Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 258, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1920 — SPEAKING OF TAXES. [ARTICLE]

SPEAKING OF TAXES.

Connersville, Ind., October 28.— John W. McCardle, in a speech at a Republican meeting here, declared that probably the reason Carleton B. McCulloch, the Indianapolis physician running for governor on the Democratic ticket, has criticised the tax law is because McCulloch himself has been caught for taxes this year after having paid no ’ taxes in several different years. The new tax law, said McCardle, means that Dr. McCulloch can no longer dodge-' payment of taxes. “Until this year,” said Mr. McCardle, “Dr. McCulloch’s- name had been omitted from the tax duplicates in several different years, although he has property in Indianapolis and is a man with a big and lucrative practice as a physician. “From 1909 to 1919 —ten years —the total taxes assessed against Dr. McCulloch was $99.66, including delinquencies. But during four years the good doctor went delinquent and four other years he could not be found by the assessor.” McCardle took the official record and itemized' the doctor’s tax record, year by year, figure by figure, and stated that his total tax valuation had not exceeded SI,OOO until this year, 1920, when he was assessed for $7,060. “While all of his assessments previous to this year were less thanJ $!;000 Dr. McCulloch had one rug in his office which is said to be worth $1,500 and he owned one automobile part of the time and two automobiles most of the time ? the speaker said. Mr. McCardle said that in the. year 1917 Dr. McCulloch’s taxables were not located except that through the secretary of State’s office it was found that he owned two automobiles and he was assessed for taxation. ■ “There may.be some features or the tax law that don’t suit everybody, but one good thing about it js that it has placed Dr. McCulloch’s name on the tax duplicates,” said Mr. McCardle. “Let everybody, including Dr. McCulloch, pay his share of taxes and it will be possible to relieve the burden of those who have been paying more than their share.” •