Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-09-06
Mr.. PETER Wants all Taxes Lev
led on Land.

For q number of years there
has been waged a hot campaign
in North Carolina to compel all
railroads to pay taxes. In the
heat of this conflict, this writer
has been found. We have advo-
Gated this policy, not because OF
any hostility to the railroads,
but because we wanted to lessen
the burden of taxation on the
farms of the State and equalize
taxation. The Populists, while
talking very loud, have contrib
uted very little to this result.
though we give them the credit
for honestly desiring the result
the Democrats have brought
about.
Farming for several years has
not been profitable, and all good
citizens have sought to reduce
taxation on land as help to the
acriculturists. In North Caro-
lima this has been done in some
measure.
Or. July 9th, Mr. PETER, Pop
ulist Senator from Kansas, intro
duced a resolution in the Senate
declaring that I'm view of the
existing social and business con-
ditions. the following resolu-
ton was proposed.
THAT all revenues OF the
Government ought to be raised
Thus it will be seen that,
while the Democrats have been
laboring to reduce taxation on
land. and put it on stocks.
bonds. incomes and property OF
the wealthy. Mr.. PETER pro
poses to exempt everything
from taxation except land. AS
land is tbs chief property of the
farmers. Mr.. PETER proves in
this Legislation that his friend
ship for them consists in desiring
to place upon them all the bur
dens Of government, and exempt
the bondholders and others.
Some days ago Mr.. w. A,
Graham. in a speech in Caswel
in reply to Coat of-Many- -Colors
Guthrie. stated that Senator
PETER had introduced a resolu
ton to raise all taxes on land
Some of the Populists in the
audience declared that Mr.. PEI
fer had not introduced any such
resolution. This is a favorite
argument of the Populists-tc
DENY any statement which con
POUNDS their position. The fol
lowing is the full text of Mr.
PETERS resolu. ion:
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITEI
STATES.
July 9. 1S94.-Ordered to b'
printed.
Mr.. PETER submitted the fol
lowing
RESOLUTION
In view of existing social AM
business conditions. and b,
way of suggesting subject
for remedial legislation; be
1 Res0lrcd Jy the Senate Of til
= t-nited states. First. Tha
3 all public functions ought t
1 be exercised by and TIN Dug
5 public agencies.
s Second. That all railroad
: employed in interstate con
8 merce ought to be brough
9 into one organization unde
\ 10 control and supervision c
IL public officers; that charge
10 for transportation of person
13 and property ought to b
IA uniform throughout tn
Is country; that wages of en-
is ployes ought to be regulate
Il by law and paid promptly
19 money.
10 Third. That all coal bee
20 ought to be owned an
81 worked by the States or b
\, % the Federal Government
% and the wages of all person
"a who work in the mines ougl
% to be NTovided by law an
26 paid money when due.
% Fourth. That all none
70 uSeu Dy Iue peOp1e OuShG
90 be supplied only by tt
80 Government of the Unite
81 States; that the rate of i
80 terest ought to be unifor
33 in all the States. not excee'
"a ing the net average increa:
35 of the permanent wealth
36 the people.
81 Fifth. That all revenu
3s of the Government ought
80 be raised by taxes on REA
40 ESTATE.
Is this what the farmers
i North Carolina want? If thu
want to pay all the taxes, al
:. let the bankers and merchan
and railroad men go free, th'
ought to vote the Populist ticke
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