The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 17, 1921, Page 9

“difference. heavily on the monopolies and on the cities, and very lightly on the farm- ers and in most instances on the farm- ers mot at all. There are little or no land values in the farms. A farm does not consist of land. Land is only an item. The farm consists of build- ings, fences, -tiling, cleared area, fer- tility maintained, etc., not one item of which would be taxed. When you de- duct these items from a farm, there is little left to tax. Where the farmers- would pay cents under a land value tax, the .monopolies and the cities would pay dollars, and where the farmers would —pay dollars, the monopolies and the cities would pay hundreds of dollars, and where the farmers would pay tens of dollars, the - monopolies and the cities would pay thousands of dollars, and in some cases millions. " Our federal government must now levy taxes on the American people sufficient to raise from $4,000,000,000 to $5,000,000,000 every year. This amount of money must be raised or the government go in debt for the Next year the govern- ment® will run further in debt, from $500,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 because congress did not have the courage to levy sufficient taxes to raise money to run the government. Debt, of course, means taxes with interest added, both - of which must be paid some-time. The administration wanted to take taxes off the rich in return for the campaign expenses which the -rich paid. The administration was afraid to pile more taxes on the poor, so it chose the - cowardly alternative of debt. In June of this year Congress- man Oscar E. Keller of St. Paul, in- troduced into the house a real tax pro- gram. Mr. Keller’s program would not only raise taxes sufficient to run the government, but create a balance in the treasury to retire the public debt. Mr. Keller introduced four bills, the first of which repeals about 40 taxes levied on industry, production and consumption. VALUES TAX DOES NOT HIT FARMER Mr. Keller’s second bill cuts the tax rate on earned incomes in two. These two bills would take about $1,500,000,- 000 of federal taxes off of industry and production. To make up this loss in revenue Mr. Keller’s third bill raises the inheritance tax rate and his fourth bill provides for a tax of 1 per cent on land values, after exempting $10,000 of land value for each individ- ual holder of land, and also exempts . all improvements on land from federal taxation. Special provision was made for farmers, whereby cost of tiling, clearing, value of all orchards, trees, fences. wells and maintenance of fer- tility were exempted from the tax. Mr. Keller claims that these exemp- tions will so work out as to exempt. -more than 95 per cent of all farmers, who farm their farms, from the pay- ment of any land value tax whatso- ever. The remaining 5 per cent are the “gentlemen farmers,” the farm- ers who farm other farmers. * With the farmers practically ex- empt from taxation, this tax of 1 per cent would still raise around $1,000,- 000,000 in federal taxes. This tax would catch the Anthracite Coal com- pany to the tune of about $15,000,000 annually.. The steel trust perhaps for as much more, and all the other trusts and monopolies in, the same manner. This tax would enter the cities and catch the great bulk of the landlords. of valuable lots in the heart.of cities on which stand antiquated fire traps. The tax on the land value of the lot would be so heavy that it.would neces- sitate tearing down the old rattle-trap _ building and erecting a better one in It 'would catch the owners -~ its place in order to justify paying the tax on the land. It would catch the . owners of vacant lots, for the tax bears as heavily on a lot that is un- used as the one that is used. This tax would go a long ways to- ward making 'the holding of land out of use unprofitable. The Keller pro- gram would lift around -$100 of taxes from the backs of the average family directly, and perhaps two or three times that amount in added interest and profit which is piled on to the tax in the process of passing it on from business to business until it finally reaches the people. The Keller tax program would reduce prices, especial- ly on building materials. It would re- duce rents and the cost of living in general, When you farmers find some way of reducing rent in cities and the cost of living, you will open up a market here in America of vastly more importance ADVERTISEMENTS than any market abroad. Remember, that 65,000,000 of people live in our American cities and towns. These people are your customers. Take the landlord off the back of the city dwel- ler and you will enable the people to purchase more of your products. 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