Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26
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By JAMES 3. NEVlN.

Mems Club. in Atlanta, Governor
Slaton expressed himself forcefully
as to the value Of Intelligent news
paper operation in the matter Of
running the States business.
The Governors words are well
worth the most serious attention of
the public generally, and they are at
tacbed hereto.
The Governor said
/ wish that I had the power Of
this organization to make the
people of the State Of Georgia
understand the problems Of this
State.
What are these problems?
The State is In debt, and at the
last two meetings of the General
Assembly the Legislature has ap-
propriated more money than the
income Of the State will meet II
the people understand these prob
lens, the solving Of them would
be easy, for the people have pa
triotism enough to say GO
Is necessary to be done"
The tax equalization law,
passed by the last session Of the
General Assembly, is designed to
meet the situation That law Is
now on trial.
Suppose law should be passed
in Georgia saying that this man
shall pay a tax Of one mill, this
man tax of two mills and this
man tax of five mills. The
people would rise in arms Yet
this has been exactly the opera
ton Of the old taxation system in
Georgia. Each man has paid ac-
cording to his own conscience.
believe the tax equalization
law, If properly applied, will not
only Increase the revenues of the
state sufficiently to pay the State
out of debt and meet its general
expenses, but will even reduce
the tax rate
Almost without exception. the
newspapers Of the State are backing
the Governor in his enthusiasm for
the new tax equalization law They
are backing him solidly. too, in his
Efforts to finance Georgia's maturing
bonded Indebtedness. He feels deep
y his obligation to the newspapers,
not only the big dailies, but the rela-
lively small weeklies for their con-
tinued support and encouragement
In the work he is doing to bring
order out of Georgia's erstwhile finan-
Judge Frank Park, the newly
elected Congressman from the Sec
1 81 ID District , says he intends pushing
si,,a tha Nratt,,,,I go hla pll 70
.S'.iol'"I government au-
-,,ui ,,S Isei lie matter OF CARRYING
! o IN. e"'uu "TdPoiis' resdruless OF state
rattI, an =, ma ne mas nighl hopes OF
au..i"5 ~ Siacteu Ihto law eVentu-
~ 1,iy' y VIII require a constitution
80 a. e'''ei',ii,eht TO ehecl iuiiy the re-
,oi ~ -, ~ JuTse mas Undertaken, put
nv 800 S",lSreSs VIII pass IT,
- it"S IecelEeu the prom :
lse ~ lhucn Aohgresslonal support
/, ,' ''i nuIluIeus OF ms lellow cltlzens
na Wllt.eh nm approving ms olll
eI WIshIns Alm success IN ms ef-
;.
~ SeeIns pam enough that the
lulhl IeSisiatlVe committee having in
.I'aisS tle matter OF investigating
ne scnooloook situation IN TINS state
- hot going 10 make unanimous re"
poIl next summer. Already there
nave arisen ollterehCes OF opinion that
appear 10 De impossible OF complete
ne question or whether the state
s,ial nave the cheapest books obtain
'pie, resaraiess OF quality' OF wheth-
er IL sp2u nave the cheapest hoobs
quallty seriously consid-
ereu are the two, points OF difference
now peihg thrashed out The ojint
goilnlittee unquestionably VIII no.
reeoihihena that the state go into
US own account with the lights now
before H.
mere VIII De several more meetings
~ TINS committee between now and
ne latter part of June, however, when
ne legislature meets, ana II may
De that many or the present entan-
elements may be Strengthened out in
the meantime, though hardly all OF
them'
There are thousands of friends al
over georgia VINO VIII rejoice 10 learn
that howard Thompson, United States
Marshal Tor North Georgia, is better
1t now looks as II the very serious
carbuncle from which he has been
suffering has been conquered, and his
physicians think he will be able t.
that he should be all right within am
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