The weekly soliphone., 1915-01-08

by sinking fund, is rate This of
course will bring protests, and the average
legislator going vote for when knows
his constituents will his jacket when returns
home. 1t is enough to reduce the tax was
unwisey done in 1905 but it is entirely differed
proposition to raise it, even to the original figure Nor
would raise in the rate to correct the nequali
ties in the assessments evenly distribute the
burdens taxation The tax-dodger would have pa
little more but until he is properly assessed he re-
tains his advantage the small taxpayers.
Therefore, holding to the thought that whatever
of fundamental nauremust reach to the root of the
trouble, injustice distribute the obliga-
ons with just proportion all of
we endorse raise in the rate because at best
lit only poor makeshif The members of the gen.
era assembly ought have the manhood, courage
ability deal with this situation law
making body palm off upon the people tempo
rary expedients in order that inevitable
solution of the problem may fall their
AS the suggestion of the secretary of that
La bond million dollars be authorized to
the existing and future deficits we
is going any relief the other plan of
La direct The interest the bond
issue would have to be paid themselves
would have to be retired they matured. This would
necessate special tax levy that in effect is the
general levy. matters little to the
leverage taxpayers whether additional funds raised
by in the by special levy They
all paid the kind of coin and out of the
same pocket.
any is made in the rate of taxation
the plan of assessments changed whether
the is is not raised, there should
general pruning of in the operation of all
the departments of the state government and in the
maintenance of its institutions Every prudent citizen
in the state is cutting down expenses and living upon
less than he did last The business depression
listing all the SOUTH due to conditions that cannot
corrected here and that may not be corrected at their
years is the strongest kind of argument Tor
curtament the broader operations of the state We
are by no means favorable to a niggardy policy with
reference to public public institutions
when the masses groanng under burdens they
not discharge, and proper that the govern
ment-composed of the and supported by the
masses-should practice economy and eliminate
The basic of organized society," expressed in its
highest and most potent our civil government
is interests of the people by whom of whom
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to respond to ideals wishes needs of the people
is to that extent praccng perverson of governmental
functions.
The important thing for the forthcoming gen
eral assembly do is to abolish all unnecessary de-
partments government the forces down
working basis call upon the executive heads of the
university normal the agricultural schools the
schools for the blind dumb. the hospital for
the treatment of diseases and ask them
wise budgets eliminating every empoye whose
actually needed and forego the installation
every Improvement and enlargement not actually vital
to the effective administration of the institution, and
with the saving the thousands of dollars this policy
retrenchment will bring pass law reconstructng
haphazard unsystematc of assessing property,
ax-dodging will generally practiced. And
firmly believe with the present rate of taxation the
state will be able to pull of the whole within three
or four years.
At least the effort will have the same dgnifying
and purifying upon the that it does
individual when he passes through period of sacrifice
and selfdenial
Yorker has been indicted by federal authori-
ties for raudueny importing fifty thousand dollars
worth Bibles into the United States. The gentleman
may able prove, however, that they the dis