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PORTLAND, . OREGON," SUNDAY , MORNING, JANUARY :. 21, ,1912.'
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CITIZENS ML 5
Erickson Amendment Proposes
, to Tax Land Values Only So
Far as Xity Levy Applies;
,iWhyJt,Is Needed. :
Seattlft."Wash.t' Jan. ,20. -'Seattle may
. tie the first . bis" northwestern - city , to
adopt the single tax.. It will rote March
. upon tha 'Erickson single. tax amend-
went to ;the lty charter, tn'e essentials
of which are these: . . ,;! 'Vr:!-. ;..
1. The EricKson amendment does not
affect'state or county , taxes at all. It
affects only city taxes. v
2. It exempts from city taxed the Im
provements on, land; that 4s, buildings,
factories, etc., and personal pro'porty
; household goods, machinery, stocks of
foods, tools; etc.
J. It taxes - land values" merely,
Whether there are buildings on the land
or not. and It taxes the. franchises of
public service corporations, such as the
Seattle Electric company, the Seattle
Lighting company gras company), etc
Besides,- Jt taxes such leasehold , inter
ests in land aa that given by the state
on the "old university grounds. -, v
The total tax rate tor state, county,
school and city la SO mills, or $3.00 on
$100 of assessment. The part of this
tax for city purposes Is 14 mills, or
$1.40 on $100 ' of assessment almost
one-half. ' ,
The general - effect of the Erickson
amendment, thenj will be to take nearly
half of the total tax (for all purposes,
city, county, school and state) off of
buildings and, personal property 47 per
rent is the exact, amount) and this tax,
- of which buildings and personalty I are
relieved, will fall on land, both vacant
and improved (and on franchises); the
total tax for all purposes on land, va-
..caiit and Impxoveoiand-fln-fraajchlHeB).
will be 25 per cent highei than now.
Every man can figure for himself the
change this amendment will make in his
own tax.
- ). Find out the total tax on land,
and on buildings and personal property,
separately.
si. Subtract one-half (47 per cent, to
Ins exaut). from the tax paid on build
Inns and personal property.
3..' Add one-quarter to the tax on land
alone, whether vacant or Improved... i
Placlag th Borden Properly. ' '
i Hoh'e Erickson amendment to the
Seattle charter will begin to ahift the
rnirden Of supporting the government
from homes to business sites la indicat
ed by a comparison of the amounts
which will be paid by cottage lots (the
value of which remit larr.ely from the
individual thrift ot the owners and by
business property!) Values of which
are created by ' all - the.- people,
whether thSj Owners build or not).
Business Property,
On two sides of Second avenue, be
tween Yesler Way and Pike street, there
are 85 lota.- Their total assessed values
are aa followa:
Assessed value of land $ ,179,250
Assessed value of buildings'. . 2.719.690
hnSh
Reports of FiscalTYear.1911
Show Commerce Has in-; :I
' creased: Rapidly.-
, " (Waahimtna Boreati at The Jonroan t
Washington, . Jan. - 20. Evidence of
the growth of the Up I ted States as an
exporting country .are, found in'the'an
nual report of the, bureau ,of manufac
ture which shows that the, fiscal year
was . marked by an" Increase In the
export trade to Approximately '$$,000,
000,(00 Ir, .value, t manufactured exports
comprising about -half .this amount
' It Is estimated " that , at" least $0,000
firms la : the United States' are directly
Interested v in export trade.', The total
value of the exports given "was an in
crease of $304,$35,47 over 110 and of
$168,489,121 over the former high record
year,; 1907, The Imports were valued
at 1.627.I2,105, a reduction of $2$,.
721,32$ below the figures of 1910.
Orowth Squally Blvlded.
The growth in exports is about eouallv
divided between manufactures and man
ufacturers' materials, the increase in the
value of manufacturer's exported . (in
cluding manufactures ready for use and
those for farther use In manufacturing)
being $140,63S,69 and the Increase in
manufacturers' raw materials $147,
083,149. .The growth In exports of raw
materials , occurs chiefly in cotton, of
which the export price was exceptionally
high-
The Increase in manufactures export
ed oc-ura in many of the Important ar
ticles, but especially in manufactures of
Iron and steel, which amounted to $130,
726,351 In value, against $179,133,186 In
the preceding year., -Manufactures of
wood also show.a growth 'of $13,442,148
those of cotton $7,464,821, agricultural
Implements $7,849,366, and copper $16,
0 80,503. ' . ' -
Jt QJeiftt. jOomraarca. Increases.
.Total $11.R98,940
T The 1911 lax-now makes these 86 lots
With the improvements pay $403,374 per
year. . 'nder , the Krlckson. amendment
(undftr Which buildings would,, pay less
and land values would pay considerably
more than , now) these 'properties would
pay $441.89u-an increase of 338,620.
' The same thing, is- true .of Third ave
nue, between Tealer . Way and Pike
street The present assessed values are
as follows; ...
Assessed value of land ...... .$5,286,180
Assessed; value 01 buildings .. 809.1HO
Total . t.- 16.096.360
The present tax paid by these prop
erties is $206,631;.' under the Krickson
amendment,' they- would pay $242,676
an increase of $35,946".
'." ': Besidenoe Property.
In the Moore's University Park addl
tlon. lying north of the university
campus, a comparison of the 1911 taxes
with the single tax on the same property
nder the Erickson amendment Is as
follows: " J
' Improved lots. Vacant lots.
1911 tax ......$8,028 , $ 9,427
Single tax ..... 4,397 . 12,029
. Decrease ....$1,726 Increase. .$ 2.603
28.6 per cent. r 27 per cent
. a iota! -saving io ins ones wno nave
improved; their property -of. $1,726. The
average, assessed valuatlotf df the lm
proved lota'- is $660 and "of vtne houses
$1690, totaPI2350. , . ,
1911 tax' ..$78.00
Single tai ...... v ..V. i 67.80
' I v'.: ' 820.20
saved to each home-owner In ' Moore's
University Park addition. . The average
assessed) valuation of all the
1911
Tax.
$23.00
. 66.00
Single
Tax.
$27.60
30.30
Improved lots ..".$ '660
Houses ...... . . 1,690
. 'L.' J $23.60 $73.0p $57.80
Each home-owner would save $20.20.
, In the whole of Burns 4 Atkinson's
- addition, located in the heart of the
Green Lake district, on the east Ide of
the lake the 1911 taxes compare with
the t1n-le tax under the Erickson
, amendment, an follows:
.... ?: ' Improved lots ; Vacant lot
1911 takea kij,, $5,089 ils ' .,. $1,236
Single taj? 4,089. ' V 1.578
'In : Oilman's ;Park, Ballard, blooka
1-68:,- : .. C.- ...,;.;.. ' '
.'' V Improved lots Vacant lots"
, lU iait .t.,.fl6,8SII
jingle tax 13,948
$3,679
4,70V
; Decrekse ;....$ 1,882 Increase $1,030
..; " Iha Problem of .Seattle. .
When' Seattle was a straggling village
there existed a rough equality. Luxur
ies . were-i few, there .were no , million-.
aires, but there were no, paupers, and
there was. a rude abundance of , essen
tials .for -ajt, iii ' t . i, .( i ,i .pi wi mw' ui:lm
Men were Independent, .ready to help
each other freely, but the soil, the sea,
: the forest and the mine afforded ample
opportunities for' employment snd no
man was ldle.br obliged to ask another
: for work as a privilege. VTThe coming of
the first; railroad excited ardent' hopes
In the minds of everyone, so .that, law
yers, doctors,, ministers and . laborers
toiled side by side, with pick and shovel,
to grade the line that was going to bring
it to Seattle. - ' k- ...
. ' Each -believed himself to be working
tor the' common good and the ' Seattls
spirit was then a living thing. - ,,.
Biohes a row Snorxaonsly. : '
The railroad came, Increasing popula
tion, multlplvina- business. helDlnr to
make of the little town a great city It taking it you can eat what you like.
The foreign commerce of the United
States has- greatly Increased during re
cent years, and with this Increase has
also cornea marked change Iq the char
acter of trade movements. - Manufac
tures, which in 1880 formed less than 15
per cent of the exports and in 1890 but
about 21 per cent, formed in 1911 over
45 per cent of the greatly Increased to
tal, and at certain- seasons; of the year
were more -than 60 per cent of the total,
while manufacturers' raw- material,
which in 1889 formed less than 20 per
cent of the imports, formed In 1911 S3
and one half per .rent of the greatly
enlarged total, The actual . value of
manufactures exported In 1911 (Includ
ing in this term both manufactures
ready for use and those for further use
in manufacturing) amounted to $907,
619,8(1, against $465,771,993 In 1901.
havl; g thus practically doubled in . a
single decade, while the alue of nianu
facturers' raw material Imported in
creased from $248,006,761 in 1901 to
$511,363,140 In 1911.
Meantime the value of foodstuffs .ex
ported haa "fallen 'from $682,999,618 in
1901 to $385,418,438-In 1911, despite the
advance In prices during the decade. The
share which, foodstuffs formed of the
exports of domestic merchandise has fal
len from 66 per cent In 1880 and 42 per
cent in" 1890 to less than 20 per cent In
1911.
proved a potent factor In enormously
increasing? the wealth of Seattle. But
as Seattle grew toward its Ideal, as It
began to dream of rivalling Chicago and
New York, new problems came. Mil
lionaires sprang up and with them "the
tramps and paupers which .are their
shadows. The ownership of a few
acres, which in the early days yielded
a living no better than fishing in the
sound or logging In the woods; by the
subtlt alchemy of the law became a
power capable of extracting from the
masses tha lion's share of the fruits of
their toll.
Every Increase In population meant
an Increase In land values revery pub
lic improvement added to it and each
title deed to a lot or two In the center
of this hive of Industry became an Al
ladln's lamp, yielding to its owner
power to sitMdle and-live in luxury on
the toll of others.
Ineanalitiea ' Also Orow.
City expenses steadily Increased, and,
to defray these 'expenses, individuals
were taxed a part - of their earnings
while the land values which the com
munity created by its growth were left
to individuals who did not: earn them:
and 'worse than t.hat--for when people
say that the title to a lot, which a few
years before would hardly have been
accepted aa a gift, had become a power
to take wealth from the producers, a
mad .erase swept men and women intd
land speculation, ' and Industry was
forced to pay not merely on actual val
ues but on speculative values wnich ab
sorbed all possible Increase of real
value for a generation to come. ""
Industry and commerce were throt
tled by thia tribute to land speculation.
Stagnation followed the feverish Indus
try of early years and as monopoly of
land Had shut off the1 opportunities for
self-employment, Seattle was confront
ed by the spectre of idle men unable
to find work or food.
- A Tour-Tear Depression.
The speculative balloon slowly col
lapsed and as speculative land rents fell
to . a point-wnere maustry couia pay
them and survive, the golden flood from
the Klondike- started, bringing a new
period of speculation, greater even than
before. Tbe second depression haa now
lasted four years, rents, have shrunk a
trifle and . Industry is striving, with
scant success, to pay these rents, pay
taxes and yet survive, . ; v .
For the Woman That's Fat ,
A Detroit physician says that the
cheapest and safest mixture a. fat wo
man who wants to get thin can use Is
H ounce Marmola (get It In the original
Va -ounce package). -ounce Fluid Ex
tract Cascara Aromatic and 8 ounces
Peppermint Water. ". The proper amount
to taka is a teaspoonful after, meals
and at bedtime..': -:-,, .?..-
These Ingredient may be obtained
from any druggist at small cost, and
make a combination that Is not only ex
cellent as a fat reducer, being able, It is
claimed, to take off a nound a dav with
out causinar wrinkles, but. is .- also a
splendid help to the system as 4 whole,
regulating the stomach and bowels
(where the fat person's troubles begin),
and cleartn the skin of pimples and
pioicnrs. - ino exercise is. required to
help lie remedy in its work and, best
or an, no aieung is necessary while
FmM OijwMtusijCiesimnce
The selections of specials of fered this week should fjU ouf'-store with enthusiastic buyers. So far, our January Clear- '.f UcfrS
ance Sale has surpassed all others' in the abundanceof, rare bargains offered, but we have far greater values to present' i'gSd
for the coming week's selling than. we havereyer before shown. If you have the purchasing of a few pieces of furni- TKSxi!.! j'fci bK
ture in mihdr it:will pay you well to select .them now and let us hold them for you till you're ready for their delivery.
cash bk cRE pirffipfr
TERMS TO SUIT.
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THIRD &XMHILj
LET US SHOW
OUR SPECIAL 3-ROOM OUTFIT
Bedroom, Dining-Room:and ' Kitchen Furniture, complete. Eight pieces and Rug for dining-room,
7 pieces and:Rugfor ?the bedroom and (pieces including a fine Steel Range for the kitchen.
Lome
so little
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me in and1 see this outfit "foriyourselfJand you will wonder how we can let you have so much for
little : l " "v : - ON CREDIT
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This Beauliful Pattern in a fa
lar$l6MUertiis Martin Iron Bed
95
An Un
usual Value
A massive design, exactly as - pictured, having
heavy two-inch posts and seven filler rods, finished
with ornamental chills
$9.9.
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Davenports Never Were Lower
Priced Than During This Sale
$52.00 Solid
Oak . Daven
port Like Cut
$31.75
$29.50 Quartered Oak Davenport, with golden finish,
upholstered in velour
$35.00 Mahogany Davenport, with Verona velour cover,
of first quality, special . .,. J,
$39.50 Quartered Oak Davenport, golden finish, cov
ered in Chase leather, special .......... ....... . . . ,
$45.00 Quartered Oak Davenport, covered with Chase
leather and with carved arms an4 feet, special . . . . ...
$95.00 Quartered Oak Davenport, covered in, velour,
very highest grade in every way, special . ... . . . .
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:
$21.50
$23;50
$27.75
$32.50
$55.75
Save Many Dollars on
Your Buffet
Make . your selections this week from high
grade patterns, which represent the last of their
line and must be sold at a loss.
$127.75 Fumed Oak Buffet, in mis- - v
sion style, with 42-inch case. .... j) 1 o DU
$41.50 solid Quartered Oak Buffet, fOC 7 C
golden finish, 42-inch case. ....... dsDe I D
$45 Weathered Oak. JBuffet, with O 7C
French plate mirror, 48-inch casePiCUelD
52.50 genuine Stickley Buffet of (fQI 9C
solid oak, fumed finish, 48-in. case sDOIsmD
$60 Oak Buffet, handsome design, 07 f"A
Early English finish", 54-inch case da) 3U
$65 solid Oak Buffet, golden" wax Ayi fj f A
finish, with 60-inch "case. Special. .' 5faU
$98 Golden jVax BuffeC extra f A CA
large, massiyf,dcsign,T60-mch case 9DaeO U
This Regular:
$tJ5SolidOak
Diner With
Box Seat
Construction
"Very? attractive pat-
tern, made of solid
quartered oak, beau
tifully finished gold-'
en. Has heavy ban-;
ister back, French
legs arid claw feet.
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POWERCI
Read Every Item of These
Clean-up Prices on Odd
Pairs of Fine Lace Curtains
$10 Mercerized Ecru Net Cur
tains, with , applique Q
border, priced now thOeOD
$10.50 Ecru Net4Curtains, with
handsome applique
design, priced nowji&P, j)
$8 White Irish Point Lace
Curtains,- of finest M
quality," ,priced now 9 nTe Dd
$6.50 Mercerized Net Curtains,
with corded edgeQ Af
and border, priced at dJeD
$3.90
$6.00-Ecra-Net Curtains, with
handsome lacetAo
edge, for OJ.DD
$6.50 White Brussels Net Cur
tains, with deep in
laid border
$3.50 Scrim Curtains , in ecru
shade, with xiuny Aft js
edge, special t0aWeO
$5.00 Irish Point Curtains, in
ecru shade, -hand- A 1 j
some pattern 9a)lD
$19 Library Table of Quartered
Golden Finish 41 Eont
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Solid oakr Library Table; with'44-inch top,lower-shelf, drawer
and panel ends.,1 1 Made of heavy selected stock, best finish and
workmanship: throughout. !"
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M Carloads of "NEVJ
IDEA" Gas Ranges
Have Been Sold in Port
land During Past Year
We are exclusive agents, and have . placed
these Ranges in over 75 of the leading apart
ment houses and homes in the city.
A JVciv Carload Just Received Show
IngNewModels With Porcelain Backs
$7.25 Oak Rocker
Fumed or Golden
Finish for '
A b e a u t i f u 1
Rocker, almost
exactly, like cut, :
very substan-
tially made and !
of excellent ap- ;
pearance. Seat -is
; of," Spanish
Moroccolinc -leather.
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