The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-04-11

Full Of Facts and Figures.
The following interesting article
on how the new tax law will work out
is copied from the Valley City Times
Record:
The Times-Record has received the
following letter from 8. A.. thinner
man, who undertakes to give us some
advice, prescribe few remedies from
his medicine chest, but spills the
beans by overlooking concrete facts
that inform the public. In answer to
that letter we have requested the
county auditor to give us some figures
on taxation. These figures are with
out political bias and are absolute
facts as gathered by the county audi
tor who is not in any way mixed up
In this little unpleasantness. Dr.
Zimmerman has been handling the
.cudgel for his high finance friends for
some time, and on several occasions
4 has taken the opportunity to drop in
: and Eendeavor with bluff and buster
to put lone over on u.s." and now that
he is seeking some real publicity and
cheap advertising by his own motion
we are going to give it to him. Here
is the letter. received by the editor
and the facts as, gathered from the
records at the court house: So. -,
] 5SSs Valley City, N. D., March 49," 1919.
y Mr.. r. r, Trubshaw, Valley City, N. D.
Dear Editor.-In nearly every issue
SsoffsS your papers, her in your editorials;
sor. news story, one is impressed with
the fact that the coming years, we are
going to be crushed, by the excessive
load of taxation that the N. P.'s are
putting on us. For that reason it
might not be amiss to state fact or
two about these Excessive taxes"
In Valley City, if Mr.. Browns 1918
taxes had been 5000 the States share
would be $3.50, the balance, $191. 40
would remain in Valley City and
Barnes county. His park tax in Val
ley City Is ST. or only $1.2O less
than his entire State tax.
Now if the State should increase it's
expenditures to twice its present vol
ume, Mr.. Browns taxes would jump
to the Excessive" height of $2.08. 60.
But as it is only going to increase its
expenditures about rs per cent over
this years, his taxes instead Of being
$500. are going to be- $202 Is. Now
do you really think that the increase
of $2.15 is worth all the noise you
have been making during the past
few months.
Really, wouldn't it be more profit
able to yourself, your readers, and es-
pecially the business interests Of
Valley City, if you used bit Of your
gray matter in getting up an editor
ial, once in while, that contained
a real constructive or elevating idea,
instead of the bitter stuff you are
usually handing out?
A little calomel at bed time follow
ed by a dose of magnesium sulphate
in the morning might clear up your
vision.
ST.. Sincerely,
s. A. ZIMMERMAN.
Facts gathered from the office of
the county auditor:
Valley City, March 10th, 1919.
Mr.. P. r. TrubsheW, Valley City, N. D.
3 Dear Sir: Agreeable to your tele-
phone call Of this forming, asking for
little informat tion on. the assessment
of Or: Zinmerman's house for 1915,
and hat the relative tax; will be for
1915 rcording to the. new Revenue
( Law as enacted by the recent legis-
sIatI and also asking for a compar-
tive Element Of onesquarter section
aaof Will inform you that the val
:asuat Tor 1918 is based upon $14,o77,-
Ss19. ana the taxes bases upon 1919 is
based upon the assessed valuation Of
$50, 900 900. The taxes referred to
~. II q !, - 4 u = Z, & 80. = 4 <. q 4