Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-07-24
JOHN E, TAYLOR ADDRESSES
OPEN LETTER To EMMET BOYLE

years, shows as follows: Warrants
drawn, A.032, ,632oO; paid for bonds
and interest, $723,79S.15; giving a
balance that was expended for state
institutions and salaries of $3,308,-
; S34S1.
Three years and six months of the
Oddie regime shows warrants drawn
for $4,o1S, ,521.24, paying for bonds
and interest, 81, 349,O694 or leav-
ing balance consumed in state
uses such as salaries and state insti-
tutions of $3,569,5429O. This is for
three years, six months. The last six
months expense will bring this ex-
pense for the Oddie administration
for four years to the probable total
OF S4O35 COS "a. The amounts appli-
cd over the purchase of bonds AMI
payments for interest show a grad
ual increase in cost of state service
The last two administrations show
Il glaring increase iii expense out OF
all proportion to the increase of pop
ulation and improvements accounted
therefor. This expense, basing the
state population at $4,000, in 1913,
will approximate S13 for every man,
woman and child of Nevada, paid by
the taxpayers for the conduct of
state affairs. Other revenues collect
ed such as are applied for county
uses more than double this taxpay-
ers contribution to public expense
and extravaganza.
The revenues received and moneys
expended speak the truth of the ex-
travagances and profligacy of state
and county. They are an Indictment
of present officials and cause a pro-
test. The taxpayer recognizes that
shrewd administrators may pursue
legal course i'll such extravaganza,
but feel that it is dishonest for off
icals to pursue course responsible
for such extravaganza. Good house
keeping is lacking. 1t is state ,f
affairs reminding citizens to apply a
remedy to the shortcomings of loose
administration and turn adrift in
competent and negligent officials.
Mr.. Boyle, as the spokesman for
officials responsible, must recognize
these general facts and conditions,
not far cry, but as a shameless
grab into the household of the peo-
pie who live in Nevada The best
crvic and economic sense of the state
should direct with aggression to un-
do these practices whether caused by
incompetence or dishonesty. The
controllers record of revenues gain
ed and moneys paid out presents
cause of attack on high taxes and re-
sponsibility therefor as expressed at
! Elko.
The convention or no individual
present criticised the State Tax COM
| mission, but did attack the so-called
Newlands-Oddie retrenchment COM
mittee. which brought into existence
and was the means of formulating
! the law for creating the Tax COM
/ mission. That bill was drawn long
prior to its passage, by lawyers and
other non-producers, without proper
ly consulting the taxpaying interests
Of the state. AT that retrenchment
meeting, as engineered and brought
by Newlands, Oddie, Brown and that
class Of official servitors and seekers
, tor office, the bold assertion was
made that no stockman or sheepman,
no merchant or farmer (and should
have included taxpayer) was quail
ihed or eligible to aid in formulating
a plan for just taxation. This I'M
pertinence and arrogance by the re-
trenchment committee to the bona
fide taxpayers and citizens was in
full force, and against this spirit of
unfairness and injustice the Elko
convention filed its protest, Justly so
and with due respect to the best in
terests of Nevada. And, while there
was no protest against the Tax COM
mission or its personnel, the fact s
that irrespective of the commission,
there was already adequate public
machinery to make proper assess
ments and levy taxes, without the
necessity OF a Tax commission, and
thereby increase the tax-eating and
consuming power through needless
officials and expenses.
| For further edifcation of Mr..
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