The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-09-14
The NEW TAX PLAN


Explained
There H. no one Who dei"nd +
fhr present hlHirm "l aeaeaanen'
All nr actecd that aon," radical
rhan.c ~ IcNislon IL II ~ ahsn
lutay nrssAnay To meet ih, IN
rr"aHlng needs nf III" state Du,
~. th' Last state campaign the
Impr,f.ctlOnH. Inequalities aud III
Jnhil'ra oi the n,aieln were con
I.mnrL. and each candlIaie ior
Governor pledge himself I" ~"
hta best ,ila,in. IT tlrrfcd, 10 p,n
yld" j RNtttn T. which taxation
might ~ made equal aud unlt", n
,na the burden oi government
fh,h evenly distributed llnde,
th, I,.arni system many owning
l,inp.i Is ~ enc, mons yalucH have
been able ~ racapc til. payment
~ then lna' proportion "t taxa
I,un aud il, consequences the q, iirl
enry has ~ y" mad" good 10y
hose u hn a,s not 80 Ini tnnaltlA
iuatsh Tho tcault has been
that the great burden W taxation
han been gradually but su'rll
shifted to he shoulders oi 'l'nac
Who alr ,hr lcAa aDIr to bear il
anh they a,c now paving ~ much
~ hey should hr called upon 4"
cont, lt,utc l,ui the lnc,caHlnr
population Of the state nctcaei
iatrn Inclcle,h venue for the
auppnit nf The ptatr government
and ,tR inHl,tntlonp. IT The r1cs
eui Hyti'm ot aAscaAmrnt and tax
allnn. which has proved aholly n
,unntc 10 the growing demands
uf ihn state, ~ to tr retained,
llsrn this increased ,etcnue can
~ obtained only hy IN increase "l
tho rate Of taxatinn Some rrlirl
might lr scrn,es through unIfni
nifty Of assessments, but such Il
condition can moi hc hoped for m
Ter the present sya'cm. TIL, inc
vllablr result ni an increase ia the
ate ~ taxation would ho I" ~
.rr1M nndnlN the burden "f those
who are already contributing tllci,
l"s' In"r"' 'l"'' ~ TAXATION H''1'
" ne 'a'mfih ahh l""l''' 81 moo
crate means lh'""Eh""' ~" A'a''.
y - obvious '"'' t''' '"', '''H'
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10 accomplish thin rcsnl, il the
underlying purpose oI The plan
now submitted fo, the approval or
rejection Of the people ~ the No
..nbrr election.
II wo,ld 10 imno.sjblc within =
h,,.f INN, !, d,scusp In. nrou,s,d
ohm i, III ~ ,l,tnils /, ~ bu,vt
!, ,nna,lc contra, il,, Of s.,,,.
,...,,,, ~, ~. ,n,n.a.a ,r STATE
n,x.ti,u certain to, ma of p,o,,e,,,
,nd I.,y,n. alI other p,o,.,riv 10
III, s.vc,,l narisles and n,nu,ci.
,,l,t,.a ~ H., t,x.d IN, local ,.v
,,,,..,,,l ,n,,oa.a II m,nn. III
,,,., .l,.,lnt. homo ,ul.. far them
- n,,t,,a ,f a.s.asinp and taxing
n,o,.,tv reserved 10 them The
.,,,. v,,,Id au,,.pdm ita ,ipht 10
levy any tax 40 all on the remain.
,,,,.,v and nlso ~ coIIrri
,r,,,s,s cxcert on nnch busl
,..s.a a. fall within tlc arone Of
;ts nolico uower-.auch IA the sale
Of Intoxicating liquors, etc The
mople of tho parishes and mnnici
n,l,,ies wuuld he relieved Of the
pa,mrnt Of the state tax on the
,,n,.rtv suhjwt to taxation by
hem and also Of the payment Of
m state licenses except such ~
j.. mentioned above. To cOmpen
~. ,h.m fnr tbe loss Of thc sc