The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-01-11
the past 10 years than the populate,
and tax duplicate:

tue FaSe7 IL years imam the pOpuiaJlQu
and tax duplicate:
Inc in Inc in Inc. in
Name OF Popul'n. Duplic., Taxes.
City. Per CT. Per CT. Per CO.
Cleveland ;. 1863 70.9 90
Columbus -. AS 800 AS
Hanilton -. AS s6.5 IS
Coshocton :. 47.2 $50 100
But enc of tie Harmon tax laws
STOPPED tlat BY 'lasi5ing tnat in
1911 70 mere ~cnsv could be ex-
penjed than was faid orr in 1910. A
definite scale OF percentages for in
creases to take care OF additional ey-
penses caused by natural growth OF
cities and towns is provided for in,
succeeding years
The Teorle realized tlat the failure
OF corporations to pay their Just
share of taxes was the cause for the
extra burden borne by the man of
moderate means, but, before the Har-
mon administration. no executive of
the state ever undertook to eQualize
the taxes. To do this it was neces-
sary to increase the property valua-
ton of the corporations. Figures an
nounced by the State Tax Commits
sion. body created to assist in
equalizing taxes upon the recommen-
dation of Governor Harmon. show
that in 1911 the appraisemen., of Ohio
railroads for taxation had been in
creased from $166 469, 500 in 1910. be-
fore the Harmon tax reforms to
$5S0,O00,000. The additions to public
utilities aggregate $1,000, 900 900,
while an additional $1,000 900 900 has
been added to private corporation
property. In 1911 the railroads alone
will pay 1888, 200 more taxes than
than they did in 1910.
The big tax duplicates have brought
about the following reduction in the
tax rates per 500 CT property in the
following cities:
Name OF City. 1910 1911
Cleveland ........... $3tS S1.29
columbus $3.50. $3.50. 312 1.S5
f1ahllltCn ............... 3..3 LOO
Coshocton .............. $50 1.16
In the country districts there also
was big reduction as the following
figures per 500 Of property show:
1919 1911
Wren dist, Van w. Co. .$327 90
Fairfield dist, Butler Co.. 80 Sc
Hanover dist, Butler Co. 200 69
Bedford dist, Coshocton. l32 10
After the revision, the property
owners who had been paying the
most taxes paid less, while those who
had been too lightly taxed found their
tax bills had been increased. This
followed as logical consequence of
the policy of making the largest in
creases to the taxable values of prop
erty that had been favored with low
valuations under the old system.
Records of the tax commission
show farmers and home owners had
been paying on a higher basis than
FOLDERS of corporate property. Now
the former are paying n ass
annually as the folo.s
shows:
1910 Realty duplicate IS EG $50
1910 Tax rate ....... IA "a
Taxes paid 1910 :. So s.oG3f s.
1911 Realty duplicate So aea s.4yJ
1911 Tax Rate ........ l per cent
Taxes paid 1911 $42,464 .2S569
Reduction 1911 -. 7.3S5.Sl3O5-
The corporations make up in in
creased tax payments the reduction
of over $7,000.000, which the farmer
and home owner obtained And there
has been TO litigation, the orrora-
tons being satisfied they have been
Justly dealt with.
Many taxing officials and property
owners have issued statements deal
ing with the benefits that have come
with the tax reforms
Auditor Alexander Of Ross county
recently declared, I'm number OF
taxing districts of our county the peo-
pie can pay their whole years taxes
at the December collection ard still
pay out less money than they paid
before for the half year. Ninety per
cent of our people will pay less taxes
than they paid last year. The other
10 per cent will pay more. because
they have been escaping taxation in
the past"
Frank r. Vance, member of the
Columbus board Of tax review says:
"One interesting effect of the new
rate has hQQf To lro