Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-24

tUWuSuIps, IOoG up as IolloWs.
Township l S 1,221, III
Township 2 $50, 627
Township 237, 149
Township S02, O35
Township 267, TAI
Total 81, lS3, 729
10 this must be added the railroad
assessment by the state board of
equalization of the 8 miles of South
ern Pacific road bed IN this county,
with rolling stock, amounting to
$4,000, making grand total So, 357,
GAS. In going over the assessment
books, we took pains, as far as town
ship one is concerned, to keep track
of the valuations of small mines in
this section which are assessed for
less than $4,000. The total of this
class of property foots up over SIS,
000 Now the mining property in the
list published figures up in two
townships and A as follows:
Township l S491, $50
Township 514, 800
Total S1,O16. $50
With S25, 900 for small claims in
each township, we have a total OF
81, 066, $50, as the assessed valuation
on mining property in these two
townships alone. Taking the county
hnI
saying that the total assessment OF
mining property will run close up
to, if it does not exceed, a million
and half of dollars. Then again, the
Standard Electric Co., aud its allied
corporation, the Blue Lakes Water
Co. are assessed for nearly 5000 600
the county. With railroad property
and water, light and telephone com
panies, this will easily be swelled to
a million of actual assessment, max
ing two and half million as the
contribution of the, mining industry
and public utility corporations to
ths property value of Amador county
CLOSE up to one half the total
assessment. With the other large
private taxpayers included in the list
that appears elsewhere, the figures
will swell to something like two
thirds of the sum total of taxable
property in the county.
These are statements based on
actual investigation, and are capable
of demonstration. We do not pre-
tend to say that mining property on
n dividend paying basis should not
be assessed in proportion to other
property. That is to say, if a private
individual is called upon to contri-
butte one tenth of his net income to
the tax-gatherer, a dividend paying
mine should be placed on somewhat
near the same footing. But there are
only two dividend paying mines in
ths county at present = Central
Eureka and Argonaut. 10 claim that
non paying mines, and non working
claims should be assessed according
to the asking price of the stock OF
mine, would mean-not a material
increase in the assessment roll of the
county, as demagogic office hunters
would try to make OUTPUT sweeping
decline in the taxable value of all
kinds of property, owing to the dis
turbance in industrial conditions
thereby created. Instead of taxing
struggling industries to death, the
true policy is to encourage them by
a low assessment value. That is the |
way to further the county's develop
meut. 1t would be good poIicy-if |
permissible, which it is MOTTO Oft r |
exemption from all taxation for |
decade to any mining company that |
would undertake to spend a certain |
amount of money in the development
of idle quartz mines in this county.
In face of the facts herein given we
quote the following from tissue OF
lies and mistatements contained in !
a circular scattered over the county
in the interest of an independent
candidate for assessor. We may say
also that his figures of the selling
value of the mines quoted are on the
same plane of reliability as his assess
m ent 6gures-they are simply the
creation of his own Imagination to
suit his purpose, in trying to hood
wink the people.
Everybody claims Amador county
Is mining county. Let US see
Total taxable property in county last
year 50, $40, 900. Amount paid by all
Leaving balance of 81, $40, 900, to be
paid by the farmers, working men
aud small merchants. According to
these figures it would seem that there
We:e really no mines in Amador
county; nothing but farmers mer-
chants and working men who pay
taxes.
am not owned, influenced or con-
trolled by any living soul in this
county, and if [ am elected l will do
all my duty to all the people, poor
and rich alike, and of course these
great corporations know that would
make them pay about one hundred
thousand dollars more into the
county treasury every year than they
are doing now. | challenge any one
to put themselves on paper and show
facts and figures that dispute those
offer, Which show conclusively that
ring of favorites and rich owners in
this county are grabbing everything