Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-13
TOTAL TAXES
FOR 1892 LESS
Governor Olson DiSclOSes Some of
Recommendation He VIII Make
to the Next Legislature.

and branding their campaign utter
ances as deliberate falsehoods," Gov
ernor Olson opened his statewide
speaking campaign last week with
promise that real tax reduction
program has been worked out" which
he soon will be ready to disclose.
The governor. opening his tour at
Ivanhoe, on Oct. 6 and making four
talks daily, has been speaking to
large, enthusiastic audiences at all
of his meetings. At Redwood Falls,
the home town of julius Schmahl, a
severe Republican critic of the ad-
ministration, Governor Olson spoke to
1900 persons who filled the Armory
to capacity and later addressed an
overflow meeting of 500 at the court
house.
Recommendations for Tax Reduction.
Although Governor Olson is with
holding his entire tax reduction pro-
gram, he has disclosed certain phases
of it, which includes:
Repeal by the next legislature of
the one mill tax for state road and
bridge funds.
Repeal of the 20 mill tax for Uni
versity buildings.
Payment of the Rural Credits Tax
fund from the general fund of the
Bureau, for which 1S mills was pro-
vided in the 1881 budget.
Increase the percentages on the
gross earnings tax, so as to relieve
the tax on real property.
An income tax that will be a re-
placement tax, and which shall be
used to give the greatest relief to the
home owner and the farmer.
The governor promised to divulge
his entire tax reduction program in
the near future.
In commenting on the 1882 tax levy
of S.25 mills, the Governor said:
This levy was based on a mill
bringing a return of only $1,6O0,0OO
as compared with mill bringing
return of $1,SS4,0 in 1881 and 81
100000 in $780, That is due to a
reduction of approximately 1884, OOO,-
900 in taxable valuation and tax de-
linquencies.
Although the millage rate is great
err, the actual amount of money levied
on real and personal property is
81, 745,920 less than the 1881 levy on
real property. That means property
owners in 1882 will pay that amount
less for the cost of government, des-
pite an estimated dropping off of
gross earnings and special taxes of
more than $2,0OO,OOO in 1892 as COM
pared to 1881 and about $5,5OO,OOO as
compared to 1880.
Less Tax I'm Dollars and Cents.
when Republican politicians speak
of this levy as the greatest in the
history of the state, they are seeking
to deliberately deceive the voter UNI
less, in the same breath. they explain
that this levy, although greater in
mills, is considerably less in dollars
and cents. And that is the only thing
that counts.
This tax levy of 1925 mills is made
up of many obligations inherited by
my administration, because of legis-
lative enactments prior to the time
that l became governor They in
include the Soldiers Relief fund, the
State Road and Bridge fund, the Ma
tional Guard Armories fund, the Red
Lake Game Preserve fund, the school
tax fund, the Rural Credits tax fund,
the State Office building, and part of
the levy for the Teachers Retirement
fund. These inherited obligations
total APO mills, or more than half of
the entire millage levy.
"There is still time for reliev-
ing the taxpayers of Minnesota
from some of the burdens inherited
by me from previous Republican ad-
ministrations.
"The discrimination between the
public utility tax-paying group and
the real and personal property tax
paying group, which results in the
property group being obliged to make
up the amount of taxes not paid by
the utility group, may be removed by
increasing the percentages on the
gross earnings tax and particularly
by the substitution of an income tax.
Tax Dodgers Must Pay.
"A reduction In the amount of
taxes paid by the common man on his
real estate and personal property also
can be effected by compelling the
rich tax dodgers to pay the amount of
taxes owing to the state and its polit-
ical subdivisions. propose to do this.
That Is why the wealthy tax dodgers
are supporting Earle Brown.
"Of course, the elimination of the
discrimination from which the COM
mon taxpayers now suffers will de-
pend upon whether or not the men,
bers Of the next legislature and the
governor are representatives of the
special interests who have had favor
able tax laws and who have lodged
their taxes, or whether these officials
are representatives of the common
people"