Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-03-28
lin NHu TAX LAW,
WELLS DRURY REGARDS IT
ASA BIG IMPROVEMENT
ON THE OLD METHOD.
sts That This Step in the
Right Direction Will Lead
to Adoption Of the Single
Tax System.

The new law Of Nevada in regard to
III. hts and taxation Is q great i'm
pravrm.-nt over the old method, for it
will tend 10 b, ing the chronic tax dod o.
-s- to .irne. | h, We just been reading
the act as it was passed by the last
l.ei-)alutr, and lind that it contains
some novel TEXTURES hat other States
will he apt to adopt - soon as they be-
come generally known.
Level headed men will soon recoe
uiz- THAT it is hejser for all to he treat |
20 alike This new law viii tend to
fairly al just :he burdens Of taxation,
ans! an, thing that goes in that direc
lion l. :. help 10 bring ia the single Tax
plan Of raising revenue.
The Single Tax is the only method
that is strictly just and fair to all. and
therefore. must he universally adopted
, IL soon as the world at large becomes
acquainted with lis excellencies.
No State or community can thrive on
u : stem Of in Justice.
| Nevada has heen unjust to her most
| deserving taxpayers. penalizIng the
energetic. the enterprisins. the indus
hentli Its from the public without max
ing adequate return.
Now is Il good time to turn around
and he fair to your own good people,
Nevada.
Why do you insist on treating out
siders better than you do your citizens?
You don't do it in politics. so why
should YOU do so in taxa1iono
You have /. reasonable law that a
man who does not reside in your State
shall not hold office, on the principle
that he is not SO deeply interested in
the State as if he were a resident.
Yet that same resident you favor
in the matter Of taxation.
How?
, Well, I'll tell you.
Take any town and look over the as
, sessment list and see the names of non
residents ou the loll. Nine times in
ten YOU will find that these non-res,
dents own unimproved town loJs or
land near the city limits, and that the
land thus heli is assessed at very low
valuation. II u man who lives in your
, community has the enterprise to put
i up house. your assessor pounces down
' on him and charges him several dollars
extra On account of the improvements,
but does not raise the valuation Of the
non resident property. because, for.
sooth. he. the nonresident. has not
=, made any improvements. Your oHr
J citizen. who has done a good thing fol
D the community is penaliZed because he
: has been Il good citizen. aGd the non
: resident is rewarded BY allowing hi:
5 taxes to stand at the old rate, while
e the improvements of your own either
n have in fact added to the value of the
Il non residents real estate.
It Do you see the point?
e OF course you do hut you can't hell
= it.
You can t help it under the presen
if system, buv as soon "a you get the Sin
O gle Tax, which will be in less than tel
}. years. you will change all that, anl
then your State will be prosperous.
Some good can be done under tn,
new law, for it will help your assessor
IS and your Boards of Equalization to ge
< at the truth. The fault is not alto
gether with the assessors. It is tn
n system that is to blame.
1t is rig hit for assessors to study til
!" best way to help the State and thei
own counties under the new law.
There is one thing that they may Dc
and that is to make the ron resident
pay fair rate on their land holding.
If that is done, the State will hay
~ lall the revenue it needs and th
counties will be in clover.
When we Nevadans see friend in
I flight, What do we do?
/ Do we try to en- oarrass him by pull
ing at his raiment?
Not much.
1 We generally hold the other fellow
and let our friend be as free as posi- bl
II Why not try that plan in taxatio
! far aw lille?
I Why no: quit taxing our own foil
all the time and tax the other fellow
J. just to see how it goes?
How can we reach the other fello
ovorv fimo and m aEa no miStako ahO,
it?
/ By taxing real estate higher and pc
sonal property lower.
2 Why?
Because no nonresident can prof
ably hold personal property in Nevai
j out of use, but a nonresident can pr
1 iita hlu hold ,,aal estata 0ut Of usa Ca