Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23
TAX REFORM DEPARTMENT.

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ideas shout taxation mot tarif, Write ron
opinions briefly, and they yin b pabli1heA q
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TIE FAHMEHS SIDE OF Idk
QUESTION.
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F.rmer.
The follovino ara som. <,f nv 80. -
sons yvhv taxe. sI,ould mo- - coiI.cted
mainlv from real 1890. br,t from -.
/ sonal pronertv and incomes.
Real estafe. a snch r.nsee INT n
3ne;Un;ficant nnrtion n onr t.ree
Oc.e.;onalIv there nav - l;t;c-+sc,,
over the title - land. bnt s,,ch 49,
constitnta Int ! smnll nortion of M
suits that come before our courta
Gravel banks and CLAW banks are ii "a
| DANCER from bnrplarx IL REQUIRES "a
police to watch them.
Farmers do not like the EMPLOYEES 81
| railroads and mills make strikes and
| lot. th.t destrov rrona,tv 4ake life
I go 1919. A.. caIl;rr mt 81 the
n;l;t;a = uuali them
Those who emnlov LAWYERS nav law
rers Tose who furnish cmnlovment
for sher;ffs and tables and maris-
tratea sbonld he made to contribute "A
far as nossible to the cost Of maintain
inc them. These are not as = rule the
farmers. They are the men whose I'M
come l. derived from personal nron-
ertv
Tond &c s,,ch car not nav
taxes ,rhe hest farm Yields NO income
t;lI ,,areor al rrorertv and labor ar. n,,t
nnon s. Iots = the c;tv sa1l for mora
a., 900 - 1.,,d = +ha oo,,r+-v Cir
NV haca,,sa "a the nerson.1 nronertv
and tha nrodncts Of lahor mt unon
them and around them. live in Mon
roe county. one of the best farming
counties in the state. There is not =
farm in the county that will sell. for
farming purposes. for what it would
The land has No marlret value. The
,rco,ra fron, 1ard dararde nrcy, t,,>
Labor that has heen ana "a ernended
mon IL
Their ;mnosa taxes ,,non that xvh;ch
causes no taxes. and Witch can nav no
taxes? Farmers are now bearing as
heavy load as thev can STRUGGLE NM
der Increase the burden. as Won
would by making real estate paw all the
taxes and farms could not be riven
away
3. Esnecia1lv. should all forest lands
and ali WOOD lots from which M rev.
enue is derived. be relieved from taxa
ton. They benefit the community at
large more than all the officers at law
for whose support taxes are imposed
They save us from droughts and famine;
they keep the country from turning
into desert. No farm should be taxed
for its woods any more than for its
public highways
4. If real estate is taxed, the tax
should be levied upon its actual own
ers- To tax man for the full value OF
a farm when another has a mortgage
upon it, is a gross injustice. It is one
of the laws enacted for the special pur-
pose of the rich
There is no more difficulty in ascer~
tanning who owns the mortgage than
there is in finding out who owns the
farm
To tax the farm and the mortgage |
both is double wrong. 1t is taxing |
the same property twice. There is no |
excuse for it.
Then, we say, let taxes be paid on
property that causes taxes, and let
them be paid in due proportion by the |
actual owners of the property.
B. r. ROBERTS.
North Chill, N. Y, January, 1893
Rrpr.y.
DEAR sr. Your ARGUMENTS ara inre.
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