The Holt County sentinel., 1912-10-04
WOULD TRY It ON
6 MISSOURI FIRST
Theorists From Other States Would
Make This State the Goat.
SINGLE TAX EXPERIMENT HERE
u the Proposes System arevss q Fail.
ure. The psseis a. Aetssovei. Stand
to Lose vast. 8vms-vots No
On November 8.

e. Lets see how 1t will work on Mis-.
souri," Is the position . group OF G n
with q theory are taking In radical
AVIATION experiment. The leadets III
the movement do not live In Missouri
and never have lived, here. They have
collected q fund OF 450.0OO to be used
In the November election, are flooding
and all to persuade Missouri voters
10 try an experiment that the home
states OF these men with theory re.
fuse to consider.
Well place all the taxes In Mis-.
souri, on ground. excepting franchises
aud inhetitances." is their proposition.
II 1t works In Missouri then well
ry II on some other state And II
doesn't work In Missouri--if 1t dis.
| rup's business, causes loss OF homes
aud farms. destroys the credit OF :ho
state. stops development. blocks In.
lustry. in fact II II creates u business
| and industrial panic then the people
OF .issouri will be the sole losers.
The men with a theory can go back
Eas; and work out another reform Sc
TO be tried away from home.
They propose to have Missouri vote
the Single Tax into the constitution
and TO do that they have framed u
very cunningly written. amendment.
" II carries. every building In the
state. whe' her 1, be the sixteen story
| skyscraper. or the million dollar
brewery. will be tax free. The man.
| sion costing q hundred thousand dol.
lars will pay no taxes; the bank with
hundreds o, thousands or millions OF
dollars Of wealth In the shape OF
money. bonds. stocks. mortgages. etc.
Will pay nothing on them. The grca,
commercial house. the mill. the fac
tory, the packing house buildings. ma
chincry and stock will all be free ol
tax. They will no, be assessed a
dollar except for the ground they
use. aud II they do not happen "a
require the ground they need pa,
nothing.
When you take the case OF a man
making his living on farm It's diffcr
ent. According TO their plan hi.
house and barn, horses and tools are
free. but his land-the greatest part
Of his property by far--pays and pays
enough more to help make up the
taxes the millions In buildings. bonds
stocks and all other personal pro
| perry escape. And the same holds
good In The case OF any other man
who earns his living on, OF land. OF
who owns land as a place for his
home.
II seems Incredible that these re
| formers from other states should
seriously propose to the people OF Mis-
souri, that they iniiict themselves with
a law OF this kind. The only danger
lies In carelessncss--if the people un
derstand what that amendment means
| II Will certainly be- defeat ed. but
many who are against a taxation sys
tom manlfestly so unjust. may neglect
% vote IN he amendment. In that
case they will prac ically he voting
| Tor II, as II needs only a majority OF
The votes cast on the amendment
not majority Of the votes cast In
| he election--io make Il n law,
Remember that and tell Il 10 YOU
fellow voters. To save Missouri from
lhese eNperimentalists you mus,
scratch Yes" and vote mo" on the
constitutional amcndmen, In the cleo
| ton on Nov. =.