The Marshall republican., 1912-10-04
WOULD TRY II on
MISSOURI FIRST
Theorists From Other States Would
Make This State the Goat.
SINGLE TAX EXPERIMENT HERE
" the Proposed system Proves . Fail.
ure the People Of Missouri stand
to Lose Vast soms-vots No
On November s.

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Lets see how Il will work on Mis-.
souri," is the position a group Of msu
with q theory are taking In q radical
taxation experiment. The leaders Ia
the movement do not live in Missouri
and never have lived here. They have
collected q fund OF $4,000 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 q theory re
fuse to consider.
Well place ell the taxes in Mis-
souri, on ground, excepting franchises
and inheritances," is their proposition.
III II works in Missouri then well
try II on some other state" And IL
II doesn't work In Missouri--if II dis.
rupts business. causes loss OF homes
and farms, destroys the credit OF the
state. stops development, blocks In.
dustry. in fact II II creates a business
and Industrial panic then the people
OF Missouri viii be the sole losers.
The men with a theory can 20 back
East and work out another reform"
to be tried away from homo.
They propose 10 have Missouri vote
the Single Tax into the constitution
and TO do that they have framed a
very cunningly written amendment.
II II carries, every building In the
state. whether II be the sixteen story
skyscrapcr, 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. tho mill. the fac
tory. the packing house buildings. ma
chinery and stock will all be free Of
tax. They will not be assessed q
dollar except for tho ground they
use. and II they do not happen TO
require tho ground they need pay
nothing.
When you take the case Of q man
making his living on . farm it's differ.
ent. According to their plan his
house and barn. horses and tools are
free. but his land-the greatest part
OF his property by far-pays and pays
enough nor 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 out Of land, or
who owns land ~ q place for his
home.
II seems incredible that these "rs-
from other states should
seriously propose to the people Of Mis-
souri, that they infict themselves with
. law Of this kind. The only DANGER
lies In craftsmanship the people un-
what that amsndmsnt-msaus
Il will certainly be defeated. But
many who are against Z taxation sys- .
m~anifsstiy 10 unjust. may neglect
vote on tho amsndmsnt. In that
case they will practically bs voting
for II. - II, needs only . majority Of
the votes cast on the amsndmsnt-
not . majority Of the votes Z . N
e~loction--to make II q Law.
Remember that and tell Il To your
fellow voters. To save Missouri from
lhese sxperimentalists you must
Eyes" and vote mo" on the
constitutional amendment In the cleo
lion on Nov. 8.