The Raymer enterprise., 1915-06-10
AND NOTICE.

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The Arizona Tax Commission has given the
people a chance u i've and al the same tin4s has
been Just with the big corporations
. The irrigated land ia Arizona that grows trop.
eal and subtfopieai fruit Is assessed for lsss
e. than n he,a- only ota county IN the entire
state having a higher average. viz. Mariposa
County which has some j6.tJ0 acres in tropical
and agbtfufieai ftuits, Wyoming and Aansaa
both aciqiH Us aul are on full yslle p0th ass,ss
their railroads hixasF Than you 40. and their
lands, ratgs. sheep. hors. etc lwer, The rail
roads slanI Tor il bseausa tlsy knaw il il Just
EhQeser hsafd 0t a rai!itad submitting 10 .,n IN
Just taxation. In Kansas land tillt selis for sl25
70 sl5y is aesaad at 20 iii $40 bsrauss tar IN
CONE vii lestify hiseF sa.uati1n and It y tiis
income that pays tae tasgs shetasr On lard VI
railroads. and anf inst CLAUS attorney Nili tell yau
that income must be e1usilersd DO. yu1 uuuut
me- Go g. fhe rap uf Kansas. Ltcata Riley
COUNTY, Tie best land 10 lnis County ssllS st
SI1V iu sii5 per aeie, rns very best of this vas
essesaed ia lli5. at ~ per acre and tli3 main
track II tie Kansas Patihr running iarl TINS
rich Kansas bottom lind was ASSESSED a. 40. IL
pef mile as against your sIlDJi ger mis han
sas cuts gut speculative values slI only assesses
T.at and substantial Yafles. lhe Mountain
States Telephone IL aHsessed ai s7y per miie IL
Laramie County. WYomint aad s.is Ynian Pacific
~ t50pu1 per n5i~ wyoming puts common
milk COWS at sl5 and dasy At sig Nn.is yll raised
Weld common cattle. herabs AID ALL 10 si5 ana
dAlry Jatta u so. NgmI.ing assesaea common
unhrutea horses al 81 and wuiE. dray aai livery
n1FHes Al Sd bat yau T,issd Wed horses Of all
cazscs iHeiuGif5.s ring balad SPAWNED plass ana
ANAL eu.y points To IN average ii Slul in lsi4
siid sIla in 1915. Eansas aascsaca horaps in 1914
for 9. %. mules So ST. cattle including milk cows
at SEAL whiis tie un on Paeiir il assessed At
shgst ths same hgure as IN c5niagip. and Tie Az.
ehls6n Topeka 4 Santa Ee il assessed az sisJIts
per mile more il Kansas thau in C3iut4.du. Ii
othcr Esurate property Is ASSES ed in aHe with
Ihel~a tH5 roads II clear q zee that the topls
get bettar dead 1t the minds of the Kansas Tax
Commission than your Commission has given
them.
charge you hive not treated MI counties alike.
While yau hais II On Weld YOU with buta snail
Raise, amapted assessment On Pueblo county
which placed i.orsos At an average of S59 per
read hud cattle al s3B. The acreage - irrigated
Land including saturhsn land and Improved
truit land, was shfJnk By the Pueblo assessjr
lNho laughed al the fact when mentioned Il tn
html fiaui l12, ,t59 acres in 1912 to 1888 In ieIs
and he absolutely failed 70 account a. al. accor-
iuE to ynur 1918 report for 5Csc acre If decided
land which was reported In 1872 This $500
acres Of irrigated improved frait and SUBURBAN
lands that vanished in 1913 may 10 found under
dry farm lanus asse.sei at a low price. And
this assessment. which sou accepted with 4 small
raise made the people 81 Pueblo county appear
to be 20 per cent poorer per capita than the neg
Pie u Weld after YOUR corrections" y~rp spread
on both counties. For over thirty years Pueblo
r1unty has ranked second in tie stato both ia
p9rniati9n and assessed wealth. but You rails d
Weld 10 second place and reduced Pueblo county
To fourth place. making change Of sotae
$s9~@tf0 in comparative valuation b, orr stroke
af youi magical pon
Minnesota taxes railroads 5 per rent If rrnss
earnings. The gross earnings Of he Union Pa
efr per mile in this state fur lsip iall 1912 and
iai5 average sa6lSs), ifit paid the Treasurer /
pes ecHt u this, required by the state Of Min
Hesuta, IT would be paying a tax Of Si76as Th
unian Pacific paid on All average for this perie.i
&3Ia per nil. in this county or over slea less Der
niic than il would have paid II operated under
the Minnesota law. Tha people Of Minnesota are
only assessed litte over oae-third Vi value
Inc rairpalsiu ali the si& states auJ5iniig Colo
Faha IA. more ts,Aet per running mile. win tho
single eAeapipn Of New MrNco. srcordng 10
Y"lr owa igl2 rep1rL s65 pgr miia more. Aad IL
ihis Tire last thai the mines u this state nave
teen through tn. sympathy vi tue ast legisi.s-
turo nearly exempted trum taxation and the t4r-
'hsr iaet mai 5.tu0tQ acres ui TINS state is net
subject - TAXATION At all and that is0Uo.u00 are
inn rigaiea desert ASSESSED at but s. To 81 Der
a0fe ana you Cab BEGIN TO see the staggering lad
pprne BY the owners less taan 400 900 0O az r,.s
oi irrigated land. Because Of the very small
acreage pf valuable land in this state it behooyes
yoH 10 see that the biz corporations pay their Jus,
snare Of taxes. In Arizona times were asses..ec
for almost double what thsy were in this state u,-
lore the Colorado legislature sympathy gut tho
better VI justice,
But there IS no end to it, Facts and ssurss
ireih all sides show that YOU have been uufaii
witn the people. The people every where believe
it, lol boast that you nave raised Denver and
Weld counties. charge You do mt know hos
nor why sou raised Denver and Weld / charge
tnat 50 far as Weld is concerned you bhndly en-
lerscd what the Union Pacific and other big cor.
porations told guust5 Do. charge tnat You were
Union Pacific witnesses against Weld in the Weld
U, r, suit that you were called by the U. T.. and
that yon sNotc as hard against Weld as ii was
possible for you to swear. thar this is matter u
court record and that this action proves bias iol
IN. corporations as against the people and should
forever bar you from sitting in Judgment where
The people rights are at stake. That IN spite o.
your hard swearing two Fejeral Courts have de-
cided against you. charge chat your hghi
against land il a blind, unreasonidg fight. based
neither on investigation practical knov lodrt
Of the yaiue Of land MOI member Of your Com.
mission haa such knowledge ard you Try 10 avcti
rather than learn the real fAets. | charge tina,
you blindiy follow the transfer values IN dehaacs
Of The fact that the Legislature in 1915 refused Ia
pass law al your bidding, making the transfer