Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-30

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/ i fniRhs 6isema tae Ent tael Is 4axasin1
and 80 pnMtl0n I bad takaa CO To
EnmD e. 4 later aKtieia. Gonan4
GSas4. nn4 are8Aina have kept ne from
he Azsars / re1ded for - grave 8 s1o-
isos, bn1 EeQ1eats from dL1etzni qasx-
tass Nhfch nave % Eigt4 % ls1oEe in
dase ms % Do abaf ! ean gith - tiEae
] have IS eommaBd.
AL SID ID ~ forr1eR art1sle. ~ -
sitsoa has bsen wholly . e1lzte1 - -.
! Feaktsss aad ar. Habb4rd - the
stamp. and - he istlef in TIE Press q
fhia alsy and iafer IN the Gel % kefs
/ Tammaend. The ASSERTION that Do nce
stand upoa every plauk 81 she kssRaoli-
can platform 10 wholly nntFurs - alsn
shat il ineIndQd ID tbs esneEAl deniais
that I an 0preasd % tie FePtal e tie
gross e4Fninas taK Law.
/ am aqaafsig - faycF e ne repeal
81 thai AK Law for two amply aalleieni
fsasonss
FiEss-Ths tax 81 I've per esnt en- tha
1fcas earnings q railways = dee.aEed g
bs 10 lea o. a. oshef taxes. TITS is Al
meona. sfnes Is h wholly unfair net oniy
a. besmeen different railroads but e. be-
smaen any particular railroad and indi-
Vfaua5 tnxrnVina eitizsn4 TIE AoIth-
eFn Paa14a Il aiiread Company claim 70
aan she alfaFnate seolioRs En- each side
81 ils lines Of railroad built Or protested
Il this Territory for 20 miles- Ihe naE-
rev gaze railfoad between Olympia and
Ieuino owns 20 lad 80 far as can
iaakn. except, n yeu ploase, les Eoadbed.
10 fa1 beth on their gross earnings
aiika and % exsmpt the Northern Pa
eiae IS % ita land, = the ahssFsst and
nlainas1 inequaiitg ~ between these ta0
FaiIMAYa Il u eqaaily unfair as BE-
iween fhs N0Fthofn Pacific and the peo-
ple, since the sax paid b. tne former Il
wholly too amail n pEOporiiou % the
vast amaaut 81 rs property.
seeond- be act - % drawn that Is
Includes shat Bo call loaaing railroads.
Suppose - take the Blanehard rail-
road IS 8 sample and as a. illustration.
BsanahaFd q %. oun aome Thousands
of aoFss u hne timber land nsar the
Samish. To Get fhs timber cat that
asm hare bailt q private logging rail-
road. They haul their own LOGS on
their owu fFilF0ad and likely charge
themselves nothiuR for freight, and 50
the railroad thsy have. while Il makes
thea Fie6, has 10 gross earnings 70 tax,
or II that does NOS woEk and they wiah
% eeads taxati0a, all they have cot to
do Is % charge themselves two bii8 3
yeaF f0f hauling logs and pas into ths
| Territorial treasury ts0 per cent on
thai snn, o. jest one half Of one cent,
and thsir gross earnings tax shall Be IL
lieu Of All other taxes.
For siaher Of she above Feasoas the
law ii question shsald be repealed. It
1 II both wicked and loose.
Bat havs gone further IN my talks
70 she people FROM the stump ! have
tried % awaken attention 20 the grave
diliisnlsies which surround the fair aRd
equal distFibuiion Of the burden Of
supporting the G0vernnent. Taxation
should Be equal aud uniform, or, as our
platform has u, iust. There esH be no
QUESTION abeat the c0rr8otness Of that
principle. IL is application, though,
there ARISES q difficulty, or. raiheE, q
great many difficulties. Ii IL very easy
b sAy that railroads should be taxed
iuss a. individuals sre, bat the question
IL, Can yOu do that successfully II
you can IL should be done. II you can
net. then the query comes up whefheI
yon viii Try % use two or even half 3
dozen WAYS - get your taxes until y5u
saaeeed, or whether you viii stick 20
tie ems way and fail 70 get part OF
them, aad 90 favor corporations.
ft Is Of course easy 90 say, and, 10
fact, easy 20 d.. that aii faads owned by
railroads can and shall Be assessed and
iaxsd whore they lie the same as shosl
0wned by individuals. Il is right to aay
J 20 and DO %, but has only become pos
sibla since che act Of Congress, which
basana a Law last spring, that you could
DO that % Tar IS land grant lands were
concerned. Nov Il can b done, and Il
oaeAs % ~ done.
Bat right here the easiness ceases
The right Of way Of the Northern Pa.
ei1a Railway "a expressly exempt frou
taxAtion ID the Territories Of the Uaitsd
States by tbs very act which created
that company. 10 the Dolph bill
} whtch has been 80 much discussed, SEQ
, tion I. this exemption clause vas sonati
10 sa repealed. That bill was defeated
by the DemooFasio House, aud tie Il.
emption still stands. How about she
fighl Of way and road bed. track and
approximations Of thateompauy? HoW
vii you tax themi
Then there Is the rolling stock. Ara
yea certain you can make 9 tax STICK
! on that ia the sane 0ay you can on
J year printing press or my horses and
cattle
Individuals are assessed By the a..
SCISSOR when he gets aroand on and for
/ ali The personal property Of every de-
sefipfion which they owned on the Elrs,
day Of April in that year. Can y0u qes
The rolling stock Of a railroad ia hat
way. On that dAy a train az cars bead
- ~ q locomotive Il mads % st Ia
cana. Il Il then 10 Pierce county.
Steam Is gotten up and tie train suns
south cat Of that county into Thurston
county, out % that into Lesis, across
that into OoWlitz. across that to the 90.
lambia river. then on 10 the great trans-
fer boat and aoross the river into Ors
goa snd then through diferent ooun-
Ties 10 that State uuti Portland a
reached, all on the same day. Another
train leaves Portland on the same day.
L speeds east along the Columbia rivsF
Until Il gets AZ WallRla in this Territory.
y keeps en until u passes Sookane
Falls. and finally, on the sans iFst dav
Of April, e crosses the line into Idaho.
Noss von't some Of nv aasailanta tFy
- make e clear 30 the people that there
u ne dtiiisulty about how and when, n
shat couaty, % IN whioh oausty, these
moving trains shall BE- taxedf Ar thew
snra evea % the Territory or state. 10
say nothing Of she counties2 Gan thew
eel ~ the road tar. OF district, 81 what
school shall Rei the benefit Of this llsst
tng thing.
have no noztrum ready. I think
sae great danger ahead and 4 loss 10
The people b rushing from one extreme
g smother unless tbey stop and think.
1 bell " way can b. Z uno. n one doss
I not already exist I have felt, thoash.
that tse matter should Be openly ana
tneruuahly discussed. A FIRE disc1ssion
neFef harris. Dat Of ona The tFafh and
the true 9ay l. likely % eome. Eserv
rezaens natural o. artificial, evaporation
~ individual 09ght 90 p4y saxes ID
proportion g The vslns q his, her o. its
[ pSupegty. How. i To soua eases he
iFeatlssofee question.
Moat these sane contiemsa kinlIy
ieil us hew and 30 shat extent expreSs
ceepAnies. telegraph and tsisphone
eoupanisa national sud otAar kaaka.
afe taxed IN this ferritogyl Where A. q
hoW mach ne otsRon RAILWAY 4 N4vt-
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