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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-21

| this state are now paying more taxes
than they paid PRIOR to the enact
ment OF the new tax Jaws and do
not believe there is corporation do.
Ing business In this state that Is not
willing to bear its full and fair share
of the burden of taxarfons and am
sure that no Democrat or Republican
viii say that the corporations as
whole are now assessed too high.
You might be able to ina Isolated
cases of unequal assessments among
them, Just as you can 9mong 1ndl-
vtduals. but If true. it is not the fanlt
of the law under which the corpota-
ton or the individual Is assessed.
In 1904 the total assessed value OF
all property in this state, was. in
round numbers $27s, 900, 600; now
1t Is $93O.00OOOO. In 1904 the pub
lie service corporations were assessed
at $30.000,OO0; now they pay taxes
on 1882, 100000 of property.
Assessments Raised.
The assessment of railroads in
1904 was $SO.OOo,oOO and in 1903
$1s7, 100000.
The express compares OF the stats
in 1904 were assessed at $12 ,OO0; In
1908 the total value of their prop
erty for the purposes Of taxation is
$SOs.5O
Pipe lines in 1904 were assessed
at $9.S79,oO0; in 1908 at $5s,37s,-
600.
Telegraph and telephone lines were
assessed at $s93Ooo; now at $751;
S41,217.
Toll bridges were not assessed by
the Board of Public Works until in
1OnQ tn fhagF
were assessed by the assessors IN the
several counties of the state. This
year they are assessed at $1,399,000
and this does not include railroad
toll bridges.
These are some of the benedcent
fruits of the tax reform laws passed
by the Republican party. Under
them all property has been assess
ed Instead of only part of the prop
erty assessed under previous avs.
Corresponding1y the burdens on the
property assessed under the old law
have been relieved by the assessment
of all the property. While this Is
true the amount of taxes levied for
state purposes, other than license
taxes. has decreased from 1916. 904i
in the year 1904, to S464.970 IL
1907. In the latter year the residus
of the expenses OF the state were fats-
ed upon licenses and taxes upon spec
ial privileges. With the great ae-
velopment and increase OF popnla
ton in the state. due In large meas.
ure to the policies of the Republican
party, there has been Increased de-
mands upon the State Treasury in
caring for and protecting those en-
gagged in the various Industrial pur-
suits. and in educating the youth and
in caring for the Legitimate and I'M
fortunate wards of the state.
Many New Institutions.
In order to perform her duty to
her citizens It was necessary for us
to increase the minimum school term
of our public schools from four to
six months; to establish ten addi-
tional institutions. namely. TIT Blue
field Colored Institute. the Keyser
Preparatory School, three Miners
Hospitals, the West Virginia Asylum
at Huntington, the Capital Annex at
Charleston. the Girls Industrial
School at Salem, the Humane Society
and the Colorsd Orphans Home. And
in addition to al this We have ex-
CONTINUED on page 12.l
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Many GOOD Lave.

The Extraordinary Session of the
legislature of 1908 passed law pro
viding for the investment Of sinking
funds established for the purpose OF
paying on the bonded indebtedness
of any county, district, school dis
trict, independent school district,
ely, town or village in this state.
In other words It provides that when
any bonds of any county, district,
school district, town or village shall
hereafter BE issued as provided by
law, and a sinking fund established
to pay the same. and any money shall
have accumulated in said fund, 1t
shall be the duty of the proper au-
thorfty Of the county, district. city,
or village, to direct, by order entered
of record the investment of such
provides that IL the sheriff treasurer
or other custodian OF such fund fails
or refuses to make such investment
for the public tbeneft OF such fund
he shall forfeit for the benefit OF such
fund at the rate of 10 percentum
per annum on the amount directed
to be invested, for. such time as he
shall fail to make such investment.
And then provision is made as to
whit kind of securities In which this
sinking fund shall be invested. May
1 inquire of my Democratic friend
If this is one OF the laws which has
a tendency toward the development
of the state?
Again. At the same session of
the legislature an act was passed for
the registration OF voters. Certainly
our Democratic friends are not COM
planning of this law. You VIII re-
member that 1t was necessary for us
to amend our constitution before we
could have u registration law. It
was a Republican legislature that
such an amendment to
the people and after the amendment
was ratified by the voters OF this
state our Democratic friends com
planned OF our delay in passing a
law in and by this amendment. 1t is
possibIe that they now complain be-
cause we are trying to purify the
ballot and prevent only legal voters
from being cast. Certainly this law
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GIaSsCoek fOr CIean Government
(continned from page 9

Democratic party IN convention as
sembled In this state md this dec
laratIon: eve condemn the Repub-
Hcan party for its legislation which
has had tendency to retaFd the de-
YeIopment OF the state and prevent
the Introduction of capital therein for
the purpose. .
This s. a serious charge against
us. You will observe that the dec
iaFa4on Is broad and apparently re-
Eers to all the laws enacted since We
came into power. II by this dec
laratfon they meant and intended the
tax laws or the license laws. or the
amendments to our school laws, or
any other Of a number of laws I
might mention. they should have
said so. We either have a right to
demand a bill of particulars or take
the declaration to mean just what
1t says.
In the 12 years that we have been
in power in this state many new laws
have been enacted and many old ones
amended and it would be impossible
for me in the limited time that I have
to discuss all Of them. but let US look
carefully and thoughtfulIy at some Of
this legislation which has been SO
to the Development Of
Ibis state, according to the declara-
ton OF our Democratic friends.
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either looked upon as all right or at
least Permitted to pass without crftf-
ciSm few years ago Is now con-
demned and the people applaud the
ndemnatfons A few years ago peo-
pie only inquired whether you had a
good boss or bad one. Now they
insist 81 you stand In the pu bile lime
light. that you Re completely disrobed
and 81 your garments Of Official or
private life show blot or stain; or the
man free from the garments does not
present the strongest evidence Of in
tegrity, and character and Of promise.
for the future that he be condemned
as unworthy OF their confidence and
support.
A few years ago the whole coun-i
try applauded when one man stood
up In a great convention and dra-
matically declared that he carried
his sovereignty under the crown of
his hat. Today every citizen in this
country knows he is sovereign and
he does not hesitate to exercise that
sovereignty as seems best to him. and
according to the dictates OF his own
conscience. That Is his right and he
is doing just what the founders of
this country intended and planned
that he should do. The declaration |
that all men are created equal does
not mean that one shall be bound \
and another free, and does not mean |
that one shall command and another /
shall obey. but rather it means all
shall be free or all shall be slaves; /
all shall command or all shall obey; |
and when It was declared that all
men are endowed by the Creator with !
certain ina1ienable rights among !
which are life, liberty and the pur=
suit of happiness, 1t was meant and /
intended as a declaration OF brave |
men that liberty and the pursuit OF
happiness is a God given right of
rich, and poor. black and white, /
alike, not for one class to the ex-
clusion OF another; because under
our system of government. thank
God. there are no classes, and should
be none.
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Good Account Rendered.

But you want to know whether or
not the Republican party in West vir-
ginia has kept pace with the forward
movements in this country; has our
administration of your business been
all that could be expected OF us under
the circumstances. In short can we
render a good account of ourselves?
Ny fellow citizens, think we can,
and I do not mean by that simply
that we can render a better account
of ourselves for the past IL years
than the Democratic party can rem
der of its conduct of our business for
the period during which It was in
power in the state, but rather mean
that we have done all thet could rea-
sonably be expected in that period OF
time. Remember, that the things
we have done have been bitterly OPP
posed by an organization OF men
known as the Democratic party. We
have had to fight our way through.
When we said this thinG or the other
must be done the Democratic party
girded on its armor and said: mo;
II you get that you have to fight for
it." And into 1t we went, and when
we fell we fell on top of the Demo-
cratic party. You may say we have
not done everything that we promised
to do. That may be true. but 1
sometimes wonder that our failures
have not been more, when take in
to consideration the opposition WITCH
which he have had to contend.
In the platform adopted by the
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to its value to be ascertained as d.
rected by law. No one species of
property from which tax may be
collected shall be taxed higher than
any other species Of property of equal
value, etc.
Assessment at True Value
You will observe that the consti-
tuition provides that both real and
personal property shall be taxed in
proportion to its value to be ascer-
tanned as directed by law. These
new tax laws, which our Democratic
friends would revise, provide that all
property, both real and personal,
whether assessed by the assessor, as
sistant assessor or other person or
officer, or by the Board of Public
Works, or any tribunal, shall be as
sessed at its true and actual value.
that is to say: At the price for which
such property would sell II voluntar-
lily offered for sale by the owner
thereof upon such terms as such
property the value of which Is sought
to be ascertained, is usually sold. and
not the price which might be realized
If such property was sold at q forced
sale. do not Relieve our Demo-
cratic friends would change this.
And then among Other things this
law provides that afte- this gear all
real estate shall be assessed annual
~. Why assess personal property
each year and real estate only every
ten years as we used to do?
have not the time to go into a
full discussion OF the new tax laws,
but permit me to say am in hearty
accord and sympathy with them and
IL revision should be found neces-
sary let me repeat what have said
in the beginning, they should be re-
vIsed by their friends and not by
their enemies.
But what about the practical work.
ings Of these laws? Have the people
heen benefited or injured by them?
If there Is a man in this state who
has been injured by the new tax laws
Is not the course attributable to the
officer charged with the enforcement
rather than to the laws? We have
uniform rule for ascertaining the
value OF the property OF every man.
but as long as men are fallible so
long will men differ upon the value
of property as we'll as upon other
things.
Cause for Smile.
In This connection I want to say
that our Democratic friends have
much to say about the Republican
party enacting laws which prevent
the introduction OF capital !nto the
state and laws which operate to dis
courage, hamper and retard the de-
veIopment of the industries and re-
sources Of the state. I cannot help
smiling when I read these declara-
lions. Will some one please tell me
what the Democrats ever did in the
State or Nation to encourage the In
production OF capital or the develop
ment of the industries and resources
OF the State and Nation? II they
mean by these declarations that we
have been assessing the public SER
vice corporations too high. why do
they not say so? Certainly they have
or ought to have the courage OF their
convictions. If any OF these corpor-
atoms are assessed too high the.
courts are open to them. I believe
that the assessment of public service
corporations by the Board of Public
Works Is what was in the minds of
the men who drafted the Democratic
platform. but they ought to have said
so frankly.
II Is true that the corporations OF
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Only Part of the Work.

You. ask II this is all the Republic
can party has done in the past IL
years. No, 1t is only a part OF the
work done at the extraordinary ses-
sion of the legIsls ture OF 1908, but
this in my judgment Is sufficient to
inspire the confidence Of the people
in the party that enacted these laws.
Previous legislation by the Repub-
lican party OF this state has been like
wise wholesome and beneficial and
has been endorsed by votes of the
people In previous campaigns in con-
tlnuing the Republican party in pow
er. Time does not permit me to full
Iy review the splendid work OF our
previous legislatures.
1t may be our Democratic friends
are referring to the new tax laws be-
cause they say in a plank of their
platform that they favor revision
of the tax laws of the state. Note
their language:
1--WE favor such revision of the tax
laws OF the state as Will, while pro-
vlding sufficient revenue to pay the
expenses of the government. econom-
lcalIy administered, bear equally up
on all kinds of property and not OPP
crate to discourage, hamper OF relaFd
the development of the industries
and resources of the state" Do you
know Just what they mean by that?
confess 1 do not. Why did they
not give us a bill OF particulars?
Why did they not say just how they
would revise these laws? In what
particular will they amend them?
Sec. 1 OF Article 10 OF our Constitu-
ton provide sthat Taxation shall be
equal and Uniform throughout the
state, and all property, both real and
personal. shall be taxed In proportion
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Post GraduateCoursein Tax Reform
LOUIS BENNETT VS.. TRUTH.
The Assertion.

Bennett mas
taxes were
administration money TO spend
"a uraer old state collected
own purposes, property owners in 90,
In state collected Tor
its ownp purposes property owners including o-o
railroads 'SN
1,reot saving to the taxpayers of the state 51oes4
this calculation ana
figures are to state private real es-
tate and personal showing follows:
old 900
S4z'o'"
direct saving ...................s 527,s5g
haiti -Four
When we review four years find Bennett
1oo5 stoto lew ...................
Esduct,on in taxes ............s 813,1S2
91S9O4
t4O'l0'
.........$ 22g'1SS
s1"'ooa
1907 state tax 404''O
Reduction in taxes 51OsS4
Reorganization
Reduction in 1907 20
Reduction in 1907 0lO''"'
saved citizens IS 1,o5Ss55
words, enabled the property
million
dollar of that vast
taxation
vaPOrings of spell bndersi they
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ilas no ndciiey .. & d sEsls
opment q the stats
, 1908-04-18
THE RECORD
CIVIL TRIAL
PROCEEDING AT CHICAGO WHICH
LASTED ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY-TWo DAYS.
Suit of Railway to Obtain Possession
Of Land Upon Which to Erect
Twenty-Five Million Dollar Passen-
ger station-Strip of Land Two
Inches In Width involved.
signer Of the Declaration of Independence
and second President of the United States

The longest trial in the history OF
the United States came to a conclu'
sion at Chicago last week, when the
suit of the Chicago and Northwestern
railway to obtain possession of the
ground on which to erect its new $780,
600, 600 passenger station was decided,
900 to 500 claimants. the case was
one of the most involved largeue7 Hon
one of the most intricate civil cases
ever tried in Cook county, and from
the start involved large figures Il
unusual happenings. The hearing be-
gan September 3, 1907, after 1,2OO
yeniremen had been examined as pros
pective jurors, and the trial lasted l52
days. The jury %delIDerated seventeen
days, and finally turned in a verdict
covering thirty-five closely typewriter
pages, SO bulky 1t took the clerk more
than half an hour to read it. The
rights of the respective property own
ers, so fixed by the jury, ranged from
one cent to $125 900.
Narrow and Valuable Strips.
A peculiar feature of the verdict
the valuation of two strips of land,
one two inches and the other n foot
wide. The strips had been left by an
error in survey and were valued by the
jurors at $500. One hundred and
twenty five lawyers represented the
various property owners, and they
mutually agreed to the payment of IS
Fer day to the jurors instead Of the
usual 81 fee. The check in payment
of the jury fee was N of the largest
made out for this purpose, nearly
$4,000. The property that must be
vacated is known as the machinery
district several big firms will be
compelled to find new locations.
, 1908-04-18
RECLAMATION c

Q. What is the reclamation act?
A. 1t is the act of June II, 1902
whereby certain areas of the public
domain susceptible of irrigation may
be set aside by the secretary of the
Interior for reclamation through gov,
eminent reservoirs and canals.
Q. Under what act are these lands
subject to entry?
A. The homestead act, modified to
conform to the requirements of the
reclamation act.
Q. What are the requirements as
to residence and cultivation?
A. Five years residence, the same
as under the old homestead law. The
communication clause of the homestead
act does not apply under the reclana-
ton act. The rights of soldiers, their
widows and heirs do apply, however.
the same as in other homestead cases.
Claimants are required to cultivate at
least one-half of the land in their en-
tries susceptible of irrigation.
O. How much has to be paid and
what are the terms of payment
A. Claimants must pay the cost of
the irrigation reservoirs and canals.
in not less than five nor more than ten
annual payments. The price of the
works under the Nebraska-Wyoming
project (Pathfinder) is estimated at
an amount equaling s35 per acre or an
annual payment per acre of $3.50. To
this must be aided an annual mainteu-
ance charge of 40 cents per acre in the
case of the Pathfinder project, max
ing a total charge of 500 per acre. The
first payment under this project is due
and payable Dec. /, 1908.
@. Must a ii lose all if he has
made several payments INT finds that
he is then unable 20 carry the burden?
A. He must pay or lose, the govern
ment not permitting default beyond
two payments. He may, however. re-
linquish his claim to the government
and assign his water rights to some
other person desiring to take up the
land, the assignee taking up the water
burden where the first claimant left
OF. The assignee must comply with
the provisions Of the law as to resi-
, 1908-04-18
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THE D., l.. & N.

Next month work will begin on q
line of railroad that promises much 10
the development of the Laramie valley,
The Denver, Laramie and Northwest.
ern will penetrate a region that mas
much traffic for railroads. This valley
and central Wyoming not only has
splendid coal, iron, oil and soda fields,
but it furnishes railroads thousands OF
cars of sheep and lambs to be trans,
ferred to feeding pens before they go
to the block. At present the Poudre
valley has the greatest feeding grounds
have the most direct route. Later this
same line would materially aid in the
development OF the Laramie plains as
a great feeding point. In the early
stages of the development of the traf.
fc of this road and coal business prom
Uses tne largest returns. The com
pany has already purchased consider
able coal land, or, rather, some Of
the promoters have individually pur-
chased much coal land, and Laramie,
Fort Collins, Greeley and Denver will
afford good markets. There are vast
iron deposits in the Seminoe noun
tains and veins of gold and silver that
only need cheap transportation TO make
paying mines.
This route, in connection with the
Plains line, will make Laramie the
most direct and best outlet for the
great cattle traffic of the North park,
for Denver will doubtless grow as a
cattle nj sheep market and will be
the logical place for the rangemen OF
southern Wyoming and northern Colo,
RADIO to ship.
1t is expected that the line will be
built as far as Fort Collins this year.
AS it is being built entirely with money
raised through stock subscriptions, L
does not have to depend upon bond
issues and its progress can therefore
hardly be blocked by the competing
lines, or rather those that it will come
in competition with when completed.
The activity of the D, l.. & n. IS
making the Colorado and Southern sit
up and take notice and it is not i'm
probable that the coming of one line
may bring another to the Laramie
plains. There is no telling what the
coming of railroads and the develop
ment of irrigated lands will bring this
valley in the next decade.