The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-26

Lake 1t required more than fifty years to OBJ
tain population of $4,000. 1t has required
but five years to add to that more than 100000
The census demolishes the arguments of the re-
dictionaries.
Who has been hurt by American control in
Salt Lake? Has any Mormon been punished?
Is there a single property owner who has used
common sense in the management of his affairs,
who is not richer today than he was before the
Americans came into power at the beginning of
1905? Is there piece of real estate in Salt
Lake City, or in Salt Lake county, that is worth
less money than it was fve years ago?
The appraisement Of real estate and prop
erty subject to taxation in Salt Lake City is
made by the church Republican county asses
In 1906 he fixed the valuation at $41-
1S2,47s. This year the valuation is fixed at
$59433,309. In other words, on the Judgment
of an anti-American assessor there has been an
increase in values in Salt Lake City of ST.
25O,831
That does not look very much like Ameri-
can control has injured anybody, does it?
The increased valuation for 1905 the last
year Of church control Of the city, over the five
years previous was but $6,O17, $751;
Isn't there food for reflection in this?
On the judgment Of the Republican county
assessor the valuation of property outside of
Salt Lake City ten years ago, was but 81 .37O,-
O91, as against $11 421 1927 for 1905 or gain
of but $3,051, 1856. The valuation of the prop
erty outside Of the city this year is fixed at
$17,730,046, gain over the assessed valua-
tion of 1905, of $6,308759
Here is thing in this connection that
every taxpayer in Salt Lake county should take
home with him to ponder over:
In 1907 the citys valuation was $46.968.-
391, against $58, ,433, ,309, for this year, or an
increase of $11 ,564,928
Contrast this with the assessors idea of
the values in the county for the same period.
He held that in 1907 the county property was
worth $16,556,770 in 1908, $16,372, ,472; in
1909, ,0S7, or an increase for the three
years of only $11 317 The assessment actually
SHOWED FALLING OFF in the county be-
tween the years 1907 and 1908, of $184298.
The valuation for the county outside of the
city for this year was $17,73o046 or net gain
for the past four years Of only $1,1732 276 as
against an increase in the city of $11, 1854, ,928
Remember, that the same officials who fixed
the county valuations also appraised the prop
erty in the city.
Is there any wonder that the property
owners of Salt Lake county, in larger numbers
than ever before, are desiring to turn the reac-
tlonarles out of office in the county, and install
men who are members of the party that has
done much for the material upbuilding of
this city2
If church Republican control of affairs of
Salt Lake county has been so enervating as to
cause so small an increase in the valuations
outside of the city, any enterprising prop
erty owner justify continuing these reaction
aries in power?
Americanism which means the same spirit
that is animating every wideawake city in the
country, has not hurt Salt Lake City. And it
will not hurt Salt Lake county On the con-
trary, American success in the county next
month will stimulate business locally, and en-
courage tens of thousands of American men
and women Of the east TO come here to make
their homes or to invest their millions
American victory in the county will be
complete and effective answer to the SANDERS
of Governor spry, the Deseret News and the
unprincipled organ of the gang of oficeholders
who, to frighten the people into the support of
their candidates, have besmirched this city.