The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-03-01

ably add the cost of production land
taxes would be part of his costs of pro-
duction) to bis product. A man own
ing city lot, and renting it TO bust
| ness man, would add the taxes to the
price of the rent, and the merchant
would add the price of the rent and
taxes included therein to the price of
his groceries or clothing, and the mil
ionaire, money man and banker and
manufacturer, who consumed the
goods would thus pay his share of the
taxes. The owner of land who grazed
sheep, either for himself or let the
land out for grazing, would add the
tax on his land value to the price OF
the wool and mutton, and the manu-
facturer and wholesale butcher who
bought the wool and the mutton would
pay the land tax, and they would in
turn add the price of the wool (which
would include part of the land tax to
the price of the manufactured product.
Why then tax the land little, and tax
socks, suspenders, matches, corsets,
Pbustles, whalebone, billiard balls, eye
glasses, finger rings, pots, kettles ana
pans, and everything that has name,
to make up the balance needed to
carry on the government?
| Apropos of the delirious contention
attempted to be asserted by certain
newspapers, and members of the Legis-
lature that we ought to raise the valu-
alton and lower the rate of taxation in.
Nevada, desire to express my dissen-.
tion. In number of lawsuits which I
have reported in this State, the agents
and professional nurses of the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company have
testified that they could parallel the
Southern Pacific road, in Lander coun-
ty, for instance, for $4,000 per mile,
and they could parallel the entire road
in Nevada for SIS, 900 per mile. Under
such testimony, how can the Assessors
raise the valuation of the railroad?
Would not a reduction of the rate by
l'one-half reduce the taxes of the rail-
road exactly one-half? Is that not the
job up their sleeve?
There is another point 1 desire to
call attention to: There is no class of
property so heavily taxed as improve
ments upon land--the owners of priv
ate dwellings being by far the greatest
sufferers. There are few houses in
Carson that can be sold for the amount
of the valuation at which they are as
sessed. Yet, in full face of this fact,
and with full knowledge of keen bid
ding for business, and bitter opposition
on the part of insurance companies in
Nevada, the Legislature has passed an
Act over the Governors veto, so re-
stricting the business of insurance
companies in Nevada, as to either force
them to raise their insurance rates
(which burden must fall most heavily
on homes) or go out of business. God
save us from our representatives.
Santa Monica is a watering. place
that used to be well patronized. Santa
Monica adopted local option few
years ago, and prohibited the sale of
liquors.. The patronage went with
the liquor. Two-thirds of the good
people of Santa Monica have now
signed petition for the return of
John Barleycorn. They want the
trade, and are ready to sacrifice their
morals for it. North Dakota used to
have law allowing the prosecution of
an action for divorce after obtaining
residence of three months in the State.
The State was we'll patronized by
would-be Divorces. The law was
changed few years ago, so as to re-
qnire one years residence. The pat
ronage went with the change of the
law. North Dakota now wants to re-
turn to the old law, and is willing to
sacrifice its morals for it. San Fran
cisco has made seventy or eighty mil
lion dollars through the war in the
Philippines and the trouble in China,
and the city went solld Tor Mckinley.
The Missionaries in China provoked
the trouble in order to expand their
business, and make room for an army
Of idle proselytizers Santa Monica
wants whisky and gambling, North
Dakota wants divorce, and San Fran
cisco and the Missionaries want war
how they get it. The same unvarying
spectacle of dishonor in the interest of
greed permeates the world. Yet,
when Nevada proposed lottery, on
the same principle, the world was
shocked.
QUELQUEFoIs.
Why don't the Kansas saloon keep
ers get Pat Grove to kidnap Mrs.
Nation?