The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-02-18
will realize what has happened to

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| them.
At the top Of this page will be found
a table which tells graphically just
how the farmer has been hit. The
table is founded upon some figures
given out by County Auditor Schell
| through the Tribune of last week. The
| figures given out by Mr.. Schell were
correct, but there were not enough
! OF them to amount to much. Mr..
Schell selected one farm in each town.
ship, and then gave the state tax of
OF this year, and the increase. The
auditors figures will be found in the
above table. MI. Schell is making
medicine" for his party in quiet and
ladylike way.
We have added to this table. TAX
ing the same farms, you will find that
we have shown the number of acres in
each. This we easily get from the tax
books.
We then give the valuations for
1912 and 1913, and the additions made
in the latter year. Some of the raise
in assessment may have been made
by the local assessors, but most of
it was due to the suit brought by the
Iowa League of Municipalities.
We then give the actual valuations
of these farms at $3.50 per acre. No
doubt they are worth more At least
we know of very little $3.50 land in
Shelby county-now If price reduc-
lions of farm products are continued
they will result in lower prices for
farm lands.
The next three columns, showing
the taxes for the two years, and the
increase for this year are the figures
given out by Mr.. Schell.
Following these you will find col
umn giving the real tax increases in
tended by the legislature. Their inten-
ticn was based upon the assessment
of 1912. They had no knowledge Of
the increase of assessment afterward
added by the executive council, at the
close of the suit brought by the Iowa
| League OF municipalities. The a.
mounts shown in this column are CON-
posed OF " mills on the assessment
of 1912.
Following the column showing the
increase intended by the legislature.
you will find the increase of tax due
to the raise of assessments made by
this same council following the suit
mentioned above. These amounts are
composed of the difference between
| what the legislature intended and the
full excess of taxes for 1913 over 1912.
Up to this point, the figures are
based upon facts cleaned from the tax
books. Beyond these we have added
couple of columns showing reason
able estimate of the loss which has
already accrued to the owners of
these farms through tariff reduction.
| We have previously shown in this
article that corn is now 20 cents per
bushel lower than it would have been
under the old tariff All know of the
shortage which the country had in
| it's corn crop, and know that farmers
expected corn to reach Is cents or 81
per bushel before spring. Furthur,
every man with corn to sell knows it
is fully 10 cents lower per bushel than
it was at husking time. Is ten cent
loss too much to estimate? 1t isn't
more than half enough.
! We have also shown that there have
been corresponding reductions in the
prices of all other products. If farm
err grows small grain instead of corn,
his loss will be on that, or on hogs,
cattle sheep, anything he grows. So
we concluded good way to show the
loss on these particular farms would
be to compute their productivity in
corn and then show the loss on same
at 10 cents per bushel. We have COM
puted the corn at forty bushels per
acre. Does any Shelby county farmer
think his farm will produce less?
We are quite willing to agree that
every farmer should get after the var
minis which prey upon his crops, his
property, or his money through ex-
cessive taxes. We have, so far heard
no complaints against the half mill
tax for state institutions. That is