Imperial Valley press., 1920-08-17
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y Copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper Union
Taxes are always heavy--to the ma
who has TO pay them--but taxes i
some communities are much highe
than in others. If you have eve
stopped to investigate the matter yo
have discovered that the lowest take
are found in the most prosperous com
munities. And there's a reason.
The prosperous community has tn,
lowest taxes because there is larg,
amount of wealth in the communit,
against which the taxes may be as
sessed. There are prosperous mer
chants with large stocks of goods up
on which taxes are levied. Property
! values are high and there are thrivin.
industries which pay a large proper
! ton of the taxes.
The higher the property values ani
| the greater the wealth of the commu
| nifty the lower are the tax levies, for q
lower tax on each hundred dollars OF
valuation is required to produce the
necessary revenue for the administra.
ton of the city and county govern.
ments.
Other Taxes Are Raised.
On the other hand, take dead town.
Property values are low. Merchants
stocks are small and they have little
: money in the bank. Industries which
ordinarily pay large part of the taxes
of O community have closed down
There are vacant store buildings which
We're formerly filled with stocks OF
merchandise upon which the owners
paid heavy taxes. Who pays the taxes
that We're once paid by the mechants
the manufacturers, the bankers and
the men who had large holdings OF
high-priced property. The taxes Il
conduct the city and county govern
ments, % maintain the schools, TO builC
and repair the roads must be collect
ed from someone. Who pays them
The man who ownShis little home OF
the vacant lot or two upon which hi
has been planning to build his home
must pay double or triple the amount
which he paid in the times when the
tCwn was prosperous, to make up fo,
the taxes which are not paid now BY
the merchants, the bankers, the manu-
facturers and the big property owner.
who bore the heaviest burdens Of tax
alton when times were good.
The farmers ia, the country sur
rounding the town are also among the
heaviest sufferers from the ebbing o
the towns prosperity. a certain
amount of money must be raised by
taxation 10 provide for the expense.
of the county. Roads must be bull
and kept in repair. Bridges must b
built and maintained. Salaries OF
county officers must be paid. County
institutions for the care of the sicl
and the poor must be maintained. IL
counties which contain one or more
thriving towns, large proportion o.
the taxes for the county are paid b!
the towns. The greater the wealth
of the towns and the higher the prop
erty valuations, the lower the tax lev,
for the entire county. When the ta2
levy is low the burden placed upon tho
farmer is light.
Burden Falls on Farmer.
When the county contains no pros
porous and wealthy towns, the greater
part of the burden of taxation for tn
county falls upon the farmer. TIL,
value of the farmers property does not
fall in proportion TO the value of the
property in the town and the higher
tax levy that results from the lower
property values in the towns makes
his taxes higher.
The farmer forgets at times that he
is vitally interested in the prosperity
Of his town." He thinks that it is up
TO the town to take care of itself and
that it is up to him TO take care of
himself and he oyerlooks that fact that
the prosperity CT the town means as
much to him as it does to those who
live in it. The farmer who is inclined
to overlook this fact has only to think
of the matter of taxes and he is likely
TO change his point of view for taxes
are one thing that neither he nor any
one else can escape, and they are one
thing in which the farmeE ordinarily
takes very lively interest.
How Farmer Can Help.
There is just one way in which the
farmer can best promote prosperity in
the town near which he lives and that
is by spending his money in that town
instead of sending it away tO,the far
distant city. Every time the farmer
sends an order to a mail order house
he helps to destroy the prosperity of
his own community and TO boost his
own taxes. When he sends a dollar
away from home he gets none Of it
back. When he spends q dollar at
home, a part of that dollar comes back
TO him in some way. 1t helps the town
where it is spent to provide a profit
able market for his products and it
helps the town pay a large part of his
taxes.
We Save You Trouble, Mileage. Money
GATES HALF SOLE TIRES