Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-14
Vigorous Resolutions Are
Adopted at Rally
COMMITTEE NAMED TO TAKE
FIRST STEP
AFFypAVITs FORGOTTEN IN WAVE
OF ENTHUSIASM
Civic Bodies VIII Decide on AdVIsa-
blIity of conferring with Dell
eeates from Fourteen
Southern Counties

nTATE division was the oVerwheIm-
ina sentiment of the men who at
NJ tended the meeting of the Los An
aeIes realty board at Symphony hall
yesterday afternoon.
The meeting was called to take some
action on the heavy increase by the
state board of equalization of property
values in the southern part OF the
state, and more particularly in Los
AnaeIes city and county. The realty
board had prepared number of aftI-
Gavts by property owners, showing
that in many instances the increase
was far beyond the selling price of the
property, but these were forgotten in
the excitement which ensued and the
meeting was eneulfed with wave OF
estate division" sentiment.
George N. Black S. G. Marschutz, T.
f. Gibbon, viii D. Gould, Bascom A.
Stephens, Hans Jevne, D. A. Ham
burger, ]. H Braly, A. j. Wallace
and a number of others spoke fervently
for "South California" and their re-
marks were greeted with enthusiastic
applause. Ringing resolutions calling
for a convention of delegates from the
leading commercial and civic bodies OF
the city to discuss the question were
passed, and the first steps were taken
to bring about the separation of the
southern counties from the north part
of the state
History Is Outlined
Frt,1 ,ia1o a H.
ed by a representative body of business
men, was called to order at 2 o'clock
by George n Black, vice president or
the realty board, who gave brlet
resume of the relation of the board TO
the state board of equalization. Mr..
Black told of the request that the or
ganization furnish the state board with
a valuation of Los Angeles realty, and
of the acquiescence of the realty board,
the proposal being that all the counties
in the state should be increased. He
told of the CONSERVATION of the realty
board when the tremendous increase of
40 per cent in Los Angeles county was
announced, and said that the board and
Assessor Hopkins fought the appraise-
ment to the last ditch, but unavail-
ingly. ,,
and that it was premeditated," said the
sneaker the statement being greeted
with hearty applause
Mr.. Black explained that the county
tax would be no greater, as the IN
creased appraisement would result in
lower tax rate. The increase would
result. however, in Los Angeles and all
of the southern counties affected being
Obliged to pay a much larger percent
age of the state tax, which would be
approximately $460000 greater than
last year.
Ready to Prove Position
1--WE are ready to begin now the cam
paign to keep down next years valua.
tion, and to prove to the state that II
we have not been overtaxed the other
fellow has been undertaXed'" declared
the speaker. 49,.
Mr. Black then turned the meeting
over to the gentlemen assembled, who
Immediately selected him as permanent
chairman. Bascom A. Stephens and
Herbert Burdett, Secretary of the real
ty board, were named as secretaries.
S. G. Marschutz was the first man
recognized by the chair, and he offered
a resolution praising the realty board
Mr. McElvaine of the state board or
equalization and state Controller Nye
and encouraging a movement in favor
of state division. VIII ID. Gouid' speak
inc on the resolution, said that there
was something in it which suggested
stirring I'D strife. He declared that
state division should have come In the
beginning, and that if the first com
mission had understood Southern Cali
fornia it would have been left out to
come in later as territory. The speak
er declared that there should have been
a North California South California
and a Central California, all based on
township government.
with malice toward none and char
ity for all, let us raise the Southern
California flag" he added, and his
.,oaob wa G orreetad with prolonged an
plause. 1t was some time before or
der could be restored.
Another Method lndorsed
T. r. Lewis followed. and declared
that there was an easy way out of the
present difficulty He quoted section
of the state law on taxation relative to
fraudulent or corrupt assessment, de-
claring that wherever fraud entered it
vitiated the act.
Percy N. Clark counsele1 modera-
tion and declared that the way South
ern California is growing we would
soon have the votes and the power to
move the capital down here. d. A.
Hamburger crystallized the thoughts
of the assemblage by declaring that
the meeting should invite delegates
from the southern counties to take ac-
tion toward The separation of Southern
California from the north part of the
state.
"This thing has got to come" he de-
clared 1--WE may bring these people
in the north part to their senses II
this meeting will go on record 1t will
awaken those northern people,"
Hans Jevne, who followed Mr., Ham.
burger, said that he was glad the state
BOARD did what it did If it will bring
bout the division of the state. state
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