The Hayti herald., 1912-10-17
WOULD TRY It ON
MISSOURI FIRST
Theorists From Other States Would
Make This State the Goat,
SINGLE TAX EXPERIMENT HERE.
" the Proposed System Proves a Fail
ure the People Of Missouri Stand
to Lose Vast Sums--Vote No
On November S.

Let's see how it will work on Mis-.
souri," is the position group OF " n
with theory are taking in a radical
Taxation experiment. The leaders l.!
the movement do not live in Missouri
and never have lived here. They have
collected fund of S50.OU0 TO be used
in the November election, are flooding
the state with circulars and orators.
and all to persuade Missouri voters
TO 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
and inheritances," Is their proposition.
If it works in Missouri then we'll
iry IL on some other state Aud #
1t doesn't work in Missouri--if it dis
luptS business, causes loss of homes
and farms, destroys the credit OF me
state, stops development, blocks in
dustry, in fact it it creates business
md industrial panic 'hen the people
of .Alssouri will be the sole losers.
The men With a theory can go back
East and work out another reform
10 be tried away from home
They propose to have Missouri vote
The Single Tax into the constitution
and to do that they have framed a
! very cunningly written amendment;
If it carries, every building in the
state, whether it be the sixteen story
! skyscraper. or the million dollar
! brewery, will be tax free. The man
! sion costing hundred thousand dol
! lars will pay no taxes; the bank with
hundreds OF thousands or millions Of
dollars Of wealth in the shape OF
money, bonds, stocks, mortgages, etc,
| will pay nothing on them. The great
commercial house, the mill. the fac.
tory, the packing house buildings. ma
! chinery and stock will all be free of
lax. They will not be assessed a
| dollar except for the ground they
use, and if they do not happen to
require the ground they need pay
nothing.
When you take the case of man
making his living on farm it's dffe!-
ent. According to their plan his
house and barn, horses and tools are
free, but his land-the greatest par,
of his property by far-pays and pays
enough more to help make up the
taxes the millions in buildings, bonds
stocks and all olher personal pro
perty escape. And the same holds
good in the case of any other man
who earns his living out of land, or
who owns land as a place for his
home.
1t seems incredible that these ere
formers from other states should
seriously propose to the people of Mis-
souri, that they infiict themselves with
a law OF this kind. The only danger
lies in carelessness--if the people un-
derstand what that amendment means
1t will certainly be defea ted. But
many who are against a taxation sys-
TEN manifestly so unjust, may negleci
TO vote on the amendment. In that
case they will practically be voting
for 1t, as it needs only a majority Of
the votes cast on the amendment
not majority of the votes cast in
the election--to make it law
Remember that and tell 1t to you'
fellow voters. To save Missouri from
these experimentalists you must
scratch yes" and vote mo" on the
constitutional amendment in the elec-
tiOn on Nov 8.