American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-10-24

party TOT the nlBn taNatlOn III thc
coutny, and solemnly pledged the par
ty to reduce the taxes: the said party
also pledged itself to reduce the sal
aries of county officers.
Has 1t kept It pledges? Let the re-
cords made by II speak
In 1912 under Republican admin
istration, the levcy for county pur-
poses was l-2 mills. In 1913 under
the Democratic administration the
levy for county purposes was 8 mills.
The valuation placed upon the county
by the Republicans I'm 1912 was
sl5,25s,9O0 bringing a total tax OF
SS2, 1885. The valuation placed up
on the county by the Democratic ad-
mlnistration In 1913 was $15,sS7,l9l,
bringing total tax of 1898 IA,
making an excess tax collected
by the Democratic administration
over the amount collected by the Re-
publican administration of $12,549 10.
When the Democratic party went in
to power on January LIST. 1913. more
than $4,000 was turned over to II
by the Republican administration, and
the report OF the financial condition
Of the county under Democratic rule
shows that the county was carrying
an overdraft at the bank on October
LIST, 1914, of $22 10000.
You will note that the valuation of
property In Utah County had increas-
ed in 1913 over the valuation In 1912
In the sum of s62s,291. and yet the
following striking deductions In the
valuation on prominent Democrats
property IL shown by the assessment
rolls:
Valuation 1912, Republican
knight Wooden Mills. improvements
value $4,000.
Valuation 1913, Democratic
knight Wooden Mills. Improvements
$4,000.
In addition to the above on the
Knight Wooden Mills the assessed val
aation on personal property was
$500 less In 1913 than It. waSsdn 1912,
a total saving to the mills in
OF $13.5O0.
Republican
Farmers and Merchants Bank. I'm
$500
Taylor Bros. Furniture Co., I'M
$4,000.
Democratic
Farmers and Merchants Bank. I'M
provements, $4,000.
: Taylor Bros. Furniture Co, I'm
provements. $500.
Have the Democrats treated all the
taxpayers as we'll? II so, where does
the increased valuation come from?
Salaries
The Democrats reduced the salar-
les OF county officers only 8 per cent. |
making a total reduction OF the sum
Of $4,000 annually. all told. II the
salaries fixed by the Republican
county commissioners were too high
10 such an extent as to, cause such |
furore by the Democrats, were they |
ONLY FIVE PER CENT too high?
iakihg the figues above given we find J
me Democrats have reduced the sal
aries $4,000 and to Offset this they
nave collected from the people by
taxation during the. year 1913 the
sum OF sl2,549.l9 more than the Re-
pubiicans collected during the year
lsl2. 30 we take 1t they could well
lnord TO knock OF the sum OF $3.50 90
n consideration of receiving the sum
u Sle,549,l9 in return,
Frank Roper, the probation officer
d 'tah county, who has approximate
y ls'ooO children under his jurisdic-
poh' was paid by the Republican
county commissioners the sum OF
'zo'oO per month as deputy sheriff
ana furnished motorcycle. but the
"''c county commissioners cut
III his salary entirely, and took his
motorcycle away from him and gave
10 Commissioner Christensen. and
Il TOE place OF Mr. Roper. who by
ne way Is a Republican" the Demo
rats have added to the sherir's Of
ice ana pay roll the name OF Ed
'ohes' who drives the sheriff's auto
It salary of $4,000 per month. and
instead Of charging his salary nm 10 tho
'"ary account. it is charged to the
'ecount Of livery BILL" this il nre.
umably done in order to make II an.
'car that the salaries of the sheriff's
' a, nave not been increased
The Democrats claim that Mat
orm pledges are made to he kent
hu not molasses to catch flies How
many iiies did they catch at the last
lection? How well have thew kent
neir platform pledges in regard 70
reduction of the taxes.
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