Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-10-19

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/ Increase Of Ass.ssr..
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] years the assessed g5sIgI- ~ -, -; = "a
4 1-lF aAS been increased Ssvo.
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re a n p-ogttass That IL pse:N.
s3-= @. railway Property re- ~
$1,000 sr-GLl take Ercc c,,-,s-sS.--
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go matters .eetssa.y 70 $50, "a la
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/ s---cS th@ cS1%as Of ts1s a-f = ere
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20 nave E5s Law re-@s5e.i T-,r. AIseaa
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-LIS*E II gross earnings sTrI,sS---.sAs
IES earnings exclusively s-s "a -
- a-e Jas lo- assessment, no $50
go oE even executive COUNCIL "a -
= mare agu-s- o0g,s G=ssr-s-s sSssA
A-sssznen: Of Real Properx
Mich has teen said c,oacs-usux -.
s-sss-;S71..- o. Es&- 1rule-ty q he rs.e
especially ss 10 tie asssSsaa-- =, -
tas marked advance In the me- - -
.11-s -Eu-D l!f. 10 81 csusss : 49,
fs-1.s increase in tie assessment Al -
yea Iaa average value Of - 5
Tg--1s,z - sac IS .s5'o--sd By u 4
s-I.-cr Of gate for TIE yss- ,.a - -
- -er acre Il Vas aSpg-s., !, ~
2A KAT some COUNTIES ware sssssssS
- Ign or Others TOO low. Il .he,e
~. 90 -1coos 10 adjust and esualse
ooaIc1 lad completed its WORK a. 800, - n, I
iIa-o1. It found tia. Wh.Is - So.
---s o. z very large per csa, Of Is.
S rad bean changed. some Il.
creased and others reduced. As - ~
aggregate value Of tas isr6s a. ~ -
I.rs sc-e there vas p-sc.icsTTr ~
SASass-[ae Increase being oaIr ! c..,.
Per scrs o. less than - OF j -. sa.s
n We ACCEPTED the reported rsi.
o2. e1ueltzst as be.Ess1 c5--:i.s ~
GrtffaH
II ths matter Of ad:ustnen, 0, .ouan
Ion "e were aoI guided wholly By our
oWn Judgment Letters were addrssI
70 several hundred real estate -aen 1,oss
-o1r 10 e2gnt II each county, also ths II
county auditors and members Of bonrds
o. Supervisors. ssaias ihsi. tudgnea. n sA
20 re cs-sIFe value q the lands Of theiy
.=l@ce!Fe COUNTIES. IS COMPARED With m
To-aIag counties. By these means va ~
sl.ec the Judgment Of from twenty q
on. E3sa as 10 the relative values a II
NE lands OF the various counties. From
ne information obtained and from on,
1--WE Judgment concerning values. the Il
equalization Of 1913 was naes as aboys
sAoE1-
Reduced Land Assessments.
N 1906 the reported Average value a !
he lard Of The state was sn.S. Or
-zeucrIol % q CENTS pr acre from n
'asra OF iac. The coGncii believing that
.ne,e had hSen decrease in The value Of
and from January. 1875 10 January, lN
-cTs. lsaTiEg the assessed ralue per acre
1-s. as agans. sf-t5 fo- 1916. Adding
ne TaiCs OF rev buildings erected dur.
-E aNs year 800. makes the assessed
aine for !s.s 1919 PEI acre. o. an In
'rease in fire wears Of i75 per cent, a.
gains: an increase in the total assess
1e7; q railway property for the same
e-iod o. more than = per cent
Sample Railroad Falsehood.
NJ Porter ed--afts that the assessed
alue Of railway properly has been large
increased in recent years and states
; follows:
Tt might, also. be well to know IN
ai'rneds has teen increased in the last
oZt- years that for every one million
ollars O. increased value OF the rail-
rays :5- taxation the value OF other
-cEerty % this state has been increased N
yer eight million dollars thus tncrees-
e the burdens Of the farmers Of Iowa
'ghr times as much as the burdens q
Let us analrze his statement and -
II Is correct. The increase In the =.
s;l-oads during the last four years. thas
from 1872 to 1906 Is less than ffty-ons
,illiors Of dollars. The increase in tho
value OF railroads alone for To
e'Ffc SeT.Nl g over e!SEel Tn'lHons N
olfars. In other words the increase
iner property than railroads Is less thaA
., for each 81 Of Increase In railroads
I'd not s.. or eight times as stated N
,e democratic candidate for governor.
Comparative Assessments.
It should be remembered that at to
eslnnins OF the period, that Is. In IN
e valve OF other property was NOR
an ten times that Of the railroads -
AT II the increase on other properly
ID been at the same rate as the incfes1
value OF railway property 1t wouIa
I've been more than 80 on other prop
~ to 81 On railroads, when. as maj ~.
r of fact instead of ten to one i
IS than Ave to one.
To make it more clear. permit me
y that the Increase in value OF ral.
av property during the last four year
rs per cent. while on other preperV
Is only IS per cent -
The statement Is not true ,of ~
rther reason that the increased oulu -.
other property IL not all borne oy ~
rmers. but Is borne In part BY aX
orerty. telegraph. interurban. ana -
nds OF personal property.
I, Is incorrect for the further reaS
has already been shown that the cous
id not increase but reduced the
ssment on real estate from what
returned by the county boards o.
w ard accepted the assessment o.
nal property without change
uncil did not make the increase