is the occasion
when tse fayorea ciasses cry populisml
socialism, etc. Peace and good viii.
one man toward another. can besecured
only whom exact justice is meled out %
al classss
Ii the Guthrie Leader Of May 10Th we
notice the published report of the board
Of appraisers whose duty it was 70
place TIE tax value oa an railroad prop
erty of Oklahoma Territory. Based on
that pubiisted report. we have anaiyzet
These valuations as to the FIRST railroad
system mentioned viz: THE Aichisqn
Topeka g. Santa rc.
There arc slightly less than $50 mi,e.
Of this railroad ia Oklahoma and the
board Of appraisers valued this entir
property al slightly less than Se,5o0 900
almost exactly s3,900.e0 per mile.
rhe iaw Of Ollahoma ART Char
rs deslgnates the Governor. The Sealc
tar, aad the Auditor of Territory as lu
board OF appraisers and requires then
to make The appraisement Of an railroa,
property IN March, Apri and May Z
each year. This boafd is REQUIRED &
appralsc All such property at its "actua
cash value The railroad property in
cludes not only thc roadbed and right 0
way. but all appultenances rolliag stock
tools, moneys. credits etc, and ever
one Of the members OF this board ha
taxen solemn oath 70 honestly dis
charge all his duties which include IN
sppralsement of railroad property at q
actual cash value.
Now. then, Il 50 10000 per mile, trac
and an other assets included ia the ac
tual cash value Of the Santa Fe railroa
in Oklahoma. thea the members Of m
board OF appraisers have honestly dss
charged their official duty II e Is no
so. then obviously these officers hay
ignored their oath Of office Therefqs'
Let as look into TO suniect of thes
Valuations
Missouri Valuations.
Tais same railroad system Ia the stat
OF Missouri according 70 the last pui
ilshe6 report ueoi) IS valued at tl5
0oo.o0 rer mile,
Texas Valuation.
sef. the state OF Texas. last publishe
repofl tiao5) this same -ailroad syste
was ,niued FOR taxaton at about IS
10000 per mile, IN addition 20 which
Texas the state gets per cent Of q
passenger earnings. which Tor that san
year Tor tie Santa Fe railroad amount'
10 $i0.ois.S0. and OF course this pereen
age 81 earnings Is au additional tax re'
tnue 10 the state.
You % the public who have tra'
cied in Toxas and Missouri as wen
ia Oklahoma, are aware Of the fact th
while the santa Fe railroad may be be
ter constructed in Missouri the diffe
cnce between Oklahoma ard Nilsson
construction should not be- mo,e thi
81 o00.oo per mile; whereas the dlneren
Is sii 10000 per mile in tax valuation
As 60 she comparison between Tex
and OiSlahom2. beyond aay question q