The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

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ing tie Repn bIicans sposFti's
Time does not I,ernait ma to fully
stt9s the sIilgndid work ot oIr preyis
S.tts atufes Y
II i1as bei our Ilei1ocratie friends
are airing to rev. laws slfiss
I ~ slieyy say ii q plank of thsir.
lla form tt1at tlle d egtaionS 81
.tllt, tax laws ot tie stpte. Note Their
Language:
favor such Vision Of the tax
laws " Of the state as While proyids
ing sufficient revenue to nay the sex:.
penses 3of the eminent. economical.
~ admins stored bear equally upon all
kinds + 8of prop arty dne not operate to
discourage hamper or retard the da.
yelopment of the Industries and re,
sources Of the state.'' Do you know
Just what they mean by that d con-
tess & 4 q not. Why did theysnot give
US q bill ut partic n1ars? Why! did they
not say Just how they would revise
these laws: In what particular Will
they amend them? Sec. 1Sof Article
10 81 our constitution provides that
= axation shall he equal AMI uniform
through out the state, and ali property;
DO th real and personal shall lie taxed
in prop rtton to1its yalue to be ascer.
tanned as directed by Law. No one
species Of roperty from which a tax:
may be collected shall be taSe.l higher
than. any esaer species !otsproperty Of
equal alue,, etc. n II 3Sis
Yo1i Will observe that the const1tu.
ton provides that both real ana per-
gonal property shall he taxed IN pro-
tortion to its value to be ascertainedl
az directed by law. These new tax.
laws, which our Democratic friends
would revise, provide that all proper.
ty, both real and personal whether as
sessed by the assessor, assistant as.
SCISSOR or other person Or .oficer. or
by the Board Of Public Works, or any
tribunal shall he assessed at It's true
and actual value; that ia to say: at
the price for which such property.
would sell jtt Voluntarily ofyersd for
sale by the owner thereof upon sacai
terms \, as srcll prop the value 81
which Is song 10 lie ascertained, IS
Usually sold, and not the price which
might be realized ttsslch property was.
sold ats forced sale 4 do not believe
olar Democratic friends would change
this And then among other things
tails law provides that after this year ear
an veal estate shall DE assessed an
In a Why assess persona proper
tn each year AMI real estate only ey4
cry ten years as we used to do. < A
b = have not the time to go into a full
discussion Of The new tax laws but
Permit me to say j am in hearty ac.
cord and sympathy with them and if
revision should be found necessary let
me reTaat what 1 have said in the
beginning, they should be revised by
their friends and not by their enc me
mics! 5i37 II.j
But what about the practical work.
.ings Of these laws? Have the peo,Ip Il,
been benefited or injured by them2 II
there is g man in this state who has
been injured by the new tax laws is.
not the course attributable to the OF.
ficer charged with the enforcement
rather than to the law. We have a.
uniform n rule for ertaintng the value.
Of the property Of every man. but as
long as men are falliBle SO long viii.
men l1san q ifter upon the value Of proper
~ ag well as upon other things.
IN this sconnect ion 4 want q. say that.
our tnocratteE frienas have much to-
say a about the Republican parry enact.
ing laws which prevent the introduce
tfon Of capital into the state ind laws
which operate to discourage, hamper
and retard the development ot the in
q ana resources of the state: a
cannot Y help smiling wien I read these
declarati ions: VIII some one please
tell me what the Democrat ever did
in the state or Nation to encourage.
the he II tntEod elton Of capital or the de-
yeloprment @ the industries ana re-,
sources Of the State ami Nation? If
they mean by these eclarations that
we have been assessing the public
service corp ations too high, why do
they tn not Esay so? Certainly they have
or Of ought to have the courage OF their,
convict lions, If any OF unese eorpors.