The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-10
State Expenses.

fatiOD TO task fOI an increase In the
Ax levy, for state purposes over
brmer years. For example it says
bat the tax rate on the hundred dol
krs this year is 80 cents more than
! 1901. What's the use to stop at
Bat? Why not 90 on and find fault
Rcause everything is higher than it
as six years ago?
<Wool. lumber, farm animals, wages
I'd all have advanced from % to I5G
r cent, why not deplore such a
hte of affairs? Idaho is developing
pidly, its needs are many and prob
by there is not an item of state ex-
nses which has not increased far
bre than the tax rate. 1t is quite
ssible that the tax rate has in
based 36 cents on the hundred dol
IS over that of 1901, and still is
bre economical The Recorder
ems to overlook the fact that the
It of things has considerable to do
tn the expense of them. - Nampa
ader Herald.
The Recorder could not help but
considerable surprise that man
the intelligence that the editor OF
Nampa Herald must of necessity
bsess would call The Recorder to
X without going deeper into the
liter. We are satisfied that had he
estigated this question OF taxes,
their comparative relation to
Ter years he would not have at
hpted to defend the Gooding ad-
bistration for their extravaganza.
defense is so flimsy SO entirely
king in logic that we would have
pred The article had it not been
EN- up by pee wee editors who
|e not the brains to figure these
bgs out for themselves.
be editor of the Nampa Herald
"Wool, lumber, farm animals,
les all have advanced from 81 to
per cent. :" For the sake of argu-
i we will admit this, but at the
e time has not the assessed valu-
ns very materially advanced as
Is it not fact that the :al-
of all forms of taxable property
+ kept pace with farm products
wages? Let us Investigate this
ter by actual figures and not by
ements which do not carry any
hit. For instance, the state val
Un for 1901 was S5l 40, 75s. 10.
rate of taxation for state pur-
5 was So cents. This rate upon
assessment would yield the state
636. OIL. Please note these figures
fully because they are an inter-
bp study.
be assessed valuation for 1907 was
15, ,4l6.l6 If the rate had been
same this year as it was in 1901
valuation would have yielded the
revenue of $5ls, 2o9 IS, or al
double what the state secured
the same source in 1901. To
1T still palmer, not for the ben
pf The editor of the Nainpa Her
Tor we assume that he is capable
|uring these things out for him.
but for the pee wee editors who
Others to do their thinking for
the valuation for this year
yield a revenue of s245, 573. 81
than the valuation OF 1901 would
yielded at the same rate as pre-
b then.
is Is an increase of fifty per cent,
the editor of the Nampa Her
bust confess Is equal, on an aver
10 the increase i'm farm products
kages. In all seriousness we ask
4 he does not think an increase
fy per cent iu the state revenue
years should be sufficient to
prt the Gooding administrations
the benefit of the pee wee edi.
ke will On little deeper into
question Of taxation. AS Se
stated before the valuation for
S 297, ,7T5, 4le. l6 The rate this
IS 50 cents. 1t will be noticed
the valuation has increased
fifty per cent In the past six
The remarkable part about
years assessment is that the
bas increased 36 cents, on the
red dollars over wliat it Was In
rnor Hunt ; first year. or ~
more than ii did in the irsl
pf Governor Morrison's admins
bn. We mention Morrison's ad-
stration TO show that We can
IN honest republican governor
er credit than we do to a bon
mocratic governor.
this years valuation, at rate
cents oa. the hundred collars
bate raises in revenue tire mag
BIT sum Of ss10, aei.6l. or $50.
more than vas raised in 1901,
Par in controversy. TO make Il
iaiuer, for the pee wee editors,
ate revenue has increased near
andred per cent, while 1t is col
ie that the price Of twooi,
er. farm animals and wages