The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-11

ANHN1U.
last 1--WE sears back taxes ana NE
intnistFation sbes
me people U they fail 4
the Law mako the taxes equal ana un
form under the statute winch
plain.
The Sin Of Omission.
Let me give YOU another illlstra
ton Of the enormity % psrtaittihg the
the corporations ESCAPE fpr the
past I'VE years JACOB Mlaght
and William Walker IN this soanty
own a farm and oiiS8ells were astles
on 1t By the Standard on Company
and the FARMERS, who own the farm,
received when IL frst earae i four
thousand dollars per month for their
royalty. when oil VAS seliin
sixty+two cents per barre, and
course the South Penn on Company
got seven times as much or twenty
eight thousand dollars psr month,
and yet while the farmers paid taSes
on the farm and on the four thousand
dollars a month they so, the stsna
ard on Company which received
when the w~ellssfrst came ii wsnts
eight thousand dollars pef mont
never paid d penny tux on Ii LEASE
leusehold, oil or money reeots
therefrom
The Best Is Gone:
Thesestaxes will increase In favor
OF the people 9 You So batf I'VE
years, because already The siandar
oil8Gompany has gotten MI create
part Of the oil out Of uians , these
leaseholls and Tho taxes which va
would collect this year from the
Standard on Company and such Hike
corporation, will be small in compaf
son to what 1t was some four o. Ave
years back, and! hence the necessity
Of the assessor taxing each year spe
clfcally FOR each leasehold In order
compel oil owners e pay their lust
portion Of the taxes.
The Responsibility.
IL It should ogthe people fnaI
the administration and us Officers an
not doing their whole duty pnbiic
conscience will be choked and tthe
sponsiblllty will rest upon tte partT
in power, where 1T should and neces
sarlly must rest. This sis no time fnr
yaclllation or doubts when the inter
est OF the whole commonwealth hangs
in the balances upon SO Important d
subject. What would Lincoln Mo
Kinley or Roosevelt doll thssg
either Of then; had the responsihiIits
resting upon their shoulders d de-
termine whether OF not The consuiu
ton Should cover the Corporations
and the people alike We reaiize that
without fear, favor Of partiallty.
square deal would be melted out 70
each and all with eaualhanded ins
tice. So
ls Not hi Politfes.
, The attorneys who Appeared before
the tax commission q few days ags II
Charleston eoncede and the officer
. OF the oil and gas cotnpanles admit
that no taxes whatever have been a
sessed or paid on their leases On nf
and gas purposes, vet these propea
! Ties, represented bby the leases, are
I worth many times the value hi
| farms. This IS not d question 81 pa
tiles, but one 81 principle d quest,1E
/ OF honesty and fair dealing With liz
3 people Of the STATE. IS tbs NOT true
The$PeopIe Will Aet
" is not my purpose to phraphfaze
g distinguished orator Of The Plat
but permit me u say that tile Eafne
n dShome owner of thesstate have mo-
: been cruclfieds on cross OF gold, he
cause the Standard oil Company MI
FfFF.A Et.. Il. AFf Rt
! such like trusts, hasegotten Dfarn-
y cally all the golden oil 81 the pepple,
while the latter have beer cracinsa
! on q tax CROSS SO heavy from contin
! nous carrying, that ae piafn peSple
! OF the State viii bear m itpn
: except under The most strendous
: test through the press and BY casing
! their votes for honest men, Who MI
go to- our State Senate aud give thelg
: their God giyensrlghts
There must be no retreat from rie
and actual tax reform We Id not
want shadow N want die
stance lfsitsts right u apply ths Iii
for one year itsis light to apply IL Inz
the past i've year, under the con
tuition and the statutes. Notfiny III
will&satisfg Justice TEe people Ia
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