The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-05-21

city and village real estate increased
but 80 per cent taxation on railroad
property SO per cent, on telegraph
property "a per cent, on personal
property 81 per cent. In addition to
the above, the farmer must pay Il
state hail tax of Sc per acre on all
tillable lands and an additional 25c
per acre on all crop lands not with
drawn from the hail insurance pro-
visions prior to the date set by law.
In Towner county the state tax on
farm lands is S7S,75202 for 1919 as
against $17,599.70 in 1918. showin~
an increase of four times as much
for 1919 as for 1918, while for the
same period railroad. express, tee.
graph and telephone companies in
crease is but one and thrce-fourth,
times as much.
Here are few individual cases
taken at random from various parts
of the state.
Stutsman county, section 10. IA
81, owned by Judge J. A. Coffey, paid
state taxes of S2S539 in 1917
S347.SO in 1919 and $522.6i in 1919
plus S1S hail tax, making total in
crease of S192.S4 for 1919 over tha
previous year
Barnes county, northwest quartz"
of 10, 140-5S, owned by Frank Heins,
county commissioner, $5l.47 in 1917
$57.19 in 1918, and S220.46 in 1919
plus hail tax of $4.05, making in
creased tax for 1919 $167.32.
Cass county, northeast quarter %
Is, 140-53, owned by r. B. Boyd
| county commissioner 1917 tax S46.0'
1918 tax $49.43, and 1919 tax $t17.52
plus hail tax $46s, making increase
for 1919 s72.S3.
Richland county. southwest quar-
ter 81, 135-49, owned by p. F.. Slet-
moe, chairman county commissions
ers, 1917 tax $54.43. 1918 tax 5000
and 1919 tax 1921 SO, hail tax S4.3S
making increase for 1919, $56.97.
Dickey county, northwest quarter
5, 1853, owned by Bruce Scott 1913
tax 5000, and 1919 tax S1O743.
without the hail tax added. the in
crease for 1919 is $3.50
Ransom county, southwest quarter
3, 1885, owned by Joseph T
Grange, 1918 tax $5697 and 1919 tax
S122.S7, without the hail tax added.
increase is $65.90.
LaMoure county northeast qua
ter 6, 1850, owned by Sam Felts.
1918 tax 1896 and 1919 tax $7O97.
without hail tax added, total increa,a
for 1919 is S370t.
Valuation. Multiplied Five Times.
A most impressive exhibit is given
in the valuations placed on all prop
erty for the purpose of taxation "
the State Board of Equalization,
which shows that farm lands, excln-
sive of improvements. had an assess
ed valuation of 1921 ,459,525 in 1913.
This was multiplied nearly five timcs
or 49, to be exact, the 1919 figures
being $1,072, 1861 While the Co
tai figures for all property in 1918
was $403, 422.25S, in 1919 it was
81 ,523, 767,413; and these tigure.i
analysed show that while in 1913
farm lands share of taxes was a.-
proximately So per cent, in 1919 the
farm lands of North Dakota must
bear more than 70 per cent of the to-
tai tax burden of the state.
This naturally means that there i
a marked decrease in the percentage
of taxation on town and city proper
ties, on railroad, telegraph, telephone
and express lines-at the expense of
the farmers.
All this proves that it is the firr,
purpose Of the Socialist leadership
of the Nonpartisan league to put in
to effect the Socialist program for
the cOnfiscatiOn by taxation of all
means of Notwithstanding farm
lands; that is the gospel preached in
one of the text books of the Nonpar
tisan league, "The High Cost of Liv-
ing" by Frederick c. Howe, and his
authority" for his Socialist Single
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