Arizona republican., 1921-03-03
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1921
You cdnnot push c man up c ldd- oer Mnless he is aOiJliaag to do little climbing himself.
 -Andre1O Carnegie
The Cost of Peanut Politics

The Cost of Peanut Politics
 Politics has been costly in legislation and perhaps sometimes in the view of politicians the game has been worth the candle. But for the waste which may be occasioned by attention to peanut party politics. we have the startling attitude majority in the house toward amendments to our heritance tax law
 Our present inheritance law always joke It was probably intended by designers provide nothing than small department with one or more paltry jobs. In the eight years it has been in operation it has raised to the tent of about s12.oOo year-it has paid little than the of administration
 For purely political the administration of the law put into the office which is not administrative office instead of under the tax commission where all producing chinery belongs
 Two efforts have made in the present sion to supplant this joke of law with real in heritance Both of these efforts naturally contemplate the administration of the by the tax ing power. and of these measures failed in the house Tuesday because it proposed that sensible change which would have wiped out one more small salaried offices.
 The bill that failed proposed other amendments to the present law that would made it eff fective, but the minority in the house wanted of them.
 still better bill waited in the senate but too proposed administration of the tax law by the taving authorities, doubt it would also have failed in the, house that shall enter another fiscal year with joke of inheritance 
 The essential of inheritance is not the it's administration. It might be we'll administered from the treasurers office but the a unsatisfactory administration A good treasurer may administer it we'll but his occupancy is limited to two years. his policies transitory. The commission is continuing body so any successful workable policy is likely be continued. the main thing is a good which should be allowed fail because be- tween Democratic factions.
 The Republicans have interest in this quar- rel, for whether the administration should remain in the office, should be transferred the tax commission will still be under Democratic administration. The Republicans concerned only with what they believe be the best place for administration. An inheritance law is intended to take from great accumuations of wealth small part of under whose protection it amassed and to relieve property taxpayers erally of part of which is sometimes most serious almost intolerable burden.
 There was never in Arizona direr need of such relief More than thirty per cent of the taxes are now delinquent, through the negligence of tax pavers but they simply cannot get the to pay their taxes. They know that the taxes must be paid with heavy penalties if need be through the sale and loss their property A considerable part off he more than Slxty per cent oL IxpdyerS bavs evaded the penalty by hardship and sacrifice u.anvbile large estates their descent to ans heirs have gone down untouched by our foolish inheritance tax law
 The senate inheritance tax bill is one which has ,, tested in the courts and in operation It is a ,opv of the Utah law which in few years has pro- ,,,ced millions of dollars for that state. The liar ,,,.n estate alone yielded $s69oOo without quibble - protest almost without the asking for the New vrr trustees of that vast estate, familiar with the , rnev what was due Utah under it and accepted , mart of the liabilities of the estate
 Ind this is the law, which the majority of the ,.. declares shall be adopted if measly office
 two in consequence shall be eliminated Is no . of maintenance of the present law some s trfsbtful? We believe the taxpayers vii ., m when they have been fully apprised w .. helieve that citizens who are not taxpayers WI - ,b,nl so when in the next two years they se
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 na5 hurding will curtailed with attendan
 =, mnloyment Our public institutions VIII b
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