Gunnison news-champion., 1906-02-02
NOV TEKY PAY TAXES
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the la~ SAYS, "Nrverti.eless. y,,a
nssi pay tax oa tAst h,ase.' ani
yoa pay 1t.
II yos are = maa with aa i.co,se
OF mlll'oas, w,th personal properly
amounting - tea- er hundreds IL
ngllso.-, the Law saws. 'los must
pay a pers'nal tax on thai property,
and You dont pay 1t.
Read the retaras on personal tax
alton IN New York this wear, and
hnd cat what . spiendij farce So
called government - Ia the Unlted
States IA the blessed year 1895.
Mr.. Carnegie, mist generous ID
the mes with = great dead II mosey.
pays taxes on i've mItiIons oi per
soaal property.
He is worth about $500. 0.pU,oo1
in personal property aud he woaldn 4
deny that.
John ID. Rockeieller kindly con
sents TO pay taxes on two aud bali
millions. lie owns al least a thou
sand million dollars worth uf psr-
sonal property And 50 II rs all
the way down.
The tax collectors, like all the resi-
OF the foolish people, take u fIr
granted thai some men are tpo ricu
to pay their share. they bow most
politely aud thank Carnegie f1r pay
ing on FIVE millions. ist one seven
tieth part of what he owns The,
say they would not think Of making
him pay 50 much, unless he did II
voluntarily La Tact, they woulI lei
him off altogether # he Insisted
The same is true OF X lckeielier, who
paws taxes on one hour huudredth
part of the personal property he
owns.
You who pay taxes on the house
that you are trying 10 buy need not
be puzzled about the situation la
this country, " tine immunity of the
rich.
You see, the rich pay close atten-
tion to the government, wHIle yoa
neglect it. They take good care
that their creatures such men as
Mcclellan and Murpav- shall De H.
charge of the tax o.hre
They are more intelligent than
small business men and the hIgh
class union work men, who straggie
very violently ani ttlk very hard
about the llttle thing, in-ide # The
business or the Hulon, and then say
I'VE must keep o,tt nt politics
You will fad the -m al people
those who pay fail taX-s on their
little houses, lighting each other al
the polls, ndhfylug earh oilers
votes-and not even knowing whIm
they are voting for, or why t,ey are
voting.
But you don't find the RdrkeleI-
lers, Rngerses, Rydus, Murgaus and
such men hghung each other at thr
polls You fud them owning the
boss, paying him, selecting the can
didates, and putting "a office such
men as Frdudmeyer Nc, lei lau-
even if they have to supply the cash
to buy the criminal votes.
Then another thing. You know
the politicians, who don't dare make
the rich people pay their taxes, tell
you in perfect good faith, I'VE are
afraid to drive the rich men out OF
New York City.
And 50 they are afraid. But they
aren't the least bit afraid of driving
you out of New York City They
know you have got to stay III the
city.
Carnegie can move to Newport
and pay VIII 1t taxes he pleases there
Rockefeller can go over and say he
lives in the little house he owns on
the edge of the golf links in New
Jersey and pay no taxes there, by
some simple little deal.
But the officials know perfectly
well that, no matter what they do to
you, they won't drive you out of the
city.
And what r. far more shameful
what proves distinctly the feebleness
of the voters-the politicians aren I
the least bit afraid that YOU will
drive them out of the city. They
laugh at you, steal your votes, tax
you, pick your pockets. =.
Are the people Of the United
States ever going to get tired of be-
ing taxed on small homes, while
enormous fortunes 60 scot free?
Are they ever going to get through
having Rockefeller tax their lamps,
Havemeyer tax their sugar bowls.
Armour tax their beef steak, while
the Supreme Court says that the
reorle ahan not tax the incNmeS OF