anaheim-gazette 1913-10-30

FACTS AND FIGURES (This page is ed PROHIBITION VIEWED AND WEIGHED FROM A Business Standpo Every Taxpayer of Anaheim should peruse the statistics of Anaheim City Taxed on this page. In our previous article proven beyond a doubt that the prohibition posed for our city is untenable from a point; that it does not advocate or make TEMPERANCE. Today, on this page, we show you peruse the statistics of Anaheim City Taxed on this page. In our previous article proven beyond a doubt that the prohibition posed for our city is untenable from a point; that it does not advocate or make TEMPERANCE. Today, on this page, we show you the Hopeless experiment, a dire failure from a point of practicability. Every taxpayer of man or woman, who pays hard earned money into our city treasury should read and these startling figures. IT MEANS DOLLARS AND CENTS. It brings absolute proof that your tax crease at least 40 per cent, if the city liquor and the $10,000.00 annual revenue derived are eliminated by the proposed Wyllie G. NO GETTING AWAY FROM THE EDITOR Young of Los Angeles has printed Ana in his Anaheim Herald, the tax rate is $1.70 per hundred dollars assessed with your property. Nobody disputes this fact the taxpayer knows it. Nothing strange about the taxpayer knows that an immense amount had to be expended on the municipal light system, the sewer system, and other vital municipal improvements. Every taxpayer knows that it takes money to keep up all of our city institutions. Why doesn't Editor Young get down to business and tell Anaheim what the tax rate will be if the nearly $10,000.00 rived from liquor licenses is eliminated? Read and think. Instead of paying $1.70 per hundred dollars assessed with property, as at present, you will have to pay $2.38. And all for What? Every taxpayer knows that it takes money to keep all of our city institutions. Why doesn't Editor Young get down to business and teach Anaheim what the tax rate will be if the nearly $10,000.00 rived from liquor licenses is eliminated? Read and think. Instead of paying $1.70 per hundred dollars assessed property, as at present, you will have to pay $2.38. And all for What? For driving the liquor traffic into secret channels, into outlaw-bootlegger and blindpigger, unchecked, unrestricted, No moral issue, no true temperance movement, no being righteousness is involved in this case. Our residents, our citizens, our taxpayers, all those who REAL MORALITY, HAPPINESS, PROGRESS AND PROSPERATION MOTHER COLONY are thoroughly satisfied with existing conditions. Those who have brought this unfortunate and unnecessary us, who are clamoring the loudest for a “Dry” (?) town and PAID AGITATORS of the Anti-Saloon League, and a number of others from near-by towns—NON-RESIDENTS, NON-TAXPAYERS? Are these outsiders as vitally interested in issues of Anaheim as OUR TAXPAYERS are any of these zealots offer assistance in my deficiency in our city treasury, or will this done by OUR TAXPAYERS? ANAHEIM GAZETTE ADVERTISEMENT FIGURES FOR ANAHEIM T This page is edited under auspices of the Anaheim Taxpayers' League. DITION=A FAILURE HED FROM A andpoint. Anheim should carefully im City Taxes publishvious articles we have the prohibition law proe from a Moral Stande or make for TRUE TAX Report of City Cler May 31st, Total receipts - City Taxes - $25,751 Liquor Licenses 9,900 Misc. Licenses - 1,109 Other sources - 42,312 Total - - Under the present system whereby nearly revenue is derived from CITY TAX RATE is $dollars assessed valuation. If the above legitimating by the elimination Your tax rate must cent and will be $HUNDRED DOLLA VALUATION. For the $9,900.00 to business and tell the taxpayers of nearly $10,000.00 annual revenue dedollars assessed valuation on your $2.38. secret channels, into the hands of the freed, unrestricted, unlimited. movement, no betterment of civic ers, all those who have at heart the PRESS AND PROSPERITY of our land with existing conditions. state and unnecessary election upon "Dry" (?) town appear to be certainague, and a number of jealous knock-ON-TAXPAYERS. interested in the real live TAXPAYERS? Willistance in making up the city, or will this have to be TAXPAYERS? cent and will be $HUNDRED DOLLAR VALUATION. For the $9,900.00 treasury can be made way, by increasing that amount. Keep Your Taxes I Keep Progress and Keep Out the Kno Keep on Boosting. VOTE YES. Thursday, October 30 EIM TAXPAYERS s' League. RE=No. 4. TAXES City Clerk, Year Ending May 31st, 1913 eipts - $79,072.59 City Clerk, Year Ending May 31st, 1913 Receipts - $79,072.59 $25,751.49 es 9,900.00 s - 1,109.00 - 42,312.10 - - - $79,072.59 The present HIGH LICENSE by nearly $10,000.00 annual ived from the liquor licenses ATE is $1.70 per Hundred ed valuation. Ve legitimate revenue is cut elimination of said licenses, te must increase 40 per ill be $2.38 per each DOLLARS ASSESSED N. 9,900.00 loss to the city will be $2.38 per each DOLLARS ASSESSED N. $9,900.00 loss to the city be made good just ONE reasing the tax receipts in Taxes Down. less and Prosperity Up. the Knockers. posting. YES.