The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-27

According 90 tho eminent Mr Diggs
there H e distinct r'llIuu between
the valuation ana The uA rate uf a
city To quote him.
hD total usarHH,l valuation for
The city ~ Tulsa FOR tho year 1913
from ulI sources was fIy.aNfIaa. hr.
ing an lnDrrG-" over th" u--csard
valuation of 1913 ~ f2i.5Ol.AS1. an
Increase NJ lG2 per rent The IGg
p"t g"ui increase in valuation result
cd IN an increase Of l45 mills In the
total tax rate"
According tu Mr. Diggs. therefore.
iher" iN no way uf dctprWinlnE the
tax rate except boy the valuation II
tho valuation iH larger the tax mto
VIII hc larger ana by the same rou
Hnning II The valuation iN lower tho
iaA rate Will br lower aud II tho val
uaiion remains the sumo the tax
rate would ToWutu the same
These arc fair deductions from the
reasoning of the eminent Mr. BIgr-
Iiut look at the table above which
gives m" valuations and tax rates OF
IuiHb every year since 1910. Accord
ing TO Nj Digs. II an Increase In
valuation of lG2 per cent Increases
me TAX rate lt.5 mills an Increase
"l ~ per cont would mean an In.
crease IN the tax rate. OF q mills
30 tho actual facts Of the vaIun
'ona ana uN rates bear him out
In 1911 the valuation Increased
ABOUT 20 per cent This should have
- ~ .aH'd lhe tax rate rs mills Hut
'hr YAK rate Increased GGl mills
In lell the vlmatiun remained it,
same but the JaA rate f,u or 10 10
mills ''.''
Again In 1915 with tho valuation
Iem."Inlng ihe Same tho tax rate fclI
or again, showing thut tax .fttrs do
decrease in spite of Nj. Digga
IN lNl' aud 1913 the valuation OF
me 'li} was tho same but tho tax
In 1917 ''"''
Evidently then there is something
iha, determines what tax rate will
'e besides The valuation. There h.
no direct relation lrtwrcn them.
sliil Nj Digs c,r:ends that tho
,nN rate IN 1919 rs CnluE tu he larger
nan lh WIS because the Valuation
VIII Increase about 90 per cent II
We want 40 save money an tnN,a mis-
year We WI ussD.H only part ur our
property or nssceH % az about half
N"lur hud tho rate will Doe luwcr or
hellcr "" could eliminate the yaIua
Non altogether ard have no tuNvs AZ
'lt or n there be any way 10 can
"' uun' .n. ItNn u minus valuation
and t.,a vc win make money.
l'u' what docs mako tnNos since
o. ls apparent that Nr pigrs .-
wtonE about DO bolug dependent ON
tho valuations
Take the city government Tor tu.
stance There must nc "A certain
amount OF money raised to Gsfry
me costs. This money ig igappnruurrd
among an tho uvabIr wealth ana
each dollar OF taxable wealth beats
.iS prupor'i0uatr share. If.the OK.
prnsr- OF governments were 500. 600
e ycnr and Tho ytIusiion-1 aO. 600 900
90 means that me rate viii hy $40 ON
% $1,000 valuation. fur this rate uf
10 mills Will Tuiso tho $500. 600
needed. lr Tho valuation be- larger
und the amount ucyduI FOR govern.
mont remains ihr -umu 10 means .nuf
mo tax Will ht 'rss NJ tho valuation
were smaller than 500 Ouu. 600 and the
amount to hr raised Do, taxes rr-
mains 'h" same the iuN must n,rcs
uriN ho larger
Tho world lF arriving az che prob
able tax rate nvNf rrnr hy going io
Uh" ylN. county uul schools and
getting tho amount ~ money they
Will need for operation and sinking
funds and ulI other expenses Then
10 ialcF' lhr rate uu u vlnp'uu OF
100000 600 thar Will nIso This Stun
and assumes Ih1f this viii hr tho
tax rate Thu' a the rir and hon
osf and sensible way Zoo ryt az tho
tax rate
rs, know thlt rhc valuation OF
$50 600 coo last Nnnr pes EnlUg fD Doe