The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-06-25
OKLAHOMA CITY HONESTY
A Few Figures In Regard TO the
Crowd That are Going TO Re
dlIce T.xas

duee Taxes.
tFrom Bennington Oklahoma Tribune)
There Is bunch OF would be high
.inance fellows at Oklahoma city that
Tor pure. unadulterated gall contempt
tor the Intelligence of Oklahoma, aud
Tor downright cussedncss have the
devil skinned In forty ways.
Realizing the present frame of mind
OF the people in regard 10 taxes
which none will deny arc too high
and which are felt the more an ac'
count OF the present scarcity of mon
oy occasioncd by the short crops and
Campaign year--are undertaking to
form a Tax League for the reduction
OF taxes as their plea TO fool the
people. with their principal object TO
fight Haskell.
Their object is TO try TO place the
blame on him for the high taxes,
when they know ard every other man
ought to know that the only tax that
Haskell or his administration is re-
sronsible or his administration is re.
which is not. nor never has been. eN.
CeSsively high when the constructive
conditions demanded by new state
are considered.
The only trouble with the Oklaho
ma City crowd is that Haskell made
them pay THEIR TAXES Just the
same as the little fellow had to pay
his. They could not use him as a
tool so they are after him
Let's see who the officers of this
tax league are. Here they are:
c +. Coleord. president. S VI.
Gloyd. vice president: @. y Work
! Iran. secretary. r. II Cooke. treas
trrer: and Joseph Ruckins, Leon Levy,
John w, Shartel. J NJ Owens and
| J NJ Bass. directors.
! The circular letter they are send
inc over the state reads: AS tax
rayers have YOU not felt the burden
c' taxation of 1911. DO YOU want con
tinued for 1872 1913 and 1914 these
conditions? If YOU do not. a remedy
Is proposed We are forming an or
sanitation of one hundred thousand
taxpayers in the state who stand for
reform by limiting the amount to he
taxed, etc"
Listens nice, don't il?
I That our readers may know what
honest taxpayers these officers are
will give You figures on how they
pay taxes.
We will give vou the personal tax
assessment Of c.. f. ColCord posi-
dent. whose estimated wealth is plac-
I'd at not less than $4Oo00o
Automobile .. .......$3. 600
diamonds and iewelry ..... $50
Office furniture .............,. ~
Money -. .-.-.-.-......-... 4ie
Mortgages ........... ......... l,elu
iIano ~. Observation-Disclosures. Mono
Poor cuss! No COW. no pig, no any
thing hardly exeept an automobile
Then we will take the secretary O.
z. workman Dunn & Rradstreet rate
him at only 5000 coo and to show YOU
tat he is consistent in his opposition
10 high taxes we submit that the rec
urds Of Oklahoma county show that
le pays NO personal taxes. Poor
Workman! No automobile. no furni
TIRE. no money, no anything. Either
lie 90 ID & p have lied and OF course
?) Workman would not lie.
+. H.. Cooks. is treasurer While
Mr. Cooke is also president of the
State acknowledgements owns one OF
the finest homes in Oklahoma CITY,
the records show that he pays NO per-
sJnal taxes.
Pity the poor devil who has to run
4 big bank and liA in a mansion
with nothing, ia the way of furniture,
money or stock to do with Amt it
awful9 ,Not even a chair 10 sit on,
or NJ ring or watch 10 adOrn his
,seison PITY him for he is only rat !
Cd at s25l,0o0
Geo. NJ Gloyd, vice president The