Republican farmer., 1919-10-31

 selves to think of of the citizens and of the mass of the people non-taxpayers.
 The distinction It does not exist. No can his share of the cost of running the city, if he is self suppohg very often the direct taxpayer IS not to any @ tent the actual taxpayer More often than not the RENT PAY FER is the REAL taxpayer.
 He is the most deeply concerned in having the city run as It should be run.
 The landlord cha>ses his into The tenant the landlord the landlord pays the collector That is the way it goes.
 The burden of municipal upon the dwelling in which rentpayer lives is greater than many suppose as little in vesigation will show.
 Since Mayor Wilson took the city government eight years taxes dwellings have been increased in two The value of the dwelling has been increased and the tax rate has been increased
 Alderman Cornell who has given the subject careful study estimates that the rent meeting in their ments to their landlords increase equal to TWENTY MILLS over their payments of eight years ago.
 That is to taking increased valuation and increased tax rate together and reducing them to common terms the e ra charge to the rent payer the difference t6 mills eight and 37 mills today costing the payer more than twice much for his taxes it cost him eight years ago-nearly twice much
 Just what does rent payer his lord for his taxes?
 The tax rate is substantially $22 thousand.
 The cheapest dwelling in which anybody lives al this time may be assessed for as little S3.OOO
 The payment for $66 which is more than one 25h of the earnings of the average rent payer.
 The extra amount of payment which the Administration machine has built during two probably half or $33 year.
 That sort of thing can't get itself many repeated
  who pays rent.
 rentpayer pays taxes. which he cannot He buys food clothing. luxures and other things of h. neighbors, the merchants, who also and N!o charge their taxes into the goods the! sell.
 The merchants the agents rt, part Of the taxes which the city oIana H. The high cost of municipaI Ir3,s" h' ing charged into the gootia !.at so 3i@ city, considerably the high coet of living every yWIl,ro It is exaa4era3on 10 saA that tha rent :i> who has three children ra!~ t. ir"azErE no less ihan sign year, Il r .f Li- tire earnings.
 In spitr Of these >5o]a hasc trnts he N5aa...rataG machine pr"-"s HDon ne theory jha; tia i.j believe ih5j they do uo, pay any iax-s. Mayor V iIaon says m effect, to the aycrs What you What 1t cose jle city. You do pa It comes out of the rich people. WIat do lou they soaked There greater ta1acy, a unfor;uaa deception, is the hardest lne in the world to make pay his taxes. Nine times out of fen he able charge them into rents, into inc goods he sells
 The who cannot cstafa taxes l. he -gl his labor for living and has other resoUgss such houses to rent eowis' to sell.
 The rich often escape his taxes. by shifting then to other shoulders
 The wor1ing1nan seldom shift his burden H must it himself It is the payers Bridgeport finally have to bear the burden of municipal extravacance yearly burden of $66 S3OGO dwelling on SiO dwelling. of SiO2 n a 5000 dwelling 1 This burden ought to be kept small possible Tn money of the people ought not to be by millions supporting host of municipal parasites with their pay kept automobiles and other paraphernaa gance.