Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-27

no 1T I, TIE educational and act H.. tns
political question that Is alarming this
of these 1 a turn to%ns tSs t a
nearly 100000 people. mostly foreigners.
who have more than the average eager.
ness ness for an american education is an act
peril for the entire State Of Minnesota"
:, At the first Of a series of meetings to
pc held here to give expression to st the
as may &c to tine the
COMMITTEES to meet the junketng G Som
resolutions to solicit funds for carrying
on the work to 60 to st. Paul were ap-
pointed, The delegation that will 20 to
clude five prominent Citizens Of Hibbing:
At the meeting $3.50 were collected in
to nearly $500.
Chisholm Is Wrought Up.
Chisholm, Mimi, Feb.---A defense fund
penses Of a committee to go to St, Paul
and protest to the legislature against
the passage Of the proposed tonnage tax
holm. The excitement that was caused
by the discussion at the mass meeting
on the tax question Is somewhat abated
Ny ZIG Uc1lck tAdI lAA0 AO54o1eASuAO wa
revenues of this school district by inn
posing tonnage tax when it is Srhoo
Superintendent Minch is preparing q
statement Of the conditions which will
show how utterly this district Is DE-
a an,ce7 Of the tn Schools. ". G. Shane. vii
lage recorder says:
I'VE have nothing to tax but the mines
The population is almost wholly foreign.
bankruptcy is sure and anarchy. will fol-
low the closing of the schools. Lie
would be impossible here without the
ton to st. Paul and will make such g
showing to the legislature as must avert
Guiding the mines in the village IS
81, 1O3, 1885, Without the mines there would
be valuation of about 8 per cent OF TINS
sum.
Means Death to Ely.
Ely. MIMI. Feb. Following the APP
Rointment Of a committee to 60 to ~ 81;
tonnage tax system OF securing revenue
for the state from the mines, scnoo1
Superintendent G. l.. Newberry has sent
says:
ANY attempt to withdraw iron proper
ties from taxation by ordinary metnods,
or any attempt to divert MONIES to rals SEQ
Cannot be regarded as other than sound
ing the Of 9@s PnbtSS he efsa
mining region Of Northern Minnesota.
I'm withdrawing the iron mines from
local taxation, or the taxes on iron prop
taxable property is withdrawn. The as
sessed valuation In the city Is now 3D..
252, 129. The assessed value outside: OF
h s nSmeG spm Meu f 1a
a tax sufficient to educate 1000 children.
AS the amount needed to run the Ely
schools last year was So, ooo, school
AS the property could not possibly stand
this tax the schools must close If ton
mage tax is imposed, and we are deprived
method of direct taxation. 1t would be
necessary to impose tax of over 200
mills for all purposes il the mines were
such tax would be confiscatory. Never
before in the history Of Minnesota has
a more alarming question arisen. The
towns. The measure will starve and
dwarf our schools and public service; it
will necessitate the immediate closing of
the schools In all the range towns"
Eveeth Joins the Protest.
Eveleth, MINI; Feb. The alarm
to prevent the enactment of a tonnage
tax law is subsiding in the knowledge
that sflectiye act ion Is being taken to
before the people of Minnesota. The
various committees appointed by. the
| meeting have organized and practically
Is
out the state asking that information as
to effect Of a tonnage tax be spread. The
sending out literature showing the local
conditions and the certain and pernicious
effect Of such a change in the method
keaa o ta3s st as i sssa
Jessmore. ITO pass a law imposing tax
upon the production of the fields Of South
ern Minnesota and take the revenue
mage tax and take from the communities
here in which the wealth is In the mines.
the sources of their revenue. It is q
matter Of life or death with these mining
communities
The school board is getting. actively
into the work of spreading information
as to the actual conditions here, inspired
of sos, 900 for school purposes would be
reduced under a tonnage law to about
$40. Mayor Jessmore will head the
delegation to st. Paul.
Itasca County Would Be Hard Hit.
Grand Rapids, Mimi, Feb. Follow
at the mass meeting held here Monday
night to protest against the passage Of
the tonnage tax law Hattie F. Booth,
Of schoo eehSon has
shows that the proposed law would de-
stroy the schools in this county in the
districts r txu. where ha4tn they are most needed
1.-THE mining property stands for one
third Of the assessed valuation of the
county: In Districts No. and No. 9
from from the mines. IN District te No: et there
is an assessed valuation of $2,828, 431. Of
which "a per cent is in the mines. The
state has loaned the district 100000 to
moval Of the mines from the assessment
roll would close up the schools and bank
rupt the district. In Districts 2 and 8
pie. and If the bill becomes law we viii VIII
have to close the schools. The effect Of
this would Id be the the raising Of class Of
the, state would have to support them in
institutions"
Itasca county is interested In the ton
mage tax as 2 business proposition to a
The mines here are just being developed
at high cost, much of the ore requiring
special treatment. 1t is assumed that
be opened and the operating companies
would not prosecute the development Of
low grade properties for many years. not
in the mining had been removed from the
other ranges.
Itasca county will send a big delega-
ton to st. Paul to fight the passage of
the tonnage tax law.
Virginia 10 In Arms.
Virginia, Mimi. Feb. superintendent
charge Of the magnificent school system
that has been built up here for the re-
clamation Of the foreign population, is
M KIN se an appeal to the state on behalf
'There are twenty-three mines in this