The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-10-18

es OF property: There would DO no nesa
ior MI. Porters commission II the Brya3
pan be adopted. I am not convinced
f Rnna IN me people are ready to, adopt Mn
trunk lines and state ownership Of local
INES nor am convinced that they arG
re aeaoy 70 adopt the democratic su9gsGslol
az q. anoIner perpetuA commission. oua
experience has boon that more oommioll
sionf means moro expenses, and onnf@
established they 20 on forever.
Increase Of assessments
AS to recent assessments Of r.fis1sN
property. permit me to say that In teS :
years yea. the assessed value Of railway prop.
per cent and that the increase exceeds
~ per cent during the last i've years.
,, vi. Forter takes exception 70 the
The law o. nro asdssssi tnst railway
ualue OF railway property the executive
council shall take into consideration tho
kross earnings per mile for the year end.
other matters necessary to enable md
council to make q Just and equitable -
sessment." This has been the law eyee
SINCE sa the code OF 1873 and il the law un-
gays OF Carpenter and Kirkwood has
Porter Offered No nill. :.
- MI Porter was a member Of the lesie,
lalufe Tor eight years and am ~
~ that he ever made any attempt
IT, - nave az 9, the law repealed. WIZ. - III
TINS campaign announce tho specii1c rul2
CI method BY which he would aaseaS
! runway property. apply the method n
tue .owa roads and announce the r.
suits? It Will not answer to Say that IS
would provide for commissions. Whs1
!enetnod would he have the conarnission
. ,,a. " gross earnings exclusively, B fio
me as' 4s sarhhings exclusively are to DO t4dSsq
as tue basis Tor assessment, no co3il1sanS
sion or even executive council u nEe6dd
mere fgurer could determine tho Walus
Assessment Of Real Property.
Much has been said concerning the q,
sessment OF real property of the1 statA
TTShp a naaEZ. as to the assessment IF ls
lands from 1901 to 1902 caused q 1conal
cradle increase in the assessment 81 r.
latter Ia a year The average value OF nj
varjans ~ co the state as reported by thu
snd ~ OF state for the year 1908 We
S4IV4 per acre. 1t was apparent to AZ
t too that some counties were assessed
fore, undertook to adjust and equalizl
the values between counties. After III
et council had completed its work Of equal
,nants. y round that while the assesi
counties had been changed. some
creased and others reduced, as TO 81
aggregate gg gate. value Of the lands Of the 8
change-the increase being only cent?
per acre, or less than II Of i per cs,sS
~, ,,a y nf tha we accepted the reported walls
Ho ol the lands of the state as q Wholk
Out equallzed as between counties.
Guided BY Safe Counsel.
In the matter OF adjustment or euuan
zat1on we were not guided wholly Nv oi,S
own Judgment. Letters were aiSreaaeA !;
70 several hundred real estate lnon. frosS
c cour to eight in each county. also thS
county auditors and members OF boardS
OF supervisors. asking their Judgment m
70 the relative value Of the lands Of thai1
respective counties. as compared with i'd
cured the judgment of from twanty ~
forty men as to the relative val,aes sA
the lands OF the various counties From
o one ln Incarnation obtained and from pus
own Judgment concerning values xhez
eluanzatlon OF 1853 was made az ,absyol
Reduced Land Assessments.
In 1906 the reported average vaI,,. ~
Inc dand OF the state was $l.7s, IL 4
r eduetio TO- ,a OF 81 cents per from ths
there had been decrease In the vsi,,a ~
land from January, 1903 to January IL IaS xI
made ), further reduction Of nls' psf
s4o.2s. as against s42.10 for 1903, Addihs
the value of new buildings erected DIR.
ing the year ear 1895; makes the assessed
value Tor lsoe $40 80 per acre, or an A.
crease In five years of 1875 per cent A
against an increase in the total assess
ment Of railway property for the sans
period OF more than 30 per cent o..
Sample Railroad FalseE1ood. Il 3
Mr.. Porter admits that the Assessor
value of railway property has been barge
as follows: ~. "a
ut might. also be well to know ~ 4
passing: that while the assessment Of
four years. that for every one million
dollars OF increased value OF the rail-
ways for taxation the value Of other
property of this state has been increased
over eight million dollars. thus increae.
ing the burdens of the farmers Of Iowa
el as t. times mes as much as the burdens q
Let us analyze this statement and SEA-,
If 1t Is correct. The increase In the a.,
sessed value OF all property other than
railroads "a o during the last four years. tho
IS from 1902 to 1906 is less than fifty-onSS
assessed value Of railroads alone for III
same period Is over eleven millions IA
dollars. In other words. tho increase in
other property than railroads Ia less than
AGO for each 81 of increase in raileoadsSl
and not So or eight times. as stated -
the democratic candidate for governor.
Comparative Assessments.
It. should be remembered that At the
beginning Of the period, that is, in 1904
than ten times that Of the raiIroadsa o -
that If the increase on other pronertv
had been at the same rate as the Increase
In value of railway property II wouI1
have been more than SO on other prom Z
erty to 81 On railroads when, as a mat.
ter OF fact, instead Of ten to one II Is
less than five to one. -
To make it more clear. permit me 10
say that the increase in value OF ran.
way property during the last four YEAR
- H5 per cent. while on other property
1t Is only IS per cent. =
The statement is NOT true for the
further reason that the Increased burden
on other property is not all borne 81 the
farmers, but Is borne in part by civ s
propsrt y, telegraph interurban. ana Ii
1t is incorrect for the further reason.
ag has already been shown, that the scoun..
Gil did not increase but reduced the ~.
sessment on real estate from whatit Wa /
as returned by the county boards Nf ~.
view. and accepted the assessment ~ 40.
sonal property without change n~i
council did not make the Increase
CORRUPTION MUST GO
Senator Beyeridge. H.