West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-11-09
MORE ABOUT TAX REFORM.
The AbleSt Letter Yet From "0nly
A Farmer. Read Ii Farmers
or Preston County,

OF the Republicans of Preston coun-
, ty was laboring under the impress
, sion that the men at the head Of the
organization in Preston were men
with great and broad minds. The
, last effort of my Republican friend
was one ofheroics and Mysteries The
natural conclusion is that he is a
man OF small mind and bitter par
tisan. His panacea for all the ills
which the Republican party is suf-
fering from is to "vote the ticket
straight"
Now | have been reading a great
} many of the excellent speeches
which President Roosevelt has been
delivering throughout the country
and | shall quote what he says about
partisan politics:
"The wors; evils that effect our
local government arise and are the
inevitable result of partisan politics.
Such connections open the way to
countless schemes of public plumber
and civic corruption.
Here we have our great big Presi.
dent Roosevelt favoring nonparti-
san politics and my Republican
friend denouncing il. Which do
you consider the best Judge, Presi.
dent or Republican ?"
The Machine Republicans who
are trying to stem the tide that
threatens to overwhelm them, who
are invoking the name of Lincoln
IN the hope OF averting impending
fate, are the men who forced this
unjust tax law upon us. They un-
derstand that BORbayiiSaR election
means an end TO 'phe era Of good
stealing" President Roosevelt tells
us that such vile partisanship leads
to countless schemes of bH6Ae
PINHd'er and fi0ie eoyyHbfioA." Who
in Preston will deny the Presidents
declaration ? will my good fliend
Republican ?"
Thanks TO THE ARGUS the farmers
and other property holders of all
Reno know what their homes and
farms have been assessed at under
the new tax laws. And we find
som c curious assessments. II
some are assessed at their "rrue and
actual values" others or assessed
away beyond the "true and actual
value" AS my Republican friend
lays special emphasis on the State
tax want to warn my brother
farmers to not be deceived by the
State tax cry. Remember that it is
your r0Nnfp and Aisfrief taxes that
is going TO burn the hole in your
pocket book. AS a correspondent
OF The ARGUS has said that the re-
duction in the Slaictax "looked
good to him." l want to say that he
was not the only one who was
caught by the State tax trick. When
the new tax laws are put into full
operation and we have to pay taxes
on the HezO assessment the State tax
will fade from our memory. But
our e0NHLy and diSfyiel taxes will
linger in our memory as a reminder
that we were cleverly tricked by
those whom we elected to Office and
supposed they we're our "true and
supposed they were our "rrue and
actual friend.
But must cite few assessments
in Reno. Let US look at the Evans
vile Woolen Mills. Old assess
ment $4,000 and the new assess
m ent S2,3o6. The Evansville
Wooden Mills have always under.
stood was a good paying industry.
The Nfrea5c in assessment is but
Six aoIlayS. Now let me pick out
few Of my farmer brethren and see
how they Jared Bro. led Conn's
assessment was raised from s4o6
to SB382. Henry Bolyard raised
from S683 to $500. c. w. Bol.
yard raised from s563 to S7,too.
]. X. Bolyard raised from sg3z to
S2,443. John n. Bolyard was
, raised on the 5Ryfaer Of his farm
, S6o5 to Sz,3oo Now want to
! ask tuy Republican friend If this is
what he would call cgHal and uni
! firm taxation They have assessed
! these farms from Hyce to cighf times
higher under the HelO law than they
we're assessed under the okd law.
Does this look like il was the ia/eHli0H
that the Dawson tax laws we're en-.
acted to make taem pay their
just portion of taxation ? II such
was the intention they have voc
fully failed TO accomplish their mis-
: sion. have the committees word
for il that such was the intention OF
the Dawson tax laws. IL was upon
3 this representation that l., along
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