Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-07

JournalfOr wonder the Portland paper told the truth

Journafor wonder the Portland paper told the truth
in this instance. But suppose it did?
Marion county does a million dollar business annually
What public corporation private business concern
would not jump at the chance to close its books clean
J: clear, for that amount of money annually
There is other way to do it because taxpayers arr
only ordinary people and many of them are slow to pay
all business testify to this fact When they face
the penalty of paying having their property sold they
pay The publication of the delinquent list moreover
strengthens out every wrong assessment and all errors
cleans the books as it could be done other way
it is open and aboveboard and inexpensive considering
the amount of tax money involved It is not an expense
against the public treasury but is charged to the den
quent taxpayer The Jackson method would throw the
eXpenSe Of collection of delinquent taxes upon those who
have already paid and would be unfair in this respect
as it would prove Ineffective.
The publication of the tax list means also square deal
for the taxpayer delinquent from any cause lack of
money careeSsnesS because it seldom costs him
over dollar two for advertising and his property is
sold only after full public notice
Under the jackson system, at one time followed in
lOregon few years ago. careless taxpayers quite fire.
quenty woke to the fact that tax lien pecuator
held sheriffs title to their farm or home
The abstract concerns which thrive on mixed titles to
property and the court house spectators always have
strong lobby at the legislative session working for the
abolition of the publication of delinquent tax lists in the
newspapers 1t would help their business to have Jack
sons plan adopted They may be paying the expenses
incurred in the initiation of his BILL
The Capital Journal would not seriously miss the
S38720, thereabouts that it receives annually for
publication of this list in Marion county Compared with
total business it is trfle not worth troubling about
But the principle involved is big one
1t is fight for busineSske methods in public business
on behalf of taxpayers who pay promptly it contend
ing for the rights of the delinquent taxpayer whose
erty should not be sold without due public notice in the
newspapers, which the most thorough mediums of
publicity in existence.
Find man who wants to take advantage Of some one
securing title to his property for trivial percentage of
its value and you have ardent advocate of Jacksons
darkroom method of transacting public business.
The weather clerk predicts showers for the "a hours
beginning this morning This indicates the eclipse may
get by without being visible this side of the Cascades
Well anyway few good showers will prove of far more
benefit than the side show in the sky for while all of us
would like peep at the solar combination we realize it
would do nothing toward shortening the shortage in
Ibreadstuffs and the showers will
The Americans did some real old fashioned fighting
yesterday driving the Huns back for two miles along
front of two and half miles, Reports of the battle sat
the officers had difficulty in restraining the men from
rushing the German front along the whole American line
It's looking darker for the kaiser every minute Pres
ident Wilson called out 10000 negro troops yesterday