Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-10-21
COMMENT

coMMENT
We are doing the senni-annual lob
of printing the official ballots for
Trego county in The World office this
week. This reminds us that the gen
eral election is to be held ON Tuesday.
November End, 1920.
1t also reminds us that there are
some other things besides men and
women to be voted for at that time.
There are three amendments to the
constitution
IF the citizens of this part of the
safe of Kansas do not know ANYTHING
about these amendments it is not the
faut of The World. During the last
three or four weeks some space in this
paper each week has been devoted to
discussion of these anendn ents
Readers of The World could have had
information if they had wanted it.
They could have read the articles
They could also have read the pro
posed amendments which are also be-
ing published in The World
The members of the legislature
considered that it was to the best in
terests OF the people of the state that
these questions be submitted to them
Tor adoption The majority of the
members of the legislature were
farmers or men deeply interested in
farming.
Amendment proposition No 1 is
known as an" Amendnne emit to the CON
stitution relating to state aid in the
purchase of farm homes" No. is
The tax amendment to the constitu-
ton" No. 3 is known as seThe good
roads amendment to the constitu-
ton"
The adoption of these amendments
by the voters does not create them
INTO laws but it does change the con
stItution of the state of Kansas So
that 1t will be possible for the Iegis-
lature to enact laws which will per
nit the state to assist in b,1i1dinp
good roads, to help tenant farm ers
BUY a home for thems selves and to req
ulate the tax levy in a way in which
1t cannot now be handled.
Practically all the other states n
the Union have the right to enact
laws of this kind. Kansas is the onIv
state IN the Union which cannot raise
money for the purpose of BUILDING
state roads and it does look like it
| ought to be lifted out of the mud
! Gooo ROADS are Of as much Importance
20 Che FARMERS of Kansas as they are
co anyone else Trucks, automobiles
ana tractors cannot travel to an ad
vantage over poor roads.
Considerably more than one-ba14
! ohe farmers Of Kansas are renters
Ihey are on this farm this wear and
WI De on some other next year
they take the best there is out of tbe
land and put nothing back into i
Many Of them would be good farmers
IT they were placed on farm OF
| Chelr own or. rather, on a state ounad
farm IN which they had an equity and
right to pay out whenever the1
could The idea of this anendno EN-
IS to enable the legislature to pass .
| law by which the state can helm tbast
farmers get hold of some land Or,
understanding of it is that it will he
something on the working of the ma
tlonal federal loan act.
The object of the s3Tax Amend
ment IS to amend the constitution 81
the legislature can enact laws which
VIII revise the present system of tax
atlon IN the state. Read the proposes
amendment and form your ovFr, -onini
on as to the merits of the law. TIL.
legislature evidently considered tn,
change necessary or the ouestio,
would not have been submitted.
Estrays-About the 18th of Aup
ust young mule and a orray NOV.