I have before now expressed the belief. and I have only to reiterate it. that I do not believe the property of this District in the hands of private citizens can bear onehalf of the cost of keeping op improvements such as we see around us now on the scale which they have assumed. The effect of overtaxation is of course very obvious. It stops all improvements. it deters immigration . it lowers the value of property. discourages persons from coming here and attempting to improve the city. The reason for it is simply this: that the people who own the property hero have little or nothing to say in regard to the scale of expenditure which shall be made in regard to them. I have given a general idea of the causes which led me to offer this amendment.
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