The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-01
CHAIRMAN ELY YET
BELIEVES PLEDGE
OF PARTY GOOD
Ralph c. Ely Re-affirms Faith
That Majority Faction Will
Enact Adequate Taxation
and Revenue Laws.
Estate Capital Bureau
(of Evening Herald.
(5f DE Vargas Hotel.

Santa Fe, y. NJ, March Ralph
&. Ely. chairman of the Republican
state committee. gave an interview to
the Herald to-day in which hc points
Ia the pledge OF the Republican party
To enact adequate taxation and rev
enuc laws at the prescni session of
the legislature. reaffirming his belief
that the majority still will enact this
legislation and indicating the reason
for It's failure should the Republican
pledge not be fulfilled 5ir Ely said
The platform adopted by the re-
publican convention last August con-
taincd the following plank referring
To matters of taxation:
we pledge the enactment Of lcgis-
lation to carry into effect the follow
Ing concrete proposals:
THE absolute Limitation of the tax
rate FOR state and county purposes To-
not more than one percentum oG tdc
actual value % taxable property with
in the state.
The establishment OF the state
tax commission having Sunlcien. iur-
isdiction over the entire state and
provided with machinery and means
proper and adequate To bring about
equality and uniformity In the vaiua-
tiOu of all Glasses 90 property and Of
the listing OF an taxable property up
on the tax rolls: this commission to
have sufficient authority To- bring
ABOUT an equitable approximation OF
values throughout the state by Coz
operation between such commission
and the county taxing authorities.
Nobody likes To- pay taxes. bur
everybody likes the results Of the
wise expenditure OF public munor.
some form 81 taxation. The Republi-
can method OF obtaining money Tor
| the federal government has always
been by indirect taNhuou--the tdrH
and Internal revenue. The Democrats
have always dcplorcd these indirect
taxes ana hsy" rcsortcd to direct
taxes. like the stamp tax that b. now
annoying our business.
In the states, without exception.
We resort 10 direct laNcs for our rcy-
onuc, and "a century and quarter of
| national life has not been sufficient iu
which Co work uuI perfectly sutis-
! factory methods ut taxation any-
| where The oldest states ln the union
are stIll strussunE Nilh lhcir pro'-
TENS "t revenue. " isn't at all sur
| prisiug that baby state like ours
which has been Tor nfty years In ter
| Iitorial sWuddliur clothes, should md
tins problem pcrp'rNing.
As everybody knows, during ter
! iil"'iH HhNs our governor ana "'
"ih"r territorial officials w'r" APP
pointed. \ good m'n> "i our ',u
| were lhid hN the ''1'I"l government
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