Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-20

| who ls nn expert il hiq profession AS -
is that any factory or great enterprise
| should nn under tho management ., ono
| who Is nn expert in hls own pprticuIar
| line and only by continuing in this way
| can w. reach the desired rreiilts This
providing VI expert supervision was a
| long step In advance but II Is only H.
| foundation on which we should strive TO
| build better and stronger. The position
| which Vermont occupies with her sister
| States MS regards illteracv, is much to
| her dls"rcdt and should not be tolerated.
| There is no reason even under the pres
| ent Law why every child OF school ago
| ahould not have sufficient education I,
| greatly assist them IN raining an honest
| education as will assist them to bc sue
| cossful and prosperous mon and women
They should be taught such things as are
| OF practical importance TO the ordinary
| young man and woman. Probably nine
| tenths OF all the children attending our
| common schools viii never have mora
schooling than they so, there We ought
rot. therefore. to so arrange our schools
| ms to provide for the one-tenth that can
have a higher cd alton, but rather
| should provide such Instruction as viii
| he OF tho most hcDcHt to the greater
number. Il ought not 10 be- necessary FOR
ta child to y" Gent to 'ha Industrial school
Of this state IN order 20 receive practical
instruction I'm the every day occupations
of life. only II fev da,s sgo | paid A
visit TO this school and WIS auazed AT
the instruction which they ware recciv-
ing. ! belicv. that q hose having charge
of our schools cou,3 visit this lnstitu-
| ton and seq It's workings they would
realize how much might be dono In the
way Of practical e5poation. believe It
is along this line which we must progress
from now on. and II elected to the office
OF governor of this state, shall use my
best efforts In this direction.
Another of the questions Of great I'm
portance believe second only to that Of
education. IL the question of taxation
and on that our platform declares that
we pledge the earnest and faithful work
o. our party to the solution of the prob
lens Of taxation ae they arise" Since this
platform adopted we have received
the report Of tho commission appointed
| to investigate the subject OF taxation anl
many important questions have arisen
We ought not to shr't our duty at the
coming session OF the Legislature but
rather uso every endeavor to pass such
laws as VIII make our system of taxa
tion the best that can be provided, one
that will place the burdens where they
belong. entirely agree with the recon-
nendation OF this commission, that we
do away with Offsets from the facts
given hy them after thorough investiga-
ton, it seems that great frauds must
| have been practiced or conditions would
not b. what they ARE to day. Neither you
nor ! believe that the mount OF personal
! property In the State Of Vermont has
honestly decreased In vaiue from Sl9 a8.
3sS In 1900 to SALES 36s in 1907, n decrease
Of something over fivc millions of dollars
while the number OF polls during that
time has incrcas sed a. most 11,O0o. ! have
taken the period 1890 20 the present time
because that ~ the ear vyhcn the CEN
sus wes made but'.. vert back as
far az 1887 shotld ind that the per
sonal property was something over tifty
millions of dollars. II the commission
had put forth no other reason than the
above figures, to my mind II would have
been conclusive evidence that the system
Of allowing offsets had been used In such
"A way ns to pcrpctrate great frauds, and
that the man who Is fairly honest and Is
not willing to pcrture himself by making
!
! chance with the man who ~ willing ~
create false offsets in order to avoid the
rr4v,ncnt Of Ms 1ust proportion FOR the
! support OF the government AS the plat
form say., We are suffering more from
| evasion Of taxes than from double taxa
tion and believe that the doing away
O: all offsets would be II long step IN the
! direction OF making our system of taxa
question of doing away with all taxes on
! intangible property such as money and
stocks and bonds except for tax Of
1--WE mills on such property PAYABLE TO
The state Is one which requires great
study. and We should fully realize what
| such "a step means before we decide TO
| take Il. Will" the commission has given
this matter much thought and It Is said
| that such tax Is already Ia operation
| IN Some State. I am frank to say that
| to mo Il seeni@ we should be placing a
low rate OF taxation on one sort OF prop
| erty while another kind must be at q
very much higher rate, and In my mind
there !s a question to this being con-
stitut,onal Further than that II we
should decide 20 place such tax on In
tangibles We must. of course. decrease
|
ure and whether with both these changes
| the revenues ~ the State would he In
creased or dec rehscd Is only matter of
conjecture | believe the suggestion which
| the report makes that we have a State
| taxation commission. is one which
should seriously consider AT present
| have tax commissioner who has the
taxation Of corporations under his CON
trol. The results obtained from this sys-
ten have been such that We can all
heartily approve OF II and II seems to me
tina, we might very well enlarge this
commission. placing the taxation OF cor
porations under its control and giving IL
n general supervision over the entire
question OF taxation throughout the
state. and IN this way should be In
"A rositIor, TO more nearly equalize values
n the dlrercrt portions of the state than
We are at present. as under the present
system each community sets IT'S own
values making such an apprNisa, as they
soc tlt aud there Is no appeal from such
an nppraisa' except through the town au-
tlor,t,es 7 would not make the duties
OF this commission 80 arbitrary % 10 IN
| tcrC.re with the general system now In
! nr,orption but I would givc them such
uowcrs rs you'd enable them In cases of
glaring inequalities 10 make such changes
"A. seemed fair and equitable They
| should nIs,, receive such Information from
all parts OF the state as would enable
them to further study the question Of