The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-10-01
THOUGHTS FOR THE TAX PAYERS.

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That farmers will begin to- scratch their heads and think
when they read their 1919 tax receipts is beginning TO Dawn
upon those who have given the matter OF lakes 'or '1S :" :"
The Townley "Kept Press" still persists in.te Him the p s%t
i"st ' wait N the tax receipt is issued, and if one is not cured
Of Townleysmm he will not be fai H. to INNS n i T. f ingeresti ye,
reading to one. who is interested in the matter of taxation in
the county and state.
Ramsey county was $67s per acre, and the rate Of taxation
for state purposes was 4:3 mills. Therefore the taxes on the
The.verage assessed valuation of the same Ramsey county
purposes is 2.es mills (notice the cuteness in getting it under
5 mills 50 it would not look 50 high), Therefore if one st stops psf. to
purposes on each quarter of Ramsey county land TINS year Will
be ST. z; IS, or or four our times aaas; as s1 much as as they nest were re- last last s gsari t,;-
ton fund, which also shows up very nicely. Last year the
s $s13: while tpise this s 'ysar tn The tar tax Sfa@ttiSs the sans 1 purpose IS S sS:Ss2. or
almost three times as much this year as they were last.
Then add to this the small matter OF 3 cents per acre Tor
the hail tax, no matter whether hail insurance was carried, or
not, and for every quarter section under cultivation this will
To'sum the whole thing up, Mr.. Farmer, where taxes paid
last year for state purposes and county tuition AMOUNTED to
treasury, on the same quarter section this year, will receive the
small sum of $28.S7, or nearly five times as much as was paid
Now, this may look like a mere bagatelle, but a little more
i1gut tha fa w = sno of R %nas the eoS Soflai to s a1% nnth;ns on Us wh cost +
is costing the business men.
$500 quarters of assessed land. The taxes on this land fol-
1919 will be about $21.5 cents more per quarter than it was
last year, or an aggregate OF nearly $lOO,OOO more taxes this
year in Ramsey county for the farmers to pay than they paid
last year.
The Townley "Kept Press may say this is not so, but wait
until the tax receipt is received, read it over carefully, and
compare it with last years receipt, then see how far this state
ment is off.
The above is just an inkling of what is coming. Telegraph
and telephone lines, express and railroad companies, and thu
business properties Of cities and villages have all>been boosted
and the result is higher freight rates, higher telephone ane
telegraph services, higher rents for the laboring men in cities
and no doubt higher prices for goods to meet the heavy taxa
ton.
Then just stop and think, about the $257, O0O.O 90 that will
have to be paid each year as interest on the North Dakot.
Bank and Terminal elevator and mill bonds alone, beside
possibly $2OO,0O0.00, or more, to run those needless institu
tons, and then ask again the question-"where am I gettin,
off at?" SzTl.
Then look over the list Of needless officers, Which ar
drawing nice, fat salaries, and then stop and study how muc]
deeper one will have to dig into his pockets to meet next year
taxes.
If the above figures are not considered correct. lust dro1
into the office of the county auditor, and he can be most con
vincing, in a short time, that they are right.
IF you dance you must pay the fiddler. Townley is tn
fiddler" and he is shaking the tax payer down right.