The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-23

l22 towns paying So or more; leaving
about l25 paving less. He wondered
how a four dollar rate, at which Mr..
Stowell said he had recommended that
the committee amend the bill, would
work out He thought it would be dit
ficult to get before April % the re.
oured fist of persons affected by the
act Mr.. Stowell said the list could
be deposited as late AZ the 18TH the
foaters could be reached first and the
list sent in.
Mr.. Capron Opposes Taxing Women.
S. 4. Capron, representative from
Leicester. was strongly opposed TO
taxing the women. He paid his re.
spects to the females at Washington
who made equal suffrage possible, at
the same time stating that ne was giad
the women were voting and he had
seen the benefit of it in his town. He
did not think they should have the
hardship Of paying tax. How could
man with wife and four or bNe
children live if he had to pay double
poll taxi
Senator h. NJ Newton of Windsor
county did not coincide with the views
about the women paying taxes. lie
assumed that if they voted in town
meeting and were eligible to hold the
offices they were on an equal plane
and should bear the burden OF taxa
tion.
Marshall ]. Hapgood of Peru, repre-
sentative in six sessions Of the legis
lature, who Is visiting the present one,
believed the women had a right to vote
and right to pay a poll tax. II either
member Of the household were to be
exempted it should be the one who
wears the pantaloons,
William c. Hadley, representative
from Craftsbury. thought il was safe
TO trust the women. He opposed the
fiat rate.
Sen. Cady Favors Reduced Poll Tax.
Senator Willis Y. Cady Of Addison
county wondered if the state were 90.
ing to make the new voters increase
the states revenue He was somewhat
in favor at present Of the proposition
represented BY II % assessing at 500
instead Of $500 He could see the hard
ship the other measure would entail on
some families Senator Cady got a
laugh when he advocated an amend
ment to the bill, taxing bachelors/iust
double Replying to the query; How
about the old maids - Senator Cady
said be was expecting the bachelor TO
paw the taxes Of the old maid until
he married her He was not in favor
Of the Hat raw.
Commissioner Morse said the lump
sum proposition and the assessment
proposition cath had their advantages.
Probably il was true that the lump
sum made earlier collection possible.
It il also true that from forty TO for
tv-five thousand dollars is lost each
wear in the state. Whether under the
lump sum measure considerable por-
ton Of this could be collected he was
unable TO saw although undoubtedly u
would improve the situation. The col
lector had something TO do with eondi
tSns.
On the other hand if collector
didn't get his list until June he
couldn't collect from some who had left
in April or Nav There was no argu-
ment either way that one law was
more lust than the other II was sim
ply matter Of policy as to which
would get the best results in all the
state. If the assessment plan were to
to be adopted he thought il should be
the dollar one as he believed the impo-
sition Of 3 on each member of the
family would in many cases work Sc
we're hardship.