Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-13
LOUIS FREELAND POST
 TALKS ON TAX QUESTION . ISr,aoia1 Fr 1pha u,,ftz+4,,

talk this evening, 1 ask all those, present
 to think that is the result for which I try to make you think upon, this important subject" said Louis Freefand Post. former assistant secretary of the L, s. depart ment of labor, at the beginning of his ad- dress on The Problem of the Public Purse
 at the second WiilImantic Community
 Forum held in the town hall tonight
 The 2rimary problem of course is how to fill the public puEsa if one is needed, he said. The first question is the public purse Of necessity that question is one which is answered by the question, Do we need a. government?
 We do need 3 government. We as in
 dividuals live in communities and it is l easily proven that we need agents to exc cute our wishes. That is what a govg1- memt i-a paid agency. Therefore we need a. public purse. How are We filling that public purse, and how should it be l filled?
 | Taxes have been. dehned as enforced
 proporhonate contributions of wealth l levied for the benefit of the contributors, l hut they are levied regardless of the 1 direct benefit of the government to any particular ipdiEGGal. For example, one person may pay a small tax and receive diret benefit of $1o0 through taxes and another person may pay a very high tax I and receive only a $t25 benefit. l The income tax, by Ntrich all men pay
 an equal tax. whether they have worked
 hard to earn their incume or not. h4s
 been desgzzted as a- hoad-up method, whiIe the sales tax, by which a tax is fixed on sales. which means the higher cost af .DrOlnce when it reaches the con sumner, has hem called the big thief method. This is because the tax B slip ped. along from the,prodacsr to the whole
 sale deaIer, them to the retail dealer, and finally the conEUner comes along and
 pays5i In regard to whzt wonld be better method of collecting taxes so that the pUh5ic, purse wnnEd be filed righteuuslS there is. one which is being tEied in every
 locality in this curntry and Canada anG
 which is proving very sRcressful, It is 8
 known fact that cfvtfisatien Increases F land values and other gifts of nature Art we taxed only according to the artifcia I improvements which have increased tht , value of .part of the iande But the lant 1 itself vas not made by us. It is a gff F of nature, and if it's surroundings in
 crease it's specific yaiue therefore it k
 | righteous to tax the owner on the esti
 mated plot of land. This would mean taxes. oA vacant lot as well as on plots on which building stand. Taxes would be repealed iron . building material. the tulEding itself, tn | furniture, etc, For example, we eoul, pat $zx of 19e per ceIlt on the lant s value and for the fest year 90 pc cent. tax on the improVeIn ents, such a sewers. water, etc, and then de0eas
 1 the Improvement tax by 1t per cent pc year until the entire tax would be on tn ; land alone. This system is being trie successfully in cities in New Jersey, i D Pittsburgh. Pa. and Toronto Canada | l. other words, the taxes would be Ievie , on vaIuaas4es furnished by nature and nc F on Improvements furnished at. the cos ' of the taxpayer hirEseff. This would als $ mean q redHctioH in speculation -i MT. Post wss heartily appfanded by th good sized audience which heard hi1
 speak. Frank H. FSss was cfrscirman C . the meaing.
 i- WoMAN's NECK BROKEN al IN ADToaroRTIE AcCIBEN .7 Gpecial to The BunetIn.| nl W1Efmantic, Nov. 12-MEs. Matdad le Bolieau of Stafford Springs died from
 broken neck which aae received in an a. .A toEnnbiIe accident on the North Windhal l road at 6, o'clock tonight. Mrs. Bc2iea n died while being rushed to St. Joseph  s of age.
 m Mrs Bolieau uas ,retnrning from Goot Iy year, Conn. She. was riding with ht
 niece and her. nieeEs husband. MT ar Id Mrs. Clark, The party ataelnpted to pa:
 Ford tosHing car near Sunlight farr f, between yzaEEHam and WmEmantie, whe a- the car Skidlie0 and went oyer four-fo,
 en1barEknzeat 4 1 Mra BaEean's sizker died at Goodyes F. Friday, and Her funeral is to be held t, g mo15ug.
 On the Hop River road. near the Mob q garage, a F0Ed car owHed by a par from Westerly and a Stnz car owned [ g. R. A. Reprngton Of w11hnantfc came t oE gether tonight
 A yuRusg lady ri&ng in the Wes4er ztas sustained minw injuries and rns as riding in the Wirfmantic car rece4v, As cuts about the face
 The CATS were taken to garage al L- State PoTicenlan Russell I. Harmon V; or caRed to investigate the accident.