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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
SEPTEMBER 29, 1904
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SERGE'S KEYNOTE
A Masterful and Eloquent AppaJ to
the People of Nebraska by
Hon. George W. Berge
(Continued from last week.)
Now then, when you go in debt you
must provide to pay that debt. The
republicans were extravagant and were
forced to raise the money in some way
to pay for that extravagance. Two
years ago in their state platform they
pledged themselves to enact a compre
hensive and fair revenue law. What
ever their pretentions were, the real
object was to raise more money. It
was a conspiracy hatched out in the
plotting minds of those in control of
the legislature. Extravagance demand
ed more money than the old law would
produce, In making the new law uey
must shield themselves. The farmer,
the buafness man, and the smaa tax
payer must bear a heavier proportion
of the burden. .
Let us examine this new law lor a
moment. It is a cunning piece ol leg
islation. It not only was passed to
raise more money, but to build up a
mighty political engine. Under the old
law every township or precinct or
ward elected its own assessor, borne
of the townships elected republican as
sessors, some populist, and some demo
cratic. There was not the suggestion
of a machine in these assessors. It
gave each township and ea ch waru the
.right of self-government. ifjui as
sefsor failed to do his duty the peo
ple at the next election could turn
him down.
Under this new law, however, one
.county assessor ... is 2J!
assessor Ippolnts WaWW m
precinct. He may appoint local men.
He may send in carpet baggers, but
everyone appointed bjf him is his polit
ical lieutenant. The moment a county
assessor is elected and his deputies ap
pointed he has a political machine.
With this additional machine the peo
ple are more helpless. The marine
runs for four years. There is no relief
Mntil four years have expired and then
the people will be again tied hand and
foot by the same machine.
Another bad feature of the law is
. that the salaries paid the county as
sessors of the state is just that much
additional expense to the taxpayers of
the state. Under the old law it was
not necessary to appropriate any mon
ey to pay for county assessors. There
-were none. The new county assessors
absolutely an additional expense.
t as I said awhile ago, the tendency
adays is to create more offices all
and pay more salaries, ana au
ley must come irom tno peo-
additional taxation.
Js bad in another letpect,
Nebraska and loan your
have to pay taxes on
v out of the state, you
mey you want to
ive to pay a single
:ou loan. Some-
lan who lives
treated bt-
iltizens who
?tate and
non-residents and certain corporations.
No one can Justify such a law.
. Again the law is bad because it makes
the small taxpayer, or the man in debt,
pay taxes on property he does not own.
For instance a man owns a farm worth
ten thousand dollars. He has a mort
gage upon the firm of rive thousand dol
lars. His real equity in that farm is
five thousand dollars, but the law
makes him pay taxes on ten thousand
dollars. If a resident of the state nas
loaned him this money, then tne owner
of the farm pays taxes on ten thou
sand dollars and the money loaner on
five thousand dollars, or taxes are paid
on fiften- thousand dollars on that farm.
It seems to me that a just and equitable,
law would provide that the owner of
the farm should pay taxes on his real
equity of five thousand dollars, and the
money loaner, whether a resident of
the state or not, should pay taxes on
the other five thousand dollars.
But someone says if you are op
posed to this law, and if you. favor its
repeal, what do you propose to &ive in
its stead? Replying, I would say that
on a matter so important as the rev
enues of the state, 1 would have hesi
tated a long time before substituting
an entirely new law in the place of
an old law, that had been tried for
years. , '
The old law was built up through
years of litigation and adjudications by
the courts. We knew where the law
was good and where it was bad. The
nrooer war" vonld have been - to have
it where it wrs weak. Isn't it pos
sible to pass a revenue law so that
every man's property and the property
of every corporation be assessed at its
actual and full value? That is the
whole, question before us. rn the pas
sage of a law must you make disci imi
nation and exempt certain property
from taxation, and in other instances
make people pay, taxes on moie prop
erty than they actually have and at a
value beyond what It Is actually worth?
In the passage of a revenue law must
you have in it the elements of a politi
cal machine? Before you can pass a
revenue, law must you discriminate
against your own resident taxpayers,
who loan money, and favor those who
do not live in the-state. I would favor
a law, which would make fail upon
every taxpayer equally and justly the
burdens of taxation. This law does not
do that. .'' . .
. But let me get a little further' into
detail, and see the operation of this
law. Mr. C O. Whedon of this city,
one of our most prominent republican
attorneys, under date of August 6, ad
dressed a letter to the State Journal,
in which he says that the assessed val
uation of the property in the city of
Lincoln for ,1903 was $22,389,834,53. For
1904 it, is assesed at $29,145,695.00, or
an Increase of $6,764,860.45. This is an
increase of about 30 .per cent ever last
year. The rate of the city tax levied
last year was 398 mills. This year, it
per, cent in valuation tnere is m? in
crease in the rate," but an Increase of a
fraction of a mill.
r. Whedon says that state, county.
and city taxes, which one busi-
use of this city will pay this
xceed the amount paid In
than $1,300; another
$760 more thau last
se will pay $2,000
another will pay
r. Mr. vhe-
hat if the
ued in
t next
at
$30.04; 1904, $49.32; increase, $19.28.
Christopher Denny, sw 3S-9-5; 1S03,
$23.06; 1904, $32.05; increase, $6.99.
Middle Creek. Louis E. Divert s
nw 3-10-5; 1903, $13.80; 1904, $33.28; in
crease, $19.48. A. Hatzenbenler, ue 13-10-5;,
.1903, $28.01; 1904, $31.46; in
crease, $3.45. Carl F. Becker, sVfc. nw
26-10-5; 1903, $14.39; 1904, $20.50; in
crease, $6.11.
Elk. Ed w. Olson, nw 3-11-5; 1903,
$27.59; 1904, $37.60; increase, $10.01.
M. V. Tremain, ne 20-11-5; 1903, $24.24;
1904, $36.89; $12.65. '
West Oak. S. Lindholm, nw 8-12-5;
1903, $21.46; 1904, $27.13; Increase,
$5.67. M. J. Barrett, jse 21-12-5; 1903,
$22.55; 1904, $29.68; increase, $7.13. T.
J. Drake, nw 31-12-5; 1903, $21.12, 1904,
$36.45; increase,'-$15.33.
Buda. Wni. Elfeldt, &A se 13-7-6;
1903, $15.92; 1904, $26.53; inti ease,
$10.61- Peter Hogan, se 13-7-6, 1903,
$38.38; 1904, $45.88; increase, $7.50. J.
F. Egger, ne 15-7-6; 1903, $34.40; 1904,
$37.66; increase, $3.26.
Centerville. John A. Wilson, s se
7-7-6; 1903, $31.84; 1904, etaoinununn
7-7-6; 1903. $15.92; 1904, $26.53; in- i
crease, $10.61. Herman H. Meyei, ne
13-8-6; 1903, $34.28; 1904, $40.82r in
crease, $6.54. Chas. Wittstruck, nw 14-8-6;
1903, $35.04; 1904, $39.13; increase,
$4.09.
Yankee Hill. Ada Wilson, ne 17-9-6;
1903, $31.84 ; 1904, $39.82; increase,
$7.98. J. C. Tuttle. sw 22-9-6; 1903,
$31.84; 1904, $46.98; increase, $15.14.
John MInges, nw 27-9-6; 1903, $30.85;
19.04, $44.1r increase, $13.29. - -
6; 1903, $35.53; 1904, $49.59; increase,
$14.06. D. P Hile, se 6-10-6; 1903,
$33.44; 1904, $45.63; increase, $12.19,
Fillman Fiader,. nw 17-10-6; 1903,
$30.24; 1904. $59.40; Increase, $29.16;
Oak. Rudolph Bartzat, ne 1-11-6
1903, $27.26; 1904, $34.88; increase,
$7.62. Frank J. Polly, sw 17-11-6; 1903,
$35.53; 1904, $46.83; increase, $11.30.
Jas. Mcintosh, ne 21-11-6; 1903, $22.57;
1904, $31.61; increase, $9.04.
Little Salt. Ricard Mara, ne-1-12-6;
1903. $28.49; 1904, $35.64; increase,
$7.15. Ed. McGreer, ne 12-12-6; 1903,
$27.46; 1904, $30.69; increase, $9.22.
John Neff, se 16-12-6; 1903, $25.27; 1904,
$45.18; increase, $19.91. Jos. Filzpat
rick, nw - 24-12-6; 1903, $29.05 ; 1904,
$40.30; increase. $11.25. John Krick
son, ; ne 30-12-6; 1903, $20.40; 1904,
$29.94; Increase, $9.54.
South Pass. J. D. Slusher, It 2 sw 4-
7- 7; 1903, $8.36; 1904, $12.28; increase,
$3.92. Henry DeVries, ne 9-7-7, 1903,
$35.11; 1904, $42.66; increase, $7.55. D.
J. Abblnk, se 14-7-7; 1903. $36.97; 1904,
$38.08; increase, $1.11. Dan'l H. Hick
man, ne 32-7-7; 1903, $33.86; 1904,
$35.83; increase, $2.02.
Saltlllo. Henry W. Kiel, w w sw
5-8-7; 1903, $16.32; 1904, $26.00; in
crease, $9.68. Wm. H. Wessels, sw 10-
8- 7; 1903, $31.63; 1904, $38.13; increase,
$3.50. David Strieker, se 12-8-7; 1903,
$33.zy; 1904, . $42.16; increase, $8.87.
Wm. Stahley, sw 24-8-7; 1903, $32.85;
1904, $42.90 increase, $10.05.
v LiranL-rJohar.,.. La rfl. jbk,J1-?iJ
Frank ' A. Graham. ' ' ne"'14-9-7f ' 1903,
$32.59; 1904, $42.12; increase, $8.53. II.
W. Davis, sw 32-9-7; 1903, $33.iC; 1904
$52.00; increase, $18.54. John O'Brien!
se 34-9-7; 1903, $41.89; 1904, $46.40; in
crease, $4.51.
Lancaster. John C. Doubt, ne 13-10-7;
1903, $41.89; 1904. $46.80; increase,
$5.41.
North Bluff. R. Finnigan, ne 3-11-7;
1903, $30.50; 1904, $38.08: increase,
$1.58. John Stahler, sw 13-11-7; 1903
$31.16; 1904, $40.15; increase, $.i.99.'
Len Wilhelm, ne 22-11-7; 1903, $J6.C6;
1904, $37.9S; Increase, $1.C2. R. K
Moore, se 34-11-7; 1903. $10.11; 1904,
.bi; increase, $4.51.
took Creek. Peter Peterson, ne 4-
1903, $36.07; 1904, $ 10.10; increase,
iiiomistrom, ne 9-12-7: 1903.
1904. $13.09; lnmaw. S.J.97.
nann, so 10-12-7; 190u. a2.I9;
increase. $7.3.1. Robt.
-12-7: 19113, $.15.11: 1904.
. $9.35. . IVtcraon, nw
39.31; I'JtH. ftS.tC; in-
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