The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-21
RATE OF TAXATION IS HIGHER
IN THE WET COUNTIES

in all In other words. Al of the dry
counties of the state, OF 81 per cent,
of the total have not increased their tax
rate for the present year. This leaves
only % dry counties in which the rate
of taxation has been increased, of 33
percent of the whole number.
In the following wet counties the
rate of taxation has been increased as
follows: Blackford and Posey. 2 cents;
Franklin and Tippecanoe. cents
Clark and Spencer. cents; Dubois and
Porter. cents; Lake and Laporte, IS
cents. making ten of the twenty two
wet counties of the state in which the
tax rate has been actually increased, or
| As 1-2 percent of the whole
| In the following wet counties the
rate of taxation remains the same:
Allen. Dearborn, Knox. Perry. Ripley
and Wayneh six in all, of 81 percent of
the wet counties.
Thus. in 73 percent of the wet coun-
ties of the state the tax rate has not
been reduced, while in only 81 percent
of the counties. Z in all. has there been
a reduction in the tax rate.
ITO sum it up as percent of the
counties of the state have this year
reduced their rate of taxation, while
% percent of the wet counties have
dry counties the tax rate has not in
creased, while in IS percent of the wet
counties the tax rate has not decreas-
ed
r. c. Minton. legislative manager for
the Anti Saloon League, heard w j.
Bryan deliver a Chautauqua lecture at
New Albany. Tuesday, and he says that
Bryan made a rafting good temperance
, speech. He says Bryan favors county
local option as against local option by
a smaller unit Bryan. he says, is talk
ing not only county option, but state
option and national option. Bryan. he
says. believes in the referendum, but
he believes that the referendum should
} be to the people of the larger unit as
against the smaller unit. He does not
see. therefore, how Bryan could come
into Indiana and make campaign
l speeches on the Democratic state plat
:; form which declares for the repeal OF
!; the county option law and the substitu-
ton of city and township option.
t The opinion prevails in Anti Sa1oor
Z headquarters that Bryan will not speal
r in Indiana this fall although he is g
r close personal friend of John w. Kerr
and would like to see him elected Sena
e tor.
/: The state brewers association il
: gathering Information from the count,
: auditors throu ghout the state which
!, appears to be for political use shor
n time ago the county auditors receive,
! a letter requesting them to I'LL out tn
answers to questions on a blank whicl
was enclosed and return it to ]. r
Johnston. 3o6 Merchants National Banl
Building, this city. Johnston was the
secretary of the brewers association
; but the letter did not say so. The fol
lowing questions were asked:
Has county option election been held
Did vets or drys carry 1T? What ma
jority? Name county attorney? Is h
wet or dry? Names county commits
sioners? Majority wet or drye Civ
names of lawyers employed by brewer
les or licensed saloons? Give list Q
elading business men who favor we
city2 Names of city officers who ar
j wet? Republican and Democrat
county. township and city chairmen an
4 whether they are wet or dry? Civ
city tax rate? What is the cost of cit
liquor licenses? ames of representa-
tive. joint representative. senator an
, joint senator and their politics? Wha
, is their position on county option pre-
q hibition? Is your county Republican c
n Democratic2 DO you elect a Senator c
. Joint Senator a. the coming election?
[ It is pointed out here that the las
# question indicates that the brewers eS
pee the big fight for the repeal of tn
county option law to be made in tn
Senate. and that they are preparing &c