Arizona republican., 1914-06-07

funds will have to be repaid to the funds from which they were bor- roWed
 Under the old charter, -unninS under the present system of taxa tion, and the present licenses ordin- ances, there was deficiency each year of many thousands of dollars which was covered by q system of issuing warrants and carrying them as a floating indebtedness When the indebtedness became too large a bond issue was called to pay them and retire these floating warrants.
 Under the new charter adopted it is provided that no warrants shall be drawn until there is money in the treasury to pay them. and hence this system of kiting warrants can no longer be followed on July 1, the commencement of the fiscal year, there will be no money in any funds which the city can borrow to carry on the city business. We cannot issue warrants when there is no money in the treasury to meet them. It leaves them but three possible SO lutions of the problem that now con fronts the city: one is to cut off your. street lighting street sprink ling. fire and police protection; one IS to issue bonds. and the other is to raise the necessary money by license tax.
 The general taxes will not be col lected or paid in any apprecable 1 end that leaves four months of vour heated term. July, August. Septem- Der and October during which the city must depend for revenue upon a License tax alone For the qUes- tion of bonding could give you no relief during those months. as try the best one can, You could not vote and sell your bonds under about four months.
 The city commission worked over this problem and thought the only solution was high license tax which would bring in available money inn mcdiatelv to tide over the period be- tween the first of July and the i payment of city taxes The proposed 1 license ordinance which they drew ! IS undoubtedly imperfect. as all hu- man documents are. but they esti- mated it would bring enough reve- nue to meet the emergency with strictest economy but if the people i don't like this ordinance or the rem edy proposed by the city commission, i the city commission would be glad to ] have suggested to them better method They have no pride oi authorship, bat wish only to do that 1 which will best serve the peoples
 needs and would gladly welcome any l other plan or mode of raising funds 1 to meet the immediate needs of the | city. The gentlemen present repre-
 sentins the Merchants and Manufac- turers are successful business mcr 1 and their success in their business has been due to the intelligent stud, and care they have devoted to theii 1 own business. and the commission requests them and all other intelli- gent citizens of the city to devote tC l the solution Of this problem the same care and attention they have l | for this city a better WAY to mee the present emergency than tha
 evolved by the commission and N,
 request that you who think tn,
 proposed ordinance is not the prope
 solution to confer together and il concrete form present tn us som
 better plan and We will adopt it 1 he h1iS nf ,I i,.
 city and of every citizen of it an, ], We. as your servants. have givel
 this problem our best thought an,
 would gladly welcome and adop
 any better plan than the one " nave been able to suggest"
 !, Manager Parish announced that n
 felt the better way for the. mer
 chants To do would be to agree tha the publication of the ordinance con becomes effective such amendment
 h" immediately made under an emer Gency measure as may be required 1 And that is just xactly what
 was decided would be the thing t ] ! do and which the commission prom : ised to do at the earliest possibI , ] moment
 This is about what will be don f hy the commission when the ordir
 l 'nce becomes effective:
 l l Ambiguous wording of several set
 tons particularly that with refel |, ence to the registering of a farm, r. selling his products in the city, is , he made perfectly clear so that II f farmer may understand that no ta C iS to he imposed upon the results Il his labor and that the granting of
 free and full permit to sell h
 goods in Phoenix is his best protectit
 against the competition of huckste
 who own no land, raise no crops al " have no interest in the improVeme n of the valley.
 r Reduction of the rate per roo
 for hotels having upwards of if rooms. Classification of roomil l. houses renting more than six roor and reduction of their rates. Maxi, It i. clear that houses where rooms
 less numbers than six are rented ol
 no tax is to be eXacted.
 Combination cigar and new