The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-02

tier: Iowa has fourteen counties that
Twill pay from $1,000,0o0 to $4,000, 600
lin taxes for the 1919 assessment and
1920 collection. Her class of million
dollar counties will be enlarged next
Iyear, as twenty-six Iowa counties will
lpay from $725, 900 to 100000 each in
taxes this year on the 1919 assess
ment. The total of all taxes to be
lcoilected this year on 1919 assess
Iments amounts to SS0.495, 235 10.
This is an increase of S47,995, 1927
lover the 1910 collections, when taxes
Iof all kinds amounts to $32,50o, 045.SS.
/ But Iowa counties are not in the
lpiker class. While estimates tend to
ishow that at least thirty counties
will be in the million dollar class
next year, it will not be more than
1.-TWO years until Iowa is collecting
|Sl0O, 900 900 in taxes of all kinds
from the ninety-nine counties in the
Estate
Shows Vast Increase.
| There are now forty-three counties
THAT will contribute from 100000 to
Is724,000 in taxes this year. Many of
these counties will reach the three
Iouarter million dollar class next year.
There are only sixteen Iowa counties
now paying under 100000 annually
lin taxes of all kinds. AS a tax paying
state, Iowa is up in the forefront.
Fifteen years ago, or in 1905, Iowa
COLLECTED but $62O61 ,97703 in taxes
lof all kinds This is $54, 433 ,25S.l2
less than the levy for 1919 and col
Ilectable this year.
Grouping the counties in congress.
lsional districts, it Is found that the
Eleventh congressional district will
lpay more taxes this year than any
other congressional district in the
|state. The northwestern congress
,sional district will pay 81, 495.235.15.
lor something over one-eighth OF the
ls8o .495,235.15 to be paid by the
tninety-nine counties in the state.
There are thirteen counties in the
eleventh district and their respective
levy is shown in the tabulation here
with.
Tenth District Second.
The tenth district Is the second
highest taxpaying congressional dis
'trict, with $10,335, 100.38 to be paid
this year. The seventh district is
third, its taxes for this years collec-
ton being $10,051 1928.
1 The first congressional district pays
the least amount in taxes this year,
the total standing at $4,S07, ll9.2l.
The sixth district is next lowest with
$5,212 ,63467; the eighth district third
lowest with total of $3.50. 2S7,SS
the second district fourth lowest with
$4,000, 72O.75; the fourth district next
in line with the ninth congressional
district sixth lowest, or five places
removed from the, eleventh district,
the big noise in tax paying.
Polk County Leads.
AS a county Polk county pays the
most taxes this year with levy and
collection standing at $6,210 1924.
Woodbury. county. in the eleventh dis
ttrict, comes next with its $3.50 S52.43
and Linn is third with its $2,025.-
44364. Other million dollar counties
are: Des MONIES, $1,107.S75.36; Black
Hawk, s1,676, 4o215; Clinton, 1884
427.c9; Scott, $1,799 1902; Dubuque.
s1,OO7 ,O5341; Cerro Gordo, s1,343,-
O24.7O; Marshall, SLOT ,77061; Jas
per, 81 ,053. 429.33; Story, $1,062, 432.13;
iPottawattamie, $1,865549.17; Web
ster. s1,402, 703.18. This completes
the roll of million dollar counties.
The eighth district is the only dis.
ttrict furnishing no member for the
million dollar class.
Woodburys Gain.
1t is interesting to note that in
1919 the ninety-nine counties paid
is66,216,15O5O as their 1918 levy and
1919 collections There were but nine
million dollar counties listed then as
follows: Black Hawk s1,435, 1852;
iCerro Gordo, $1,O96,060.75; Clinton,
s1,oS6 ,s69o1; Linn, s1,so1 ,45s.i9;
Polk, $500, 1858; Pottawattamie.
$1,513,346SS; Scott, $1,c94, 1916;
Webster, S1,07S,54616, and Woodbury.
S2.532O90 Woodbury's increase is
over a million dollars; Folks approx
mately a million and the other coun-
ties raised in proportion.
\ Where Iowa had but sixteen cou1.
ties paying between s725,0O0 and
5000 900 in taxes on the 1918 levy and
1919 collections. she has this year
twenty-six The trend upward is
therefore marked even on down to
the counties that paid between $500
900 and $724,000 in 1919 on the 1918
levy.
Last Levy in 1918.
The last general state levy or that
for 1918 was 6.25 mills, while for
1919 it stands at 1855. The net tax
able value for all property, except
moneys and credits in 1918 was ST.
O08, 0Oe, 1888, while for 1919 it is ST.
089, 140,177 This shows an increase
in valuations of sS1,130,394 and an
increase of IL mills in the general
levy between 1918 and 1919. The gen,
eral levy for 1905 was 81 mills, for
1910 3S mills, for 1915 4.33 mills, for
1916 the same, for 1917 it was 7.25
mills and 1918 it dropped back to 6.25
mills and for 1919 Up to 1856 mills.
In 1910 the state levied district
school tax of s1159S, 903.52, in 1910
it was SIT 30,062S0 and in 1918 $685.
152,S9O.40 while this year Iowa tax
payers will deliver up s31.317, sc
for district school tax. or approx
mately $4,000 900 more than it paid
nine years ago.
County Road Tax.