The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-17

Ications, which to here recount would
! be more tedious than profitable. TO
| the task of perfecting the same
| YOU are commended with the full
! expectation that from Your wisdom
| and attention satisfactory results
will follow
| The public health is a subject OF
such general concern that its i'm
/ portance cannot be over estimated.
Adequate measures looking to the
protection of the people against dis
ease and appropriate legislation for
the promotion OF the science of med
| icine and surgery and the more
| thorough protection of the public
against incompetency should be pro-
vided.
In the midst of unexampled pros
| perity, surrounded with unbounded
resources and enhancing values, and
Boosting of intelligent progress and
unparalleled development, this adj
ministratiOn is confronted at the
very outset with growing deficien-
| cy which promises to reach the I'M
comfortable aggregate of more than
one-half million dollars at no dis
tant date The state cannot meet its
obligations without money, and the
money must be raised by taxation.
That our present system of taxation
| facilitates the tax dOdger and encour
/ ages official carelessness and indif-
| ference Oh the part of those charged
with public duties hereunder can,
! in the light of the staets ffnan1cal
condition, be assumed. The cum
ming and INSCRIPTIONS schemes
invented by those who evade
their just obligations to the
government should be circumvent-
ed and derelict tax officials should
| be brought up with sharp turn No
| one should be required to contribute
more than his just share to the sup
port of the government this much
| he should pay and the tax official
| who by design, incOmpetency or ne
gligence. aids or permits a fraudu-
, lent rendition and assessment,
should be removed from office. The
property of corporations and lndlVld-
uals rarely appear upon the tax
rolls at its real value. The constitu-
| ton and laws require taxable prop
erty to be rendered and assessed for
taxes at its value, but under the sub
| terfuee known as value for taxes
which has been invented to cheat
4
railroad companies upon the tax rolls
at not exceeding % per cent OF it's
value. and other corporations are es-
Gaping taxes in like proportion. In
some counties the tax officials Will
adopt 70 per cent valuation as the
value of taxes, others 50 per cent
and il is understood that many do not
exceed an average valuation for
| h.,, y | N
'der the tax methods 81 the present
system of rendition and assessment
millions of money on hand. notes,
accounts and credits reaching into
the millions, and other personal
property OF great value. are escaping
Ian taxation through false renditions
4 aud official dereliCtion The small
/ property owners of our state have
2 iust grounds FOR complaint. The tax
n burdens laid upon them are out OF
/ proportion. and common justice de-
mands rigid and more equitable
4 distribution uf the tax eNactions
among thos. receiving the protec-
lion of our laws aud ENJOYING the
blessings ot oar Tree government.
IN. elueket shop game COM
monty called dealiug In futures ON
ffNHH EflH. fNN NWtWNf| AffANth ft"
victims more ruined lives more
broken homes and greater uumbefs
nf financial wrecks among thr han
drvds pf men Nho are hrtuE daily
tempted aud rufrapp.d hs his lnsid-
ioHs evil than can Dos rtghttulb
claimed for sey other a&.uet ~ de-.
mnfaItfatipu aud harm tu the field
ug suygplstium eos sNmhiins The
hn, Ina md sstiiuE If wheat. bacon.
cotton. corn af either commodity
stusA bond ar other sstBrttF. when
nefthvI thn SELLER nor thr buyer ~
svfa delivery r not ratliied tn h''
iisuIued With thv term spas ulafiuu
81 is Stumbling Rnrr sud simple b.
gets fh. EamDIing sniFit and t. more
hnYfful su legitimate business enter
ufiss aHd as matter II ~ serious
,outvfn fu sssss~ty ss ail th" samhitns.
house u she ruuutrs Effs=,tis
aas nfahlhi'tuE sHeh fFanaas toms
wtsh susfahl" n+aalfA.s shauih b. nn
acted sithoat dstay Aud so rvs
anlm~md
Tn sutr~sfAi management ~
aFison lanuF thv profitable aa-nss-
sgfiou ~ p.nit~nnarv nrosssets. ant
n. usans details involved in ID" II
nst~nf conss ast e the state R~nis.n-
rfzrv sxssssU calls for the hixtsst or
Ter rf f1E4EeGsl ssili aud ousinvss
SaxzsatY szv. nos y.k bad Access
% n. ~ss &nn s&l reports II ts- ~