The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-10-11
A AN ENDMENT
The Fourth of a Series of Seven Ar
ticles by Percy Saint, of the st.
Mary Bar.

ment from the viewpoint of a gene
raj state tax gathering, nothing
could be more convincing than it's
ideal equalizing of assessment plan.
When we know hat there are as
many different assessments in the
state as there are parishes, we must
marvel at the fact that the state lived
under such a miserable makeshift.
The property of one parish has been
assessed as low as 10 per cen of
it's real value; and in another par
ish, the assessment is nearly rs per
cent of it's real value. The general
state fund has been supplied as best
it could from a most unjust and un-
reasonable assessment scheme; in
the different parishes the assess
ments have been ranging from 10 to
nearly IS per cent Of the real value
of the assessed property. In other
words, one parish has been doing
less than n fifth of it's tax duty to
the state, while another has beer
forced to bear a burden nearly four
times as great. Under the new Tax
Commission which will assess all
property for the state levy taxes, all
parish assessments by the state will
be equal and uniform.
vIndnr tho CnOr0Oofi0n n1on tho
present inequality of assessment in
the different parishes may remain
as they are, and be fair and legal as
to both parish and state. If an as
sessment of property at 10 per. cent
of it's real value is sufficient to meet
the requirements of the local gov
eminent, very well and good; and if
it requires an assessment of Is per
cent of the real value, very well and
good; but when an assessment is
made to meet the requirements of
the whole state, it should be the
same in each parish.
The more we study conditions, as
sessments and taxes as they now
exist, the more reasonable and de
sirable we find the segregation plan
to be. Under it's b%eniicient pro-
visions the local tax dodger must
| come across" just as the little fellow
with al little home and a little bust
ness has always been forced to do;
it gives to the local authority, power
to tax everything taxable except the
operative property of state resour.
ces of revenue" as all other property
is segregated to the local sub d.
| visions. Real estate, depots, ware
houses and local terminal property of
railroads is segregated to the towns
or parishes. Sugar %refineries, rice
mills, cotton seed oil %refineries and
| all such operative properties are seq
regated to the state, and the land
and other improvements are segre-
gated to the town or parish. A sugar
TCuuOTy ID UtIucu " NC "A WV
Germ THAT BUYS AND REFINES
RAW SUGAR EXCLUSIVELY, OR A
CONCERN THAT BUYS AND RE.
FINES MORE RAW SUGAR THAN
THE AGGREGATE OF SUGAR PRO-
DUCED BY 1T FROM CANE GROWN
AND PURCHASED BY IT."
BY the above provision, the big
nan IL dealt with by the strong arm
of the state and 10 made, to bear his
just proportion of taxes. which helps
to relieve the small man Of the in
Justices suffered from the u~nfairness
Of the big tax dodger.
The true theory is to put the
taxation upon those who car bear it,
and those who get most from the
government and are most protected
by it."-E. H. Farrar. ,
Large corporations authorized by
the state get more from the govern
ment than small businesses. espec-
tally more protection. and they