The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, April 5, 1920, Page 10

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Established BOSTON M Another North Dakota Tax Lie Nailed Farmers Not Sufferers by Shift in Valuations, Analysis of Assessments Shows N PREVIOQOUS articles on taxes in North Dakota the Leader has shown (1) that the Nonpartisan league is responsible only for state taxes, and not for any increases that may have been made by counties, school districts or other subdivisions; (2) that the in- crease in state taxes has not been due to the state’s new industrial program, but to soldiers’ bonus legislation, the building up of the educational institu- tions and the increased prices of ev- erything; (3) that the increases in North Dakota state taxes are less, in amount and percentage, than the in- creases in other states with soldiers’ bonus laws; and (4) that per capita state taxes in North Dakota are lower asy Payments on Sattley Products You can buy the famous Sattle ' Payment Terms as follows: Cream Separators and Engines: No money down, 30 days' free trial to satisfy yourself that you are getting real value for your money: then begin your payments in small monthly installments. 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The Sattley name appears only on products that we are certain will uohold and increase that reputation. 7 We own and operate the Sattley factory at Springfield, Ill.,, which builds this Separator, and we back it with : our strongest guarantee. Every detaijl of the mechanism is for long life, easy running, easy cleaning, perfect e S skimming. Made in four sizes, 375 Ibs., 500 Ibs., 750 1bs., 950 1bs. Shipped direct from our ware- ‘house nearest you at a big saving in price and on Easy Payments. Send for our Farm Book. It tells you all about Sattley Cream Separa- tors and other farm machinery. Free onrequest. - PAGE TEN Sl than those in any other northwestern state. We had hoped that this would an- swer all questions raised as to North Dakota taxes. But opponents of the League, unable to deny the truth of the assertions cited above, have - brought forward a new argument, which, in brief, is this: That the farm- ers in North Dakota are compelled to pay a much higher proportion of taxes under the League administration than they ever did before. The statement is made by the League opposition that farm property used to pay 54 per cent of the taxes of the state and that it now pays 70 per cent of the taxes. This is a.flat lie. The following facts secured from George E. Wallace, tax commissioner of North Dakota, may be cited to show the true condi- tion: ] In 1916 (the last year in which the old political gang was in full control in North Dakota), farm lands, exclu- sive of improvements, were valued at 54.58 per cent of the total value of all taxable property in North Dakota. Farm improvements were valued at 3.84 per cent of all taxable property and farm personal property at 11.74 per cent, making all farm property 70.16 per cent of the total valuation of the state. FARM IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOW EXEMPT In 1919 farm lands, exclusive of im- provements, were valued at 70.36 per cent of the value of all taxable prop- erty, but farm improvements were al- together exempt and farm personal property was valued at only 3.9 per cent-of the total valuation, thus mak- ing the total valuation of all farm property 74.26 per cent of the total valuation of the state. It is of course untrue that farm property pays 74 per cent of the taxes. City property, paying city taxes and higher . school taxes than country property, together with railroad and against at a much higher rate and thus pays a much larger percentage indicate. On the face of the unexplained fig- ures, however, it would appear that farm property in 1919 amounted to 4.1 per cent more of the total valu- ation than it did in 1916. How is this explained ? . By the simple fact that in 1919 there were 1,352,608 more acres as- sessed for taxes than there were in 1916. This wipes out the apparent 4 per cent shift onto farmers’ property. As a matter of fact, the working farmer, who operates all his own -| property, fares better in proportion to other taxpayers than he did in 1918. All farming property, lumped togeth, er, bears appreximately the same pro- portion to the total property valuation as it did in 1916, but idle farm Jand, heild for speculative purposes, bears a higher proportion of the total tax than it did in 1916 and consequently the farmer who wses his land to pro- duce food proportionately pays less. PAINTING MILK CANS A rust-proof paint on the milk cans will keep them from wearing out as quickly as they otherwise would. On the bottom of the unpainted can the tin plating is likely to wear off and the iron underneath can not resist the weather to which the milk can is ex- for the kind of paint suitable for pre- venting rusting. A distinctive color also saves time in picking the cans out at milking‘ stations. other public utility property, is levied ° of the taxes than the valuation figures posed. “Antioxide” is the trade name t K e {1 I } 3 22 3mEL ) B! e 1 3}: ol Ag ma g & B B s f oy Be - e LA