The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-01

that the court house is overcrowd-
ed with officials and clerks-that
there is no effort at economy dur
ing these stringent times. The only
sign of any realization Of existing
conditions occurs when business
men refuse 10 cash county war
rants in payment of bills or new
purchases. Of course this is a
lack of faith in our county's in
situations on the part of the bust
ness men, but no one ever hears a
protest on the part of these men
because the county finances have
reached this deplorable condition.
And what is true of the business
man seems to apply as well to the
professional and even some of the
poor laboring men.
Now l don't believe there is any
one in Plentywood that is so rich
and is making so much money that
they can afford to keep on paying
the ever-increasing tax burden,
and even if they could, one would
think they would realize that the
farms of the country are being
gradually eaten up with the high
taxes and penalties for non-pay.
ments. In fact the taxes have
reached the point where many have
stopped paying them altogether
because their lean income will no
allow it. Tax title then goes b
the county and large tracts of lanC
are taken out of the tax column
making the assessments of thos1
who continue to pay still higher
This has occurred in Sheridan
county to a large extent already
: After the farmer has lost his farr
by tax sale and moves away, tn
business man has lost a prospeC
tive customer, the county is ir
} Ijured and the man leaving tn
farm takes with him a bad repr
7 tation for the county to be sprea
/ wherever he goes.
a When this happens hundred
: and thousands of times, where
4 the merchant going to be? Whel
e is the professional man going
$ be? Where is the laboring ms
y going to be?
? I hear some clever fellow r
d mark: "Well get new settlers
a, take up the farms" Not on yor
/ life. People moving into a cor
lie munity, look up the taxes befo
a z they prepare to settle down, al
ID that means no new settlers und
1 present conditions.
y You cannot cripple the only
VI dustry in county like Sherid
without everyone feeling the (
e fects of the act, and the prese
10 confiscatory taxes in this cOun
are doing that very thing.
How long will the citizens
Plentywood to listen to an outsiC
- like Polk of Williston, who h;
en- pens to have the money W
~: which TO purchase paper q
raj who don't give a Continent
by what your taxes are as long as
to- gets his dip into the county ire
ury, or Joe Dolin, at Medic
iu, Lake, who has never had pri
10 ing contract without the quest
r ,a of fraudulent bills coming up?
ct How long will the people
70 Sheridan county Jet few politi
on medicine men lead them around
e en the nose and keep them pay
car high taxs in order that these p
es - teal shysters can get their nc
iry into the county feed box?
pc. One can hardly believe 81
cen times that a people who p.
themselves on their intellige
day would allow themselves TO be
-ere around like sheep by those W.
,se- ing against their very interest
THAT their prejudices could
aroused even to the detriment
their own pocketbook.
)Od But that seems to be a com
- fault among many Of our toy
people. A bank can close
xes cleaning up all their cash
leave many of them destitute
the same banker is held In
zen esteem by a great many.
people can be stepped on, smai
= to the ground, and still lay grC
'n ing there, giving every indics
by their actions that they lilc
" is beyond my power of com
= hension. Yet we have hund
-Nes' of them here in Plentywood
se Sheridan county.
g: We are glad to say that I
~ 81 them are awakening, and
- about time, to fight for
. rights and against those who
- robbing them of every right 2,
''Ois ed under our Constitution.
AN IRATE TAXPAYE