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and proportionate snare of taxation
although the constitution says al
property must stand its just and
proportionate share OF taxation. If a
man has ten thousand dollars in
cash he can give friend a note for
the amount on the second Monday I
SCISSOR is, not denying the fact that
he had the ten thousand, but says
my note is out for that ten tnousan1
and the assessor is powerless under
the law, yet, it is deplorable fact,
nevertheless true, that this swearing
oil of property by the rich man is
not as it should be. The law makes
perJurers OF many a man to escape
taxation. Ii a merchant has a ten
thousand dollar stock and owes five
thousad dollars can he swear off the
rive thousand? Oh no, no relief for
him. Can the farmer, with a ten
thousand dollar ranch land by the
way the real, actual true valuation
of any country is the acres of Guilt
waited land) and a five thousand dol
lar mortgage get any relief? Oh no
no relief for him; but if he has
in money then he can get relief.
| believe a special law should be
passed regarding the taxing OF mo-
ey 1t is the law of to-day but so
rare are the cases where money is
taxed the law might just as well be
off our statute books. Grant that
we should place a tax say of only
two dollars per thousand on the fiji
teen million dollars that would raise
a revenue of $4,000 per year, ana
do not believe any one would OBJ
ject to such a small tax as that.
The revenue of the Secretary of
States office which amounts to
about $4,000 per year exclusive of
the corporation tax which the Treas
5ecretarys office does most of the
york, could be increased $4,000 g.
even 100000 per year. And the
and the moneyed inter-
'st would have to pay that amount
which would enable us to reduce the
axation that amount.
The three water commissioners
eceive $4,000 a year; a revenue of !
ONE kind should be realized from
hat source I
A good stiff revenue could be de-
ived from an inheritance tax law
hat could and would be enforced,
OF farce as the present law is. ,
and then comes the old story that
pom the officers who execute the
lws and the vast majority of laws
Ian race, depends whether a law is ,
owing success or a dismal fail
REL
Washington's per cent tax on ,
ross receipts of express companies ,
rings in $4,000 per year. Her
TX of seven per cent on gross re- {
sipts of her car companies brings
2 1000 per year Can't Idaho have
lch law? The states share of
,urt costs is $4,000 per year; our
venue is $4,000, and l have some
mes thought that those people who
It into litigation should stand a
savier share of this expense than
ey do at present A revenue law
uld be framed that would add
90, 000to the Golfers of the state,
en- we can raise that amount less
r general taxation. We raise by
rect taxation this year 5000, 900
sides sinking fund, Capitol build
g sinking fund and predatory an
lal fund. We could easily raise
%, 900 in a manner l have pre-
5usly spoken Of With a bushes
in all its departments,
aho can be run on 200, 600 less
r year than at present. To add
is 100000 new revenue, and the
10000 that we can save by better
ancial management, and the
10000 which we shall not have
raise for payment of bonds, etc.
,ans taxation of 100000 less for
KIT year than this year Now let |
cut this in two, and call it $3.50 |
0 and no sane man can dispute
sse figures.
Dearly beloved, we cannot keep
!, pace that we are now travelling
lay; it is only question of time
til we come to a dead halt In
Ter words, will you trim your sail
day Although the financial cloud
the horizon is not of very great
gnitude as yet it is fore run
of the storm which sooner or la
will overtake u.s.
We can be prepared for this storm
we only will l am not a pess-
st but | do believe in bringing