The Red Cloud chief., 1889-01-11

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mtse1a ooeaiasAO 90 native 1sAss a ne essse
Of Irtaoas, eossistiag q hasA sock-
TIE report Of gAe Doasd 6 Tnnsposts&Seo
shows has q tie time q The tahing eject q
| The law creating ~ Duos0 u TanSp6gtssjou
| duly I, lSBs). there were three esses beading
| before the Board q Rsilroad Ce0ntssaooerA
Since that dsse thirty formal conplaints haso
been aIed with the board. naking . total q
| thtrtythree considered since ~ creation "a
| until June u. IS-aL
HnIIcnr RATE
While railroad freight rates are . necessity
| 70 the people. the people are . necessity 70 Tie
railroads. The relations they sustain 70 eaeh
| OF, er must be mutual and should be 20 adjusted
| that the interests Of both would be promoted and
protected. Those w<O invest their means In
railroad property have . night 20 expect fair
| return on their investment. Those who labor
have the same right 70 expect . fair rewari for
their labor. which is their capital invested
Railways should 50 ADJUST their tanM
Of charges hat farmers, grszerS, manu-
/ facturers, merchants and all y ship
then can do 20 and receive .
nRrodt from their business. The
\Sislature 10 establish and en-
ICES IN the part Of com
Gully established BY .
court. and that power
kes where the people
10 charges. The
BE Protected. The
8RUater than that which
people create and their power
Ind they speak through the Legis-
The agencies which have been created
tOt Z lufinR their vi u.
ASSESSMENT AID TAXATION.
Your earnest attention II invited 70 the
necessity for . revision and amendment Of pres
ent Laws regarding assessment aid saxstion-
That great injustice and inequality prevails unr
der our present system 10 too sppaseat 70 ~
| quire argument to induce conviction. Further
more. IL gives rise TO . false impression and
does great injustice 70 the State. Upon the
face Il Is made 70 sppeaf hat Ne
brAska sustains the highest taxation
Of any State in the Union. save Ne
vada, which IL utterly untrue. Tho statement
is thoroughly deceptive and pernici0us. and u
ment. Property h Nebraska Is assessed at .
smaller valuation than IN any Of the States. IA
| comparison 10 here made With assessments In
several other States.l
The State census of 1886 showed our pOpuIa
ton TO be ss0.5s5. The amount Of taxation for
the same year reised for State purposes was
si.U37 .OIs..3. Taking the population for that
gSoA oAn Az ekAkOuuS Ob - hosBO ~ IeSS
stated. the tax per raptta was HISS. Nebraska
has thus been made To suffer from the reputar
ton OF being the highest taxed State. except
one. which reputation rests on an entirely false
basis. This wrong must BE- remedied. This
false impression must be removed. The rate of
assessment must be largely increased. II is a
well proven fac; that . vast amount OF prop
erty. both real estate and personal escapes
taxation. Men who maintain IN unQuestioned
reputation for integrity whose word and bond
are good in all business circles, will deliberately
cheat the accessors, and will regard IL As an
evidence OF shrewdness and smartness II they
succeed. They conceal the possession Of notes,
certificates OF stocks and mortgages, while
the property and little home OF the toilef
is seen and known by all. and does
not escape the eyes OF the vigilant assessor
The inequalities in the valuation OF property
are too glaring not TO be noticed. and the evil
should be remcdied. The law should be equal
in all its bearings alike upon the poor and the
rich. What is the objection to rating all prop
erty, real and personal. according 20 . fair cash
value and requiring the owners to give q list
Of their property under oath. Tn levy
would then Ne made upon all alike and
would be . velD low rate. All
parties, whether citizens or corpora.
tons, must bear their equal proportion Of the
expenses Of the Government. Parties holding
mortgages. bonds. certificates Of stock, ETC..
should ne taxed. Corporations OF every de-
scription, whether railroads, express compS
MES. car companies. common carriers Of every
description. investment companies, loan rom
panies or corporations Of whatever designation.
must be governed by and subject to the same
rules and regulations and requirements which
are applied 10 private citizens. This rule should
be memorable In regard 20 them.
The Governor reviews the work OF the Omaha
Police Commission. calls attention q the forth
coming Export OF the State Board Of Agrtcult-
ure. the State Historical Society. refers 70 the
organization o! new counties and % the new
State buildings erected the past two
years. asks an appr oNfatiOu To keep
State property insured, advises legisla-
ton. II practicable. to suppress trusts,
recommends legislation prohibiting the intrduc-
ton Of Pinkerton men TO the State. favors u
deep water hsrbOr In Texas and closes ~ fol
lows:
Rigid economy must be observed in oil dts
bursements of III public funds, and app-opria-
lions should bc made only with . due regard 70
I ID: public inter .sts. "a considering applica-
lions for an increase OF f.rce in the different de-
pa-tments and the estimate for sppro-
~priat.ons for the ensuing two
years. the large increase OF business
mus, he taken into 4houn, 1t mus, be borne
in mind that the population Of Nebraska has
doubled in six 10 eight years What WAS sui
iicient four years ago Is not ~suffcient to-day.
The doubling up Of population doubles the de-
mands for benevolent. charitable, industrial
and reforrnatory institutions. These must be
established. They belong to our advancing