Arizona republican., 1921-02-18

of which the farmers carry II per cent. Those who pay 66 per cent of our taxes are largely residents of Ari zona, mostly living in New York. where they buy their auto licenses and gasoline. By reducing the road tax levy from 10 cents to cents on the S10O of valuation and substituting in lieu thereof a tax on gasoline and an increased auto tax, almost the whole will come out of the taxpayers, in cluded in the 34 per cent of our tax valuation. This means a saving of approximately $500,000 to the mine railroad and telegraph owners. placing the additional burden upon our farm CTS. whom Senator Stoddard expresses himself as being so eager to help The senator is either dence or guilty of sub terfuge, because those whom hlS amendment relieves and those whom it burdens is so apparent that no ar gument is needed.
 q wish to make myself clear in this [ am here to serve the people or the state of Arizona to the best Of my ability and act squarely toward all business. small or large, but l refuse to stand for an additional burden being placed upon our people, and in thls case the farmers especially, to the end of relieving our absentee landlords, living in New York and other places, from taxation. The farmer. by his CT forts, increases the wealth of the state, while on the other hand, when pound of copper is taken out it is not replaced bv a proportionate amount of wealth. The mines can well afford to pay their inst proportionate taxes for road building and repair.
 Again I wish to state that I am opposed to a reduction of the state road tax levy and substituting in lieu thereof an increased license tax and gasoline tax
 Another Opponent Speaks
 Another analysis of the amendment has been prepared by an opponent ol it. @
 Cutting the direct levy from 10 cents to cents cuts the state road fund S44200O per annum. Stoddard amendment being practically the rec ommendation of the appropriation committee. we would naturally look to that report for whatever additional funds are to be available. The appro- priation committee report ot February ' suggests and recommends an annual tax on:
 Gasoline Approximately .$130,O00 Tax on auto stages ..-- 5OooO additional automobile tax. 750o0 Total s255. 900
 Total s255,000, as against reduc-
 tion of SAP, 900 by the amendment re- ducing the direct levy to , cents. The 5-cent levy saves Maricopa county s62,OOO, but reduces the state
 road fund $1S7000 annually. | Now, what is the result in Mar1copa county of the above-rnentioned pro- posed special tax in the amount oi | S255, 900? There are approximately l 34559 automobiles in Arizona tha
 will have to bear this burden of ap- proximately $750 per automobile, anC
 of which 14,346 are in Maricopa county
 simple matter of arithmetic shows ] that Maricopa county pays $lo4,oz3 lnte 1 the state road fund under this specia der the direct tax levy-with $1S7,0O'
 reduction in the yearly road approprl- ation.
 "The effect in Cochise county 1' unite different-the 5-cent cut save.
 to Cochise sSS,000 in direct taxes. Co
 chise county has 4,2S7 automobiles tC bear this average $7.30 cost, therefore Cochise will pay into the state roac | fund by this special tax approx1matelS l S31 12S5. leaving a net saving to Cochls'
 county of nearly $57,000, as against { net loss to Maricopa county of $42,00O as above stated.
 i If this special tax is Increased t' raise the same amount of money tha the present direct tax raises, we would | then find Maricopa taxpayers payin' | into this special fund approXfmatel. | s1SO,00O, as against S62,O0O, to rais the same amount of money for stat