The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-06
WILLIAMS WARNS
TAXES To COME
Says it Is Not Present, But I'M
post to Be Paid for 1908
that VIII Hurt
THE CLAIMS OF DAsH|ELL
Cumby Candidate Explains that Ad
Valorem Tax Is Small Part Of
Various Duties Collected.
Nobody Is Deceived

Cumby, Texas, July 6.-Hon. r.
K. Williams, candidate for the dem
ocratic nomiration for governor
against Gov. T. NJ. Campbell, has
given out the following statement
for publication;
Il want especially to call your at
tention here to the fact that the
people are not dissatisfied with the
conditions of 1906 and 1907 but it
is with the law as it will affect them
in 1908. The people who visit the
commissioners courts with notices
of raise of valuations could give an
idea of where the trouble is.
Il observe from the daily papers
that l.. T. Dashiell, who has been
making speeches over the state in
defense of the full rendition law,
and in behalf of Gov. Campbell's re-
election, handed to the newspapers
of the state for publication Sunday
June 2S, two statements intended tc
satisfy the people of Texas in regard
! to the tax situation in this state.
Ad Valorem Tax.
| THE first statement selects Ghe
counties Of McLennan, Tarrant, VIII
Hanson, Bsh, Da!leS, Henderson,
Wood and Van Zandt, and in each
j instance declares that the taxpayers
of those counties other than rail-
roads paid in ad valorem taxes for
the support of the state government
less taxes for 1907 than they paid
in 1906. The tax commissioner
should be fair with the people of
this state in regard to the operation
of existing tax laws The state ad
valorem tax represents only very
small proportion of the various taxes
paid by the people of the state, and
the present administration was, of
course, aware of that fact when the
full rendition law was passed under
the automatic tax law. The state tax
board has heretofore reduced, and
probably will again this year reduce
the ad valorem tax rate, and may or
may not collect more money out of
the people under that particular tax,
notwithstanding the full rendition
law, than was collected under the
existing state ad valorem tax prior
to the passage of the full rendition
q n o. i,fr e.
campaign purposes, under the exist
ing law, fix the state ad valorem
rate at only few cents on the hun
dred dollars if they see fit
Nobody Deceived.
But when the administration has
done this they have merely entered
into the outskirts of the tax rates
which are imposed on the people of
this state. particularly in incorporat-
ed towns and cities and in special
school districts. II the ad valorem
tax rate was zoe before the full rem
dition bill was passed and the full
rendition raised all assessments 500
per cent, the state tax board can re-
duce the state ad valorem tax rate
to &c on the 500. Does the present
administration suppose that this de-
ceives anybody? 1t certainly does not
in my section of the state.
Tax Breaks Record.
Far from being deceived about
the matter, the people of this sec
tion observe that the same assess
ments become the basis for the coun-
ty taxes of all classes, for the city
taxes Of all classes and for the spe-
cial school district taxes some of the
tax rates in which, when pledged to
the payment of bonds can not be re-
duced. how can an honest citizen
swear to different valuations on the
same property at the same time? The
people of this state know that their
taxes considered as a whole, have
been raised extremely and will prob
ably be more this year than ever be-
fore In their history.
Urges Examination.
Let each individual man and vo-
ter In this state examine his tax re-
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