Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-11
Correspondents DenOunCe the Timber Company
and Official System That Not Only Permits
but Encourages Tax DOdging
ABERDEEN WORLD RESENTS DEDUCTIONS
One Writer Becomes Sarcastic, and Calls
Timber Company Greatest Force For
Conservation in ChehaliS County

ly reserve the fossil, mineral. cssas,
Oil, gas and other deposits, right ak
way and right to dam any and Az
parts of the land sold The purchaser
reserves the right to damn the CON-
pany and frequently does so. Ttss
company is saving it's lands So thMf:
no one will go out upon them azal
work themselves to death.
Consider again. Mr.. Editor, what u.
inc thing it is to have such hishIY
killed gentlemen as Mr. Marshall
TAX agent, of this company, to assist.
our taxing department in fixing ta4s,
exact values in the county. They tnss.
Weyerhaeusers, know what the progs-
erty they own cost, exactly how n,ucEr
timber is on it, how much they ccu{a
get for it and in fact all there il 80
know about it. The tax department.
Of this county doesn't, and it is All ass9
of kindness to inform our depar tnieax
as to these things In the isolated
case you mention probably Mr. Mar
shalls stenographer wrote that lertAa,
and signed it with a rubber stanp.
Dictated but not read-Mars5ai}~
Our taxing department having ha&h
such a lot of close harmony with Mr..
Marshall and this company liz thes
past. why should it be queStionsta~
Why do you harp about a little mat
! for Of 81
pay when you know lots OF the nrtag4
fellows who really should pay fifteen
or twenty dollars get off with 312 saa
or $3.50?
You should consider this tax husss-.
ness from a conservation standpoint
if this land is held long enough II
will cost the logger much more thaz,
it does at present. OF course sYn,t
fact that all of the money in a1rrE
event goes out Of the county forevey.-
has nothing to do with the question:
The wealth will have been prod,b,s.sy
here and we will get the benefit dT
the advertising.
Must Not FriQhten
The Weyerhaeuser Timber compxuy
is the largest concern in this ezuuu1sv-
and l, for one, do wish that you woulsq
let up in your attacks upon them,
otherwise you may frighten theE1
away and then what would we e3c-,s
The mills would have to shut down
and blue ruin would be certain.
You know, Mr.. Editor. thar far
nearly twenty years money invested
in timber lands has been taxed III
less than one quarter of what thas
same money would be taxed il iu-
vested in cottage in town or a liz
tie ranch, and the idea that you aaE,
vance that all should be taxed alNss,
in the face of this precedent is absurd
1t is late in the day to suggest sue.ll
foolish change. Let sleeping Gangx
lie. Never wake a Chinese from !1ia3
pipe dream. You are trying to tNis+s
away from us Grumbling Patient Tan-.
payers our delusion, that we were ely
taxed alike and you are trying TO tell
us that one of our largest Taxpayer
has an agent in the tax office. U,ei3-
they have had for many years, Isc7
doubt, and we have been getting abonm
Why don't you adopt a safe am5
sane course with your paper and wri;ss
editorialy on "The COloneIs Conyels--
tion," "Official Story Teller" About
Lies" Duty Free Imports and CIR
Conservation" that's the stuff wyls
want. 1t hurts nobody and il e1s,s>1
no one any good.
Unless you change your tone pree-
ty soon, I shall cut off my subserig-
ton for our Infant Industry must lss
protected. Twill be sad parting.
even as Ruth-and Naomi.
G. p. TAMPA KE-G..