The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-11-03
Taxes Main Issue
In State Campaign

Earle Brown declares buTUcn Oh
Farmer and Homeowner Must
Be Made Lighter
The most important issue before
the people is taxes, according to
Earle Brown, Republican candidate
for Governor. Although other. can
didates have attempted to becloud
this question by raising side issues.
Mr.. Brown has consistently urged
cutting state expenditures in the
interest of the taxpayer.
There are other important is
sues, but the tax problem is out
standing" Mr.. Brown said in a
statement this week. When it be-
comes difficult for a man to own
his home or for a farmer to keep
his farm because of the burden of
taxes, it is time for all the people
of the state to sit up and take no
tice.
II believe that economy in public
affairs can well start with the state
itself. In the state government I
am satisfied that executive cooper
alton with the legislature can effect
lax savings of not less than $4,000
QUO. SUCH action and such saving
will be merely matching what the
people themselves have been doing
Inc past year and half in their
local units of government. GER
tainly believe that the state gov
eminent can cooperate with the
people in their fight for tax saw
ings. If elected governor, there will
be such cooperation.
II believe that another very effec-
tive way to help the farmers and
the home owners in this serious tax
problem is to equalize taxes. I be-
lieve in the principles of the in
come tax and I believe that an in
come tax, properly administered,
can be made to equalize taxes on
real and personal property. I will
vote for the amendment and If I
am elected governor and the peo-
pie approve the amendment author
izing the income tax, will work
with the legislature to see that the
legislature provides such equaliza-
ton use of the revenue and 1 will
not approve legislation that seeks
to use the income tax revenue for
new spending.
There is considerable loose talk
in the campaign about how the in
come tax revenue is to be used to
help the farmer and the home own
er. AS a matter of fact there is
only one way that new revenue can
be used to help a burdened taxpay-
er and that is to use the revenue
to ease his burden. And it must
be used to aid all the taxpayers, not
a few of them.
I'm other words, the revenue
from the income tax must be used
to replace some general levy that
has been made for previous expen-
ditures. I regret that the income
tax amendment offered for ratifica-
ton on Nov. 8 does not in itself
contain definite replacement safe
guards for the revenue, but to over
come this, have pledged repeated
ly and I repeat the pledge again
that if I am elected governor, ]
will use the veto power to make
sure that the revenue is used to
ease the taxes now burdening
homes and farms.
Gas long as I am governor, in
come tax revenue will be used ex-
>clusively to bring relief to the
home, farm and other property
owners of the state.
IT think this is the big issue of
the campaign. I feel so keenly
about this tax problem and I SYM
pathize so deeply with the citizens
now burdened with the weight of
real and personal property taxes
that if elected governor it will be
my chief concern to use the power
of the office to ease that burden