The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-09-27

flutes Col. Dick Daiton'A charges tina,
the Democrats, In their management
OF state affairs. had imposed unjust
burdens upon the farmers. lie saya.
New Let lie See.
Col. Dalton makes tie specific chsrEe
that the democrsffc management OF stale
enairs has imposed outraEeously unjust
hurdens, In the form Of state taxes, on
Tho farmers Of Missouri
~ thiS charge Is true u the great agri-
cultural interests Of Missouri are being
COT Dalton IS Z psrtscsiy T yas,issS % 10 ps@ r.,
nouncing the dsnaacratio party ana
eapouSing the republican cause
'Les ns sec u there 10 a shadow Of truth
n not dificult one 10 dsterminc. Ths
records are at ths disposal Of any cisixFn.
and no amount Of partisan niinstatHmsnts
eaa an possIely alter Them. -,,
TO whether Col Dalton'a charge ls true,
y Il but fair 90 institute = comparison Of
taxation under republican rule with that
Imposed By the democrats.
During the sir years tho republicans
we're In power I'm Missouri they Imposed
. state tax Of 60 cents ON the 800 valua.
uon
prmocEats Reduced Tax.
when the democracy Fegninsd control
O eystsm of economy was inaugurated
the tax rate. untii to-day II amounts 10
p ccnts. or iuSt ona-hRif OF what the re-
puhlicans imposed
so much for the tAd rate.
But Cot Dalton charges that while the
iaA levy was reduced. the assessments
were increased 80 that the amount OF
state tnxes paid by the farmers Is greater
than under the old levy.
Figures Tell the Truth.
Let us see how much truth there is In
"col Dalton eegins with the year 1875
and compares with isss In order 10 meet
his contention fairly and inteiilgentiy.
will use the same years
10 fb rrntH
I'm isS tho farms Of Missouri we're as
scsaed, In rogaa -...h~rs AT f9t0. 0.0n. Oo0
AZ " cents, the total state tax on farms
In ien the farms Of Missouri were as
ssssed st nid"n."o. an Increase Of 1i.1
TN the meantime, the tax rate for state
PURPOSES mad been reduced 20 = cents.
This made the farms pay IN isss fTpo
"Instsad. therefore. of an increase IN the
amount ~ state taxes, there was a de-
crease IN the total amount paid Of t70o.
In iITs. the farms were assessed tss e
Vs.g hiahef thAn ths city and town lots
In 1865 the city and town lots were as
scssed Nta09, 600 higher than the farms
,,,. Does , M. look liks Col. Dalton Z tell
mocfscy with imposing unjust burdens on
Does Il no, rather prove that this clap.
nero suhterfuEe TO cover Col. Daiton'a
real motives In his flop 10 FloTy7
TaH on Dastsa's farm.
but LET us get little closer home 10
Col Dalton, and zee hoe the state burden
II Oppressinr him.
col. Dalton IL the fortunate owner Of
onN II the best Improved farms in Rails
county. II 10 not q large farm, but II II
IN high state OF cultivation There aru
70. acrss, iea OF which are in orchard.
year. on the trees. for q 800
II have a copy OF Cot Daitnn'S thz.blll
for last year, which shows his farm TO
Upon this Col. Dalton paid n total tax
''Of this sum the states portion amount
ed 60 q ~ and the total tszes TO s3ei3
for state purposes is i've times less than
his county burden.
RepubIiean-Impese Hurden.
In recent article which wrote on
this subject. ! stated that the real burden
which the people Of Missouri were bear
ins IN the way Of taxation was the fraud
uieni railroad tax imposed IN many Of the
counties OF the state, while the party
which Col. Dalton nov supports was IN
pnwsr.
the republicans did thirty years ago IL q
dead issue IN this campaign.
However that may be the railroad tax
e not dead Issue with the Taxpayers OF
"col DAlton,r tsx bin shows that be
paid laat year tl2 railroad tRxer-double
wha, he paid the state.
And yet Rails did no! get a single mile
nf railroad I'm for thtn tHg
debt.
mo wonder Col Dalton. in his work for
mis- irisnd, Col. Fiafy, wants TO Keep this
frightfui record OF republican miarufe and
corruption In Missouri in the BACKGROUND
II have no doubt he would gladly have
the squandering OF the tsa 90. 0o OF state
securities by the republicans also a dead
paying this debt. and az ionE AZ a doIiar
Of It remains II with rise up TO confront
Col. Dalton and those who advocate turn
forced q upon the state.
EVERY citizen has riKh, to denounee
an unjust tax. levied % pay q debt created
obligation. Besides Col. Daitoe'1 farm, yea
all know he held the best federal ofnce
In Missouri for four years. hts salary ag-
''tndsr these circumstance. 10 Il no,
rather small affair for Col. Dalton to
parade himself over the state. denouncing
the party that was his benefactor. be
cause he has to bear burden OF ssn In
state taxeaf
Asssker story R~fasea.
but. says Col Dalton, the democratic
state beard of equalization has discrtm.
mated in favor Of the railroads.
"col; Dalton knows this statement. like
'srhc records show II to be absolutely
untrue.
''Instead of a decrease In the assessed
value Of railroad property since 1876. az he
centage Of increase than IN farm prop
ersy, which has uniformly been assessed
at about one-third its real value.
n, frs, ny ' assessmsn, ef rairnaa pr,psray sa
under the present law In iST7. whom that
splendid democrat and great MlsSoUrtan
John n Phelps. was governor,
Of road, assss@sd at 81 500 per mile.
"ln iepa tb~ mileage had Increased to g.
sc, ths total assessment to t71, ss7sst. or
Thus the total Increase In twenty-five
yeaFn ls ~. 10. son, while the increase per
mile IL O. fsi or q per cent.
"a comparison With the present year
sessment Of raiiruad property,
'srhis valuation iafiuden ali this branch
roads. the greater portion 0f which arc
poorly constructed, and do not pay op-
"Ths prinripai i!nes, such as the Wa
bash, the ChfcgHo a Aiton, the Missouri
Pacific, Irnn Mountain. Frisco ard Bur.
Iinston, Fert Scott \ Msmphis. AFs a.
BesreA at from gih,@oe 10 &iGan per miia.
Il DO not know whether the nnse<ssmsat
i ie<s low or too high, but do know that
il To mere than double the amount ~
which the roads were assessed while ths
rspublieznE waFs u control IN Missouri
Railway Assessnesss.
II know. furshxs. and Col. Dalton can
ret the exact HGares. " he Will examine
Ihe auditors rcpurt In tho stats named,
that railroad property In Missouri II as
Hessed . per cent hisher than In the re-
y than in Kansas. and ~ Dsr cent high
:. Does this iook me the democrats Of
Missouri are diacrtninatins IN favor sf
s'fsuA Col. Daltcn's organ. the Glohe-
says the Democratic etAta board
has not ass*ssed tho etsvs& railways OF a.
Leuiz nish sreaEh. 1 90 net hEiw a. te
.nts. hut dc knew the republican board
= city lenscsssfs. which, pFter tQ ~, -
.s.see ine ssfest q rahwnys, yeIusd them g
ncreased this % ssetsy thrse times that
u kncw. farth6r. that. xafls shs r~ru,1,-