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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1922 CANDIDATE Litsinger Seeks Cook County Board of Review Post in Spring Vote. We hate to pay taxes. Of course we're unreasonable, but the fact re- mains that our most unwelcome bill cymes from the tax-collector. We alm down a little when we take time to name to ourselves all the benefits that our tax-money buys for us. Neverthelss, Cook County tax- payers have still sufficient grounds for indignation, Prior to 1915 the rate for our local boxes was about $2.00 on each $100 of full value. From 1915 to 1921 ad- ministration expenses increased to such an extent that the state legisla- ture raised the tax rate 1009. So that while in 1915 the tax on a home val- ued at $5,000 was $100, in 1921 it was $200. Moreover at the session of the legislature ending July 1921 the rate was again raised, this time 429. In 1915, $100; in 1921, $200; in 1922, $284. What to do. What can be done about it? Vigor- ous protests have been made against these increases. But the rates have gone up. Can nothing be done? Yes. Unjust increases in property values can be prevented. And the body of men who can serve the public in pre- venting this increase is the Board of Review. In Cook County there is elected at .the regular County election a Board of Review consisting of three per- sons, whose terms of office is six vears. One is elected every two years, the other five holding over. It is the duty of this Board to review, fairly and impartially, the assessment of all property; to raise or lower the assessment as seems just; to hear all complaints. The Board acts on about 60,000 complaints each year. When it completes its work the values are added together, and the total be- comes the assessment for Cook Coun- ty. It is of passing interest to know that in 1921 the value of all Cook County property, real and personal, was almost three billion and a half dollars, $3,468,000,000. The valuation is fixed by the Board of Review; the rate by the State Leg- islature. The product of the two is the tax. Though the Board cannot af- fect the rate, it can see to it that the valuation is fair. It is important, then, that the six members of the Board of Review be exceptionally intelligent, fair minded, and thoughtful of the rights of their fellow citizens. Tax increases have be- come extremely burdensome, crushing in many cases. Widows with infant children appear before the Board ask- ing why their taxes have been doubled when the value of their property has not increased at all. If any person is a candidate for membership on this Board of Review the voters of Cook County ought to know him, know his record and his aims. Stands for Re-election. Since the present chairman of the Board is standing for re-nomination at the Republican Primary Election which is set for Tuesday, April 11, 1922, let us look him over. This man is Edward R. Litsinger. Edward R. Litsinger, present Chair- man of the Board of Review, is 47 years old. He went to work early in life. Grad- uating from grammar school he be- came office boy in the Chicago office of the N. Y. Life Insurance Co. In five years he was assistant cashier. For eight years while working days he went to school nights. He was graduated from Kent College of Law in 1898 at the age of 24. In 1899 he was Assistant States Attorney. Since 1900 by his ability, enterprise, and good service to others he has built up an enviable law practice. He shows business ability. He organized the Southwest Trust & Savings Bank and assisted in establishing the West Side National Bank, He is a director in these two banks and also in the Great Lakes Trust Co. He is vice- president of the U. S. Tent & Awn- ing Co. and also of Ford Roofing Pro- ducts Co. (Turn to Page 16.) ahs Undertaker I am now 'in business for myself, conducting the ONLY undertaking estab- ishment in] Wilmette. 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JOHNSON GLENCOE-- CARL LOCHNER 7 Highland Park Trust & Savings Bank Bldg. (2nd floor) Northeast corner Central and St. Johns Avenues, phone Highland Park 574. WILLIAM B. EDWARDS JOHN WARMINGTON Mrs. JOHN WARMINGTON HIGHLAND PARK --- Including Ravinia Directly West of Deerfield State Bank, phone Deerfield 270. ROBERT L. JOHNSON HAROLD R. VANT DEERFIELD--- Including farms and country estates =O J OI O I J OJ OI OX o | Q | I 3 | | 2 | | (o) ERE is a typical Chi- cagoan, a lawyer by training, a sound banker and an aggressive organizer. Here is a bal- anced executive with excel- lent judgment-- Chairman Board of Review of Assessments, Cook County EDWARD R.LITSINGER Since 1899, when he was Assistant States Attorney he has been identified as a Republican party leader. Sever- al times he has been Republican Committeeman, a member of the Cook County Central Committee and a member of the Congressional Com- mittee. Litsinger, Healy and Reid, lawyers, of which he is a member are well known. He organized and is still a director and vice-president of the South-West Trust and Savings Bank 'and the West Side National Bank. He organized the U. S. Tent & Awning Company in 1904 and is now vice-president. He is treasurer of the Ford Roofing Products Company and interested in the Litsinger-Reeb Com- pany, Ford dealers. He has served on the Board of Review since 1916 with an excellent record. Candidate for Renomination at the Republican Primary Election April 11, 1922 for Member Board of Review of Cook County RR RRREEEESEEEESSES--=S=S=--=----