The Arvada enterprise., 1922-10-26
HIGHER TAXES


omy and promise of economy was.
pushed along yesterday by the State
Board Of Equalization, of which
Governor Shoup is chairman and
Treasurer Strong, Auditor Mulnix
and Secretary Of State Miliken are
members--and the three latter can
didtes on the Republican state ticket
by a vote to increase the state
tax rate, which was 2.85 UNDER
SHAFROTH AND GUNTHER AND
NOW IS SET AT 4.4S MILLS.
This in face of an ENORMOUS IN
CREASE IN THE VALUATION OF
PROPERTY OVER 91s which gives
state government to spend nearly
SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS AS
AGAINST s3,947,OOO, THE SUM
THAT GOVERNOR GUNTHER
HAD. THE Rate PROPOSED IS
THE LARGEST IN THE HISTORY
OF THE STATE.
The reason advanced for the in
crease Is that the increased valua-
tons for the four years Of Shoup
have fallen off-how much this fact
b due to high Republican taxes is
not explained.
Anyway the claim is made that the
ssssssors can't find within 20 mil
lions AZ much property this year a.
they found last year. terrific
shrinkage and practically all upon
returns from the farms.
The Republicans set forth that
they are the ones who have helped
the farmers and the latter make
showings to the assessors Of losses
tnat require that they and the rest
Of the people must hsxe higher tax
rate, must be taxed more because
they are poorer. 1t hadn't occurred
to Shoup, Mulnix. Milliken and
Strong to take less from the people.
They forsaw all this. yet they took
all they could lay their hands on to
build and furnish the capitol build
ing annex and buy 5000 inkwells
and carpets Of vast depths and rich
ness into which the officials feet
and the farmers feet. as they
walk thru II, sink beyond
|ight-in . building for which Gov
rrnor Gunther asked 100000, ~
being enough. but on which the
5houp administration has layishcd
another million-with bills still un-
still unpaid and still more
ON TOP OF THAT THEY
SPENT A MILLION DOLLARS FOR
OPERATIONS IN THE
COURSE OF THE BIENNIAL PER-
IOD.
Boasting Of what they have done
for the farmer they add to the bur-
des Of his taxes a rate sufficient to
ret as much on less valuation "a he
paid when his property and crops
we're worth more!
That's the business administration
Nj. Griffith calls on the people to
vindicatc. Not word from him.
since he secured the nomination. in
Of such extravaganza.
'hcurh in his letter URGING that he
he ~'ven the nomination he demand
cr that we get back to normal ad.
We confess 70 distinct disannoin' 4
ment IN Nv. Griffin ~ n candidate
no matter how mroh we resrect him
~ = man.
I~sder,h'~ is utterly lackiro in
Rim and more's the pitv fo- Il 4.
~ced.A At the .tst. canito,. esnaeial-
" y Nii,iker. St-c,v and Mulnix
,.n~ia h-n~.- ~ he reelected.
Tke.e wevs the snuanderers. Shoup |
~.. hnt > f'swrehesd. = dilletante |
official who taN that being srvernor
was b,re and who showed II bv eb-
.ent.eiasr unexn~oa~d In the history
~ me office. Il
~. ae-t'rei t~k.~ the above sdi- /
tor;.l from the Dsi'v Camera. Of
Row'dev. l. stat~s the truth In . Il
fcrcefui wsv. Mesa county taxnay-
ers should bear these facts In mind.
The situation which exists In the
state ~ a whole exists here In Mesa
sourtv. ~ to the conduct Of county
financial affairs. The taxpayers
looking for relief from ever increas-
ing state and county taxes certainly
cannot expect to secure relief by
voting the Republican state or coun-
" ticksts.-Grand Junction Sentinel.