The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-03-03
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The Non-Partisan league of Idaho
has combined with the COMMITTEE of
Forty-Eight" to organize a third po-
litical party in that state and place
candidates in the field at the coming
state election. The new organization
will be called the Progressive Party.
While the name of the new party is
Progressive, the management is in
the hands of the old Non-Partisan
league leaders and it's whole program
for socialistic control of state and in
dustries has been adopted by the Pro-
gressive party.
Under the popular slogan Of more
efficient state management and less
taxes, the Non-Partisan league pro-
poses a system of state ownership of
utilities, banking and other interests
which if adopted by the state of Idaho
will double it's present taxes in from
five to ten years.
Following are the demands of the
AV" party.
1. State economy and efficiency in
government which will reduce taxes.
2. An income tax on state profiteers.
8. Exc .nption of small city homes
and farm improvements from taxa
ton and just taxation of timber lands
and other speculative holdings.
4. A guarantee law to protect bank
depositors.
5. Strict enforcement of the liquor
laws.
6. Popular government laws such
as direct primary and workable initia-
tive, referendum and recall.
I. State ownership of enough public
utilities to compete with monopoly.
8. A state loan system similar to
the federal farm loan act.
9. Laws to protect individual and CO.
operative enterprises from monopoly.
10. Nationally, we demand that the
money control be taken away from
private monopoly and restored to the
federal government.
It's first demand will receive gen.
eral support.
It's second demand is nothing but
old time Non-Partisan league thunder
and is merely camouflage to put over
a new form of taxation; namely, a
state income tax.
Its third demand for tax exemption
is simply a form of single tax that
shifts the tax load from one person
to another, So far as increasing fax
alton on timber goes, it is already so
heavily taxed that the industry is
languishing. The public domains
which contain most of the marketable
timber pay no taxes whatever. Hence
the staggering burden which the tax
payer must pay.
It's fourth demand has just proved
a gigantic failure in the state of Wash
ington where the state bank guarantee
law failed completely to protect in
vestors and where every state bank
has withdrawn from the operation of
the act.
Its fifth demand is merely demand
ing what has already been ordered.
It's sixth demand is so old it is an
cient history and the public has had
this great privilege so long that it is
tired of it in other states.
It's seventh demand involves the tax
boosting problem which nearly wreck
ed North Dakota and put the League
out of business in that state.
Its eighth demand is merely to put
the state in the banking business of
which the League made a gigantic fail
ure and fraud in North Dakota.
Its ninth demand is merely a lot of
words. We already have laws cover.
ing the subject.
Its tenth demand is nothing more
or less than a drive at the federal re-
serve system which it blames for de-
flation of farm products.
The Non-Partisan league is working
along similar lines in California and
hopes to secure 100, 900 members and
"a million dollar fund in that state to
put over its program of state owner
ship. 1t is also actively working in
Oregon and Wyoming and trying to
gain a foothold in Colorado and Wash
ington.