The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-09-20

/ ] ne question - NOT a'GllNcult one IL
determine. The records nrc at the
disposal Of any citizen. aud 10 amount
Of partisan mi,sgalcmrul can possibly
alter them.
10 reach an intelligent conclusion
a, 20 whether Colonel Da,lo', charge
| !, tue, .l o., Du' fur 20 institute "a com.
pali,uu ul taxation under Rrpubncru
fric 100 Missouri vtI. that imposed by
the Democrats
Outing The .iN yeats the ErpubIi-
can, wee IN power in h.ssoarI they
imposed a State taX Of 30 cents Oh tho
500 valuation.
ufWpCHNT, REDUCED TAX.
When the Democracy rpgaiucd CON
troll system Ot economy was inlugu.
rated hich rrsuted IN u steady rcduc.
ton 10 the tax rate, ualil to-day It
amounts to - cents. OF just one bali
Of what the Republicans imposed
SO much for the tax rate.
But Colonel Dalton charges that
while the tax levy was reduced, the
assessments were increased 50 that the
amount Of state taxes paid by farmers
DO greater than under the old levy.
FrrEL- INT TN TRuTu
Le; us see how much truth there j.
in this assertion
Colonel Dalton begins with the year
1873 and compares with 1893. In
order to meet biz contention fairly and
iu'r,ligcnliy, | will use the same years
In 1870 the State tax had been re-.
duced TO g. gents.
In 1873 the farms Of Missouri were
assessed, ln round numbers, at $780,
900, eco.
Al - cents, the total State taN on
farm, amounted to ~, $50, 900.
lu 1925 the fums II Missouri were
assessed @, $3la, 600, 900, an increase
Of - "5 per acre.
In the meantime, the tax rate for
State purpose, bad been reduced to
% cents
Thi, mad, the farm, pay in 1897.
s,gu.UOu
Instead. thcrciocc. Of Al increase of
State taxes, there was decrease of
the total amount paid Of S2gO,OOO.
Ia 1919 the farm, were assessed
go, 100000 higher than the city and
town lots OF The state.
la 1898 tho city and town lots were
assessed Sl4u, OUO, 600 higher than the
farms
Does thi, look likc Colonel Dalton
3. telling the truth, when he charge.
the Democracy with imposing unjust
burden, on the farmers
Docs 1t not rather prove that this
cIap.lap about the burden Of State
taxes Is mere subicriusn to cover
Colonel Daltou's real motives in hi.
nop to Flory'
TAX on DALTON ~rAEW
l'ut let Us get little closer to Col.
oncl Dalton and see how the State bur
den is depressing him
Colonel Dalton is the fortunate pos.
SCISSOR Of one Of the bcs, improved
farms in Rails county. /, Is not a
large farm, bat 1t is IN a high state of
There are ljG acres, 100
Of which ate in orchard, from which !
the Colonel cold apples last year, on
The trees, for 5000.
have = copy Of Colonel Dlllpn's |
AK bill for the last year, which shows !
his farm to be assessed at s2,J50
Upon this Colonel Dalton paid a |
.olal tax of S37
OF this sum the States portion !
amounted to 50 sJ aud the local taxes |
to S29.l3.
In other words, Colonel Dlllon's
burden for State Purposes Is five times
ess than his county burden.
gErUBLICAN-IuPosED BURDEN.
In recent article which wrote on
bis subject, | stated that the real bur
len which the people Of Missouri were
,caring in the way ot.taxation was the
fraudulent railroad tax imposed IN
many OF the counties of the State,
while the party which Colonel Dalton
low supports was Ia power.
In reply, Colonel Dalton says that
What the Republicans did thirty years
go is dead issue in this campaign.
However that may be, the railroad
AK is not dead issue with the tax
payers Of Rails.
Colonel DIllou's tax bill shows that
Ie paid last year Sll.Gj railroad taxes
double what he paid tho State.
And yet Rails did not get a single
nile Of railroad in return for this iuia-
nous debt.
No wonder Colonel Dalton, in his
york for his friend, Colonel Flory,
Pants to keep this trighlful record Of
republican misrule aud corruption iu
ilssouri 10 the background. II
| have no doubt be would gladly
ave the sqnandering OF the ESQ, 0o0.-
90 of State securities by the Republic
ans also dead Issue. The people
re not yet through paying tbis debt,
nd as long as dollar OF Il remains
will rise up TO couirou, Colonial Dsi- /
IN and those who advocate turning
bis State over to the party which /
'rcod il upon the State.
Every citizen has right to denouncc 1
. unjust tax, levied to pay debt ere. i
ed by fraud, but no good citizen will q
'mplain Of bis unjust portion o. any d
pnest obligation. Besides Colonel
atoms farm, you all know he held
e best Federal Office In Missouri for {
ar years, his salary nggfegasiug 4
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