Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-09-10

tor every town that sets-any-
thing under the Grange bill we
give that town more; for every
town that loses under the Grange
bill our bill makes it lose less.
Why, BECAUSE WE TAKE $40,-
600 for the wild lands more than
the Grange bill and DISTRIBUTE
IT AS A LEVELER LEvELING
UP the INEQUALITIES CAUSED
BY THE HALF-MILL TAX. Our
bill GIVES MORE MONEY to ev-
cry country town."
If Candidate Plasted wants further
to know why the State income is great
er and why more money is given back
to towns and cities "as leveler read
this from Mr.. Pattangall and remem-
ber that at this time Mr.. Pattangall
was talking wisdom not demagogy:
81 want to suggest this to you,
the amount raised by taxation
from the whole State for school
purposes GIVES BACK to towns
a portion of it, according to the
valuation, by our plan, but it does
not go back to tho town to do what
they want to do with it. It is not
money paid back to towns to
spend in any way they see fit. 1T
is A TRUST FUND, distributed in
certain way to the towns, those
towns having the privilege OF
spending it for schools and for
nothing else. It is an increase Of
the school fund, and a direction
as to how the school fund should
be spent You would
think from the remonstrances Of
some gentlemen here that we were
taking money from the country
towns. We are GIVING THE
COUNTRY TOWNS the benefit Of
the old mill tax Of a mill and
half, as increased by the last legis-
Iature, and half mill more. We
are taking two mills on all the
property in this State, amounting
to 100000. We are also taking
half the bank tax and adding this
to it, making in all about $780,
900. We are taking that $780, %,
600 of the money Of the people Of 70, 4
Maine and distributing that peTit
capita. Now, all we ask to add 7 an,
that is $4,000 Of the wild lar wa
money to distribute in that way de;
Ievel up the burden which s. on
Ct us are bearing for the othe but HE HE
If Candidate Plaisted woW9, i'm
cad the debate of March 26anual- ma
which this whole subject of strn to ha h
zation of taxes and the .nr,, there 70
owns and cities of the ,1eo,,aties of :
rom as a leveler to tho mint per- o,
axation. threshed 9. these destions pu
laps learn 10 olIasinan. less ike an ci'
more 'lke d simple fact isthat' as be
Lmateul' II said, for yearshe peo- :,
ar' ra'.antne .nne had been dennolhs d a,
ne u ,IHlitable~ tax system me- =
'oie eaousands of men. saldAlr' ao
gall, in the legislature oil i'p"'
Who believe that the wild amos az
ot being taxed enough andtheE 'o
, this legislature to tax TEN ''o."'
10 ,oonle of the State hav' beeh uis
,t;sfed with the method O taAa''o"'
~ intonded for the 74th legislature -
o something ,s i'm
ossible to reach these "iu ,:.aot
yithout increasing the rdte VI ,1,v
.tate taxation, and he kht" 'd ;asa
volI that when the money e'us ..:eo
,as Maid over to the towns thu a,.,
G 81 trust fund, to be useu lH |
v.,s having back money to OWNS anu
;.;os and no cheap wittclsms a
oake it anv the less fact no" t,."n II
" was Va when Mr.. Pattangall espouse'" F"
n the legislature. ;...od answer
,,,d now will Mr. Plaisted anS".
l,,,ostion How will he ne aoie
ol,ow the provisions OF MT. "oo ono
,.1rs hill: raise mills on sa' 4'o'''ouO
.+ate valuation and equitaeiy tas uI ,,,;,d
,orations. railroads. insurance a'm noo nno
ands s without raising some s4'V'V'VV'
year. .od tel, us if it is
,ot true as we have shown above, .'" mo
oaav in Maine there is prac'i.'n: :.;ns
,;roct state tax on towns ana I s.."to
nd is it not true that the aconal con "esr
,xnenditures are not s4'ooo'ooo 80"
.,It hv reason of this trust ionu
.u;ven hack" to towns and cilies .,
as a matter of fact not much ''
100000?