The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-04

valuation at above increase SIT. so
1916 Oakland tax greater than 1916
Topeka tax BY - o-Sc
On each 81. coo. 90 assessed valuation
No Gain to Oakland.
From the foregoing does it strike
YOU, Oakland taxpayer. that you have
much to gain in the future in the way
of lower taxes by Oakland remaining
a separate city?
Again take the foregoing table Of
taxes per $1,000 assessed valuation,
and note for that for 1908 the Oakland
tax Gncluding poll tax was $3.50 less
than the Topeka tax; for 1909 it was
81 40 greater for 1910 it was SIS cents
less; for 1911 it was 20 cents greater;
and for 1912 it was 81 greater than the
Topeka tax Now add the 1908 and
1910 difference together; and also add
the 1909, 1911, and 1912 difference to-
gether. and from the sum total last
obtained, (S6.10) substract the sum to-
tai first obtained ($2.15) and you viii
have left the sum of 1885. That shows
that for the years 1908 to 1872, both
years included, the Oakland taxpayer
who has paid on an assessed valuation
of 81 900 has paid $3.e5 more taxes than
he would have paid on the same valu-
alton had he been a Topeka taxpayer.
Advantage in Favor of Topeka.
What extra advantages or privileges
has the Oakland taxiayer had from
1908 to date. that the Topeka taxpayer
has not had. and that fully compensates
him (the Oakland taxpayer) tor the
SO 95 extra tax that he (the Oakland
taxpayer) has paid. Has he paid it
because he has been having the benefit
of a better street lighting system than
his neighbor the Topeka taxpayer has
had? Has Oakland's school system
been so much more thorough and COM
the past few years than has
IT. In% 90 nd 70
have been so willing and some of them
so anxious to pay the higher tax? May
be 1t is because they think that Oak
land real estate has been assessed much
lower proportionately than Topeka real
estate has Maybe it is because they
think that Oakland has had better pro-
lection against fire, or lower fire insur-
ance rates. than Topeka has had. !
Whatever your reason is, Oakland tax |
payer, for having paid the higher tax
you must certainly have an extremely |
good one, or else why are You so anx- |
ous that Oakland should remain sep |
lrate city.
What would the 1912 Oakland tax
evy have been had all property in Oak
and been assessed at what it Is act
1alIy worth and will bring at cash sale?
The total assessed valuation of Oak
and property, both real and personal,
or the year 1912 was 1886. 100000. In
your Judgment. Oakland taxpayer was
here actually that much property in
Oakland on March first, 1912; or. If
Tot. then at about what figure would
-ou place the actual total valuation for
hat date? If your property had been
-alued at what it actually will bring
n the market at a cash sale, and all
,ther property in Oakland had been
-alued at the same rate proportionate-
V greater or less how much would
he total valuation of all property in
Oakland on March I, 1912 have been?
with the total valuation for 1917
t S9S6,OOO and the 1912 Oakland city
evy at mills on the dollar Cor in
ther words 20 cents on each 500 as
essed valuation) the city government
f Oakland should receive S1,972 in
axes. However, as there is always a
mall per cent Of the taxes levied
hat are never collected, the city gov
rnment of Oakland will be extremely
Icky if it receives $1,000 on its mill
evv.
Fifteen Cents Higher This Year.
But now suppose that instead of
n assessed valuation of s9S60G0 Oak
md had assessed valuation OF {
SOC, 600 Do you realize that on the ]
lst mentioned valuation it would take
21s mill levy to raise S2,O00-a very
aw dollars more than the Oakland
ty government now raises on mill
Wy That means that had Oakland's ]
1tal assessed valuation for 1912 been
1mewhere near what it ought to have
cen, that the Oakland taxpayers 1912 !
lxes would have been 5 cents higher '
n each 800 assessed valuation than ]
ley actually were. Now add this ]
ents to the 1912 Oakland total levy |
: S1.77 per hundred, as shown by your !
TX receipts, and you have a total
akIand levy of s1.s2 as compared !
it'll a total Topeka levy of SLIT {
mich would make the total Oakland Z
Wy just 10 cents higher per hundred I
II 1912 than the total Topeka levy"