Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-21

| We need:
| l. To get the assessment OF prop
crty out of politics. So long as the
officials assessing property are in
politics, there will bc favoritism.
| =. Every state institution and de-.
partmcnt should hc limited to a def.
mite amount.
! 3. a governor who will throw tn"
responsibility for excessive taxation
] on the legislature, 10y the firm use OF
the veto power. thus putting into
practical effect, NO taxation without
representation"
The way TO accomplish this is:
a. 4 Budget system, with the gov
rrnor, comptroller general and treas
urer as q commission to propose ap-
preparations. This fixes direct re-
sponsibility.
d. Do away with so many boards.
commissions. etc. 10y having one ad-
ministrativc hoard to control all state
institutions. Stop duplicating state
machinery.
G. The recall to apply to every cX-
ccutivc from governor to coroner. so
we can fire the men we hire.
d. Let the women who pay taxes
have equal suffrage.
Efficiency.
Thorc has been no effort in this
state government for a real business
administration. Taxes in South Car
olina have doubled within ten years
and yet who darcs say that in main
tcnancc Of law or efficiency we have
been hcttcrcd?
venture the assertion that about
one person out Of every twenty of
the voters OF South Carolina are on
the public pay roll in some capacity.
Only voters are useful to the pOliii-
clans. You find few except them on
the pay roll. This means the halanc"
OF power is held by the politicians.
This state and every other state Is
flooded with political lecchcs, per
forming no useful work. but bending
their energies to keep up Il machine
that will pcrpctuatc their jobs. Food
inspectors. drug inspectors, fertilizer
inS,n ctorS oil inspectors. internal
revenue inspectors. special tax col
lcCtorS. whisky constahlcs. charity in
spcctors. hook worm doctors. pclla-
gra experts. bone doctors. hog doctors,
serum distributors, antitoXin distri-
mtors. mad dog inspectors. white
census takers. crop bureau agents and
hundreds of trustees. all travelling
over the same field, cverlastingly
drawing salaries and pilinG up en-
pcnsc accounts, all to the profit of the
political machine and the impovcrish-
mcnt of the ordinary taxpayer who
pays the freight"
Whcro Is 1t all to end? What man
outside of the lunatic asylum does not
know that such course wcdfftss btirt:-
rupt any private business on earth.
No private business as loosely con-
Quoted as the business of stat" gov
this lack of efficiency. 1t is only
done at the expense of Il constant
drain upon the people.
We need efficiency: the economic
struggle demands IT.
This is the only basis for true pro-
Srcss.
just plain. simple. ordinary Amcri-
can efficiency in public service.
In 1913 the tax levy WAS 81 mills:
in 1917. il was SAL mills.
Tho total amount raised in 1913.
was sl.S5S.9iS.
The total amount raised in 1871.
was s3.7l6.922.
This is IN increase Of over 33 1-3
per cent in four years. or over $780,
600. Now some means must he pro-
vidcd for this increase. so the tax
commission have saddlcd it on land.
CORPORATE taxes have been dccrcas-
cd. and tho tax on your land have
been Increased nearly 100 per cent
right here in Barnwcll.
Here is tho proposition: You are
going to have nine mill levy here
in Barnwcll on the old assessment.
but when you so to pay next fall.
instead of paying on an average of
$3.50 per acre. you will pay on 1907
per acre. This places the entire bur
den of the Increased taxation on the
farms. Where YOU have been pay
ing $50 tax on your land, YOU will
pay 800 next fall.
In democracy, the ballot is a
means whereby YOU place In power
those agents which determine and
dominate your life. The farm is the
| foundation of prosperity. The alli-
ancc and tho union have failed. he
cause they listened to the cry. Keep
out of politics" The greatest sue
cess you have had. was in 1914, when
YOU put the states behind cotton ware
| house receipts. say to You now.
that failure awaits you for all time To
come unless you write your fats in
the sovereign law of the land. You
must invoke and control the mighty
arm of this government, and instead
Of being suppliants and hcggars at tho
hands of n legislature dominated hy
corporation lawyers, choose and elect
your own men. and bc masters in the
house Of your fathers. rather than
hcGgars for small favors. I intend to
inaughrate new era in South Caro-
lima IL am elected governor.
Grover Cleveland said. "Thc will Of
the United States is law upon the
| Western hemisphere" so should il
he with the farmers OF South Carolina.
They not only constitute n majority,
but they represent moro than any
other class that conservatism which is
the only sure foundation for republic
can institutions. Constituting tho
majority. they cannot long continue
prosperous and respected. unless they
control the government. We have
about reached the period which Cal
lhoun prophesied when he said: "The