The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-06-02

rnal Revenue, said in part as fol.
That he would endeavor tc
Re that state taxes had increased
gthe four years of Governor
Is ltaxless) had increased from
70 400 per cent. By way OF
ing it "close to home" illustration
howed that Blaine county sent to
g in 1921 forty-two thousand one
bred and eighty-seven dollars,
le in the year 1917 the amour,
me county contributed was only
<en thousand two hundred and
Efy-one dollars notwithstan1i ling
lk in 1917 a large part of Butte
4ty was then in Blaine county.
Speaker showed that Lemhi coun-
nas escaped so great an increase
he fact that the assessment had
>4n kept down.
Blaine county in 1921 sent to the
4te for state purposes ST, T,907.23 by
laAng the amount sent from Blaine
49z1 TO the portioned amount that
It'd have been added had not Butte
aty been created, one will begin
II Eet an idea of the tremendous in
use in taxes for state purposes.
Qneida county in 1917 sent to
Nfe for tsate purposes only, $11 900.
Hnd in 1921, under the cabinet form
'i iKovernment, Oneida county sent in
8 state purposes only, $3C,325.61.
bingham county in 1917 contribut-
ESfor state purposes only, $4,000
IN 1920, their portion of state
rs jumped to S126,000, an even in
ee in expense of 100000.
k<ia county in 1917 paid for state
11Roses and state purposes only,
732F3.65 and in 1919 they met an
Ease in cost of state government,
t&lling $290,912.13.
In 1916 Custer county paid for
&te purposes, including the general
ate tax, general interest and sink
+ public buildings, state highways,
|pher bounty, tuberculosis hospital,
'edatory animals, sneep inspection
ID Albion normal, $7,367.84, and in
'&k Tor the same purposes, Custer
unty's proportion was increased for
q Same purpose to $25, ,392.45.
hese figures have been obtained
1m The county records of the coun-
Is mentioned and are accurate"
'slt Will be my purpose to convince
IS audience that it is not the county
and the school and city
thorities that are as is supposed
1olIy to blame for the exorbitant
xes that we are now forced to pay.
# on the contrary our trouble is to
placed at the door of our state gov
which has increased the
n1ber of employees until at present
g person out of every sixty men,
,inen and children is a tax eater.
The State Cabinet form of govern
mt in all its beauty and magnih-
nee must be be removed together
TN the useless state constabulary
d we must return to the SIM
Inexpensive yet efficient form of
ve1nment given to US by the faith
Of our state and it's constitution.
The very fact that we have had
ddled upon Us the cabinet form of
vefnment with our consent or with
il, being an issue in the campaign
Sufficient reason for its removal.
It when we take into consideration
at it is violation of our state con-
tuition both in letter and in spirit
have forced upon US this useless
Sxieldy form of government every
izen without regard to politics will
|se up in the dignity of his or her
l1enship and demand that it be
oIished."
Mr. Williams declared that the cab
t form of government and the state
with their multiplicity
Subordinate officers were sapping
life blood out of the taxpayers and
It III something was not done Idaho
nld be state without people, that
Uses would be empty and farms
>ld grow uncultivated. Now peo-
had ceased coming to Idaho and
no other reason than taxes were
high.
6esides the enormous taxes collect
directly Mr.. Williams enumerated
'eW of the numerous indirect taxes
& had been heaped upon the people
the present administration. He
~ reference to the tobacco tax,
l<h was intended to keep children
IA Smoking but had failed utterly
ID so, but instead had collected
ia the people eighty-fve thousand
lars (SS5, ,000) Besides this enor-
us amount of money the person Sc
ing license paid So TO an attorney
fill out technical bond that he
st give to the state before the priv |
se of sale was granted him. A |
sat many more have taken the IL |
lse this year than last, consequent
the tax will amount in 1922, to !
soc or more. The present state |
has sold $4,000 more !
! and game licenses than was sold |
Ter any other previous administra-
ut twice the amount of money |
merly collected. Hence, from thf; |
nee another S7O,0GO.0O that was
rer collected before. Licenses, as
4 all know, for this privilege were |
4 before the present administration |
nen only, for 81 each. They have !
= raised the price to 50 each and |
n women and children must secure |
before they can fish o. hunt. |
nm this source as you can plainly |
j We have from S100,0O0.00 to a |
Z, 100000, as against about $4,000. |
Will Prove Statements.
This administration has placed a |
,of $50 on each and every realizes
E man. 1t has also placed a Ii
sc on doctors, veterinarians and |