The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1922-10-19
THE WAY IT'S DONE.

The campaign is now well under
way and the three candidates fol
governor have been here and we havs
listened with much interest to theil
statements of our present financial
and other difficulties and their rene
dies. We do not require that anyone
tell us of our troubles, as we know
them ourselves. Neither do we care
so much about what was the cause.
But what we are interested in is how
to get away from them and better
ourselves and conditions.
We are not saying that these candl-
dates have misrepresented, but we
could say that some of their state
ments are somewhat misleading, and
we would not confine this to one
party or speaker either, for each is
trying to make his side appear the
best and only presents his side and
then only it's best points, and most
carefully forgets to mention those
things that might work against him.
The taxes, as usual, are the burden
Of their talks. All agree that they
are high and we all knew this before
they told us. One places the blame
one place and one another, and then
some claim they are necessary to keep
up the progress we are making in
building roads, etc; all of which con
tains some truth and some evasions.
One tells how he will reduce the
taxes; another, how he viii make the
other fellow pay more and his audi
ence less, and another that we are
not paying out as much as we think,
except just at home where it is up to-
us to regulate for ourselves One
leads us to believe that our great bur-
den is in our state taxes and another
that they are an insignificant part Of
our taxes. and each can prove his
statement. For example, we can take
some of the towns, especially in the
south part of the state where the tax
rate for state, county, city, road, and
schools, all combined, make rate of
perhaps 80 mills or per cent. Then
the part that goes to the state is
small and rather insignificant, as out
Of every $4,000 taxes paid, the state
would perhaps get about $500. Then
nave they not proven that the state
AK does not amount to but little?
Then comes another candidate and
hows where farmer living in a sec
ion that has small school and high
yay tax pays $4,000 or $500 out of
very $4,000 taxes to the state-and
9th are right.
Bringing this part of their argu-
tents home we find that during the
asst year out of every $4,000 paid
a taxes in the town of Nezperce,
$40 went to the state, $14.60 to the
ounty, $42.35 to the city, 5000 to
be schools and $3.50 to our roads and
ighways. Then, taking school dis
riot No. 10 which lies northeast of
own we find that approximately
24.20 out of every $4,000 taxes they
aid went to the state. Again, take
district No. IL, which lies south of
own, and we find that out of every
10000 taxes they paid, about 1925
vent to the state.
So you can see how each of the can
idates has told you the truth and
ow each Of them has only told you
is side of the question. The facts
f the matter are that the part of the
AK that goes to the state, which
ONES from the cities and towns, is u
mall part of the taxes, but in the
ountry the proportion is much higher
hat goes to the state because their
Their taxes are so much less than in
he towns and cities.
Then let us be frank about these
matters and say that we are all 70
lame, more or less for our high taxes.
nd then go to work and elect Off
ials, regardless of politics, whom we
hink viii be able to do the most
God for all of the people of the state
ss-s.s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s.s.