Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-11-23
RESOLUTION

Unanimously adopted by the Taxpayers association at
the meeting of Sunday, November 20, at Red Lodge:
We, the taxpayers of Carbon county, in the meeting as
sembled at Red Lodge on the Goth day of November, 1892,
submitted the resolution as follows, to-wit:
Whereas, The present prices of all farm commodities
are the lowest known to this generation, and that the low
prices for farm products for the year or more and the I'M
employment has so effected the incomes of farmers and
home owners that are no longer able to meet their current
expenses including the high taxes, and
Whereas, There appear to be no immediate hope of add
vance In commodity prices which are now much below
cost of production, and no immediate hope to increase en-
ployment for the unemployed laborers, and there appear
to be the only hope left for the farmers and home owners
to demand revision in our taxing system, and reduction
IN all branches of our government, so that our home own
ers and farmers may save their farms and homes from
confiscation by high taxes, and
Whereas, The prices of necessities have declined in
average about % per cent and by reason of such declines
the cost of living has been reduced and the expenses of
running our local, state and county governments should
be reduced.
Therefore, the taxpayers demand the reduction of taxes
on lands, homes and livestock, if the industries are to sur
vive; they are in hopes that newly elected officers will CO.
operate with heavily burdened taxpayers to bring about
the reduction in our county government, and further hope
that our school trustees In respective school districts real
lze the seriousness of the situation and will cooperate with
taxpayers to effect the saving in expense in the conduct
of our schools.
HANNO1A OA OOUAb lEh OODOOl OOulU vi III
ing extravaganza with the county school funds; they have
been asked for more economy but have failed and ignored
our demands, and we now renew our demands for uniform
scale of salaries TO. like work in all of the school districts
and eliminating the salary of secretary of the board; and
recommend a reduction as soon as the opportunity comes
of 20 per cent in expenses which can be done without eff
fecting the efficiency Of the schools.
Second: We request and urge our school trustees in
our elementary schools to bring about a reduction of 20
per cent, which we believe can be done without injury to
our schools.
Third: About a year ago this association requested
economy from our board of county commissioners; we are
sorry to note very little economy was effected during the
past year, and we now renew our request to our county
commissioners for reduction in salaries of the deputies
that are not fixed by law; further request that some of
the deputies be eliminated; we do not believe that the
clerk OF the court needs a deputy in that office; further
believe that there is one too many deputies in the clerk
and recorders office; we do not believe that the county
surveyor is needed during the winter months and reduc-
ton should be made~in that office; that the taxpayers
would appreciate voluntary reduction in the salaries of
our county officials and their deputies; and do hope that
our county commissioners and other county officials anil
school trustees will cooperate with taxpayers so that the
heavily burdened taxpayers in the future get little re-
duction in taxes.