Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-09-10
- no, surieish has proved himself 10 he
= 'foeed 1t has had his equal
r'a'sted vs.. PattansaII.

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ihey talk about giving yo,,u
,a,i oaGk IN public institutions SoIy money i..
vou h,,, money: & You pay it in everyythi, ~ ;, >
you You puS. When you buy suit of o,o.hls Sonins
the Stat9 ibr or me tax on it which is naid
Dld you ever see a tax co,,.a.
| ing you about to nav hann chas-
tSSne hSSSney? aa Langhter. No. but any lot tax az
some Of !, 1oiuers over in Augusta keen
Rumford Falls. le''---eol o. Plaisted at
,ra,' ms ~ iair sample of the style of
su''eht lndulged in by the Deme-
- 'ahuiuate for governor and we
t;a ."at II carries it's own refuta
.'on ana displays the weakness Of the
IL Is not worthy candidate
Tor high office
'i'iee uoV. fernald has been in Office
lie" system of taxation has been in
ausurated This was adopted on the
appeal or the entire people and largely
.he work of the Democratic leader Of
'ne '4th Legislature Mr.. PattangalI
VINO supported it through thick and
thin. anu
1hls tax system was based on one
general idea viz, the increase of State
YAK so as to reach wild lands in tho
only way they can be taxed. 1t is vol,
known that wild lands not being in in
corporated towns escaped all but the
state tax For this reason a State tax
is essential. For this reason il was
felt that it must be increased The
only way to equalize the same to towns
was to pay back or refund the money
mus taken from them and with it
snare also of the increased sum for
wild lands. Maybe Mr.. Plaisted never
neard OF this. Lots of people never
nave; Mr.. Plaisted is quite likely one
of them.
Now what is this refunding Of the
tax money if not giving back?
MI. Pattangall called it giving
back" Mr.. Pattangan knows more
about it than Mr.. Plaisted does; for
Mr., Pattangall is student of State af-
fairs and Col. Plaisted knows nothing
whatever of them except what some
one tells him.
What did Mr.. Pattangall says about
giving back" money? He didn't re-
sort to any cheap wittcism about a tax
collector chasing the people around
but he said what he knew to be true
For instance. Mr.. Pattangall said:
"Androscoggon county under the
"SW "a" "ou'u pay VI Vto,oVV
more, than at present but would
RECEIVE BACK $18, ,146."
Does that echo like subject of |
at the present time?
Mr.. Pattangall also said in this |
speech of March &c. 1909, and we wish |
you would all read it for it is great Re- |
publican doctrine and strongly in sup !
port of Governor Fernald: |
"Take the county of Franklin
this Committee Bill (the one signed
by Gov. FernaId) would GIVE
THE COUNTY OF FRANKLIN
$500 and in that way Franklin
would be $1,000 better off than un-
der the Grange bill .. Take
the county Of Hancock. The Com
mittee Bill GIVES HANCOCK ST.
700 more than it gets now!"
Does Mr.. Plaisted want an exact ex-
Lmple of his own wording? Let him
cad this page 1927 Legislative Rec
rd Maine 1909
- Under the added mill tax the
town Of Southport would pay the
State $408.63 wouldn't it? That
is a mill in its valuation. 1t would
receive back. as the gentleman
says, $402.63. Who would be
hurt? The town Of Southport
WOULD BE GETTING BACK
HER OWN MONEY.
Mr.. Pattangall further said on this
uestion of giving money back: