The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-14
TAX PROBLEM OF
ALL IOWA CITIES
Condition Of Affairs Looked for at
Meeting Of iowa Munieipal,-
ties. Now
Here.
WHAT IS TO BE DoNEs
Address OF Commissioner Collins a.
Meeting Anticipates Condition
Of keosuk Following Saloon
Tax Lees

At the recent meeting OF the Iowa
L-sasDe of Municipalities in Council
BIu0S~ watch was attended by Com
missioner j. A NJ Collins the matter
of the loss OF saloon revenue IN 1916
AMI MS effect came In for q large
amount % discussion The report of
the committee on taxation. delivered
by Mayor w c. Cross Of Burlington
provoked q WARM discussion, ana >.
number OF Recommendations were
made as 60 the best manner to make
up the delight
TIE magazine OF American Nrn-
tcspsirtes for January contains MAY
or Cross report and also the tarss
that attended the reading OF the re-
Port Among those who srote was
8ColEfssfo1sr Collins. who told the
economies the city Of Keokus had In
sSt-utsd IN anticipation OF the less OF
saloon reve1us- Mr. Collins was ARK
.iuUs that some step be taken TO try
and get through the legislature bill
10 relieve the Situation He Vas OF
the opinion that IL akeokUk and other
river towns who were hurt the most
lad home rule. and could enlarge their
general funds. out Of which the hsaF-
lest bills are paid nj their Own dis
ersttEG- EhEr tine loss o. the safoon
ezI would not be ssEt
Il seems thai the ToEa legislators.
especially those from the inland ard
farming sGUuEntsfss- ara OF the opir-
ION that the way to make NJ for the
loss Of saloon revenue. Is to raise the
ESSsSSahla TGtCa Of the property
This he pointed out. could not BE
done In ke1Euk. where the asses
us1t #zs already considered high.
str- Collins ralarEs groToEs6 much
6Ls.usstn1- He spoke SIS follows
car--issEcner Collins, TAX.
I think Il is In the minds CT nearly
every one her-ozs Of the things that
We would Hike 10 kroE. know IT Is
the principal thing that brought me 10
this convention. is what rsenLmeaGa-
rtca we Caa make to the legislature
WHIT sS6sEe ve csa 6eTiSs that viii
rs71saEsh the general fund Of these
cities WHO are 10 be derrivec of the
EEte1 Tx There Is nothing else In
o-r cIty tavctvfaz the brains OF the
finance committee except thai one
question What shall are do TO PIT
money into the general fund.- Mr.
Eucser. I believe las said that rheg
~uzri not allow Us To Increase the
zIzrto- over ten uETTs N the general
fund s-E the Impression that had at
Des Mo.rss while was there rss
saSE we should raise the Tstus Of 0Hr
property We VIII lose szs5eG when
our f--r-aer saE1ocs are rus CUT o<
eI1Eelcs On January first Il g'very
easy go Talk ca low 70 raise the TaEzs
o. property. BUT the Esr who made
that stz-s1sc- Gf1E7- take into COZ
stls-zlfo- fo- oEs moment that In
or c5.y ~a VIII have To raise the
vafEe s1s55Jsaf9 To make NJ for the
alss Of tie saloon revenue waea !os
put s.55EE1G On city where the
valve Of the property las not hCeas-
Cd C--I the East few years. possibly
within more than one yer cent year
II Il Was IN . city Whale the value
vas Increased z- the rate o. ten Fer
cent ysar Il world Gs possible and
reasonable TO do that but where TIE
vsTze Of the property IS ar 4 stand
Still Z = = very unreasonable thing
20 do We hare . reserve % eight
nils o- whfet 10 6raw- Il the suE
rssrfozs that were made here this
zf-srnoa were Ezz- into force and are
lad hone rule IRE cpEzLd apply tEe-
Ets-s ze 1Esazs5 We would Eot De-
ks-s asking this question. tzt ws ara
6sErfrsd q rising any Of the reserves
that We have IT o- cl--zEt to Put
=. Il Tie t-ld where va mead Il the
-oe- N1zs Of oz- other finds are
bankrupt absolutely BANKRUPT when
~
have 20 f.sce On AFrfI tst Of next rear
As etafr-aE 81 rEe gc--ftfas Of
s-a-ra I hare anticipated already ths
TCss ard Va VIII p-vbahTy save ahcs5s
Eve thcZsa-d Or s5Eht thousand from
yanEary- February and March O. tie
coming Tea- 5T lGschz-Et-g four E1-
Ees-=1 : HEt. Inspector MANNERS
o. the hoard q health r@o OF the
9-fdgz tsuters and scCs ot1sr minor
sEre1zss Et1- have been cut o. So
that Is tzs ss oEr financial ysar en-
tuE April -st % next rear & cozes-1=6
W. haven't REV cczes-E- bc- when We
cr-e cc-o the ArrI tie Is- % ths
Eszr Tz- W have this deficiency II
CE- general t-rE and vtat can re Co.
Our Ecl5-= Free Is reduced 90 the
Ts-T lowest s-oc1t that we can POS
sE5fy bring Il 90 E1w- I Eusxid Ike 70
take zCEe L-torzstf1z back 70 the
city Cer-cT II EsoszE--e ara q the
c'oc1EzssE1c form Of E0veruus1t there
Fl wCEf5 hike 90 take sp-s dsE-t1s
Ertsr-z-5o1 hack there Il TO what the
general plan vii De IL cities where
they ara Icsi-- this rgTerTe- I have
asked ~ S-iz-i from Burlington AID
ns sTzGeE the cEsstfoc- he d1es1 T
ike 70 come u against that g-uSso-
.sftto1- be Doesn't Ike 90 answer r. he
thinks # Is TOO rig Z PrU1osftt11 and
r Al q tn sane CptEh0o- Therefore
IL would Ike souzs t1t0rEagica from
zoue ors else
To Revive Pal Tax
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