New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
MINNESOTA TAX BILL
BIGGEST IN HISTORY.
REVISED STATEMENT BY STATE
AUDITOR SHOWS 1876 PER
~. CENT INCREASE. =.
PER CAPITA BURDEN$6.o5, CON-
PARED WITH S4.49 IN
NORTH DAKOTA.

| State taxes in Minnesota this year
increased 1856 per cent over last year,
according to revised official figures given
out by the state auditor last week,
says the Minnesota Leader.
The amount to be raised for state
taxes $14,400,743, compared with 49,
107, 008 last years. the largest tax
bill Minnesota has ever had in it's history,
and the Observation-Disclosures trust
administration is responsible.
Taxes for all purposes, including state,
county, city and village, township and
school, total $96,938,405, or exactly
$24, 729,274 more than was raised last
year.
Farmers in Minnesota are furious
over the tremendous tax increase and
their ire has been increased by stories
told by the big daily papers land their
weekly echoes throughout the state)
that Minnesota taxes would be much
| lower IMAM IN NOfCh DakOta.
| Interesting Comparisons.
North Dakota taxes for state pur-
poses this year total $3,676,O39, and
the increase over last year is 117.5
per cent. If the levy for the soldiers
bonus were deducted the North Dakota
increase would be only Y per cent.
|
| If the soldiers bonus in Minnesota.
were deducted, the increase would be
IS. per cent. On the increased val
uation in Minnesota the levy for the
soldiers bonus in this state for 1920
amounts to $3,111,272. A like amount
! will have to be paid annually for, 10
years.
North Dakota will have it's soldiers
bonus paid off in about five years.
Responsibility Is Fixed.
Realizing that the increase in state
taxes is accountable to the present
state administration, the farmers of
! Minnesota are demanding economy in
the next administration. Although coun-
ty taxes in Minnesota show an increase,
the percentage is not nearly as great
as in state taxes.
! Farmers in this state realize that
1 most of the advertised increase in
North Dakota taxes is due to the ac-
ton of county officials opposed to the
Nonpartisan league The farmers are
fully aware that the organized farmers of
| North Dakota have never taken any
part in county politics and therefore
have no control over the actions OF
local politicians intent on disccediting
the state administration.
In scores of counties in North Dakota
| county authorities have boosted taxes
way beyond reason. For this reason
League farmers have determined to
elect their own men to county office.
Per Capita Burden Higher.
According to the census estimate of
population in 1919. the per capita bur
den Of taxation in North Dakota from
state taxes amounts to S4.49. In Mime
sofa the per capita tax from state taxes
amounts to $6.05.
If the soldiers bonus in both states
were deducted the per capita tax in
North Dakota would be 1855 and in
Minnesota $4.74, this in spite of the
fact that North Dakota is paying the
returned service men $25 for every
month in service. while Minnesota paws
only SIS.
Summary of Uses.
The uses for which the taxes in Mime
sofa are levied for the coming year,
together with comparisons of the past
year, are summarized as follows:
The $72,209,131. of taxes paid last
year were divided as follows: State,
$751; O7.008; county, $14,9O9,432; cities
and villages, $21, 823,O14; townships,
$7,lS6,231; schools, $22, 2333 AS. The
figures for this year a9l9 levy are:
State, $14,4O0, 743; county, s2O,456, III;
cities and villages, $27,452,631; town
ships, $8,255,351; schools, $26,373, 500;
total, $96,938,405.