The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-04-02
YOUR ClTY'S
BUSINESS

NNB Of the serious problems of
public Improvement In Albu-
qupruuo was solved by the
foresight of the present city com
mission when ID secured the en-
HctmeEt by the legislature ot
chapter So OF the laws OF 1921.
ThiA law permits the city 60 luvy
tax Of one mill with which TO phy
for The city's part of any PAVING
lidewalk. gutter. grading, sewer or
other Improvement Ia streets ~
alleys abutting upon land owned
by the city or the federal govern
ment. This law will enable the
city to keep public properly
abreast uf private property IN i'm
provcment plans and Will distri-
lute tn. burden equitably The
first levy. under this law. has been
made for the presen, year
Including this rpocinl levy and
u the leyies necessary to pay in
tvrost on the proposed new bond
issues be added, the city tax rate
win show steady decrease IN 1879
and 1874 Tn, paving fuud luvy.
which 10 for the fun one mill for
1922, Will be- reduced to onc-tcnth
Of mill IN is2a ana $1,000 OF q
mili In 1924 The levy necessary
tor interest on the proposed new
bond issues viii be approximately
/. mills This increase VIII h'
absorbed hy decrease in other
irvie-. 90 that the city tax levy.
which Jumped to II mills in 1918,
iup to the necessity Tor protecting
the city's neglected sinking funds.
has been steadily dccreaging. being
0OsS2 for 1929, and estimated a.
OF OOs7O for 1923 and .OoSh tor
1924 This situation. Of course.
will obtain only II business gov
ernmsnt is continued. The ciiy's
buiness. while IL has been placed
IN IA sound basis. must still be ad-
minirtered with the utmost care
and judgment Careless spend
INK means speedy disaster
The proposed ,soua issues. total
ing $3.50. 600. Will add no upprc,i-
nilo burden to th, taxpayer load
They viii Increase the interest
fund requirement from nprruAi-
mnt~ly f.O.U0O Tor 1899. To- falsVon
tn 1879 and S85 900 for 1874 upon
an estimated usaesrcd valuation ui
tls.tUO. 900 in the latter yslr ~
the rlty- ruf" of iuDr"us" thi-
estimate lr very conservative and
th. valuation iu 1924 i- NOR, lkr-
event tho tuN rate required would
D.. materially reduced lh" iu-
cr,u-, in the value ~ uli 90 b
real estate. however. would more
than comp,usit, for very mach
greater Increase iu taxation than
are contemplated ct possible un-
der the law
Many people have asked why
the commissioner have not cub
mittcd the pending bond issues bee
fore this time The reason i- a
provision ia tho state constitution
that bond ISSUES can bee submitted
only az regular elections. Ih'
commissioners secured an dW"ud
ment TO the constitution permit
ting bond issue elections al other
times hat this amendment wuH
defeated by the people Hast Sep
tsmhrr
Thus the commissioner hnN,
submitted their Improvement pro
gram at the earliest possible tim"
Thss. bond issues are intended to
prug.d. the funds required fut ear
i.ying out the first real c.ty build
I'ft ng plan ever prepared iu Alhu
n tuerque Al ~ the pr'nminsr'
iwurh lor carrying this piar
II been secured FOR water reservoir
and sewage disposal plants Th'
u Rio Crande park site ls IN shape
to complete. A puViug program
~ uudor way which Will make th'
rebuilt coal avenue viuduut % gate
way Co the whole uf the South
! Highlands and aud materially lf
developing that section OF the city
The claim OF their opponents
that the present commission has
done nothing ls flying In th'
face of the public record, which
shows thnt during the pAft -four
years more has been done from
tho city hall toward making Aibu.
qucruue ~ place TO live thDr
had been accomplished IN any
previous ten-year period.
The decision before voters noNl
Tuesday iH choice between th'
public record Of commissioner
Connell Mclaughlin and Ray
uolds. and their well known cN
pcrtence ana capacity aH business
men and a campaign of misrcpre
sentntion % that record and abuse
OF the commissioners carried ot
in behalf of Tingley, Wei an'
Walton.
No effort has been made q,
show that TinFley and his nssoci
ates are equipped hy knowledge
training o. experience to take th'
places of connoll. Mclaughlin unt
RRynoids These latter have siEpll
been called lot Of nameF Th'
people are expected 10 accept ah
use and Misrepresentation ant
deliberate fslsehuod an reason
why they should turn down three
men known to be able and compc
tent and accept ln their place.
three men of whom one haa meet
proven an incompetent IN city ud
miniHrHtion. while the other tw'
have shown no special aptitude ful
such responsibilities.
n is easy TO set the forces %
malice, prejudice ana passion q
work Any newspaper pnbhshc
who j. willing Ia resort to th'
tricks OF the demaEogue cHi
quickly array one set OF mel
against another and convince then
that they rsfrcsont differen
"clnssez'' when their real Inter
oats are the sanNs. their hopes anl
aspirations are the same. and thol
standards arc the SAME.
In all the record of government
there n no single Instance wher
such domagogic pructic, has eve
resulted In Improvement In gov
cTnment or benefit To ANYBODY
Harm has always resulted. u al
ways will result because the dem
anorug cannot thrive on truth an