The Nevada County picayune., 1918-12-05
THaT PROPOSED
 NEW CONSTITUTION.

II k estimated that the cost of the
 var to the United States will bc about 'lftF billions of dollars That sun ie beyond the conception of the human mind. Such stupendouS debt has never been dreamed of before. It must be paid and it will cost the people of the United States much suffering and sacrifice. It will fall heaviest on the poor
 This is no time to adopt new con stltution which adds to the burdens which the poor will be called on to bear
 l see some men high in counsels or church and state say that the new constitution is more liberal to the poor than the old Such statement is abstract. They do not, they cannot point out single thing in the new constitution which is more fayora ble to the poor than the old. nor can they point to single thing more in the interest of morality than is the old. except the provision for prohibition. which is already the law under the old constitution. On the contrary the new constitution abounds in unfair discriminations against the poor and in at least one instance is in the in terest of immortality
 Philadelphia is Il college town ana if was reported that it was infested with pool rooms to the dctrimcnt of the student body. The last legislature passed law prohibiting pool rooms in Philadelphia. Tine new constitution does not permit legislatures to inter fere with the operation of pool rooms.
 When Governor Hays went out of office our splendid new State Capitol was finished al cost of three million dollars to the tax payers of the State and was paid for without increasing the rate of tax or tie burden on the taxpayers of the State In fact few years before tDuring the term of Gov ernOr Jeff Davis) the rate of tax was powered and has never been raised The debt of the State was rapdly be ing reduced without any additional burden to the taxpayers.
 Although the volume of taxes has been increased from increased valua- tiOns and taxes on inheritances and other sources, yet the last legislature was called upon to issue S75O OOOOO in | interest bea ring notes to pay the eur rent expenses of the State govern ment. A debt that need not have been il debt But this is to be met in our current revenue.
 Under the proposed new constitu- 1 ton. this debt and some other odds and ends will be bonded bond run ming 30 years bea airing six per cent in terest and the additional burden laid on the taxpayers Yet the holder or the bond K to be exempt from taXe,.
 The county scrip of many eOuntiet will be called in and funded. That iy to say. bonds will be issued for g years bearing 6 per cent interest to take up the scrip. Many counties iu the State have been in debt and havt paid off their debt with the ! mill tax DOW provided by our splendid consti- tuition an dtheir scrip is at par Thi, has been done by good management II has not been q burden to the taxpayer. The new constitution proposes to is sue bonds for 30 years drawing 6 per cent interest to take up this scrip in he various counties and add that tax to the burden of the taxpayer. Here k the way it will work:
 We will say for illustration that Pu- laSki county has one million dollars in scrip outstanding and that it sells fol' 70 cents on the dollar Under our 1 splendid constitution that the bontl holders are trying to destroy. the couii- i ty can only levy tax of , mills to pay all county taxes and that is paya- l hle in county scrip. That burden can not be increased So. John Smith. a ] armer, goes to pay his taxes and finds i that his county tax is S1oO0. He has brought q S10.eo bill along to pay it. but he finds that he can buy his scrip at 70 cents on the dollar. so he buys ten dollars for five and takes FIVE l DOLLARS back to SalIic and the ba hie>
 When the new constitution k adopt ed here K the way il will work; "Old i Shylock" has bought up the scrip for 90 cents on the dollar and il iS now called in for funding \ bond for one