The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-10-27
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TaxeA
LARcE1 UNITS TIE REMEDY
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demonstrate s,Ia-ssu 5s1c<s 4 2rs1gssasn
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LarT 81 Trey ere he Attest sid
most ~ la51f. 5g1r-s zttz4nable Ia he
-sftIf4i.aual system VI me state
HDneT lov public sc5ool Education
Washington "a 1s-.vesr rom -!srazs
1uusea he 1zte- he COUNTY and t.le
naai seaool district Iut.I .s1e zxss-a-
lr1luarT SESSION II .as legislature IN
lGsssa $40 ne eL0-s0'' plan saS N
operation. Briefly t5ls 5saa provided
81 zauaa. Ind II s1g PER $sastIB saiIG
rom liz sfa4se zna Z Ike SIM fs5a
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15Bmon se1ool education sss 1oubie1
y legislative enactment and the
scaGols ar AZ present Operating III
1e- he tzSz0' plan
~s< distribution @ifFcs,ls S-1nter.
N III liz scheme Of distributing he
e1ss u education among ne different
,GEn tntst.-st.vs Inlts tilsrs IAN De 10
ssrsoBs 1uav-ss. 1ut he manner "
5ist~tbHt.uz ne burden II taxation
may veil 5scoms natter II sersnus
controversy At present TIE state and
ne e1unfg. astslGugsI the Lasgest lntfs
sad the nost annftz1le over witch 10
err saxs-ss ara not earring -.1s 1szv-
eat oar~ II .ae burden The major
5aT- 5f gae burden 81 taxation "a
placed 116n he gocas fEs5..c.z- WHICH
nag or MAJ 16t De aole % 1ear 4
GIVING % 1ae 1act t.1at 1.sf-.c. BONN.
dar.es sse nafe arbitrarily. s1re f.s-
r-ietS ara enormously rsca 70 .aT AZ
-1.Ss-s1sie. iv;1sss.a II -ssnca4szzs. rate
others ara sxtssnlesy 5Sor Persons
owning 5r0DeT-7 N c.1e poor 1.sf-.c.s
ara taxed many c.rnes the amount u
nose owning or5psr-y IN The -ich lis
.E-ic;s, Eaica rssUIfs 1ot only n d!s-
5pt IN inequality u s6nca.
..ouas opportunity
4 Study It Valuations n f.asrsDr
3enfsGus 81 ne state rsvsa.s he tsl.
owing
Yssuaasons per 1upii In average
tally sT.enfaacs IN sig.1e counties,
? rankin, :12sT9s Adams, 1880,
skamasfas 1900 Grant, 1890;
<.tsao. & .s52, Island, ;21fas stsvsns,
y s92. Whitman, 1905
Tax levfed IN ak counties are a.
K.fsa1, 2442 Mills Stevens, !
% SO n.Ilss 3n6homiah, 21s7 nslla. 4
fstfsrsnn, 1919 nsllss Columbia lie .
Mills, Cls.Ianl, TO- 50 mfIIs-
71ie slst..ct cost per Du1n in avsr-
Izs 1asly abundance in eight counties
q IA sollovs. Franklin, 1871 30,
rant, s1I3965 King. s35 %. 3xar
mania, 5000; Klfsa1, 1911; Esiaad.
i558 Stevens, $3.50 Asor.n, so %
.oss Differs Wiesay see~esr oEse-fcss-
Waite the average cost Of education
jer ehfld IN the state for the year 1919
% wss aDprox!msSsIy $50. ws fad
'1ch vide differences "a he following
.x.ating
District IT, Grant, ;91sl6, Dsstric:
=. Franklin, s845 -; District 2. Lin
.oin, s573 3. District 50, Walla WasIa,
1853 10 Dtstrfct 81, Wahxiaxanl,
;2757i District 81, Stevens, s28 81.
district q, Gan Juan. s22 30 District
p. Eltsao. 1914
The anlres show not only giaring
liserspanefss IA between counties
within he sfate, bur aiso "A between
an be educated adequately for. say,
20 per ysafs II Ia obvious thar DIG
riot III in Grant county is paying
10 mgeh for ifs educational whistle
4BG IL IL safe 70 say that the sort n
astfuct!os received IN that sistrief lie
ssgIy Inferior 70 hat received n any
own sysssua Can there De any such
hing AZ economy 10 long AZ 4 system
sn1aiaa paieh forces Despse u pay 10
INES "a much FOR ar inferior eora-
ioditg az they should pay for che Of
D cerior WORTH
DssDi:e the fact that the per capita
ost ~ education IN District 20 Of Kit
- county ruas "a low AZ s2s 81 we
nd that the average levy for school
imposes in KI1ssD county is higher
ssn n any other county IN the state
Wat does IL aeass Merely tsat sae
.xDagers o. Kitss1 county are paying
W mach for their educational wfsis-
h.. that the high taxss which they