Pocahontas star herald., 1914-07-17

TO be very much lower than In Arkan.
sas. On the question OF expense. the
brief says;
The chief argument against Act No.
is the expense. or course. Il viii
cost money 10 make the publications
required under this act, and the hill
provides for II. The state ia. also. in
poor financial condition. But the state
owes very largely the bankrupt condi.
ton OF its treasury to the fact that
THE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW. Graft.
ers and plunderers have been allowed
TO prey-the people didn't know. The
people will willingly pay their taxes n
they know the money ls properly and
iudiolally spent, Publicity will inform
them
viii Not Increase Taxes.
ACT NO. WILL NOT INCREASE
TAXES!
IL becomes operative immediately
on its adoption by the people
"Crookednsss in oficisl circles will
At once stop u
"Lawlessness as a result OF Iguo.
rance will begin 10 wane.
The courts will be less busy.
Tax dodgers will quilt dodginE.
The state revenues will grow and
the leaks will stop.
The newspapers will be getting
some OF this money. but the grafters
and plunderers will lose.
The newspapers win be giving the
state service. while the grafters and
plunderers give II nothing but a bad
name and a bad taste In the mouths
Of the taxpayers.
Take your choice'
Act No. and PUBLICITY THAT
YOU MAY KNOW; or.
The Freedom OF Crafters and
DARKNESS THAT You MAY NOT
KNOW"
Then appears q thorough exposition
OF Act No. 8. section by section. The
cost Is given wherever, possible 10
compute or estimate II, Where i'm.
possible to estimate, the publication
expense is shown 10 be very light and
lnconseQuential, In consideration Of
the results TO follow.
Under Section l. Telatlng to the pub.
lIcation OF I. 4 r. measures. the eI.
psnss 10 reduced by the fact that IN.
period OF publication 10 reduced from
thirty to twenty DAYS tmesninE six to
four weeks in weekly neNspapersD. II
Is shown that under Act No. the pub
lication OF the ! a r mes sures this
year would cost slsS.75 per county. ss
against 1265.OO per county under the
existing Law. The q r measures two
years ago would have cost under Act
No. s552.5O per county instead OF
SsO5.00 per county. The importance
OF the thorough education OF the voter
on all measures requiring his "intelh-
gent ballot is advanced as the rea-
son for publishing such Acts and
Amendments in the newspapers which
are read, rather than In pamphlets.
which are seldom read Besides. each
publication in the newspapers is shown
to be cheaper than in pamphlets.
Section provides FOR the publics'
tion OF a 81 nopsis OF all General Acts
OF the Legislature. the synopsis to be
prepared by the Attorney General. As
only the meat OF the law VIII be con
talned in the synopsis. the publication
expense is shown TO be comparatively
light while the benefits are great. A
synopsis OF all General Acts Of the
1918 session has been prepared By
competent lawyers. such as would be
expected Of the Attorney General. and
the expense OF publishing this synop-
sis figures S20200 per county under
Act No. ;. The brief argues that II
Is easily worth $4,000 to the state for
its citizens TO know the law which
they are expected to respect and obey.
! That ignorance OF the law excuses no
one. and ignorance results in quite as
many law violations as criminal In.
tent.
Section ;, requiring the publication
OF all general orders OF the Railroad
Commission, is claimed TO be one OF
the strong features OF Act No. 3. There
are two sides to every proposition be-
fore the Railroad Commission. the rail-.
roads on the one side and the people
on the other, and II Is not a good idea.
says the brief, for only one side 10
controversy 10 have full and accurate
information as 10 the proceedings Of
the court Publication o' orders in
1913 would have cost, under Act No. 5.
$500 per county.
Tax dodgers are hit by Section 4, re-
quiring the publication Of the proceed
ings Of equalization boards, showing
the increases and decreases in assess.
ments. etc II is argued that this sec
ton will result in marvellous In.
crease in the assessed valuation OF
property in this state, and bring about
a reduction in taxes. accordingly, TO
those who made honest assessments.
II Is believed that the effect OF this
section will vastly more than Offset
The expenses incurred by all OF Act
No. ;, and II is shown that the ex-
pense under thTs particular section will
annually reduce-thoush small at first
just as tax dodgers quit dodging and
the work Of the equalization boards