The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-01-10

which attacks the very foundation OF rep
rcgcntatlvc government when assess
mcntr are made and money collected for
the purpose of carrying on political cam
pnIgns. the public welfare Is involved In
its expenditure.
n It's ufei 10 buy votes. make bets upon
results. pas FOR whisky and treats. aud de-
bauch the morals II men, q sows the
sVDnsib!lity tu account - placed upon the
men who receive ana disburSc 81. they may
collect q tor one purpose aud spend u for
another. they may cmb'z axle IL with I'M
punity or IA" u against the very men who
paid q. To assert that uo legal checks or
restraints should he placed upon the us"
of money IA political campaigns and ciec-
tlors. ~ to take "A position that - little less
than mons,ruuS.
Connecting Tracks.
A. the Jaw stands Z ~ impossible To
compel intrruvct .rg railways TO put I'm con-
meeting tracks. a car lead OF lumber can
be- hauled from th' Pacific coast 10 Water
town or Huron over the Great Northern
for " cents per hundred. To get Il from
Huron to highmOrr, " must be unloaded
and transfcrrcd hy dray and reloaded Into
Chicago and Northwestern car or ala
additional local rate ~ Il cents per hun
drcd must be paid for hauling & from Wa
tertnwn To HiEhmore. A car load OF po-
titoes loaded IA Great Northern car at
futney or Clarrmont. a few miles north or
Aberdeen. ard destined to any point In the
state south OF us. must be unloaded Mt
Aberdeen. transferred nv dray and re-
loaded. The rate for car load OF hour
from Huron To Chicago In n csntS per
hundred. while the rate from Huron To
Orient over in Faux county - slh cents
Per hundred. becauH' the milwaukee nnd
Northwestern roads hay" no connecting
track nj Faulkton. THIS - an obstruction
TO commerce that tn" public demands shall
be removed By an adequate amendment to
the Law which I'll enable the commission
To- compel the .ntcrS"ciing roads To so
unite their tracks aS To- permit the trans
fer from one to tho other OF loaded cars.
and making Ia" haul over both a continu-
Gus haul. and the rate continuous
through rate.
Assessments Laws.
Every one comedies that our revenue
laws are crude and inadequate The re-
tir.ug governor two years ago al the close
OF an administration of four years, de-
voted "A larg" portion OF his address To tho
legislature To this on" subject. In his
opening address 10 the legislature. my
predecessor referred to a., 10 seems To me
that the time for action has come,
The franchises of public service corpora
Tons organized In this stat" and the PRIV
il-g"s To- do business and hold property IN
this state granted 10y its laws to non-rcsi-
dent public service corporations are OF
very great value and the law prescribing
"a rule for assessing the properly Of these
corporations whose property IL "a kind
pcsscssed or marvellous earning power.
umitS all reference 10 thr value OF the
franchises. ard n liking values. no refer
euC' made 20 Increased value OF thnf
part ~ the property or these companies ly-
Ing within towns and cites, where they
hav" d"pnis. machiE" shops. enlarged
grounds, sid"trackS. general offices and
personal property OF great value The tor
ninal grounds and dcpo; buildings OF TIA.
Burlington and Missouri RIVER Railroad
company and Of the Chicago and North
western Railroad company with rights OF
way 20 the city of ncadwod and Lead.
worth thousands % dollars. are valued un-
der the law 10 the same rat" per mile as
one milr 81 single track over the open
spaces uf land Ia Custer ar Fall River or
Pennington counties,
with one 81 the richest gold mines In tho
world tU 10 miIsf IN. nvvrag" value OF
min.fht lands n lawrence county - only
nl "a per acre. III" total number of acres
% IN neral lands In the county " N.1O and
an" total assessed valuation thereof. &c.
~ 80
NTH s7sl miles o. Western Union ;cle-
graph lines IN the state as@srss"d by the
state board at S-t'"n. and -. ~ miles of
telephone wires In III" state assessed by
IN. sam" board ~ S1S1.- 80 and tho prop
Sl.S.e.N and IN" Pullman company ns-i
scSScd at SEQ We ind all this property
going entirely free of road tax, because tho
tax levy T. mad" upon 4 by the state
board exclusively and no equivalent TO
tn. road tax II levied NJ all.
IA should be made the duty Of the board
81 railroad commissioners to employ ex-i
p"rts for the purpose and TO collect au-
thvnt.c and reliable Information concern-i
ing the actual value 81 the railway prop
critics lu th" state. not only for the pur-
pos" of making the same basis for rate,
sCh' dulcE, but for tn" purpose also 81 Civ
ing the state board OF assessment somel
independent and reliable Information OF
ia" real value uf these properties. Tho
law enacted two years ago. giving the
state board OF assessment authority to
take such means and measures as may no
necessary 10 ascertain. discover and place
upon the Assessment rolls taxable prop
crty omitted ihcrefrom or concealed.
should be- mad. effective by making an
appropriation which would enable this
board Ia employ an agent tn go out over
tho state and make a personal investiga-
tiuu ~ such cases and report the same 20
th" board earnestly recommend this
subject 90 ypu ~ one OF the greatest m
portauC'. demanding effective legislation
al your hands
/, - ms wish that you may have n pleas
ant and profitable session and that YOU
will mako record for yourselves and for
the state which you serve that will always
hereafter bring 90 you that solace and
qualification which comes from the faith
mi performance of duty,