The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-25
Some Salient Reasons Why State
Should Appropriate $l,O00,OOO

enumerated, representing direct ana
valuable benefits to the university, is
thus shown to be the very large sum of
1880. 900, all to be got for an invest
ment of $1.OO0,0O0.
Only s4OO, 900 for Fair.
Il said at the beginning of this state
ment that the exposition appropria-
ton, strictly speaking, is only $780,
600. This is absolutely true. as the
other 100000 is for buildings that the
university requires. Let us analyZe
the matter and see how Oregon treat
ed the Portland exposition. Oregon's
appropriation was 100000. While $780,
600 of this was used to pay for the Ore
gon exhibit at st. Louis, the Portland
exposition is charged. in general way,
with the entire 100000, as the ST
Louis exhibit exploited the Portland
exposition, and the nonperishable eX-
hibts taken to ST. Louis were after
ward returned to Portland. The gov
ernor of oregon appointed but one
commission to manage OregOn's parti-
cipatiOn at ST. Louis and at Portland.
When Oregon made it's appropriation
for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Elk
position in 1903 it's population was es-
timated to be about 100000 and the
assessed valuation of its property was
shade under $11,000000.
In applbpriating 100000. Oregon
gave Portland Sill for every man,
woman and child of it's population, and
in the aggregate, a little over one
third of one per cent of it's assessable
valuation. We are asking Washing
ton to appropriate 100000 at a time
when it's estimated population is $780,
900 and it's assessed valuation $780,
100000. This is only AZ cents for every
man woman and child of the popula-
ton, and in the aggregate, about one
thirteenth of one per cent of the as
sessed valuation at the present time
The 100000 to be appropriated by the
state of Washington, will be raised by
special levy, distributed over three
years.
1t will take nothing from the reg
ular income of the state and nothing
from other possible appropriations. 1t
is reasonable amount that will be
absorbed by the constantly increasing
assessable valuation of the state.
"Of interest to note is the fact that
the state of Oregon absorbed it's APP
preparation of $500, 900 to the Lewis and
Clark exposition without the slightest
difficulty. Whereas, its assessed valu-
alton in 1903 was $174.000.000. it is now
1927 100000, and a considerable portion
of the increase is due to the prosperity
of the state resulting from the exploit
tation it's recOurses received through
the exposition. Not a word of COM
plant has ever been uttered because of
additional tax burdens caused by the
appropriation of 100000 for the Lewis
and Clark exposition. The state of
Oregon has never been so prosperous
as it is at this time, its assessed valu-
alton has never been SO high as now,
nor it's tax rate lower and to all prac-
teal purposes, the state has never felt
the appropriation it made for the eX-
position. So, also, the state of WASH
ington will not feel an appropria ton Of
$4,000 for the Ala ska Yukon-Pacific
exposition. At the present rate of de-
velopment, but few years will elapse
before we shall have a population of
100000 and an assessed valuation of
$1,000, 100000.
Seattle is Boosting.
THE city of Portland raised by stock