The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-06
SOME UNPARDONABLE
MISINFORMATION.

ichb' FOR tnlS reason we have pub
lished the law as 1t was finally passed
and approved by the governor. The
man who does not read any news
paper and has to take his information
from common talk is likely to get a
very hazy idea OF the proposition, and
1t would be well for the road COM
mission to have number of pamphlets
printed giving the exact wording OF
the law and some more data on the
taxes. and the methods to he employ
| ed to raise the money with which IL
pay the interest and provide the sink
Ing fund called for in the act.
For instance, we have been told
that the opinion seems to prevail that
every man will have to pay an addi-
tional road tax OF SO whether he owns
any property or not. This is not true,
for the man who pays the tax is the
man who owns the property. II Mr.
a. returns for taxation. as many of
our citizens do. only few dollars for
household goods-say S20-then his
tax would be increased one cent for
every three and one-third dollars on
which he pays taxes. II Mr. A. pays
on $20 his taxes will be six cents more
each year. If he pays Oh $l0O his tax
would by thirty cents more each year.
If he pays or $500 his tax would be
S1.5O each yea. If he pays on 81. ZOO
his tax would be SO more each year.
So it Is the NAM with the property
who will pay the taxes.
We have shown that the people of
the cities and towns. the corporations,
railroads, etc. pay 20 per cent of all
the taxes Of the county, and that the
people of the rural districts will pay
only 30 per cent of all the taxes. So
the argument that Is being used that
the farmers will bear the burden of
the taxes for the bond issue Ia not
true. He will bear approximately 30
per cent of the burden, and the other
interests of the county will bear the
rest. In other words the taxes might
be represented by q log ten feet long,
the farmer will carry feet OF 1t and
the other interests OF the county will
carry z feet What we fail to under
stand is that there should be any op-
position at all in the rural districts
on any such proposition.
Union County Is going to have On
election on a bond issue of 100000
Just a week after the election in An
derson County, and. Editor Rice OF the
Union Times says;
Now, human nature is very human.
Don't you find 1t 40. brother? And
are We not all very much alike?
believe 80. Let us get down to brass
tacks. Let's take things as they are.
VIII this bond issue hurt the poor
man? am going to put myself
N the shoes of the poor man.
(Strange TO aay the shoes fit very
cell. tool Let's say / am O very
very poor man. right down at the
bottom. (Truth is. am mighty nigh
right there) Well, Rice. very poor
man, what objection to the bond Is
sue? Why, none; am selfish
enough to be willing 20 let the prop
erty owners build the roads. / am
glad to have them build them. I
want good roads even for walking
purposes. TO say nothing OF the oc-
casiilnal use may have for them
for riding purposes. 1 will have lit
tie Of the taxes to pay. Twill have
as Inucii :::ast 70 use the road as will
the ten thousand dollar automobile
man have to use it. In fact more
right, for IL the automobile gives me
any "sass." will 60 to the courts and
VIII stand q better chance to win,
Tor am in the majority. More than
that. III get some of the 100000 of
the money that will be turned loose
for labor; for, being'a very poor man,
I must be n laboring man. Yes, Rice,
the very poor man will. if he uses
shrewd Judgment, vote for bonds for
good roads, He would act with poor
Judgment IL he did not for selfish
sAasnns,
Again. let's pui ON the shoes B OF
Ahe great middle class, not very poor;
not very rich--just In reasonably
good circumstances. (Whether the
shoes at or not. let's suppose they
dol Well, Rice, the moderately cir
cuinstenced man. owns small farm;
or o small merchandise establish
ment or sone-horse" newspaper
I'm debt oI outl; or. q small dairy: or.
small truck farm; or. n beef market;
or. q chicken farm--neyer mind which
whatever It Is Rice owns. assessed
at about 81 900, and worth I've or
three times that. Now, from q selfish
standpoint: Does Rice, the moderate
ly ciFcumstanced man have any kick
against the bond issue? Not on your
nj ~
fortune. In the first place II Will NO,
no nkfek coming. for 1t will put more
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