St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-06-21

ton. A tax of 81 mills was levied
| to meet these bonds. New laws.
new penalties and new c,,sts were
created to enforce the collection of
tins tux, ami clailnlns to the public
the beautiful role OF new Moses
relieving the burdens Ut the people,
and secretly congrutnlnting bin
self thut he had So covered his
tracks that the keunest hound would
be nnable to follow them, Kellogg,
the usurrer, sent ont hls n,inlous to
collect the tax tnat WAS to maintain
the good faith and untarnishable
nonor of his beloved Louisiana.
Look To tie returns of Your Audi
ltor; look at Lie list of Sill ,U0O. 900
of unco. lected taxes, compare it
with the 81 COL, 900 that We're col
lected. ana you Will tind that when
tax exceeds The ability of the peo-
pie to pay, no law can be made
stringent enough TO collect it. The
Nlciioi.s government calne into
powell. Inat government In lis turn
Tired faithfully to coi.ect tie tax t.
meet the Interest oil tile pubic debt,
and III Its turn most sisnaliy failed.
In 1877 huLd;e,is of farns were
sold III every parish. The State be-
CANT the purchaser ana still holds
the SAME. La December the time
OF redemption viii have expired.
10 carry out these laws to collect
this Interest, tue State mist take
POSSESSION uf tile l;.n,is; she must
dispose uf tbem--sne viii have
nappy time doing it.
These facts ali SHOW that it is i'm.
possible Tor the State to comply
with the contract.
W. are c;sile,i upon in this Con
ventlon 10 husband the resources of
this State; to provide lot only for
present rmersei.ciss, but Tor .ulure
Tie State. tt, her
vacait lands, needs not so much the
i.id of capital AS All i::;idx ri sturdy !
who VIII produce arti- |
CITES which will attract capitni to the
Stale, regardless OF all matters of .
public OF private credit.
This great republic owes not its /
existence to capital. BY wise aud
lnanlticent laws she aliured tho
,tdluy einiar"nI Ui utuer ciii,les.
He ci,:ue nrst, with bis OK and piuw,
lnd capital came TO speculate Oh ils
Capital never moves
RON pniianthrupic motives, but
ron pure seltisLncss and greed.
BY wise and economical govern
nent induce tie migrant tu come
q your State. Convince tie color
I'll iuDurerS within our bur.ieIs that
he accommodations of years Will not
'e eaten oil by industrious taxes,
nd l Will answer iuI 1t that there
Viii be no lack OF capltai IN LOUISE
ma.
Now. Sir. how will you attract the emf ,
raht iroa other countries ana States?
.ou must offer him 1T least equal induce ,
tents to other SouIlern ana Western
;.teS. You mist give hin a wise AMI !,
economical government; yoa must give :
iin IL low rate OF taxation. Let us COM :
are tie rate of taxation with that of ,
tl.r States.
l nol,i IN my hand figures furnished II !,
elesate on this Hoo. ny the Governors !,
many of the States. From them find :
lat the tax rate in these States is as fol- !,
'ws: ARKANSAS, o. mills, Colorado, or
alternately, Connecticut II. Delaware ;,
lGrida {, GeJrsia 1, illinois 3.3, Indi- =,
la 20. Iowa Z, Kansas 81. Kentucky 4, =
lalne i, Maryland l.S. Massachusetts i
'i3, Michigan l.3i. Minnesota "a. Mis-. =
'uri 81. Nebraska 50, Nevada 8, New =
alnpsnire 2. New Jersey 81. New York =
., Aortn Carolina 3.S, Ohio 80, Oregon :.
Pennsylvania 3. Rhode Islani 1.2, /,
,uth Carolina Al. Tennessee |, Texas ). n
erinont 81, fir. LIMA ), West Virginia 3. d
isconsin i.53. But one State besides !,
ouislana nine mills. only four pay more l.
an nve mills, four pay live mills, and W
e remainder pay from little more than :,
ie-hait o! mill To five mills. I;
Now, sirs, Is 1t Natural that the emf n,
ant VIII turn from the gain of other il
:ites where the burden of taxation is so al
VI, AMI come To Louisiana, where it is In
very high: W
Viii capital itself seek investment fe
res Does II not naturally shrink from lie
restrictions, an more especially those "
t..Aatinn? =
cohteli that we are not able to pay Ii,
Is aeht an ,nteres t, AMI that We must. a.
Justice tu ourselves Te,luce If WITHIN I'll