The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-02-08
TO TAX DOGS.
Subject of Debate Between the Eighth
Grade Pupils of the Henderson
Graded Schools.


The pupils of the eighth grade of
the Henderson Graded Schools had
debate last Friday on the subject
Resolved, That there Should be a
Tax OH Dogs" Master Alwyn P.
Barnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Barnes, spoke in the affirmative as
follows:
Mr.. President: In discussing the ques-
ton whether there should be tax on
dogs or not, it is useless to try and not
prove that dog shou not be taxed;
for dog should be protected as well as
any other personal property In first
place l want to give you some idea OF
what the word tax means. 1t is an en-
forced proportional contribution levied
on persons, property or income either
by the authority of the State. for the
support OF the government or by local
authority for general municipal pur-
poses. Taxes in the stricter sense are
direct when demanded from the very
persons, who it is supposed as a general
thing will bear their burden; as for ex-
ample poll taxes, land or property taxes,
income taxes. taxes for keeping man.
servants, carriages, dogs, horses, ETC.
In the united kingdom the governmental
revenues are derived from both direct
and indirect sOurces-from taxes on in
come, stamps, dogs, etc. A man would
not have dog unless he was of some
service to him (maybe he paid $500
for him. and if he prizes that dog there
must be some way for that man to pro-
tect him as we'll as he does his man-ser-
want or horse, and that way is to pay a
tax on him. Here is a man in our city
hn nf So
now suppose one OF them should be killed.
That man would be out $500. No he
wouldn't; he pays tax on his dogs, and
50 does everybody else who owns one
He will get every penny OF his money
back because U. S. is his protector
Another reason why dog should be
taxed is, the worthless dogs are a nuis-
ance to our town; they lay around our
door and we have to kick them out OF
the way, they suck eggs and break up
our hen nests. A man who owns dog
like this wouldn't think of throwing his
money away by paying tax on such a
pest, he is shot or taken out OF our way
and the good dogs are left and protected
such as night watchers, etc.
Every dog that has a cash value
should be taxed for the government
requires all cash or property, bearing
cash valuation to be taxed.
There are many citizens of our town
who have dogs they paid 20 to 80 dol
lars for and have sold these dogs as high
as $50 and $75 each; it is absurd to in
sinuate that such valuable property
should go untaxed or protected.
How many poor people are there all
over this country working hard every
day; their income very small, feeding and
providing for family with one or more
dogs, and the dogs consume as much or
lily, or one dogs feed would raise hog
worth perhaps $15 or $25.
A tax on such dogs would necesstate
these poor people to get rid of these
worthless brutes, which would prove n
blessing to each home by increasing the
amount of provisions so badly needed by
the laboring man and his family
There are people all over our land
whose business cit is to train, educate,
buy and sell dogs, having no other bust
ness for a livelihood and have accumula-
ted large estates in this business. | ask
the question here should these dogs not
be taxed as well as the horse, COW or any
other valuable animal?
l tell you positively yes. they should
be.
1t is right to tax valuable hunting
dog.
1t is right to tax dog for carrier
which carries valuable packages from
place to place for his master.
1t is right to tax a pet dog which
cost his master $500.
1t is right to tax a worthless dog
which destroys eggs, sheep and other
valuable property.
1t is right to tax a circus or show
composed of dogs os every class because
it is the law of our land that they
should be taxed
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