The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 4, 1916, Page 11

ter to get ew * equitabl; Kenmare; N. D., Mmh 3}; 1916, State Auditor Im"on,w Bxsmamk, N.: Deax Sir: = Your letter of March 21 in answer at. great Tewigklt to letter whieh appeared in the Nogmsan Leader - of Mamk 16:5-has been veeeiveds lappzemafiethepamsmdtmmle ‘yeu have:takew im thil-matter and if you aré:honest’and Sincere- in what you say we might/ eénie to/some better ~understanding as to- how this taxation - business works:: ecamirealize. that you have a vast.amount-ef data to lock over and that it is a difficult mat- adjnsted y. M AISEATE You are correet in’ your mtention ¥ when you presume that ¥ den’t ebject to paying my just share of taxatien. I have always paid more than: my just share of taxatiom, ‘and so lmve i thempntyoffunersmd _ingmen, - IcameheretoWa.rdeo {fistm‘ {Yc couglfio l:mtIn fi:rrx:ix tm;a:gth machinery. er to. g e essary machinery, horses and thmées; xt was necessary to have money, to puy for’ these thmgs. posedfioomm.farmupmdanfllx: taus.' umozmmtmmnct- &emmtcfl'the But He Bdmrcs in Prepandnm Nom—-A Chtmg'c is Commg Some Thmgs About Taxes Plain Enough ‘Even for a Farmer to Sce Says Fleckten praetically owned the farm, but did not pay one penny of the taxes. I contend that this is an injustice to ‘the farmer that exists today and you only aggravate the injustice by sub- jecting him . to sub-division of his property into. so many different class- - Iications in.order to prevent any one -of these little' things. escaping the assessor, when the farmer is a!ready overtaxed. Suppose I buy an _up-to-date thresh- ing outfit which eost’ smoo. 1 have nnt the $4000 but my farm is free of incumbrance, so the eompany takes a ' mortgage on' my farm and the machinery. Now ‘when the assessor county winch ¥ have hought from: the United Sta | States govemmment and paid meni*‘&eed to. “New it 'so happens - that ‘the Soo line: claims a 200-foet nght d‘way over this land. In my deed thére is nothing 'mentioned abeut the Seo line having any right of way, nothing' deducted from the purchase theiSeo line confiscated price-although X comes around he assesses me for the machine ‘machine; farm ‘and:alt. . The company goes scot free. They pay no._ tax, although they own the ma- chine and farm and at any time may deemv. themselves “insecure and-take -away both the' machine and'farm, but I pay the tax. 'Will“state another instance where Imspxgeeofmnlhndmwm Boost for Leg_ts!afivc Candldatcs .§. We can not be famlm with Incal m&tmn&whmhmmmbly _might really determine the suitahility of candidates-for the legislature, ~but so far as can be seen from this distance, very good men have been nominated.—FARGO COURIER-NEWS Wednesday, Apfi! 5. “have paid.my about. 10 acres; of 'said land that good: money for. ' Dees the Soo line’ pay the tax on this land that they have deprived me ofi? No!"a theousand times no. I have to pay the tax and let them use my property: free of charge year after year. Does the assesserr deduct any- thing for the right of way the Seo - 1;:: has robbed me of ? - No, deudedlx "th.tgod reason 's‘thzre “for net’ making the Seo: lime pay the taxes on ‘the right of way. that they’re using and relieve me of paying such tax? Is it not encugh when ghey have taken am my pmperty" should the iigh plaees; exact ‘usury; pervert: z mipstme, and make the fur;xets tfii: er-to| Mr. *Jorgensoii lize me still further by ad- g e injustice ? F ask you what is flxe;ushce in letflmg the' State Toan company of commute their taxes by pay- ing 25 percent of théir taxes and shift 'the other 75 per eent onto the other cverburdzned taxpayers of - Ward county. : Forgive me if my thoughts are ot - very pleasant when I reflect upon what those rich{——): like the State seompany of Kenmare will do in order:-Ye escape paying - their just share>of taxation. When they have . the gall to ge down o Bismarck and hve a special law passed for them- ‘s¢lves: im ‘our state senate allowing -them: to commute their taxes, which amounted to the small insignificant . Sum of $12,000 by paying to the Ward ‘county commissioners $300 or 2% per ‘ cent. “Pardon us again for thinking + - this (——) . ahout that senate. Our Honorable J.. A. Englund being one of those - considerate - and obhglng gentlemen. lwIs amdane of flldse f;ss sucke;i ;glm paid my money for membership in the: Nonj League, and am pmuda{thefsct thahlpossesssense enough to _belong to such an organmiz- “ation. "If it had not been for the Nonpart- isan Leader we would have been in ; orance still as to what is going on ‘E’:ihasbeen gomgmmgoourfm | State. Thanks to our Leader, the hands of their: oppressors. who ‘nfest Very respectfuny e . 'JOHN E. FLECKTEN' B e K o 2 T i N R e Wi, i / i \