The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-01-01
TO REDUCE ASSESSMENT
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payers OF the parish. S2,O00,0uu
assessment with a ten-mill school
tax, giving $4,000 for school
purposes, or a $4,000. 900 assess
men. with five-mill sch0ol-taX
which will only result in the same
amount of money for the schools
as would be produced by my plan,
and the $4,000 that must be paid
out to the state, parish and rail-
road must not be lost sight of in
this connection. So it will be
seen that we will have as much
school money with 100000
assessment as we would have with
a 81, 100000 assessment, besides q
saving of $4,000 to the tax
payers of the parish. And if the
property of this parish was as
sessed at its full commercial value
it would foot up something like
Sc, 900, 900, which would greatly
augment the amounts which
would have to be paid to the state,
parish and railroad.
In the light of these facts and
figures, would any one presume to
say that the taxpayers of the
parish of VIM would not prefer
10 vote ten-mih special school
tax on a low assessment rather
than pay out enormous additional
amounts of money to the state,
parish and railroad, neither of
which need it, in order tn bald
up local schools, as contended by
the advocates of full assess
ment. 1t may be cOntendcd by
some that a tcn-mill special
school tax could not be voted in
this parish on account of the OPP
position of the land and timber
spectators and other corpora
lions, but it is well to remember
that n0n-resitlents and corpora
tons are not permitted to vote in
these special elections. A ten
mill school tax would be the best
thing for everybody interested in
educating their children, because
it would provide plenty Of schools
and school houses, and for the
mill people, it would be just what
they should be interested in, for
the reason that it would rot only
give them an equal showing with
othess in the way of good schools,
but such condition would be a
splendid inducement for the mills
TO secure the most satisfactory
class of labor to be had anywhere.
! believe in taking care of pub-
ic schools and all other needed
public utilities and improvements
. the end that the parish of
Vim may take rank with the
'ther progressive parishes of the
tate. | tlo not believe in grant,
ng special favors to any individ-
lal or set Of individuals, and
hould | be elected as assessor, | |
viii discharge the duties of the
flee faithfully and ilnpartially.
believe that the public good
hould, at all times, be kept in
lew both by the voters and by
U officials, and my plan and
latforn contempIatcs and pro-
idcs for these very desirable fea-
Tres. To show that / am not out
harmony with the Democratic
arty of the parish of VIM on
Re question of a reduction of
4xes. beg to quote the follow
g from the official proceedings
the Democratic Executive :
ommittee of the parish, whichli
rs unanimously adopted at its :
st meeting:
I" Whereas, we believe i'm taxa
~ for revenue only, in just such a
'oportions as will satisfy the p
eds of the parish honestly and :
onomically administered, and
til all due regards to needed :,
lblie improvements, we assert ,,
at valuations and rates of as 81
ssment. which produce $27 ,oO0|
r annum for parish purposes is !,
Q high. and is far in excess of 10
2 pnaftS of fba >. CO