The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1922-10-13
CHARGE DEMOCRATS
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III ,bbH.Ou or almost a mllllOn dol
lars greater than it was when the
present machine politicians took over |
the management of public affairs.
All of these great expenditures
must be raised by taxation upon the
real and personal property located
in Nevada. 1t explains why the rate
per capita is so enormous, reaching
the. extraordinary amount of $1S.47
upon every man woman and child in
Nevada for the cost of state govern
ment alone This is twice that
which is levied upon the inhabitants
by the other far western states, ac-
cerding to the reports of the U. 8.
census department.
The feversh efforts of the state of
flee holders to charge this enormous
cost OF state government to the edu
cational institutions promptly explod-
ed when calculations of state expen-
ditures were made With those two
items left out
Omitting all charges for education
and for highways the appalling rate
of increase remains practically the
same.
In 1914, with all costs for educa-
ton and highways ommitted it cost
but $571 1887 to carry on the state
government and all its departments.
The population was then greater
than it was in 1921, but in the latter
year the total cost with all educa-
tional and highway expenses omitted
was $1,027, 5a6.9S, or substantially
twice as much as in 1914.
No other state in the union has
placed such a load Of taxation upon
its people, according to the U. s.
Census bureau, and the cry is now
going up Where will it stop.
brief reference to the reports
of the u s. Census upon state taxa
ton is Interesting, In 1920 its ex-
perts made on exhaustive study OF
state taxation, and Nevada was re-
ported as haxing the highest rate pei
capita In the entire country, with 9
charge OF S1s.47 upon every man
woman and child in the state. II
Idaho it was $3.50, Montana $40
New Mexico $6.14, Utah $S.16, Ari
IONA $12.19, Wyoming 1871. New
ada's tax, per capita, was twice thu
average tax of the other western
states named The ceusus bureau
based its report upon the 1919 stat
taxation, and since then the cost o
Nevada's government has even in
creased
The latest excuse of the state of
flee holders is that the legislature
that have sat at Carson for the las
eight years have been responsible 70
this tremendous rise in state govern
mental costs. AS a matter of fac
however, 1t is commonly nown ths
all the legislatures in the last doze
years have strenuously opposed tn
TAXATION increases. and have put
most of their time trying to effe,
reduction in the expense accoun
of the various state department
instead of meeting with cooperate
along this line, from the group
Democratic office holders in the ca
ital they have on the other hand m
with the bitterest opposition ar
cry for more deputies, assistant
clerks and office funds. Upon mo
than one occasion the two hous
have absolutely cut down appropri
lions for certain departments and /
stitutions, only to discover two yea
later that these appropriations ha
been exceeded, making IL necessa
for them to enact special appropri
tion bills or allow the credit OF {
state to be dishonored
Reports from all parts OF the sta
reveal popular Indignation over {
unparalleled cost OF state cover
ment, especially during the past (,
years. Instead of making an efft
to adjust the business OF the sta
to the needs of the time and redu
its cost commensurate with /
price declines, the machine group
Carson has recklessly and defiant
increased expenses and taxation u
til widespread disapproval is gaini
Roadway throughout the state.
AS Senator John Fl. Miller. Repr
lican candidate for governor, decl,
ed few days ago, "the responsibility
cannot be shifted, nor the facts ,
planned away by quoting garbled (
ures or asking irrelevant questio
In an effort to dodge the ISSUE
The entire machine crowd at c;
son is responsible. Every one Of I