The Mena weekly star., 1911-09-07
IURNERzjACOBSON
 LAW DETECTIVE
T REQUEST or ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT NORwO0D Ex-
 PRESSES HIMSELF.
lives Convincing Figures on State Revensse-Raps Man Who Worked for T md RL" and Now Don't
 Want the People to Use H.

That there is no necessity f0I
 he Turner-Jacobson revenue act
 hat 1t is faulty and in part uncon-
 titiutional, and that the present
 avs are not responsible for ex-
 sting conditions, is the gist of a
 cngthy statement by Attorney
 ieneral II. L. Norwood. candidate
 or governor, in response to a re-
 mest from the Little Rock Demo-
 rat for his opinion of the new
 avenue measure.
 In his statement, the attorney
 'eneral says:
 T do not think there is any ne-
 lessily, at this L,lne or any other me, for the measure mentioned. dore money is needed to f.ieet the
 iate's obligations that are payable
 rom the general revenue fund, ,ut in order to obtain the required amount it is not necessary to rev. ,lutionize tho revenue system un- Ter which the state has, until very 'ecently, promptly met all de- hands. Our present laws fcsulat- ng the assessment and collection # taxes are not responsible for the present. condition. The assessed ialuu of the property Cf the state .ao. .asa1 rf.,t,., xy4np Ia xs.aap sad amounts going into in. general s.genue fund from other sources
 a,s almost doubled for tho past our years. The total assessment or 1900 was S20i .90S, 7S3. Taxes collected on this for general rev. .nue fund was S422, ,494.i2. As ,essment for 1905 was S299, T30,879. Taxes on this for general revenue sund was S493O57.29. Assessment for i9i0 was S3S0,520.S23; taxes for general revenue fond, $625, ,956.75.
 You will observe that the as- sessed value has almost doubled in .en years, the increase in the last i've years being SS0,7S9,946. Dur ing the five years previous to that
 from 1900 to f905-- although the country generally was not so pros porous, and we had no tax com to look after tax dodgers, he increase was S97 ,822, ,09i. Sev- anteen million in excess of what 1t was from 1905 to i9i0.
 'sThe amount paid into general revenue fund through office of sec rotary of state for the years 1905 and 1906 was s7a,777.i3. For 1909 and 1910 it was s2S3,6i5.35 Amount paid to general revenue fund from taxes on receipts os Insurance com panies for 1905 and 1906, $i20, ,27i, : 9i. For 1909 and 1910 t was Si52,- i73.42.
 ''To general revenue fund from iquor licenses, i9cb and 1906. S262. s46.O6. For 1909 and 1910, Sio6,- li3.f5.
 II have mentioned the principal 'ources from which the general 'eyenue fund is supplied. To make comparisons, the records show that during the last biennial period tho total amount paid into he general revenue fund from the sources mentioned was S20,620SS, nore than it was for the biennial period for f905 and 1906. In view ,f the figures presented how can it ,e urged that the stringency in the revenue fund is due to our 'evenue system9 It would be bet ,er to borrow from the future for he present. and when the general assembly convenes again increase he levy for general revenue fund , sufficient amount for such time Is will be required to clean up the shortage. Those who administer he states affairs and make the avs should deal frankly with the situation, and when more money is needed, which must be obtained by nore taxation. they should be open II their purpose.
 The people do not mind paying my reasonable amount of taxes 0 meet the expenses of the state, put they want you to tell them