Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1922-01-26
fThe following is a copy Of a letter
which appeared in the Daily Times
January 23rd,. 1922.
.IRMITER TALKS ABOUT TAXES
AND IMPROVEMENTS.

Editor Times: IL gave me SFedl
pleasure to note that your paper was
the first of the local papers to com.
ment upon the Stockinger case sant
the gathering at The Roosevelt school
which meeting was apparently called
as a jollifcation meeting on account
of the mail service being extended tt
the west end, but which proved to be
a political meeting, attended to a large
extent by people from the lower towI
district, Evidenced by the fact thai
when I called for the West Enders te
arise, I noticed that a great number
of those in attendance remained seat.
ed.
Perhaps 7 owe Mr.. Brewer an apol.
iogy for butting into the meeting in
the manner did, but when you consid.
er the manner in which the meeting
was opened, and the s1urs thrown Al
me by Mr.. Brewer in connection with
that dirty sheet he waved at me. after.
ward identified as the Twin City Re.
porter, a you blame me for getting .
bit ri1ed? And am I not entitled tc
an apology from Mr.. Brewer Off the
way he approached me? Tit for tat.
Your activities in these affairs goes
to show the people Of st. Cloud that
the st. Cloud Daily Times is the paper
for the people, the n that comes out
with the truth fearlessly, and gives
everybody a fair deal, it is not a one
sided paper. It merits the support OF
all residents Of st. Cloud. whether tax
payers or not.
In reading over your article regard
ing the gathering, it seems that a few
errors have crept in, due possibly to
the agitation existing at the meeting,
and to clarity, them so that the people
of st. Cloud may know just exactly
what tried to put before them, / am
going to give you a synopsis ofNmy
speech, leaving out frills and stating
the bare facts.
The object of the recall, as I under
stand it, is to remove from power, the
invisible power and with it, the pre-
sent City Commissioners, and elect Mr..
p. j. Seberger, Mr.. 3. F. Moore and
Walter w. Murphy. / stated fur
Their that to be successful, the City
Of st. Cloud must grow, and in my
opinion, and I believe the majority
of the people Of st. Cloud have the
same opinion, the present City Com
missioners have been negligent in ex-
tending the proper welcome to stran-
gers, who visit GUS City in conventions
otherwise, and in an effort to Illus
trate the inequality Of taxation as as
sessed by the present City Commits
sioners while they sat as a Board OF
Equalization, / mentioned the follow
ing facts taken from the public rec
ords.
One case was the Pan Motor Com s11
piany. Check it up yourselves by re-
ferring to assessment book Of 1920,
page one, lines eleven and twelve, in
the County Auditors office. You will
find that the Pan Motor Company IS
assessed BY the present City Commits
sioners for the year 1920 at $88,9sO.0O
and you will find that the 1920 taxes
amounted to 81 s2,411.94. The taxpayers
estimated on Thursday night that the
Pan Motor Company's holdings were
worth about one and one-ha1f million
dollars. On that basis the taxes should
have been 100000 instead Of ST.
Alba.
Another fact: In assessment book
OF 1913, page 2o1,, line Is, the former
City Commissioners valued the Motor
Hotel at s12,l5o.oo mad the tax book