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and anyone familiar with minicipal affairs in Minnesota realiz.es tha tan~! comparison between towns in agricul tUlal districts and towns on the Iron Range as to pEr capita taxes is impobsible, Even the ~egislature acknowledged tj, this difference when thay passed laws limiting the amount of taxies which could be le.ied per capita, such laws affecting only towms on the Iron Range, For this reason I have left Buhl out of this calculation, MUNICIIALITIES BETWEEN 1 000 and2 oeo GENERATING AND DISTRIBUTING EL~CTRIC CURRENT. NAME Iv.UNICIPAL lWNIClPAL FROilER TY LEVY kILL RATE PER CAPITA -rr:. 80 S 1 0 , ~ 1 3!) .. 60 11 , 9 7 17,64 ~,71 15, E,9 ~, 10 17,60 6,41 11 ,10 .5, 29 22.70 10.47 42,~O 9,71 19..40 6,'81 34,70 13,25 rr~~--- --------- 24,E6 9,16 -------- -------- 28,So 11,66 . Adrian AItkin Blooming 1'rarie Lakefield Lanesboro IJt~Suenr Madison Roseau Warren Wells Average Elk River Note: These figures taken from the November, 1932 is~ue of ~innesota Municipalities, ~ote: The 1932 League Year Book also shows the average cost of 50KwH domestic light in these towns to be $5,25 as against$5 75 for E.lk River, and for 100 KwH an average of $8.81 as against $10..75 for Elk River, As to what mill rates, per capita levies and elec_ tric rates will be in these places when the next year book is issued is purely a matter of conjectur~i b~t we do know that the carefull study made cy the Counc~ and the ~on_ suIting Engineer for the Village show that subctant~al re_ ductions can be made in rates with a municipal pla~t . . wi thout the neccessi t~r of lev~ring a bingle dollar ~~ mllm~- cipal taxes, In fact, it is reported that ~eSueur w~ll pay all municipal expenses for 193a from the earnings of its light plant, . The ~ower Com~any also makes much of an ado by puttmng in an advertising offering to pa~r $100 to anyone giving certain information as to light plants which have been paid for out of earnings with electric rates as low as proposed by the Company, without help from taxes, I will also give $100 to the power company if they will furnish information as to anyone of these towns before listed which levied last ~rear or will levy next year one dollar of tax to pay for the light plant or to :pa~r any bOl!lds or interest thereon, Both arc meaningless, as we all realiz.e that it takesfrom fifteen to twenty years to pay for a light plant and no such rates as proposed b~T the Power Company have been in existance for that lengthof tmme, The reason for this is that modern machinery and e~uip_ ment have made the difference, . e e e