Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-01
State Capitol News
BY A. I. HARRIS

Because they claimed that "the
daily press has made no effort tol
inform the people of the true nature
of the tax controversy" a group OF
liberal senators and house members
last week issued statement to the
public declaring that ''the tax queS-
ton is not how much money shall be
raised but from whom it shall be
raised
at is unfortunate" the statement
declares, that in an important issue
such as taxation the daily press has
made no effort to inform the people
of the true nature of the controversy.
Rather it appears to have been de-
liberate policy to bring about con-
fusion.
1.-THE tax question is not matter
of how much money is needed to meet
the costs of government. 1t has moth
ing to do with what some of the news
papers falsely call governmental
spending The House is predomin-
antly liberal in membership where
as the Senate is predominantly con-
sentative. Before any money is spent
it is necessary for both Houses to
reach agreement as to the amount
needed There may be some differ
ences in the estimates on relief. 9th
erwise the two houses are in virtual
agreement as to the amount of rev.
enue needed.
1.-The Senate majority believes in
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time. The House majority believes
in meeting the obligations now and
not in passing these obligations on to
future generations.
THE tax question is not how much
money shall be raised but from whom
it shall be raised.
1--WE in the Legislature must de-
the needed taxes.
81. We must enact a tax program
which will compel large profitable
corporations, persons of high incomes,
wealth, the steel trust, and the util-
tiles to pay their proportionate share
of the tax load.
80. Or we must enact a tax pro-
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upon the backs of the small property
owner, all real estate, the low wage
Garner, the operating farmer, the
small corporation, and the small in
dependent merchant.
THE liberals insist upon tax pro-
gram which will carry out the first
plan. This program will enable the
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real property. The liberals also in
Sist upon exemption of homesteadS
and farms for the first $4,000 valua-
ton from the state real estate levy.
This will benefit the home owner,
the farmer, the small corporations,
the independent businessman, the av-
erage wage Garner and the owner of
real property. The Senate program
will benefit the public utilities, the
steel trust, the corporations earning
huge profits, the special interest
groups and those of great fortunes
An effort to reopen the University
regents question by Senator B. L..
Kingsley of Minneapolis last week
was characterized as ''inopportune"
by members of the Senate minority.
Senator George Lommen, Eveleth,
said: This is an attempt to take
our minds off the important tax ques-
tons and an obvious effort to dis
rupt the work of the House at it's
busiest moment"
Rules adopted by the Senate for
bid consideration of such questions
and liberals contend that this matter
could have been attended to earlier
In the session when the House re-
quested joint session to consider the
matter. Failure of the Legislature to
act leaves the appointments up to
Governor Benson.
With large crops of corn and wheat
In sight, the question at the nations
capitol is how to keep prices from
dropping. Representative R. T..
Buckler, Farmer-Laborite of Crook
ston, with number of congressman
from the prairie states, visited Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wallace to dis
cuss this pertinent question last week.
Wallace indicated he favored the
"ever-normal granary" plan rather
than federal loans. Under this plan,
part of the crop would be stored
on the farms to keep the market from
being overloaded.
One hundred thousand tenants would
own their own farms again if the
farmers security bill, introduced into