The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-10-23
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property under $500 and income
under 800 per month.
The measure does NOT repeal
any existing tax-raising measure,
but does impose new and addition
al taxes estimated TO produce ap-
proxlmately sis.258,ooo. of which
two and one half million goes for
administration, leaving approx
mately S1e,0o0,o00 with which TO
pay pensions to o5,420 ellgibles,
according to the nest accurate es-
innate. The last four sections o.
the bin appropriate SIT, ,0Oe .
Although the admitted sources IF
revenue viii produce but HALF
that amount, where is the deficit
to come from7 From whom is
this S1s.o0O,oOo collected9 The
State Tax Commission OF the State
Of Washington says;
From business and occupation,
S14, 100, 900; Your fuel oil tax is
doubled, producing, s1,02b, 900; Adj
missions tax Is doubled, producing
100000; A new inheritance tax,
producing, 100000; A new tax on
proprietary medicines. toilet arti-
cles, and cosmetics. producing
S460, 900; And a 1-3 to 2-3 increase
against public utilities, producing
$234.0O0, In many instances, tax
on food and clothing is multiplied
four times.
The government age limit und-
err its Social Security law is SIS.
The state now receives 80 per cent
of the pensions 1t pays from Fed
eral funds In spite of the spon-
sors contention, how are we to
reconcile this difference? Good
lawyers contend the passage Of lis
will cut us off from receiving Fed
eral aid. We know we win have
no help for those between so and
65 years of age.
No. 119, production for Use" bill
sponsored by Washington Com
monweaIth Federation
The endorsement of this bill at
the Democratic State Convention
at Aberdeen by the radical dele
gates, has turned every sane, con-
sentative taxpayer of the state of
Washington against the pernicious
measure and against every office
seeker who supports it.
By this measure. the state of
Washington is divided into four
districts, each under a separate
organization, at a large expense,
with full authority to levy taxes,
issue bonds and warrants and ex-
ercise Eminent Domain, ITO con-
denim and take our private prop
erty."
Section 4 provides that THE
production for use districts shall
have power to manufacture. pro-
duce, process, grow, buy and otn-
erwise acquire goods, wares, COM
modities and products of every
kind, and to furnish services of
every nature, excluding electricity
and water
THE districts shall have power
to do anything which a pri-
vate person may lawfully do, in
Guiding but not limited to the fol-
lowing powers: to buy, sell, lease,
and acquire in any manner and to
mortgage or otherwise cucumber
title or right to possession or en-
joyment of real and personal pro-
perty Of all kinds; to enter into
all forms and types of contracts;
to incur Indebtedness, to loan mo-
ney or credit; to establish, build,
buy, lease, acquire, own, maintain,
and operate clothing factories,
shoe factories, factories and pro-
duction plants of every kind, fish
cries, farms, diaries, canneries and
processing plants for fruits, vege-
tables, grains, foods, meats, fish
and dairy and farm products, ware
houses, logging camps, lumber
mills, pulp and paper mills, fuel
yards, brick yards, lumber yards,
mines and mills of all kinds, gas
and oil wells and refineries, GEM
ent plants and transportation IA
cilities and systems"
The commissioners can bond
their districts in an aggregate of
sixty million dollars and levy IN
annual tax equal to S11, 100000 a
week end Parker Harris won
the first prize of $500 in the am
atellr Df.oorrano af FYa,,IYJir, T,,,,ioy.