The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-05-28
owen OPENS HIS
CAMP PAIGN At BIG
clinton RALLY
.Farmer-Labor League At
tackled for Planks Set
Forth In Platform
At Shawnee.
FARMERS MISLED BY
PROPAGANDA, SAID
Better School System for The
State is Favored; Would
Reduce Cost of Operation.
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CLINTON, Okla.--Former Chief JUS.
tice Thos. II. owen. democrat candidate
for governor. formally opened his speak.
ing campaign in western Oklahoma mt
Clinton Saturday. Large crowds at
tended from all the surrounding county
seats The meeting was the first big
political meeting on the west side this
year
Judge owen was introduced by Sena.
tor Mitchell, and spoke in part as fol-
lows
There are two subjects in which
every voter is, or should be- vltally in
terested. One is the subject Of taxa
ton the other education. Every per.
son is Interested in the question of tax
alton because it materially affects our
prosperity. Every person should be
interested in tht question of educa-
tion because ie affects the citizenship
or standard of civilization. Education
is indisputably the greatest investment
OF any free people and must be sup
ported and maintained Our state
schools, Including our common. or what
we usually designate our free schools,
must be supported by taxation. There.
fore the two subjects affect every voter.
Evil OF Taxation.
The steady increase OF taxes is a
serious evil which deserves your careful
consideration, and assume there is
not a taxpayer in the state who wishes
to increase the tax burden.
There are only two ways Of reducing
our tax rate One Is to reduce the
cost Of government so that It will be
necessary to appropriate so much
money. The other is to get more tax.
able property on the tax rolls. ! am
in favor of using both methods.
Let us reduce cost IT govern
ment by requiring 5f every public of.
fcial aud OF every appointee. clerk. and
stenographer in any public office
full days work for n full days pay
aud make only such appropriations by
the legislature as are absolutely nee.
essary to carry ON the government and
support the various state Institutions
in an efficient and economical manner
Put the state on rigid budget sys.
TEN; have the necessary appropriation
bills put through without so much
"logroling" and shorten the session
of the legislature. Put the higher edu
catlonal Institutions on the mlage tax
sysiem-a certain proportion OF the
taxes to be set aside and used TO sup.
port these institutions that win
50 a long way towards breaking up
this system OF "logrolllng" In the leg
islature
We have too much property that es.
rapes taxation. Our tax law is a patch
Wort OF statutes, amended repealed and
chaged so that It Is practically i'm
possible Tor any set Of officials to work
out o Just system of taxation. am
in favor Of a revision Of the tax laws
and Of working out "a more equitable
system. There should be n fair ana
equitable valuation OF all classes of tax.
able property and every class should be
required to pay It's fair proportion Of
the taxes. and no more
The owners of taxable property
should he willing TO nay their proper
ton OF the taxes and ought not to be
reqsired to pay more. nor permitted TO
pay less
fuIHltT-ftnOT League.
In my opinion. the program or plat
form announced by the FarmerIahor
Reconstruction league at Shawnee is n
menace to the prosperity Of this state.
and use the word prosperity" In rs
hroadcst possible sense. / mean the
property of every voter and taxpayer
~ the state. In my opinion. II that
program IN nut into effect. n the prn
cples OF that platform are enacted into
the laws OF this state, It will materially
Increase the taxes ON every character
OF property and add to the burdens Of
every character OF honest business In
which any citizen or taxpayer may he
engaged
The Socialists believe that nobody
should own any property. the repuh.
ilcans believe In a centralized govern.
mcnt IN which few pcople own all the
property. We democrats believe that ev.
eryone should hc permitted 20 own
some property and have that property
protected against confiscaton hy tax.
alton
Farmers Mlsled.
have no fault 10 find or crlticipr,
"a make ~ the farmers who have Join.
81 this Shawnee League. I think thcv |
have hecn inhaled Everyone knows
md win admit that tho farmer NJ this
state are IN n most drplorahio cond |
Hon. 7 am not unmlndtul of the fnrm, |
er's troubles I know something ~ |
his grief n owning farm and get. |
Ting no rent mnkes farmer, am q !
farmer ! cwn good farm. on which |
have rn'd ont for taxes and rcralra |
during the lnst thrce wears more than |
hove received IN rents. 80 speak
with some authority on this subject
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