The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-09
FARMERS HOLD
MASS MEETING
Protest Against Tax Bills and Re-
mind Stanley of Prediction
Promise.

Of Montgomery county are not as
easily fooled as the politicians who
are endeavoring to create some
more useless offices, seem to think,
is evidenced by the fact that they
are protesting against any extra
session of the Legislature, or the
adoption of any tax bill which seeks
to increase the taxes on real estate
or create any more useless jobs for
the politicians.
AT mass meeting held Thursday
at the Farmers Tobacco Warehouse
r. r. Whitsitt was made Chairman
and A. B. Ratliff Secretary and
strong resolutions were adopted.
In his pre- election speeches Gov.
Stanley promised to abolish many
useless offices, which he said were
then maintained at Frankfort and
he is called upon to make good this
promise to the people.
The resolutions follow:
First. That we call upon Hon.
A. o. Stanley, Governor of Ken
lucky, not to call the legislature in
extraordinary session to consider
the bills proposed by the Kentucky
Tax Commission, as we believe the
expense Of such session useless
and unnecessary one.
Second We believe the report of
such tax commission is an unjust
and unfair one, in that it does not
lay the burden of taxation upon an
classes of property fairly or equal
ly. We therefore condemn such re-
port, because of such fact and the
further fact that it calls for the
creation of another useless COM
mission (mOre officers for the
State), as we believe the work Of a
new tax bill, if one is adopted,
should be done for the people of the
State by the elective officers.
Third. We condemn the report
because it will greatly and unjustly
increase the taxes upon lands, in
proportion to that of other classes
of property. We favor a revenue
law and believe one should be 50
framed that all property in Ken
lucky, real and personal, would be
made to bear its just proportion of
taxation.
Fourth. We call to the attention
of the Governor, the members or
the General Assembly and the pub
lie, the fact that Kentucky is now
fifth in coal production in the Uniteo
States and this development has
only begun. We therefore, believe
our valuable coal deposits should
pay its just proportion and that at
least ten cents per ton of coal mined
should be required of the coal in
terests of the State. We furth be-
lieve that the great liquor interests
of the State should pay its just pro-
portion, which we fell is not now
being done, as whiskey is assessed !
at $l2 a barrel and any barrel of
is worth from 800 to 5000. |
Fifth. We condemn that part OF
the report which exempts the few
broken plows and rusty farming inn
plements found ON the average
farm, since it is a matter of com
mon knowledge that such tools are
Of little or no value and the inser-
lion of this clause is therefore a re-
lection upon the intelligence of the
farmers Of Kentucky.
Sixth. We call upon our Cover
nor to report to the people of the
State the number of useless Offices
he has found at Frankfort, as w.
recall he said he would do before
election and in his inaugural adj
lress. We would especially be glad
% have his views as to the necesss-
y for the following Offices; sepe- |