West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-10-05
THE WAY III WORKS.

deaf ear to the appeal of the farm
ers in those counties for to undo
the wrong which was inflicted upon
them 10y the Dawson tax laws. The
State Administration Assessors put
their land up to what they consid-
cred the "True and actual value"
the County Court of Mercer county
rcdHeed the Administration assess
ment so per cent. and the Mcdowell
County Court redncedit 90 per cent. A.,
which in the judgment Of the Courts,
which is composed Of farmers, con
sidered the "True and actual value"
of the farms in Mercer and Mellow
ell counties.
Thus we find a great difference in
the judgment of the assessors and
the courts in the "True and actual
value" of the lands in Mercer and
Mcdowell counties.
Truly the Dawson tax laws are a
ching of beauty and JOY forever"
for the farmers, which in the pri.
mary contest and during the cam
paign the Republican newspapers
and stump speakers told the farmers
and the small property holders that
the new tax laws were expressedly
designed to relieve them Of the bur-
den of taxation and place it on the
shoulders of the corporations which
were not paying their just portion
of the taxes. The Machine organs,
which the Journal was a shining and
brilliant light, and our native spell
binders, laid particular stress on the
manner in which the Dawson tax
laws would tax the coal, gas and oil
leases, which they conservatively
estimated would place upon the
books of the assessor the snug sum
OF $500, 600, 900 which heretofore
had been escaping taxation. Jus;
think of 1t Other corporations
were to be assessed correspondlngly,
and according to the accurate math-
ematical calculations of the organs
and spellbinders the poor farmers,
whom they have such a profound
solicitude for their welfare, when
their public office is in danger, was
to be virtually relieved Of taxation
Just think of that farmers The in.
ducement was great for you to vote
for the Infamous tax laws.
1t was this Misrepresentation OF
the new tax laws, by the organs and
the spellbinders, which lead many
of the rank and file of the Republic
can party to, 'vote the ticket straight
from President to constable" and 10
trust the old party once more as the
Journal was wont to say.
In justice to those Republicans
who voted for the Dawson tax law:
we must frankly say they were moi
to blame. They were simply fooled
by the organs and the spellbinders
of the Machine, who must be held
responsible for their fragrant mis-.
representations.
But should those same Republi.
cans vote for the Machine candi.
dates at the coming election they
will have no one to blame but
themselves. The next time they
must vote with the full knowledge
that the Machine deceiged them in
misrepresenting the new tax laws
If they consider it more important
to retain the Machine in boVey thar
to save few hard earned dolEGr.
for themselves, of course they will
vote for the Machine and Its candi
dates. II they do not, they mus
necessarily vote against the Ma,
chine and its candidates which viii
be in the interest of their earn peck
ct books. They must be the judge
of this matter, but it will ill-becoms
them to appear before the Count,
Court and ask that august body tc
relieve them of the wrong which
has been imposed upon them by
the Machine which they themselve.
voted for.
The Department Of Agriculture
has imported from the Island OIL
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