Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-02
MAKE AllR0ADS
PAY FULL TAXES
URGES JOE ALLEN
Pocahontas Candidate for Re-
publican Nomination for Gov
ernOr Declares That Railroads
Are Tax Dodgers.
PLEADS FOR ECONOMY IN
STATE ADMINISTRATION
Compelling Tax Dodgers to Pay
Up and Business Administra-
ton Would Reduce State
Taxes, Ayers Allen.

Compel the railroads and other
tax dodgers to pay their full share
Of taxes and the cost per capita OF
maintaining the state government
will be materially reduced.
This is the plan advocated by
Senator Joseph II. Allen of Poca-
hontas. candidate for the republican
nomination for governor, In his cam
paign talks over the state.
Senator Allen stands for efficiency
and economy in the state govern,
ment. AS chairman of the commit
tee on retrenchment and reform,
Senator Allen helped to save the
state $4,000 annually. The com,
mittee Of which he was the head,
also recommended changes In the
state printing and binding depart
ment which will save the state $192,-
900 every six years.
MAKE TAX DODGERS PAY.
The Pocahontas candidate has de-
clared himself as opposed to any ar
bitrary reduction in taxes that would
interfere with the progress OF the
state.
Iowa cannot afford to go back"
declared Senator Allen. ut must gu
forward have no sympathy with
these so-called reactionaries. II we
would compel the railroads and
other corporations to pay their full
share of taxes. the tax per capita in
Iowa would be reduced and the prog
ress of the state would not be halted
or checked. have always stood
for economy and a business admin
istration!'
Senator Allen has incurred the en-
nifty of the railroad by his strong
fight to compel them to pay their
full share of taxes in Iowa Allen
charges the railroads with discrim-
mating in favor Of other states as
against Iowa. in the matter of taxa
ton and cities figures from the In
terstate commerce commission re-
port in 1914 in support Of his con.
tention. The figures showing the
amount Of taxes paid by the rail
roads to the various western states
per mile, follow:
Per Mile.
Iowa collected taxes. . >. 1897 90
Illinois collected taxes. 600
Kansas collected taxes. $4,000
Michigan collected taxes. $1,000
Minnesota collected taxes 6O5.OO
Nebraska collected taxes 10000
| North Dakota collected
taveS AKA M
| Wisconsin collected taxes $1,000
If Iowa collected the same rate
as Kansas. Iowa. would have re-
ceived S574,SS4.O0 more than II
did. If Iowa collected the same rate
as Michigan. it would have re-
ceived S1.773,273.00 more than I,
did. If Iowa collected the same rate
as Wisconsin, it would have received
$2,747,573.0O more.
RAILROADS FIGHTING ALLEN.
And that's why the railroads are
fighting Senator Allen for governor
The amount OF taxes railroad com
pany pays, does not affect its pros
perity or it's ability to pay wages t
its men or interest upon its bond.
or dividends upon its stock. Under
the ruling of the interstate com
merce commission, the commission
must make the rates high enough a
the start to cover taxes and ex
penses; then, it must add such al
amount as will produce REASONABLE,
return on the investment.
The tax table shows that tn,
states adjoining Iowa place taxes
upon railroads higher than Iowa
and therefore. they have made 1
necessary for the interstate com
MERGE commission to force the rates
up in order to make allowance fo
their high taxes. And Iowa mer
chants, manufacturers and farmers
are paying for the high rates mad,
necessary by these taxes of neigh
boring states.
Make the railroads pay Iowa it,
just share, contends Senator Allen
and Iowa taxes will net be SO high.