The Hayti herald., 1921-12-30
Tax, Taxes, Taxation, And Tax, Taxes, Taxation


return until taxation is restored to "normalcy"
Tax taxes taxation. One million dollars! Maybe
more Those of who handle but little cash
y realize the full significance of the amount That is why
we suggested to readers last week that they estimate
the in imaginary pile of dumped upon the pub
lie This is but in keeping with the system of
present day education Most of the lessons in text
books illustrative. Our understanding is better when
the of the object projects before vision
Few of us million dollars. Less few will
see the amount possession. But know what
bushe OF corn is We know what requires to make it.
We know what it will bring So it is appropriate that we
figure the payment of taxes in pile of At thir
ty five cents per bushel it would require approximately
100000 bushels to qudate taxation for the year
1921 passing into history but to be forgotten
Think of field of from which could gather 3,ooo
600 bushels Would all the fields in Pemiscot county,
great and small, make field large? What would
the cost of production be-? All dumped into the public
squar, what mountain range of mountains would it
equal? We leave this problem up to the teachers and
pupils of the High School. When they figure it out
shall present to readers the photograph of Pemscot
countys tax bill. In the meantime, shall go preach
ing and praying cussng and kicking We do
Not until the day of reckoning comes, it will. Our
taxation ills didn't just happen 1t isn't just merely
of spontaneous combustion for which in
ticuar responsible. There There is remedy
The discovery of one will alleviate the other.
Tax, taxes, taxation. Pemiscot county $725,O0O.
For Hayti $4,000. How much for Caruthersvie? For
Steele? For Pascola? What for the other places?
At best, taxation is high That is to be expected The
payers of Pemcot county deeply than necessary?
Is this not time for economy? for conservation? for
retrenchment? Instead it has been made time of de-
bauchey of property appraisemens Initiate the value
alton Of property and in that proportion taxation
is inflated. 1t is in that respect the hardest hit
Worsehe initiation of property without notice by pub
licaon required by law Since last issue this has
been more common than we thought. Who did this?
Why? These the questions the people of Pemscot
county should demand to- if there be who do
not already know These coons are not all up Republ
Lo1oe IJD%b
tree, in the hole let get the right They have
got our hide Let us get theirs Turn about is fair play
Tax, taxes taxation. AS stated, estimate the taxa
ton of Pemscot county, direct indirect blind illegal and
otherwise, at 81 600 100000. 1t may be double that. We
say know of to approximate the correct amount
We know of of getting at the correct data. The
amount feel sure is the lowest possible
figure We don't wish to overrate bad situation. We
don't want to make dark picture blacker The truth is
bad enough and wish to be conservative in state
mens If anyone feels that figures are too high
would be glad to have them furnish estimates upon
intimate knowledge of the situation they have such know
ledge which frankly admit is not at disposal Our
columns wide to both Sides if there be both sides
We advocating the Golden Rule We seek the Square
Deal Our ulmnatons if prefer to call this serial
that, purely mpersonal There many intelligent
citizens in this county for whom the nterrogatons
pound should be interesting solution Taxation some-
thing much cussed and too little discussed We
regard it sort of evil and from which there
is escape Too often vent wrath upon the tax
collector and let go at that Comes the time when
go after the root of the evil and shall do
that long satisfy ourselves with bawing out the
collector who not at fault and poweess to remedy
the evil. There is but remedy. The people have got
to stand together regardless of anybodys political party
We all in the feboat adrift upon the storm
tossed If make land have all got to heave upon
the Oppression makes all neighbors Want
makes all akin. We suffer alike, prosper alike,
and either of these feboat takes depend
tirey upon the way set sail.