The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-04-03

d. % OF TAKE ANYONE'S WORD
THA 8 EOUR 1919 TAXES WILL BE
HIG 8 r OR LOWER THAN THEY.
WEI = LAST YEAR R-NOT EVEN
,OUI s. FIGURE 1T OUT FOR
YOJ6 ELF.
T. :. have always been the bug
abe $ of the farmer and the salar-
led i. The North Dakota farmer
to Is pc this burden of excessive
tax;s. 4, and to secure legislation
whig ne thought would be beneficial
to / elf organized and he was per-
feet right in so organizing. His
onIo istake lay in the fact that he
organized under the wrong leader
ship, and that as soon as he had elec-
ted his candidate to the legislature
thought that his work was done, and
trusted completely in the wisdom
and honesty of his leaders.
Farmers all over the state, both
Nonpartisan and Independent, are
now beginning to study the newly
passed laws, and are discovering that
instead of being benefit to them,
these measures will add great bur-
den in the shape of doubled and
trebled taxes. Taxpayers won't al
tor, especially when he is telling
them something that they do not
wish, to believe, but they MUST lis
ten to the state auditor and count
auditors at tax paying time. '..
Here Are the Facts
Before we begin, we wish to re-
quest every reader, friendly or I'M
friendly, to substantiate these facts
by studying the laws for them
selves.)
According to the statistics given
out and vouched for by State Audi
tor Kositzky - and believe me,
Friend Farmer, calling Kositzky a
coward or a traitor will not change
a single assessment or pay anyone's
taxes - the assessed valuation of
farm lands in 1918 was 1921 ,459, ,525,
while in 1919 (under the new laws)
it will be $73S, S,198,417. An increase
of over three TIMES, or 516,738. 1872.
Live stock shows an increase of $685.
037,858.
Now you have been told that i'm
provements-that is buildings-will
not be assessed, and that is true. But
the total valuation in 1918 Of all the
farm improvements in the state was
only $7,938,144 Again, you have
been told that the valuation of farm
implements has been decreased.
True, they have dropped from ST.
O93,124 to $4,425,9 ,9O7 or $2,667-,
PIT. !
Now let's see what we have. *:
Increased valuation on
" farm lands -. ....... .$516 ,738,S92
Increased valuation on
live stock g. .%......... 81, ,O37 1853
Total increase ...... $549, ZIG, ,75O
Decrease on farm i'm
provements .........s.$ 7,9S8,144
Decrease on farm i'm -
plements ............ 1861 ,2l7
Total decrease ........S lO,6O5, ,36l
Take the decrease of$10,605.361
from the total increase Of $549, ,776,-
$50 and we have $539,171 ,389 as
the net increase on farm valuation.
State Auditor Kositzky estimates
that under these new league meas
'ures the formers of North Dakota
will pay state tax of $3,690,990-
more than twice as much as all of the
state taxes in 1918. Call Mr.. Kosit-
zky traitor and a coward if you like,
but then take out your little, old pencil
and figure is up for yourself, Mr..
Farmer.
What About the Working Man?
If you Mr.. Working Man, do not
own the house you are living in it will
be we'll worth your time to consider
some of the questions asked in re-
cent issue of the Fargo Forum.
Suppose you are wage Garner
living in house worth $4,000, on
\ 81 900 lot. g.. -- S..
You don't own your own home, but
you are a renter. ."
Under the new tax laws, passed
by the last legislature, the lot will
be assessed at $1,000 and the house at
81 900, making total of $4,000 and
there will be no exemption.
Under the old tax laws, the lot
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