The record., 1912-11-07
MILLIONS
Can Be Saved To
Kentucky
By The Appoint
Inent OF adequate
Counsel
Justus Goebel Makes
Strong Appeal for Pro-
lection To Peoples In
tereStS
In Open Letter He Asks That
Lawyers Known To Be
Loyal To the Cause Of the
People and Free From Cor
poration Taint be Employed
In the Suits Against Tax
Dodging Corporations
OPEN LETTER.
Frankfort and Coyington, KY,
Octaher 3lst 1912.

Frankfort and Coyington, KY,
October 3lst. 1912.
To His ExCellency, Governor James b.
McCreary; to all Administrative and
Legislative officers of the State and
10 all citizens of the Commonwealth
who are interested in equal and uni
form taxation:
Tell my friends TO be brave Gnd
fearless and loyal to the great COM
mon people"
hcsc last words of my as. STATED
.saoszss, xg'ilisttaM 9cetsi. hay, sacred
sicpjfealce to me and whej ~ sep
tember. 1909. | again commenced to
take an active interest in our States
affairs, it was hot 10 gain political ia
yor. for there is no Office ] would
have: but il was with hope and con-
fidence that my work would, during
the administration OF the present state
officers, open up an opportunity for
Kentucky to take up William Goebefs
work where the cssassin's bullet had
interrupted IL, and in that event every
department CT our government would
give thereto by voice and action mes,
positive, vigorous and loyal support.
Relief Must Come.
Necessity for action in the interest
of the people has grown as years have
passed until 1t has developed into what
is today crying shame and from
which relief rust conc.
Too long, altogether 100 long, has
there been unjust Discrimination
against the pee nlc. unjust and burden-
some taxation upon the people, as
compared with what has been required
to be paid by the big corporations of
our State. Cooperation lawyers have
DGastingly said the death of William
sssesbel was a benefit TO the corpora
.tions, II this WAS true, the question
lis, how much longer shall the people
be held in bondage because OF his
death?
God knows the corporations now
suing the State have been able to pro-
cure land the word procure is used
advisedly) immunity long enough from
paying their just share of the taxes.
A hundred million dollar increase
In the value Of corporation property
for taxation crens a new era in the
States affairs, and has awakened the
people, and brought them 10 a realiza-
ton of what has been done 10 them,
and there will be a further awaken
Ing, which will correct abuses equally
as great as unequal taxation. A true
awakening of the people has come,
and henceforth every man who would
hold office must be progressive, and
90 imitation will satisfy them: they
will sweep aside and into oblivion as
old csatf any man who hesitates or
dares stand IN the way of bettermeIt
Of conditions ard Improvement in ev-
cry way for the whole people.
Gross Undsrsaluatios.
No one doubts. had William Goe-
bel been permitted to live. that which
was done last month by the Board of
Valuation and Assessment would have
been done more than a decade ago,
and to-day, instead OF the large cor
p,nrations fighting in the courts ana
by sinister methods, endeavoring 20
perpeSuate unjust and unequal taxa
tion. to throttle the action of this
State TaxilS Board, the first to act full
ay in the interest of the people, they
would long ago have been paying into
the State, county and city treasures
their just proportion Of taxes.
Ii is very evident that in Ken
lucky. as in ether States, b,g corpora
tions wiil never pay cent more of
taxes than they are made to pay.
Take the case of the c. o. r. r.
In ,211 this road, on its entire sys-
TEN in Kentucky, paid taxes on to-
tai VALUATION CT only $9.313.270, where
as fhe street railway company of the
city of Louisville was made to pay on
a valuation of sl0,s00.ocS. The C. &
o. r. Il. in 1861 paid taxes on a tTan-
chise valuation OF only S2,l71 ,1s9, and
In 1911 On a valuation Of only s2,74S,-
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