The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-23
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4. Bismarck, N. D., Sept. 20 That it
\ will cost the state $217, 148.00 more to
run the state Of North Dakota during
the year than it cost last year is the.
admission made by the "Townley-
Lemke Economical Administrative"
which has covered" taxes to three
times more than they formerly were
not.
The figures and the fallacious argu-
ing Of the Townley kept press and
professional tax jugglers are clearly
shown up in an open letter by Assist
ant Attorney General Frank e. Pack
ard, who using the records and the
figures as given out by Tax Commits
sioner Wallace demonstrates beyond
cavil and weirdness of the present
regime. His article follow:
The Bank Of North Dakota indulg-
es in luxury unknown, I venture, to
any other bank in Christendom
propaganda expert whose sole duty
appears to be the dissemination of
half truths or whole untruths, in sup
port Of the present socialistic regime
in North Dakota. This gentleman.
Professor VIM. G. Roylance, late Of
the University of Utah, closest econ
omist and school room theorist, in
recent newspaper article declared that
the writer was nut" or something
to that effect. The. occasion Of my
shining was q little gentlemanly de-
rision of Tax Commissioner G.. E. Wal
lace's statement that the current tax
levy for state purposes would only be
| u of one mill. / ventured that it
would range somewhere between 1.9
and 81 mills
After pitilessly tearing my poor
logis to tatters, Prof. Roylance con-
ciudes- A levy Of 3 of q mill would
more than cover that amount (levy
for state purposes); so that it is plain
that the levy Of z mills proposed by
Commissioner Wallace will be ample.
1T will be remembered that Mr..
Packard went about the country dur
ing the summer of 1919 lecturing on
North Dakota's financial debauch, and
this is where he ends"
It must have been that the state
board of equalization overlooked
Prof. Roylance and his far reaching
knowledge Of public finance when they
made the annual levy for the current
year, since they made it 1.9 mills and
not 3 of mill, as the distinguished
gentleman from the City Of Many
Wives contended would be sufficient.
Packard, who it appears has arrived
at naught in his controversy with
Prof. Roylance, suggested this as
minimum, and in spite of all the board
could do they could not get away from
It, and had to levy this raher than
3 of mill.
The levy for he current year fixed
BY the state board Of equalization was
for the general fund, 1.O44 mills; sink
ing fund, 0.56 nails; interest fund
0.O56 mills; total Il 50 mills, or near
~ four times as great as Prof. Roy
lance declared would be ample. Add
ing to this, O.75 Nails for the soldiers
bounty, we get 10 mills.
On the valuation Of 81, 500 200, 900
ESTIMATED by State Tax Commis-
ioner) this levy will produce $2,847,-
1860. This, however does not tell
me ent1re story. me income tax, the
Oh YAK, ana the stock and bond tax,
AZ ~ new ana d q taxes, will produce
ms Ems year - ;O4o,OoO, according to the
state Tax commissioner. His esti-
mate e 1or next year 8 IS about the same
property levy must be added theso
speclal direct axes, which makes a
burden OF $3,S93,lS6. In 1919, with
no no c sPec CA direct taxes, the levy was
fSs or somewhat WI less than for
tne current year. The rate last year
=. ,o1o -.
~ Ill lylo = me ievy Tor state purposes,
Wlth 10y, IN Gne alrect taxes OF his year,
was sl'ee9 o. slo ;. OF 10 mills; In 1917
- was 9l,ool ,olzz or 40 mills, and IN
l9io, tne last levy MADE by the Han
nan ma: Gn11nlstratlon, It VS. $l,4l7,984, or