Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-30

load up every county with an i'm
mense amount of ranches ana town
lots from sales because no monied
tax sale purchaser would ever puy
property under this law, for he would
Immediately be burdened with the
heavy tax upon it. (about one-third OF
It's cash value yearly.) so under TINS
state OF affairs 1t would revert TO the
county in every instance and you can
see how soon the county would ps
swamped and unable to pay It's debts
Just think for instance. of the coun'
ty treasurer. clerk, sheriff and all
county officials, jurymen, schooi
teachers, etc. getting their pay Tor
their sci e1yices in ranches or town lots
II would produce a state of affairs
worse than the wildcat money times
of 1857.
One argument that | understand is
made in favor of this bill, that 1t
would compel the Improvement oil
vacant lots. Now let us see whether
II would Everything else is govern
ed by the law OF supply and demand.
Does anyone for an instant believe
| that such foolish law as this would
compel the vacant lot owners of Du-
| range for instance, to build upon
every individual lot they own in this
| city? There are over - vacant
| lots there and why should any one
build faster than the demand calls
| for? The effect of this law would be
to keep people out of Colorado so we
would in fact be liable to have one
half of our present houses empty. ]
give II out cold and fat as my honest
opinion that il this amendment be-
comes a law that every carpenter, ma
son. painter, plasterer, plumber. brick
layer. common laborer or any man in
any branch of trade connected with
the building of houses will be thrown
out of employment in this county and
will remain out OF employment until II
is repealed. providing that IT. can be
repealed If ever enacted. OF course
| If the above named mechanics are out
of work then the effect upon the Goa
miner and oil producer will be fell
also and they will soon be out of 8
job.
The amendment should be labeled
AN amendment to get rid of tht
small home owner, the individual lane
owner, and to drive men of small
means out of Colorado" or as som,
one has called 1t. The Ruination o
Colorado" because that is going to b'
the result If 1t ever becomes a law.
Our present system of assassin;
taxes and collecting them under tht
new revenue law as passed by the las
session of the legislature is the mos
Just and fair tax law we ever had ant
under 1t we are getting more taxe'
and getting them from class of peo
pie who never before paid taxes, thai
any tax system we have ever had il
Colorado. 1t is good measure. wa:
only just enacted has not had two
years trial yet. and why on earth thu
Bucklin schemers are not satisfied u
let well enough alone is the creates
mystery in the world to everyone un
less there is some deep laid plot be
hind ii,
Are we never going to be allowed tt
build up our towns and state in
reasonable, business-like and sensible
way, or are we continually to be ham
pered. annoyed and almost bankrupt
ed by "isms" like this?
appeal to every voter in this coun
ty to attack the Bucklin amendmen
as an attempt to contiscate your hom
and freside and snow it under so thoI
oughly that we will never have an
more of it in La Plata county, and
hope no more in the State of Colora
do.
The measure had no friends in tn
state Democratic and Republican cor