Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-30

these demagogie iingoes would spend about two
days IN the careful inspection of this plant they
would IN spite OF their egotism, realize how
damn small and insignificant they were IN the
welfare of the state in comparison And last, but
not least it is the biggest taxpayer in the state
of Nevada. Let the fair, unbiased public Judge
as u which is most entitled to say in the man
agement OF public affairs and expenditures of
moneys.
The United States census gives the value of
live stock farm lands and agricultural products
of Nevada at SIOOOOOOO, yet the state has barely
assessed on valued basis of ten per cent of this
amount. On the other hand the state assesses
the Southern Pacific company on a basis of more
than % per cent of its physical valuation by
the government. AS the biggest taxpayer in the
state, hasn't il got right to a 'holler' when
there is such reign of incompeteney misman-
agement and almost criminal extravaganza as has
characterized the present state administration and
the two sessions of the legislature?
When there is a shortage of funds with which
To conduct the state S business whose pockets do
the taxgrabbers go deepest INTO? The Southern
Pacific, of course This being the case then why
in the name of common deeency, the fair play and
the square deal these selfish envious demagogues
make their hypoeriteal plea for, hash II the South
ern Pacific company, even though it is corpora
ton, got the same right as private individual
to enter politics and protect its interests and
that of its thousands of small stockholders from
the rapaclty of the hungry demagogic politicians
whom the dear peepu' electing to office
Is the Southern Pacific because of the fact that
1t is corporation, to tamely submit to being
backed up in alley in broad daylight man
handled and Its pocket rted because a lot of in
competent state officials and their myriads of rela
tives have raded the state treasury and left moth
ing but the polished nickel mob the vault door 2
Why don t these blatant demagogues 90 after Mr..
Prominent Citizens, who turns in his ''paatial'
five or SIX thousand dollars residence to the asses
sor ON valuation Of five or seven hundred dol
lars Or the Merchant Prince who is making
a proht OF from forty to hundred per cent
on their merchandise sale and who turn in valI-
alton of their stock to the assessor of about
twenty per cent of the actual wholesale cost OF
their stock. is 1t because these protectors of the
Gear peepul' are afraid that Mr. Merchant
Prince will lop off his two-dolar-a month-ribbon-
counter adj if they tell the truth about his evasion
of his just share of the public burden Of taxation
| Why not ascertain the reason for taxing scrubby
range bull (or cow the basis of twelve To
fifteen dollars head when these same COW crit
tiers are selling in the local market at from forty
to sixty dollars head Is it because the assessors
need these votes to hold their jobs?
The corporations will keep out of politics when
the people wipe out the causes that make it nee
essary for them to stay in, but this time will
never come long as there is a press willing 10
play to the plaudits of the gallery and the clamor
of the mob instead of telling the cold unfeeine
truth. even though compelled to stand alone
The corporations will quit politics when the people
quit selecting as representatives political monte
banks who seek Office that they may fill theiI
pockets with money that they have extorted al
bribes from corporations to prevent the enactment
of ruinolK legislation.