The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
Friday, December Is, 1881.
CAPITALIST TAX REDUCTION


frenzy about tax reduction. 1t is poor county,
in1eeo that cannot boast of its taxpayers associa-
ton" The CouIant goes on to state, in an edi-
tOriai reprinted IN the Divide County (Nortn Da-
kota) Farmers Press, u Non-PaTtisan League
paper, that what is necessary is IAN absolute and
positive reduction of the tax burden--not shift
ing of it."
The conclusion OF the Courant is that very little
can be expected from the officials that the farm
ers elect into office because they are either trait
ors, or because the farmers themselves want too
much.
The solution that the Courant proposes is the
solution Of the capitalist class-retaled by this
little organ of that class just as 1t is being re-
tailed by hundreds of county papers thruout the
northwest not in the interest of the small and
middle farmers but in the interest of the exploit
ers who are trying to the various govern
ment organisms from financial collapse by driving
down the farmers standard of living
The Solution" of the capitalist class as retaied
by the Courant is contained in the following:
so the question resolves itself in to
the problem of just where we shall begin
reducing. Naturally enough, it is obvi-
Gus that we should begin by cutting off
what the other fellow wants. Then if we
can't get what we want, when he shows
hgnt' we Just compromise by taking what
we want and conceding that he may have
what ne wants. And there we may have
the problem in nutshell If YOU are
really serious about tax reduction. Won
VIII stand up en- your hind legs and tell
,~-t your commissioners and yOmr legislature
to dispense first with the things Won want
Then you viii be in a position to cut off
what the other fellow wants OF coursa
II Is haId to concede that the thing we
want Is not indispensable. But it's the in
dlspensables that make higher taxes"
1ells you farmers that if you are really Sc
I'OuS ABOUT tax reduction" you should tell vour
commissioners and legislatures "to dispense first
"-'n tue tnlngs you want" 1t makes it even
-.OiI SPECIFIC Reduction of taxes is up to the
- - "HO are demanding asking for, yes. even
demanding, schools, roads, bridges mail rortss
ana what have YOU" YES, FARMERS AM
MhAI HAVE YOU: IS THERE ANYTHING
ELoE IN THE BUDGETS THAT RENEFTrC
YOU THAT CAN BE CUT outs :"
This Is the way the capitalist class wants ;.
save the financial structure Of the statas-tb,,,
@''aeAS on the living standards of the small and
"Iuule farmers Reductions in the amounts ex
Pehueu Ior the miserable rural schools that tbo
e's cmidren have to attend, reductions IN
ROAD and bridge construction on those roads ond
bridges that the farmers have to psa r,o.tI-e
AND WHAT HAVE YOU"
"Of course it is hard to concede that tbs tb;no
we want Is net Indispensable" THE FARMERS
MUST TELL THE CAPITALIST THAT EvEpv
SINGLE ITEM THAT THE FARMER BENZ
FITS FROM OUT OF THE BUDGET ARE IN
DlSrE 1' THAT THE FARMER WILL.
I NJ I FEKMlI HIS LIVING STANDARDS TO
BE CUT so THAT THE HOLDERS OF TUE
STATE AND COUNTY BONDS CAN CIT
THEIR INTEREST, AND THE ExPT OTTEpc
BIZ SAVED FROM HIGHER TAXES
The Courant proposes that the farmers sbould
cut their living standards to those of the Chinese
ana indian peasants. 'Then you will be in a no.
sltlon TO cut off what the other fellow wants
Inc capitalist class wants you to cut your living
STANDARDS % those of serfs and then Won ran
TALK about cutting their benefits.
The small and middle farmers in every county
must see to 1t where the county taxpayers asso-
Citations contain farmers of their class that +bss
taxpayers associations organize a militant fiObt
Tor tax reduction for the SMALL AND MIDDLE
FARMERS and against the attempt on the mart
OF the bankers to leave the budgets only those
items that benefit the exploiters.
More taxes must be paid by the rich Where
the taxpayers associations exist they must be
used as far as possible in order to carry forward
the struggle against the exploiters. Where tbe
taxpayers associations are in the hands of busi
nessmen, they viii be used by them to serve The
interest OF their bosses, the bankers. railroad
magnates, and Of themselves against the toiling
farmers There the tOiling farmers must orga.
ME their own committees of action to carry for
ward the struggle against them for tax reduction
1Or themselves and not for the capital class.
The organization of the farmers that is carry
Eg forward the struggle for reduction Of taxes
Tor the small and middle farmers is the United
Farmers League which organizes mass struggle n
0roer 70 force this reduction. Farmer taxpayers
nssoela'Ons' JON with the United Farmers League
broaden the struggle for tax reduction. across
county lines, across state lines Tbe s4r,..sIs
must be carried on not only in vour .0,,,.,
m your state but against the Hoover HUNGER ,,o,-
eminent. go