Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-11-23


mittee shall be selected to investigate
the situstion and publish such state
ment for the information of the public.
No opinion, however, as to the merits
OF the case shall be given by the com.
mittee unless asked for by both the par.
ties of the first and second parts
To avoid the apparent necessity fol
conflicts of capital and labor, as well as
to secure to each its just dues and CON-
pensation, we favor the supplanting of
the present wage system by the adop-
ton of the cooperative or profit-sharing
plan as to all industries where it is prac-
ticsl to do so.
TAXATION.
llth We favor the segregation of the
several kinds of property for the purpose
Of taxation, so that the revenue for
State expenses shall be obtained from
tax on corporations and specific license
taxes; and the county, district and other
local expenses shall be raised by taxes
upon personal property, real estate and
incomes.
A land assessor shall be elected by the
voters of each magisterial district,
every five years, who shall compose the
county board of assessment aud valua-
tion of lands. All lands shall be assess
ed at their fair market value.
The board of supervisors shall fix a
rate Of taxation upon the first $40, 900
worth of agricultural. or grazing lands.
exclusive of buildings, owned by each
land owner at about the present rate;
and upon the second $40, 900, or fraction
thereof, the rate shall be double that of
the first; and upon the third $40. 900. or
fraction thereof, the rate shall be double
that fixed upon the second, and so on in
like ratio.
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
18th. We demand the speedy dissolu-
tion Of the partnership of the Govern
ment with the liquor traffic; that all IL
censes imposed on the manufacture and
sale of liquor shall be abolished; and
that no department of the Government
shall receive any revenue therefrom;
that shipments of intoxicating liquors
shall be excepted from the operation of
interstate commerce laws; that all per-
sons who use intoxicating liquors as
beverage are ineligible to office; and
that such use upon the part of officers
shall constitute sufficient grounds for
recall.
LICENSE TAX ON PHYSICIANS.
18th. License tax on physicians shall
be abolished.
BRIBERY IN ELECTIONS.
14th. Any person who shall receive
from another money or other thing of
value, in consideration that he shall
vote for any particular candidate or
measure, or support any particular po-
litical party, shall be disfranchised, and
the informer shall not be prosecuted for
giving of bribes in the case or cases un-
der investigation in which he may tes-
'tify.
SOLDIERS PENSIONS.
18th. We favor a substantial increase
In pensions to Confederate soldiers; and
insist that these be paid in full each
year. In event it becomes necessary to
reduce State allowances to any person.
that such reduction shall be borne by a
reduction in salaries of State officers in
stead of falling upon the old soldier.
BOARDS OF VISITORS, EFT AIS.
10th. All boards of visitors and other
governing bodies of State institutions
shall be selected from the dominant DO
litical party and the party casting the
next highest number of votes at the
preceding general election, in proper
tion to the number Of votes cast by said
parties at such election.
Respectfully,
ONE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE.