The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-03-21
WHY DONACHEY
DESERVES SUPPORT
FAULKNERMAN'S
A. l.. NICHOLS TELLS WHY
FARMERS SHOULD VOTE
FOR DONAGHEY.
Editor Log Cabin Democrat:


aghey because they have been made
believe that he wants to raise their
taxes. The TT. bill is said to be a
bill, the purpose of which is to make
everyone pay more taxes. This is
clearly mistake, as will be seen by
everyone who will take time to read
it carefully and intelligently. The
TT. bill will certainly reduce the
poor mans taxes if it is enacted and
enforced. But how? someone will
ask.
Everyone seems to consider that he
should not assess his property at
more than so per cent of its true
value. How does this work out? The
poor man, worth one thousand dol
lars, will assess it at fine hundred
dollars, thereby not paying any taxes
on five hundred dollars. The rich
man worth one hundred thousand dol
lars is supposed to assess fifty thou
sand dollars of it. If he does assess
fifty thousand dollars of it, how much
has he that he doesn't pay taxes on?
Is it not fifty thousand dollars that he
doesn't pay any taxes on? Note care
fully, fifty thousand dollars!"
Suppose that there are two thous-
and miles of railway in Arkansas,
and that they are worth 100000 per
mile or total of 60,000,000. AS
sessed at 50 per cent of value or $780,
100000 would make them pay $780,
600 taxes at So on the 500. If as
sessed at full value or 100000
would make them pay 81 100000 at
So on the 500.
This method of reasoning, and it's
correct reasoning, too, would exempt
$50 ,000, 900 of railroad property and
only $500 poor mans property. Note
carefully the thirty Million" as we'll
as the five hundred"
AS matter of fact-positive fact
the railways and all other great
corporations, do not assess their
properties at so much as 80 per ceent
OF their values. If all great corpora
tions and all wealthy men should as
sess at ,true values and pay present
rate of taxes, there would be enough
money in the state treasury to pay
runnin~ expenses of the state govern
ment for several years, and enough
money in each county treasury to pay
the county's debts and have enough
county for several years. What
would be the result of this? Govern
ment does not need more than enough
none to pay current expenses. Then,
the natural consequence would be a
great reduction in tax rate. The as
sertion can be made truthfully that
the poor man would not have to pay
one-half as much taxes as he now
pays. AS to the authenticity of this,
We can refer you to the state of Ohio,
which has a law similar to the TT.
bill. To assert a thing does not make
the thing true. Before you accept
anything as being true, you should
carefully investigate it. Mr.. Poor
Man and Mr. Man in Moderate Cir
cumstances, please, sir, investigate
this TT. taxation bill before you
condemn it, and before you condemn
the man who champions it,
Sister Hinemon ran for governor
four years ago. The old sister got
beaten. She still seems to be sore
ing that Norwood was the only man
who really favored prohibition. Since
Mr.. Norwood withdrew, she says
Robinson is the man. She objects to
Mr.. Donaghey's spending money in
the campaign for campaign purposes.
but she seems to think it is all right
for Mr.. Robinson to spend and have
spent for him barrels of money. The
good old sister infers that Mr.. r. is
poor man and not able to spend
much money. If Mr. r. is poor and
not able to finance a campaign, we
would like to ack the good sister who
it is putting up the dough" for Mr..
r. Newspaper talk costs money.
From our observation, Mr. r. has
been doing as much of it as has any
one in this campaign Who is footing
the bill for Mr.. R?
If we shall find who are Dona-
ghey's bitterest enemies, We can read
lily determine who is putting up the
dough for his opponent, in case his
opponent is not abe to furnish it him
self.
First, we find railway lobbyist
as Mr.. RS campaign manager; then
we find the manager of the largest
cottOn-buying concern in Arkansas
saying that Donaghey should be beat
en-, then we find the whiskey men of
Arkansas saying that Donaghey
should be beaten, (if anyone should
dispute that we would ask him to go
into any saloon in Little Rock and
listen for HIMSELF; then we find the
Caldwell & Drake crowd are against
| Donaghey, and one of the men to
whom Caldwell & Drake said they
paid bride money is one of Dona-
ghey's bitterest enemies; then we find
that those state senators who man.
aged legislation for the interests"
are against Donaghey.
But someone says, "That is all
guess work"-that the trusts are not
against Donaghey. Do you believe
there is such thing as a cottonseed
oil trust? Do not all the cottonseel
oil mills pay practically the same
price for practically all the seed they
! hnY2 Did they not "fxn and "holdn