Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-08
Then Presents Array of Myster-
ious Figures TO Hide Bio
Deficit.
MAKES NO DIRECT ASSERTION.
Ifs" and Lets Say" Help to
Lengthen Denial of Facts Pre-
scented Ly City's Records.
Actnsi Income is Padded on PAPER IN
Cover Expenses Which Reckless
sheet Cannot Talk Around.

me knocking Organ is amusing in ,ts
exhibition OF the hit bird futterinr
Inc NEWS story Of Saturday showinr,
III what ugly shape the Americans.
80 putting the city treasury evidently
"oA sore spot for all sorts ,f s,sro-
mead aentals and bitter editorials yot,,.
az around the question have hoaT
printed TO ridicule ana belitt1e ~,
a. a system OF extravaganza rank
81 81, man ever inflicted upon this civ
ane knocking Organ, as is customsr,,
$50 ~ makes number of assey,io,,.
80 "ecIaratlons which any citizen ma,
prove raise by examining tba ,it,.,.
.veoras' 1t bases its arguments ~, ~
t,oIt income. 1t adds enough y, ~. ~
aionaets yield balance When niasaS
quo VI the city's expenses.
ECHO ANSWERS IF"
m i.,e are It's assertions ~, +.,.
me citys assessment ran ~. 70 POINT
IN i. completely is ABOtJ1' stS hnn coo
49, Usual III mills tax levy rn,. ,t,,,s
ne M purposes Is applied to this We sn.
Tn ' 60 u Il tax will yield $ts5, 900
Fhn.O.ISIMATELY sl20 ono S'e'u A.
me other licenses the arox =.
lures, and miscellaneous r .eS, lorfei-
yleId SAY. $4,000. 'N1'ip's VIII
,,,1 1ere is total revenue for thA cit, o..
timcs ~ 0i 5000 or more than fo,.
80 hs .ne 3lt4. 444 stated by the 49,.
TO be the total revenue or thn NeWsF
now, II the city spends M :,,, -,
a. Honth which the News, ss,,s ~
noss Y is well within its rs,,;n, ~
~ raH :, surplus win remain, "e'
months rs tho 'aeS,see In the next six
mas the $4s5,oOo. plus the six n,nn MI ~
ture." ''ee' 'ne eSpendi-
TAX LEVY TWISTED
Tho ms reads well: It is as pretty "a
bnt ,m VsVs,e arems of money to burn, =
oEt JUST as the dreams are ~ ,D,-n
which Is not so are these asst. .oney
aoout Things which are NOT TaLa LIE ~,
~ s@ paragraph. IF the usual +, III
,,iia ieVy Tor municipal purposes is LII. ~
viaIS me zee that this direct tax Vii
This aS,, .o,vvv' me Knocking Organ in
e'is ealtorial in its news columns s sh, ~
M9efui ignorance Of tax affairs 'h s,,S
"a. .aN ieVy Is not II mills hut NH. ~,
e., ffhnerlcan party throuuh its inad
ets, 'ne mayor and city colino;I 90 ~,
nnS , We1t before the last leeislati,rs
WIN a levy of mills ins,sa '" is
.llils IN force, the city's Income Is a.
most one-third as small as clatr,a ~ al a..
that sheet CANNED by
WHAT THE NEWS" SAID
c,i ~ is argued argued at great length that the
news Saturday said. under q st,I
heau. simple Arithmetic.,
an receipts for the wear from, taxa,
nnu licenses VIII be nowhere near as
eaints 'f rs, 'ne years expensesl The re-
n f.N
oenees and all other licenses TO- III
coming SIX months. with $50. 900 vet rc'
Ilaiilhs unspent OF the regular ~
making a total OF Sl6I' 444r
d., dh n are the facts, All the smooth
re re ~ nhu TWISTING, even possible To
them. "t snake
INCOME VS.. EXPENSES.
Another fact that cannot be dispu,ed
, that me city is spending sis1lS
monthly. Citizens have found this out
by examining the city's records, ms
warrants are out; their totals show
penses. '''e ca
Coming back 10 the citys income ~
m,,,In .ne hhoclsing Organ pays so
inneh attention (for tho simnle reason
that the city's Income had 10 have doc.
torlnsJ the fact still remains that tba
receipts for the year Will be 1,owbers
as great as the years expenditures. n
iS an easy matter to find out how nnuch
the city Is getting from oil sources IN
citizens wliu have investigated hove
found that S2l2.O0o comes In from the
regular taxes and seG4 900 from The
saloon and merchants taxes. This
makes total OF $4,000 01ot $3.50 oo6l
Any citizen can test this statement hv
studying the city's books. or tbe raai
income lSi18Oo0) the "Americanr ad.
inlnlslrotion has already spent S311 S5s
leaving sis4,f4s 70 cover the expenses No.
be encountered during the roInaindsr ot
the year, Repeating the process In
simple arithmetic shows formula as
E25s.sSs (monthly expense s43t4s for
next six months.
N64444 tamount left to pay for next
six months expenses).
&p4,444 (dehclt certain at the end Of
tho yea)
To this the Americans" haye nddnd
$4,000 IN voting for needless orenatorv
changes. These arc the figures CON
talned m Saturdays "News' ana an
the squirting and Juggling ~ amounts
by the administration justifers win not
alter them. citizens are doing n lot of
wondering and commencing 10 ask
Questions Tho city records win an
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