The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-05-16
We Pledge Allegiance

but one remedy--the ballot Of rebuke.
We Pledge Allegiance
LIST. We pledge ourselves anew Il
the service Of our State and nation; Il
the government of the fathers; to tn,
preservation OF the constitution, Sc
curing government of the people, b!
the people and for the people. W,
thank God, who in battle gave us vic
tory. for the approaching blessing
of peace, and we gratefully acknowl
edge the heroic devotion of all whit
served and saved the flag, both a
home and abroad. We believe a CRATE
full country should care for its wound
ed soldiers and sailors and should en-
deavor to secure employment for thos'
whom 1t took from peaceful pursuits
to serve it in the hour Of need.
Business Administration
End. When intrusted with power w
pledge an economical, efficient bust
ness-like administration of public af
fairs, with public service, and moi
political entrenchment as the goal
the prevention of needless waste ant
extravaganza; the adjustment of SUI
perfluous offices and reduction of the
cost of administration to the lowest
possible point consistent with good
government.
We condemn the present state ad-
ministration and the State Tax Com
mission, for the arbitrary methods en-
ployed in the unjust and unequal as
sessments made by the State Tax Com
mission, and we unhesitatingly charge
the present Democratic administration
with the sole responsibility therefor.
We pledge ourselves to so correct
and revise the tax laws as to make
assessments on every class and kind
of property just, fair and equitable,
while preserving the principle of the
classification of property, and to limit
within reasonable bounds the arbi-
trary power of the state board to in
crease assessments made by local
boards by summary and speedy .ap-
peal to the Court of Appeals.
We further pledge a thorough and
exhaustive examination into the man
ner in which the present law has been
administered by those charged with
that duty and to correct such abuses of
administration as have been the sub
ject of just complaint
Rigid economy is the first remedy
for high taxation and assessments, and
such economy with present assess
ments should result in a greatly re-
duced tax rate. The only excuse for
high assessments is a low tax rate
and we demand an immediate reduc-
tion of the present rate of state tax to
conform to the increase in assess
ments.
Taxation
Embellishments, waste and f.
nancial and business incompetency re-
sulting in an increased debt, are the
real and producing causes of the pres
ent tax burdens borne by the people
Of Kentucky. Example:
Outstanding and Unpaid Warrants
Close Of Wilson's admin
lStratlOn .............S 0bU, 4lb.Uu
August 81, 1916, McCrear-
US administration. ..... 1925, S68. 90
April 30, 1919, Stanley's
administration ......... 4,51O,6S4.OO
Collections
Wilson's administration,
January 6, 1908, to Au-
gust 81, 1911, three years
and eight months. .. .$23, 097 1929. 90
McCreary's administration,
January 1, 1912, to Au-
gust 81, 1915, three years
and eight months. go. 26,570,37500
Stanley's administration,
January 1, 1915. to April
30, 1919, three years and
four months .......... S2,sSs, S27.OO
Monthly Average Collections
Wilson's administration,
three years and eight
nOHtnS ..............S 0Z4, llZ.UU
administration
three years and eight
months ............. 6O3,572.OO
SANKEY'S administration,
three years and four
months ............... S24,731.OO
State Institutions
4th. We earnestly favor the imme-
iiate passage of laws to prevent and
render impossible the partisan control
Of the States charitable Institutions
and to prevent the creation of condi-
lions which have made them a shame
and mockery. We favor the creation
Of a bipartisan board, composed of
men and women, of the highest char
acter and possessing special training
and fitness for the discharge of their
duties, chosen without regard to po-
Iitical influence, and who shall and
will give to this humane service the
npnaeaqrv time and atfantion MILITANT