The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1921-02-25
FIGURES
SHOW CITY IS
NOT EFFICIENT
Fifty Thousand Dollars Worth OF
Property Paid On In Six Weeks
Voluntarily.
HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN
ASSESSED AGAINST OWNERS
New Treasury Plan Would Double
Check And Preclude Such Pos
= - siblc Disparity.

| If all business were conducted ac-
fcording to the way the business of
| the City of Paris is conducted, there
would be paralysis. This is more
specifically eXemplified by the actual
figures shown on the books of J D
Phillips, chief of police, who collects
the city taxes, both real, personal
and poll 1t is the direct result of
"everybody's BUSINESS being nobody's
! business, !" and is strong argument
for the Progressive Tickets platform
as it pertains to survey of the city
| in addition to the audit system, plus
4 the plank, provided for a city treas
ury system.
| In the last six weeks, the chief
| of police has had more than an
hundred tax payers call on him and
| lay taxes, real, personal, and poll,
| that had not been assessed for 1920.
Were not even on his books of taxes
| to be collected ,and had they not
voluntarily come forward and offered
| to pay, the city would have been
! minus the money they did pay, and
no way of ever checking it up with
out survey-audit and this is not
custom, nor was the advantage SO
taken of the recent services of a GER
titled public accountant.
. To be more explicit, the following
| Taxpayers have. come forward and
volunteered to pay on real and per-
sonal property, though they might
| have nave been called on as they
We're not assessed: w Porter $780,
! 100; Robert MCGOWAN, $265; Laura
| Smalley estate $1,000; G o Walton.
| $1,000; J b Cronnan, $4,000; j I
Johnston, s1,100; Miss Ada Bushart,
| $4,000; e p McFadden, $500; Mar
tina McVey, $500; s T Greer, $2920;
d Williams, $500; D E johnson.
$24O; Clyde Thomas, $1,1O0; Hugh
sBaggett, $1,000; L Wafford, $1,000;
Jno l. Mitchell $1,5O0; j s Snow
$4,000; d J Cooper, $4,000; w G
Adams, $6,5O0.
If this is criterion to the general
nditions-7omissions that have de-
| veloped' in six weeks time-what
would whole year bring forth? And
| the question might also be asked,
| how many are there who will not
voluntarily go up and pay on their
real and personal property, that are
mot assessed, or might overlook pay
ing and at the same time not assess
cd.
In addition to the above, more
than 80 individual polls have been
! paid since January first, that were
| not assessed. There is no wonder
that the potential poll tax of the city
of Paris as per the records, is SO
small and that this end OF the in
| come is so limited, when in six weeks
time more than 80 people volunteer
| to pay the $Ppoll when they might
not have had to do it. Most of these
polls We're paid during the past
week, by those desiring to vote in
the city election on April End, and
express their opinion on whether or
not they want an efficient city admin
istration.
And, in the meantime, the property
/ owners that are assessed are having
to bear their prorata of the burden
of those not assessed, thus heaping
additional tax burden on them.
/ The plans outlined in the platform
of the new Progressive Citizens Tick
let will preclude the possibility of such
omissions as above, and in addition
the audit and survey" plank will
further strengthen the accomplish
i ment of this end.