Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-05-05
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Hold Meeting
Here Saturday

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Marion County Taxpayers league
has called special meeting next SAT
urday at the court house at 10 o'clock
to hear statement from candidates as
to their position on matters of im-
portance at the coming primary cleo
tion on Ny "a, apd taxpayers and citi-
zens generally are invited to be pres
ent.
1t will be the first general political
gathering Of the primary campaign.
and the league through its executive
committee composed of r. P. Boise.
Isadore Greenbaum, s. l.. Endic0tt.
sent out the following statement to
taxpayers OF the country, with the
names of the fourteen candidate and
their slogans, and asked for straw
ballot to indicate the choice OF the
taxpayers among the candidates which
will be made public The statement
follows:
Statement OF state tax commissioners
Just published shows that taxes col
lected by counties for year 1920. ex-
elusive Of fire patrol assessment, ag-
gregate sS2,5s6,s95 or about seven
million dollars more than in 1918, OF
this sum report shows there was col
lected for all state purposes $4,ss1,-
900. The new levies for state purposes
put on the ballot to be voted on May
21st this year will produce in excess OF
nine million dollars state revenue, not
counting money raised by state and
county bond issues for road purposes
The advocates OF the new mliiage
take preface their statements with de-
mands for more permanent highway
funds and say that will all be provided
for out Of automobile license fees "and
will not raise your taxeA a penny"
There are 50 many acts Of the regular
and special session of the legislature
imposing new millage taxes that, once
authorized would become permanent
charges on the people, that a careful
Investigation has been necessary to
make an exact statement of the mat
ter, (which is now done for the first
time. Following statement OF taxes
that will have to be paid next year. IL
all millage measures on the ballot May
21st are authorized by the people has
been carefully verified from the rec
ords Of the state tax commissioner ana
the secretary of state:
Mills
For regular state appropriations
already levied ...............-..---.-.-..s.2S
For new state blind school at
Portland .......... .................s...... ,166
For additional elementary school
chool tax .................-.......-.-.--.. zoo
For educational aid to service
men, 30 mills two years....-q.;,.. 40
For market roads ..............,.s-......--1.00
For higher educational institu-
tions ..........y.... ......-...--...-..-.-..f.z6
For same made. retroactive. Sec.
g. Chap. SO, Spec. sec..............f.2s
Total millage levied and pro-
posed for 1920 ............-..----...-9.Sld
Segregated the proposition before
the voters at the coming special cleo
tion stands as follows
Mills.
Regular levy within the six mill
limitation -........... -........,.----.-4---S.zJ
Market roads and soldiers educa-
tional aid that was authorized
by the people In 1919 but orr
dered ON the ballot at the spe-
clal session .................,......---..-.el
New millage measures put on at
special session ......-..........'..----....4.seo
Total for 1929 If all measures
are carried .....................-.......s. .s.31e
For ten years regular state tax lev
les have been about three mills and
we ask voters at the coming election to
consider carefully the proposition to
increase this levy in addition TO all
other forms Of war taxation, drives
and demands made on the taxpayers.
to over nine mills. II will be only fair
TO state that levy for another blind
school comes within the six per cent
limitation in the opinion OF the state
tax commission