The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-18

SMALL TAXPAYERS
MUST ORGANIZE TO
WIN REDUCTIONS
CAPITALISTS ATTEMPT TO
USE TAX REVOLT TO CUT
THEIR TAXES. NOT WORKERS
Inspired by the various local
hunger marches and especially by
the National Hunger March to
Washington, the taxpayers in
Philadelphia have organized
marches of their own. On Mon.
day about a thousand tax payers
stormed the City Hall and the
session of the City Council. Seeing
the mass protest and indignation
OF the tax payers, the City Coun-
Gil abruptly adjourned its session
and left the meeting room.
Why the Tax Payers RevOlt3
The corrupted politicians Of the
City Council have increased the
city budget by twelve million dol
lars. This therefore presents the
City Council with the problem of
raising 10 million dollars above its
income. To raise this. money the
City Council proposes to raise
taxes on property by 35c each
500 of assessed valuation of pro-
perty. The present tax rate is ST.
TIN per 800. If this increase in
the tax rate would be carried thru,
then it would be 1912 per humid
red. In addition the City Coun-
Gil also proposes to increase the
tax on water by so per cent.
Due to the present unemploy-
ment tens of thousands of workers
are not in a position to pay their
taxes nor the interest on mort
cages on their property. The re-
suit is that every month thousands
of workers homes are being sold
by the sheriff. For the month OF
December 1000 homes will be
sold for failure to pay taxes. For
period of IL months, $4,000 sher-
iff sales took place. The worker
tax payers know that if the tax
rate is increased more of their
homes will be sold. Because OF
this situation the tax payers who
are in majority workers and peo-
pies of small means are revolving
Tax the POOr-But Do Not Tax
the Rich
The economic crisis, the SHARP
decline in the value of real estate
the closing down of numerous
banks, began seriously to effect
the petty bourgeoisie and the small
business men. The big real estate
operators and capitalists are try
ing to utilize this mass movement
to avoid higher taxes on their pro.
perty and income. The movement
so far is in the hands of republi'
can politicians and big textile
manufacturers who want to avoiC
higher tax on their property, anC
for this purpose they utilize the
discomfort and revolt of the small
tax payers.
It must be clear to the workers
that we must be against higher
taxes upon the workers and PEG
ples of small means. However W.
must demand higher tax on pro
perry and incomes of the rich il
order to feed the unemployed.
Build a Workers Tax Payers
League
In face of this situation, it be
comes necessary for the worker
and small merchants to build
movement against high taxes o
their own. This movement is no
to be under the control of repub
lican politicians and various neigh
borhood business mems assocla
tions. but under the direct contro
of the workers and workers or
: CARNATIONS.
The various Chamber of Com
merce and business association
who now pretend to be against tn
increase. were the ones who wer
responsible for placing the highe
tax Republican City Council int
power. Precisely because the POI
iticians are afraid that the work
ers and the small merchants ma
organize a movement of their oW
in the struggle against highe
, taxes, to tax the rich and not t
tax the poor, that they have trie
to assume leadership of this move
ment in order to behead it.
The workers must see this poll
CIV of the bosses and build
: Workers Tax Payers League.
Sixteenth Congress of the Part