The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-05-17

nearly all of our institutions are
guilty of same
We need good roads and / am
i'm favor of building them as fast
as we can, but not in favor OF
confiscating our peoples homes for
anything. There are too many peO-
pie employed in the different de-
partments of our County and State
Government I believe in an honest
days work for an honest days
pay, ever keeping in mind the
interest of the people that pays
the bills.
| am also in favor Of all officers
being put on salary commensurate
with his work and responsibilities,
the Revenue Agent included l
voted the last session to put the
Revenue agent on 100000 Give
Thousand) salary, and in addition
allow him 5 per cent commission
on all collections, making it the
duty of the Attorney General and
his office force and every district
attorney i'm the State to help SAID
Revenue Agent to enforce the laws
of our state and collect all moneys
due the State, and l have no
apologies to offer for same, because
| thought that | was right. | am
also in favor of set OF Trustees
numbering not less than q, to be
elected by the people to look AFTER
all State institutions, making IL
their duty to purchase all supplies
for same, publishing every trans
action and giving a good and sur
ficient bond in order that the peo-
PIES interest will be safe guarded.
The people must call halt or
our State will go bankrupt. We
should have value received or the
peoples money should not be spent.
I understand the Tubercular
Hospital at Magee has placed an
order for IS ears of coal to be
delivered for this fall use; good
institution. but some coal. Well, all
institutions are just about as bad.
our State income is right around
Sixteen Million Dollars and we are
spending a little better than Nine
teen Million a year; you readlly
see that there is more than a Ihree
Million deficit. | understand, while
| am not thoroughly familiar, that
we are borrowing something ike
one and a half Million Il year to
pay interest on money that is past
due: bad business, don't you think!
Please look up my record ana
see if | am to blame for any OF
this, if am, do not vote for me.
The door of hope has about closed
in the face of all ambitious boys
and girls of moderate means of our
State. The requirements are too
great, and they are not able 10
meet them, this applies especially to
the practice of Medicine, Law ana
Teaching. | think such laws should
be repealed and the young men ana
Young ladies of our State OF mod
crate means be given chance. l
want to state just here that the
Capitalization of power and wealth
is the most dangerous thing that
confrontS our people, and say
this to put you on your guard.
We have thirty million acres OF
land in our state and only one
third belongs to our people, this
part furnishes the homes, churches,
Schools, cllleS anu tONi lis anu P"y -
two thirds Of all the taxes IN our
State. There is entirely too mucn
property exempt from taxation,
also the money is exempt. This Is
the secret of high taxes, and why
the ordinary man is burdened to
death. | am in favor OF making
the legal rate of interest on money
ten percent. and make 1t taxable.
| am in favor of placing all proper
ty of every description on the tax
roll except churches, school build
ings, grave yards, and stop just
there. and exempt nothing else, as
it is our State tax levy is s mills
on the dollar; if we could do as
above stated, there would be no
need of the state levy being over
4 mills. Will you please let me
tell you what the people of our
State need most, we need FEWER