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THE RED BANK REGISTER
JOHN H, COOK. EdUor .nd PoWUW.
GIORGE C, HANCE. AMoeUle Editor,
BwiuM MiMnri
THOMAS IRVING BROWN.
ftX BOBthB.. 76
RfN monthB ....._ «g
Mttrsa at the rostoftlro at lisa. Bank
If, 1 H mm •eeood-elasa matter,
an opportunitv to iulopl will find favor
with ninny folks who Velievo the pros-
«nt methods of taxation to bo iinjuwt,
foolish and imprucUeahle. The people
who want a change *uv entitled to express
their opinions on the mnttei 1 Rt
the ballot hox, . It is only just that
their viiwi should he put into opera-'
tion if they i-an muster enough votes
to constitute a majority.
One gri'ut cause of dUsulLs faction
with tin', present syNteni of taxation
comes from the Holding of great tracts
WEDNKSDAY, FEBRUARY •». 1011. of unused land for speculative purposes.
The worker who has built a
home with his earning has added a
10WH
man-mudt! asset to the natural assets
of the community in which he lives.
Impetus was given to the movement Ho has to pay taxes on his house, or in
fu. frovernment ownership of railroads other words he has to pay taxes on
la.st week when the United States senate
passed it hill authorizing the con-, dustry ciiul ability. The owner of un-
something which represents thrift, in-
iK'tion of a government-owned railused
lands cut! sit down and wait till
road in Alaska. The bill is now be- t, turul th of „ C(, mlmmilv
fore the house of representatives, and , onablos h[m U) sdl out at a ,,. , ft •
ule doubt to of the its newspapers passage. there is 0Vcr the 0^iim i coid_ Slu, h a prop-!?
| erty owner is n clog on the progress : g
* ** I of a community. The present system'^.
The 1 • i 11 did not pass the senate with- j of fixing land valuations for taxation
out opposition from powerful private'i encourages the liolding of unused lauds
interests who saw in the development ' for n rise in priee.
of Alaska n rich stoieiiouse of wealth I
i: ' +
fou, exploitation. Popular sentiment | The Hennessey bill would jrive
was behind the bill and the senate : the people of each municipality an oppiissed
it by a big majority. Hereaf- portunity to place the owner of imter
all senators will be elected by the proved property and the owner of unpeople.
This'will preclude the possi- ! used lands on exactly the same .footing.
Itility of senators "being selectud by • Sinulu tax or tax on land only is not
politic. 1 )! bpNSi's and put into ofliee by an experiment. Jt i« in operation in
boss-controlled legislatures. Under parts of the West and in Canada,
this new system of choosing senators; Wherever it has had a fair trial it hns
the present members of the senate ; made pood, especially in the cities,
have reason to place a higher value | large towns and thickly, settled disupon
the wishes of the people than ! tricts.
up wealth for a few individuals.
The passage of the Alaskan railroad
bill is. one_ot the niany^signs which
indicate that the time is not JaiTdistant
when the government will own
and control nil the railroads -in the
nation. The many recent wrecks on
the railroad?, and the charges that the
earnings of the roads have, been used
for speculative purposes' when they
should hove been used to make travel
safer have .helped to swell the discontent
with the present system of railroad
management. But the growing
demand that the railroads should be
owned by the nation isjjased primarily,
on ideals of justice. The government
ownership idea gets its strongest impulse
from the belief that the railroads
should be run for the benefit of
the people instead of being run on a
plan to extract dollars from the public
for the-benefit of corporations.
The men whose capital built the
railroads made great wealth for
themselves from the means of transportation.
Incidentally they performed
a great public service. But their
era of usefulness-is waning and rapidly
drawing to a close. The nation is
fast approaching a state of evolution
when the railroads must be owned by
the government if the people are to
enjoy one of the logical benefits of the
heritage, of free government which was
heqiieatWed by the founders of the req
public.
-0-0-0-
Scnatoi
of mount\
b t-, intioducLcl m the -4ate bcnatx a
b''l vhich i 1 - dcMcnid to t,ivi nmnui-
)>.ihtu.-.»tlK light to i_njo\ a -Moato
digiee of authonti in local taxation
1 ndei pie&ont conditions m tax mat
Uii, a' in mm; ot'u i puu w.mt buildings and
olhei lmpjiAomenU, vhuh givu \alue
to ital estate, mack eximpt fiom ta\ KAVBSIWK'B GOOD PTJPttS.
ation, the bill would give the 1 tople
of each muniupalih an oppoitunity
to
to a
abolish
p
pel son il taxes In the Ian-
jruage of the bill the exemptions inld
All pcisonil i>in]j(il\ nil 1>uil(lini;s,
,h nrtuiPs i'i otlii i irii]>iii\Lnn nts ( n ttul
in (oiistnii tid t.i]>(ii oi in 1 mil winch
si ill be mUiidfd, ill «\di\.itloin, t nt'i
«>lfth Duncan, Dora
anttor, JiJilna Longer, Nettle^ Burrows,
Ola Burrows, Mae Crawford, •Dlulr Voor.
liteea, 'Boj' Dunton, •Charles Covert,
•Konnetli BurroWB, •WJlJiam BUIVOWH,
ViuiRlm nuncan, •Stanley Wllkllis, *Wcl-
Hiigton Wllklns. Bennle Duncan, »Mej.
vli* IJunojin, Hai-ry Covert, John Carney
. ••—•»--—-
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.This was the verdict of the Red Bank weather propheta in session held
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