The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-06-15
SENATOR LANEY is FOR
RIGID ECONOMY


; Courier:
Senator George X. Laney, of Chest
erfeld, announced candidate for Gov
ernor, today authorized the following
Is his platform of principles:
I'm my announcement, recently
made for Governor of South Carolina
l stated that 1 would give to the
people of South Carolina some of the
propositions for which stand.
SIN the first place-South Caro-
lima is an agricultural State, and
today we find the farmer in fnan-
cial distress, and facing problems
which are difficult of solution. This
financial distress on the part of the
farmer has caused stagnation along
all business lines, therefore, it be-
hooves all good citizens of whatever
occupation, to contribute their best
thoughts and energy to aid the farmer
in the successful solution of these
problems that confront him. A great
many of them, along with other per-
sons, arc unable to pay their taxes Mt
this time.
"The thought that is uppermost
in the minds of the people today in
our State is rigid economy in the
spending of the money of the taxpay-
ers and the reform and readjustment
of our system of taxation.
AS to the first proposition: 1
stand for an honest, economical, fair
| and righteous administration of the
affairs of the government. We all
know our govrnment and her insti-
tutions and schools must be reasonab-
ly maintained, but at the same time,
in these distressing times, when the
farming interests of our State are so
seriously threatened with disaster and
ruin,it is necessary that rigid economy
be exercised in the administration of
the affairs of our State government,
and pledge myself to such admins
tration, if l should be the choice of
the people for Governor.
LAS to the second proposition:
favor reform and readjustment of
our system of taxation in such man.
ner as to relieve as far as possible the
burden of taxation from real and per-
sonal property, and the distribution
of this tax burden among all classes
of property equally, and l also favor
seeking other sources of revenue than
real and personal property for means
upon which to operate our govern
ment, maintain our schools and insti-
tutlons and build our roads. In my
opinion, new sources of revenue can
be ascertained and worked out to such
| extent that our State government can
be maintained almost, if not entirely
from such sources thus relieving land
ana personal property from taxation
Tor State purposes, and it may be
! possible to extend this principle to-
ward the assistance of running the
county governments. The last General
Assembly made great progress in that
direction and broke the ice as it were
IN reforming our system of taxation
breaking away, to a considerable ex-
| tent from the old method of the single
tax system, and thus reducing the
State levy very considerably. This
system needs to be worked out. and
continued along conservative lines.
1t is not right that real estate and
personal property shall continue to
bear the burden of running the State,
county, town and city governments,
and maintaining our educational sy-
stem and building roads, and such a
system should no longer be continued.
other classes of property escaping
taxation must bear their part of bur-
| den, and other sources of revenue
should be found, and then the monev
thus derived should be spent in &C.
onomlcal and conservative manner,
consistent with the welfare of the
State.
| Il favor the enforcement of law.
without the enforcement of law. our
liresides are not safe, life, liberty
and property are not safe, and civilza-
ton would vanish form our midst.
| Il further favor the coordination
OF our State agencies as much as is
possible in order to bring about eff
hclency in the administration of the
affairs of our government.
Il favor encouraging a friendly re-
lationship between labor and capital.
Each is dependent upon the other,
and whatever brings about a better
understanding between the two, re-
bounds to the benefit of both and to
the public.
Il stand for an administration that
will be fair and just to all our people
and to every interest in our State, and
may we have resolute spirit, and a
faith in ourselves, and in the future,
that we may be victors over the
troubles and crises that confront us"