Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-10-30
70 THE VOTERS:

Aih5Huilleut pcIHlttlhB Change III Oul
PIT sent inadequate system Of Taxation Il
be voted on at the November Election is
so great we wish TO make this final appea
for lis adoption.
First-Because the present Law does mol
afford sufficient reyen.e for the expenses
OF the Government.
Second-lf not changed the next Legis.
lature will be compelled to raise the tax
rate, whish will simply result in mote
taxes on the property now assessed, and =
ready paying more than its share.
1'hird-lf not adopted now five year,
must elapse before the question can BIT
voted on again.
Four,h-If adopted the next State Leg
islature can frame Law subjecting thou.
5 lnds OF dollars invested in certain classes
Of properly to its share OF the burden.
Fifth-li the new Law is unsatisfactor,
the people will have the right to vote on il
before it can go into effect.
Sixth-Because our present Tax Law
drives people and capital lIom the State
and keeps Others from coming in.
Seventh-Because the present Tax Law
is obsolete and unfair, as it imposes a
double burden on some and permits o he 5
to escape
ighth-Because under the present Tax
Law every man is practically his own As
SCISSOR, and the honest man has to pay for
his less scrupulous neighbor.
Ninth-Bccause all taxation should be
fair and Uniform aud all property should
be made 10 pay its just proportion.
Tenth-Because something will have TO
be done to save the States credit, and this
is the time and opportunity TO do it.
The proposed change is no theory nor is
it the scheme Of any clique or class. 1t has
been considered at several meetings oil
the Legislature and by three different TaS
Commissions appointed for that purpose.
The Laws OF other States have been exam.
ined and a Constitutional Amendment has
been re. commended as the only remedy.
The Amendment was passed by the Leg
islature. 1t has been endorsed by citizens
in every county in the State, and it is now
up to the voters 10 decide whether we will
have fair and Just Tax Law under which
every man may look his neighbor square in
the face AID Law which which will en-.
able US to invite capital to develop our re-
sources, to furnish cheap money 10 i'm.
prove our farms, to produce a sufficient
revenue for the expenses OF Government
and make all kinds Of property share III,
burden.
II will be an everlasting source Of regre
II we neglect the present opportunity ant
we urge every citizen TO do his duty ans
vote for the Amendment.
THE STATE TAX LEAGUE.
1 II. NJ. Froman, President
II. q. Skies, Secretary.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Judge ]. w. Csmmack, Owenton.
w. II. McKoy, Coviugton.
! C.. r. Iloge, Frankfort.
1 o. II. Waddle, Somerset.
J. +. Ilager, Ashland.
]. W. McCulloch, Owensboro.
! F.P. James, Lexington.
\. OlIutt, Lebanon.
f. NJ, Fisher, Paducah.
w. p. Williams, Irvine.
II, S. Hale, MayGeld,
A. Y. Ford, Louisville.
II. Schuerman Canolton.
Judge Lewis Apperson, Mt. Sterling.
II. II. Coleman, jacksonville.
VIM. A. Obenchain, Bowling Green.
], Frank Taylor, Glasgow.
J 'rheo. Blakey, Beattyyille,
]. n. Camden, Versailles.
r. c. Ford, Middlesboro.
We commend the above appea
, to every voter Of Morgan count.
irrespective of political affilia
= ton. The tax laws of Kentuck,
: are antiquated and unjust. I'm
/ der existing laws the small prop
} erty holder pays a disproportion
: ate part of the taxes while hi
more wealthy neighbor, the bon,
holder, is oftentimes able to es
cape taxation almost entirely
' What little the poor man pos
sesses is tangible 1T can h