The Hayti herald., 1921-12-30
Continued from last week.)

CONTINUED from last week.)
Tax, taxes, taxation. Over and again it in
endless circle Everything but the air breathe is tax
ed and in indirect way the air taxed for pay
upon the railroad ticket buy to salubrious
climate This statement is not overdrawn For instance,
the little brown hen if she lays taxed but the
rooster for don't know what unless is
because he is nonproducer, is exempt seems to us
that class discrimination ought to be illegal but it
appears this day of disregard for legality and the prn-
cipe of the Golden Rule. Yes the laying hens
taxed. Christmas Eve night happened into small
place of business in this town. Entered little boy and
little girl They wanted to buy of the toys and sweet
things the dealer had display but could not make the
purchase unless they sold the small basket of they
carried The merchant did not deal in eggs but rather
than dsappont their childish hearts and send them
empty handed he exchanged the things they wanted for the
contents of their basket well-dressed, standing
by, said to the merchant Have paid cense?
81 am the State eggs license collector he said He wrote
receipt and the merchant handed him two dollars You
didn't know that reader No, neither did But that
is what every merchant in the State of Missouri who
buys and sells eggs pays. We only mention the
circumstance to impress upon you the truth that there
is nothing necessary to the susenance of life that is
not taxed in directly or Indirectly and if the
real truth known get worst gougng from the
tax pay indirectly.
If the bill the regular tax collector presents showing
in dollars and cents the amount are asked to
ALL plight would not be so bad but as said, we pay
tax everything purchase That is the blind tax the
tax hidden the price of the article the tax that for
pockebook like thief q the night and which, in most
cases. treats us to a complete cleaning.
Tax taxes, taxation. That is the of nation and
the scourge of conuty today Particularly
ty afflicted with this inqutous burden Without doubt
there is other community all the states heavily la
deneed We have suffered foods have suffered crop
failures have suffered for the low prices of our
ducts but the burden of taxation that has been placed upon
this has hit harder than all of these. Our
great county has been given backset from which will
take to There is not satisfied taxpayng
citizen in this county today that know Of There is not
o. know of whose property not for sae and in most
distances at sacrifce but there buyers. No one
Wishes to burdens of taxation All along the
line the wheels of business have ceased to
turn because sunken in the qucksands of rate and
tenn of taxation that is unwise and unnecessary we'll
in many unjustly and illegally imposed Tax, taxes
taxation, is upon like flood of devastation bearing
down, down despair and ruin from which, sorry
to say, know of immediate quick restorative
remedy. The only hope have is that there will
another day. In the meantime, let US acquaint ourselves
with the true and act as intelligent people should act
when that day That is the purpose of this serial
In the first nstamen of this series of editorials publish
ed last stated that the assessed valuation of
Pemcot county property about $19,O00O co. and
that the taxes to be collected would approximate nearly
$725 O00OO amounting about four per cent$4O0 the
hundred $4,000 on the thousand What want to make
plain is that this isn't ALL possibly not half the tax the
pie of this county will be forced to for the year 1921
On top of this income tax those of who so
fortunate have any income at ALL and there still
other taxes those Of who happen to live IN towns
know The city tax of Hay two per cent $4,000 on the
thousand and the of total to be collected
in Hayt is close around $600000 So feel that it is
low estimate to place the total tax burden of Pemscot
county at million dollars If there any accurate
of getting at what really do have to pay as whole we
feel that the amount would far exceed that One million
dollars! tremendous sum! Extract that from the
tary circulation of this community and bed white
Business and progress parayzed Enterprises have been
chilled and investors been frightened away to