The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-05-21
rs BANDITS IN MOTOR FLEET ROB TRAIN!
Strike While Tax Fire Is Hot!
Owner Square Deal

THE ExPECTEDIs HAPPENING Ths ssasla szsae II
bsln9 fspty set up 10 protect the real tax
MN whose Income into Thousands bat who escapes all
local because his wealth not in real estate
chandise.
In fear of special session which would give home and
property the square deal in New York and
California and Of other states the deceptive and
wholly unfounded assertion being repeated that would
pass the buck from local officials legislators
NOTHING is FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
The meeting Of the state legislature in in
terere with the reduction Of locally Those who
make any statement to the contrary LIE and they lie de-
liberately and with malice aforethought.
The tax problem important its solution has too d
rect bearing the prosperity Of state and city to
be screened by false and misleading propaganda
Our taxes are high or low because of two facts:
l. The cost Of government-the overhead-the operating
expensessalares rents improvements interest bonds
| 3 The sources of income-the tax system.
Our local officials DEAL and MUST with the first II
Is their duty to reduce the overhead to the lowest possible
point The cost of be slashed and ashed
deeply Taxpayers in mood to tolerate ANY extav
agance.
That's only part of the tax solution, however.
The other part is to that the overhead borne by
everyone who should bear -and the legislature alone
remedy the present defects in this respect.
THE SECOND PART of the tax problem is the that
al certain. influences seek up. They don't
mentioned. They don't il discussed. They're
afraid Of it, And they have reason to be- For years
the Of the Union because of its lax taxation system
The who lives at the Arctic club and receives
Of s5000o year from stocks and bonds and bank
taxes for local purposes The man who owns $4,000 home
tho be mogaged to the hilt $3.50 And
that is $3.50 year than the rich Stacker.
Naturally the wealthy Stacker isn't worried in the least
if the tax agitation confined only to demand upon local
officials to reduce But when the tax agitation
farther when it begins to center attention vital
spot when revision of the tax SYSTEM is demanded when
special session of the legislature urged then he begins
to vince. And he begins to worry And the shoe begins
to pinch.
And the smoke screen is erected
1t is then you hear this specous, unrighteous selfish
pea
Never mind tax revision All that's necessary is to cut
local expenses"
IT'S AN INSULT to your intelligence, Mr.. Home Owner
This sort of thing the sop that has been thrown
you year after year showing will be made that the
tax levy had been few mills and you'll be expected to
be satisfied
But you must not be satisfied with it. You must not be
satisfied with anything that puts at disadvantage
with the home in New York. and in California and
in Oregon, and in a score of other states.
You've been the goat long enough Whenever tax revis
ion attempted in the legislature heretofore it was
killed in committee The real tax sackers able to do
that in REGULAR sessions, when multitude of other
served them smoke In special
sion they couldn't get away with it quite that be-
the eyes of the whole state would be them And
that's why they shaking in their boots at mention Of
Especial session.