Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1906 — THE STATE TAX INCREASE. [ARTICLE]

THE STATE TAX INCREASE.

Has it occurred to you that no Republican speaker and no Republican newspaper has said a word * bout the last legislature increasing the state tax levy for current expenses three cents on the $100? That is precisely what was done and it means an additional tax of a half million dollars a year for the state’s expenses. Every tax payer knows that with the enormous increase in the taxable property of the Itate there should be a big reduction and not an increase in the levy. But then it is only the people who pay the taxes and the Republican politicians who have been running the state’s business for twelve years think the people’s money is only to spend. When you go to vote remember that the Democratic party is pledged to an economical administration and a reduction of taxes. On the other hand the Republicans guarantee to spend all the people will stand—and then some.