The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-10-29
RICHARDS ALSO
RAPS DEMOCRATS
DISCUSSES SYSTEMS OF TAXA
TON AND DECLARES WILL
SONS FOLLOWERS ARE
HANGERS-ON.

*SAANGERS-ON.
Byfne favors taxation on the SELL
ing value OF land.
Richards favors taxation on q re-
latfve value Of land.
Byrne would have a taxation on
buildings.
Richards would not have a direct
taxation on buildings but would in
clude 1t In his Income tax.
Byrne would have a taxation ON
personal property.
Richards would not have a direct
taxation on personal property but
would include 1T in his income tax.
Byrpe favOrs exemptions.
Richards does not favor exemp-
tons.
These are the issues Of the cam
paign betweentF. M. Byrne and r. o..
Richards for the election to the Of
flee Of governor of the. state, accord
ing to Mr.. Richards. IN his speech at
the city hall auditorium last night.
He declared that we needed: to
"clean house, In our state govern
ment In order to make 1t sound and
more efficient.
There have been 1862 new state
positions created in the last seven
years" said the speaker. "all draw
ing a good salary and many of them
not needed at all. I would choose all
the officers to be appointed, upon the
bases of efficiency, using the merit
system,
There are two Sides to a state
government. first, the financial side,
and second. the public welfare side.
Taxation has to do with the financial
side and is one that needs the most
study, Gov ByTne's plan Of taxing
not fair, and We should determine
upon q taxation system that would
be equal to all fer this is the keynote
Iswould favor an income taxation
with no exemptions, the rate being
one cent on the dollar, and in this
way the people Of small incomes
would not feela heavy drain on their
incomes due tQ. assessment. Byrne's
system of taxing land is unjust be.
cause the thrifty. people who increase
the value of their land are punished
for the same hy a high taxation
while the lazy, shffft1ess people who
do not increase the value Of theil
land are I upheld in their shiftless.
ness ~ q low taxation.
The greatest share of taxation
must fall on real estate and we need
to amend the state constitution IL
order to get .tNh 1a proper revenue from
land! hp
THE POLITICIANS are lodging the
real issues OF the Campaign, ICON.
tinuedsthe speaker, ".and are giving
us an unjust state taxation system.
THE taxation of real estate fol
full value Is asarainbow chase, be
cause there is no way to determine
the actual svalUeA Of land. I would
start pejtheEaAtshhs highest valued
Hand In the state ON the Lowest sanlf
|go from, one extreme to, the Rthel
gradually IN order to establish .
medium Oh relative equalized value
of land"
The speaker MENTIONED the stat,
schools and said their location was {
result of the spoiis system and they
would be useful and would
cost less ! IL thelIw were centrally 10
Icated.s Hs dweftl at congderabl,
length upon, u state game depart
ment referred To- Peter Norbeck, o
Redtield as q Santa Claus because Q.
the way he ghagdled some of thesl
funds. "
In speaking OF the $112,OO0 tina
the Richards primary law is said t,
have cost the state. he said it cos
him nearly that much to get 1t start
ed and he knew that It was not per
feet but that II, could be amended
and made practical.
He scored Postmaster-General A
8. Burleson because of his coming Il
South Dakota and said that the Dem;
ocratfc party was trying to get into
power under President Wilson'S coa'
tails.
There vas saaffsir crowd out tc
hear him, thes4 auditorium being
about half full. tile was introduced
by H.sR. Kibbee.