Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-02
DHEtSoN AND PUTNAM NEWS
DANEI.SpN

.H- Arreah .ta the superior court by textile osFpsestioaus froEn the assessments on l thAir, properties as fixed by the board of i uiBeaB0rs have had the anticipated effect 1 uS stzrt1Rg a general discussion }sof @sthe l lsaEis on which textile properties in Kill l liagiy- should be taxed. T, Much that is | utterly ridiculous. much that is untrue 1 much that 6 ia unfair, and f much that is 1 without any foundation in fact or sound economic principle has been said and pub lished on this subject in the past few years. Regardless of whether or not the textile esrzpanies are assessed up to their full value, the temptation is almost too great to resist ts print comparative lists of what individual property owners are as Sessed for as compared with true values of their property :, of what some mer- chanaiSe stocks are taxed for, as com pared with their real values Of what poople say about the other taxpayer and what he is paying while the man whe walls and complains or supports criticism of how the textile organizations are as sessed is himself sliding by without pay ing the town of Killingly all he knows in conscience he should pay if he were truly an honest man and not engaged in the profitable occupation of trying to wish the towns burdens of expense on to the other fellow.
 There are property Owners-taxpayers in KillngIy teddy who are at least in sympathy with the effort to boost taxes Of textile corporations ts figures far above what they have been in the past who themselves have been dishonest with the town in making true returns to the assessors This statement is easily capa- ble Of demonstration, if anyone cares to challeneg it.
 Beyond question. numbers of pieces of property in Killingly are taxed by the town for every dollar they are worth; in some cases, it can be shown, the assess naents are in excess of the real value. But on the other hand, there are proper ties real and personal. that are under assessed and the parties that own them are well aware of the fact yet are among the foremost of those who would shift the towns taxation burdens from their own shoulders to that of some other prospect, preferably the textile organizations.
 Much has been said in print and other wise. as to what the mills are not paying in taxes and as to what they should pay. Ry ~-ne strangely human fraility little has been said about the citizen of Killing ly who owns property. real or personal, and hasn't paid what in all honesty he should have paid the town in taxes. Any individual who has the time and is suffi Ciently well posted to know what is what can find much to illuminate the taxing situation for him if he will but spend few hours goin- over the assess n1ent records of the town. And this is not intended for a criticism of the assessors who have done their best to equitably ta1 the properties of all property owners o1 the town. It is simply a charge that e-many-property owners have beer AfEh uHifh hn tUh hN infallble, no more than other persons Imagine stock of goods sworn to al worth s5,ooo that is easily worth $50 0o0 Consideration of such instances as thes .skes the edge off the allegation that tn, manufacturing concerns of the town ar rot paying as much taxes as they should Consider the eas, of the property swue who hoVls because the assessors tax hi property at S1,s0o He says it is to- much, and in the next breath refuse FS 5NH for his place This is typical a exhioition of human nature as 1t is.
 Tho whole controversy has developed situation that vill bring the matter c he taxation of textile properties in Xii lnEly, at least some Of the textile pror critics before the superior court for ad indication.
 Two schools of thinkers discuss tn -sxing situation in Kilihngly. One schot Eould put the bulk of the taxation cost of the town on the manufacturing cor -erns- They say they are undertaxe that they do not pay their share ths hey are cheating the town.
 The other school says that the texti concerns should pay a reasonable ta1 hat the value of their properties shoul be fixed by experts for taxing purposes that the value should not be changed ; good times come or bad times are exper snced that without it's manufacturir concerns Killingly would degenerate in hackwoods community; that upon Il Wccess of the towns manufacturing col Serns depends the prosperity of the ind ndusl in Killingly, as a general rule. ar That there is danger of killing Killing ndustrially if the average taxpayer isr willing to lay his cards on the table al De- as fair as he expects the manufactur @ be
 Some keen observer or deep think i'd observer once said that history T eats itself. In this connection it mi oe mentioned that the West Side CEa Brooklyn) s no longer a part of the bo sugh or Danielson. taxing controver IS the reason for this The Ouineba company became dissatisfied and legal removed itself from any official come non Wltn me borough of Danielson or { town of killingly. For the Ouineba company is really the West Side, so f as influence counts, regardless of number of excellent individuals who Ii n what is now the East Brooklyn f 4istrict. Incidentally, it may be cit hat the property owners of the distr nave never had any real reason to gret their separation from the borough D@nielson. They have fared well their own"
 Whatever individuals may think ab, taxes and how they are assessed in k linsly al the present time, the ca thinkers of the town suggest that II will do well to fully inform themser md think twice before forming fl, opinions on Aig subject relative
 which a number of little taxpayers IT be trying 10 escape as much as are so of the big taxpayers from paying tn
 Ust dues to the town.
 saturday afternoon at i o'clock fune services for Palmer P. Jordan were h st the home of Mir. and Mrs. Rerthold Jindner on Broad street Rev Walter Williams of the Congregational chu
 sffieiatinE The services were atten,
 v numbers of relatives and friends