The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-11

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may vary according to the taprices OF
the several Boards of Super III equalize
valuation However, imperfd and un-
uniform the values of individ Is of prop
erty may be. these valuatid ch higher
comparatively than the valud y the rail-
road commission on the publ operations
/ wish to submit the folowi for your
considerations:
Realty 1905 ,.........-. eo6,o47oo
Realty, 1904 ........-.. MIC, 1913 90
Increase realty ~ -. F86o3oOo
Personally. 1905 ....- P86ss5.s2
Personally. 1904 ..... FIo, 2o3 20
Increase personality . Bro. 382 90
Railroads, 1905 ,........ so. $4,000
Railroads, 1904 49,. ..... BOZ .o85 Il
Increase .--. ......... b894ros8
Total increase .,...... B5e74oo4
You will note from this sncr.ase Of
valuation on realty and pers e last wear
was $r4r63. 32I 90. or over o lof the total
increase in values The inklroad tele-
phone, telegraph, express car com
panies was only, for the $6So.41oS So
or less than per cent. increase
The entire railroad, telegr&ne. express
and sleeping car system of is not val
ued for taxation for what TIL the Yazor
& Mississippi Valley Railrd be valued
according to a statement by Stuvve-
SAINT Fish, then president kmpanv. If
I can correctly diagnosed ement. and
doubt the ability of eyed accountant
to do this, the property 81 mes, to-wit.
the Illinois Central and III Mississipp;
Valley roads, is worth $56Ehile. There
are I,oI2 miles OF the YAH sippi Valley
Railroad Company in Mi], therefore,
the entire railroad, telephI ph. express
and sleeping car systems of Ne not valued
at what is the taxable valb ne railroad
system. The Railroad Co1 he assessor
and fixes the valuation othd, sleepinp
car, telephone, telegraph company
property, and If this conf value this
property as the property is valued.
the state levy could unqud reduced.
do not insist, nor do / belf property OF
the corporation ought to an its share
Of the public burden, BIZ bear that.
It's holdings should be vat he property
of individuals should be NJ ore no less.
All public service corporE be treated
as justly as individuals but they
should receive no special m the COM
monweahth l do not KIN can regulat.
this lack of uniformity in ISIS we could
agree on some plan by build have 4
State Board of Equalizers@ would treat
every section of the state Ntly. This one
thing | do know; that if sible for the
state TO have a uniform kr system of
values of properly, both nd individual
one analogous to the Missed in 1888.
the values would be so Ito permit US
to reduce the levy TO mills. The
present system is certai not uniform
and not fair. insist tina Commission
r ought not to be the asssd alters of the
II property of public servB ns.
One of the candidate . who claims
d the especial privilege Of south Missis-
s sippi, insists that that state in the
It matter both of equalizatiH nd of the dis
It tribution of the commoE is being un-
?. fairly Disseminated aga belta / have
- tried to explain the dist school fund.
# The Delta gets no mord She is entitled
|: to under the Constitu4 the Delta
n counties ought not to BID se in their un-
y willingness to waste n 70 education,
il by paying extravagant Rgro teachers
c they have accummulf As to the
e equalization of valuek before, the
IS Delta is confronted bfwhich do not
Id exist in other sections In order 70
protect the back land #al inundation
r. from the river, the ID led TO pay an
IS onerous levee tax. Tho hns, as it were
IN on ridge. The bank gher than the
Or country back in the ind Hive years ago
d. before the levees had their present
is strength, only the land Font and along
ID the high streams in were regarded
IL as habitable ImmenW lnd could not
ly be cultivated. The aid Ids was in the
es state. No railroads v he Delta. The
ny result was, that very #ld be collected
.er from this section. Sruction Of th,
on levees, railroads havehd all Of thes,
en- state lands have beaby individuals
and the result now is contributes, II
,ut the way of taxes, e mony to tn,
Tor state than it gets bJ Aributon Of tn,
oil. school fund Take as an illustra
il ton: In 1906, Was# paid into tn
le state treasury $Io5,o% back $33,ooo.oc
ust leaving balance Of he credit Of tn
la state. Without leve could not hav
ent paid into the state 90 And in ad
40, dtion to this, Was last year ha
IS the highest realty ~ county in tn
lrs state.
hill In this connect make this state
OF ment. l was reare es of Kinds an