Tulsa County Chief (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, July 14, 1916 Page: 4 of 4
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Ianu subject to the tax nxc<; by the ! xa! school district, while oil in
a -• ,tuge tank, oiuie i by a pipe line company is public service pro-
i parity and subject to the tax fixed by the State. What reason is
there for this distinction? None. Is it likely that the tax rate fixed
j Ly the State will ever be the ^ame as that fixed by the local school
I district, although on the »ame kind of articles? No. Then, will it
j lx equitable.' No. 1 he only way to keep the school tax rate equal
,on all property in the district, i» to repeal section 12-a.
i: ->ection 12-a had been in force during the school year just
: -e !. Skiato k Joint District One, would have had a net loss of 20
per cent of its -ch-ol taxes; Hast Mongo, District Two, would
: ave had a net los- of 50 per cent of its taxes; Keystone, Joint
>ss• net Iw W'-uld have had a lose of 68 per cent of its taxes;
i ales District Jhree, would have had a loss of 26 per cent of its
axes Alsuma, District l ive, 44 per cent loss; Broken Arrow, Dist-
ract Peten, 15 per cent loss; Central, District Eight, 25 per cent
j > Dawson, District fwelve, 54 per cent loss; Mingo, District
thirteen, ^ (xr < <,-nt los - . Owas*o, District Fourteen, 53 per cent
■ o s, Mat K k District, l ateen, i/> per cent loss; Turley, District
bixteen, -*6 per cent ! -s ; Oreenwo. d Chapel which includes Sperry,
District Seventeen, 3k per cent, Mss; Sand Springs, District Nine-
teen, 2/ [xr cent . -s, Wekiwa, District Twenty, 78 per cent loss;
I isher, District Twenty-one 5k per cent loss; Tulsa Citv, District
I wenty-two, 1; |xr cent U-s; Bixby District Twenty-three, 48 per
ant loss, Joick Creek, Dictrict 1 wenty-four, 31 per cent loss; Twin
Mounds, District Twenty-five 83 per cent loss; Glenpool, District
. went)-six. 4k per cent loss, Jenks, District Twenty-seven, 91 per
cent loss; Red J ■ rk, District 'l'wcnty-eight, 72 per cent loss; Valley
Drove District Ihirtv three (west of Red Fork; 57 per cent loss;
Ellingwood, Di-trict Ihirty-four (west of Collinsville) 35 per cent
loss; Leonard, District l'orty-seven, ql percent loss; Childers, Dist-
rict Mxt) -nine south of \\ ealaka i 2k per cent loss. Every district
in the Cherokee part of Tulsa County is injured. Prevent these
losses and this injury by votng for the repeal of section 12-a and
against the tail to vitalize it.
Ordinarily, taxable property is classed as real, which is fixed the sch^Scts ofTulsT Sh Sid havi^iid'fnt^the0 Swfe
and immovable or as personal which is moveable. The same article treasury $64,546. At $2. per pupil they would have received from the
may be one or the other at different times. A growing tree is real Ata,e treasury S28.CW4. '1 he net loss in school taxes to the school
property but when cut from the stump becomes personal. It may '1'.',nc,‘' <’1' [ul'a ( ount>' would have been 36,462. Twenty-five dis-
fgain become real when it becomes part of a house barn or other ' 'T' lnJl,re l .to llus amount. «'ght of which pay more
' * muse, oarn or ointr t|,an (lve n„u tax 1 -ounce,, districts would have gained but $1681
permanent improvements, A green watermelon attached to the not one of which pav, over five mills tax But L this $1681 is in-
vim- is rca property but when tucked under the arm of a pickaninny,' eluded in the $28,084. returned to this county from the State treasury
s personal property. 1 he apple hanging on the tree is real property the school districts of the county would be suffering a net loss of
Jrr , er’tv' 7''" u ' ° '°unk Amcer,ca s overalls, is personal $36,462. which th’ey would have had to make up by increased levies
P -i- r.j In general when property is fixed and immoveable it is on the property not owned by public aervice companie* Is that fair?
1 as real property, and when it is moveable it is classed as No. Do you believe this plan of school taxatioii should be adopted-
personal porperty. I his is the usual classification for tax purposes. No. Then vote for the repeal of section 12-a and against the bill to
Section 12 a makes a new classification for tax purposes. This vita,ize it-
is ownership. If property is owned by a public service corporation. . ^ section 12-a been in force during the school year just closed,
doing business in two or more counties, it is classed as public ser- Skia,ook would have paid into the State treasury $767 net; Keystone!
vn e corporation property, losing its identity as real or personal in ^,'j7; A,suma’ S-578! Broken Arrow, $203; Dawson,$446; Mingo!
this new classification. 1 hus a horse owned by a grocer is personal ^ ’ Dwasso *S14(>7; Mat Rock, S10S1 ; Greenwood Chapel, $4890'
icrity and subject to the tax fixed by the State. What reason is ff":1 Springs. $2604; Fisher, $242; Tulsa City, $17,252; Turley!
while a horse owned, for instance, by an express company is public " |?-61 Bixby, $5489; 1 win Mounds, $1437; Glenpool, $15,211; Jenks,
service property and is suject to the tax fixed by the State. Whv 55967: Refl Fork 5-6-7- To prevent such a possibility in the future
should one horse pay one tax rate and the other horse a different vote for t,le rePeal section 12-a and against the bill to vitalize it
lcliar,erLi»Je is.no,rcason- A desk *" a reai estate office is per- Campbell Russell, the sponsor for section 12-a. early in the nres-
r , l'r°Ptr,y and subject to the tax rate fixed, by the local school cut year, was out over the State signing up contracts with school
•strict, while a desk in a railroad office is public*service property boards whose districts would be benefited by the operation of sect
and ,s subject to the .ax rate fixed by the State. What reason is ion 12 a whereby the school boards agreeTo Jive hffien per ceS of
N, m 'Ff 'x,nk' ,J,fifercnl ,a* ^tes on these articles of the same kind, their first year’s benefit if lie will institute a bid to vitalize this amend
None If a natural person owns a quarter section of land it is classed merit. 6 this amend
3?^rar,Jr and aSSUbieCt fo ,hc tax ra!‘‘ f,xc'1 thc local schoo! I Campbell Russell’s bill which he seeks to initiate at the August
owned b^a niie"lin^ro1"^ qUar,ef scctlon ln ,he sa’"e district, primary provides that school districts benefited by that bill may pay
scM-ic • nro^ rl - 'T-pa#ny; WVh Storage la"ks on il- is Public u’" l>er cent of such benefit for the purpose of defraying the expense
um , ^ ^ y du( Djcct to tlie tax rate fixed by the State, of vitalizing the amendment. In other words Campbell Russell has
— Oil in Z'Z 1S !hc[e °r l|hl|S ,llstlncti',n in classification? None. | a provision in the bill that will legalize his contracts with the school
■ 0l‘ m a 8torage ,ank owncd by an individual is personal property (boards. Now, what do you think of that? A State sS»tS*£S?
By WILLIAM SATTGAST
ing a salary as such, signing up contracts for ten per cent of the bene-
fit-, that will accrue to certain districts if section 12-a is vitalized by
him! And them putting a provision in the bill to legalize his con-
tracts 1 1 he school districts of Tulsa county during the past year if
thi3 amendment had been in operation, would have paid out $36,462
Under Campbell Russell s contracts, he would have gotten $3646 of
this. W hat service has he rendered the school districts of Tulsa
County, that he should receive $3646 of their money ? None what-
ever. The scheme is infamous; it is an outrage. Yet Campbell
Russell lias contracts signed that will yield him in the neighborhood
«,f $60,600, if he succeeds in initiating this bill to vitalize section 12-a.
Are you ready to give away your school taxes." Is your school tax
rate so low that you wish to raise it? No, your school taxes are need-
ed in your own district. Keep them there by voting to repeal sec-
tion 12-a and against the bill to vitalize it.
Section 12-a was adopted at a special election in August 1913 by
an affirmative vote of only 24.8 per cent of the voting population of
Oklahoma Campbell Russell says this is the people's will. This
same Campbell through the use of the initiative and referendum, has
cost the tax pavers of Oklahoma $210,000. Do you know of any
good lie has accomplished? Now, he is making it cost more to his
private gain. If he succeeds in vitalizing section 12-a, he has other
measures to propose in the November elections. Futhermore this
same Campbell Russell wants to become a corporation commissioner.
Do the sensible thing by retiring him to private life and by voting
. for the repeal of section 12-a and against the bill to vitalize it.
Section 12-a is not a party measure. Democrats oppose it; re-
publicans condemn it as a “Campbell Russell scheme”; and it is not
-ocialistic doctrine. William Madison Hicks who. perhaps is the
foremost expounder of socialistic doctrine in Oklahoma, favors the
repeal of section 12-a. Every voter, regardless of party preference
-diould vote for the repeal of section 12-a and against the bill to
vitalize it.
Patrons, school boards, patron-teachers association, commercial
clubs, improvement associations, and all associations for the ad-
vancement of our schools should work to repeal section 12-a and to
defeat the bill to vitalize it.
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UNCLE JOE CANNON ON LITERACY TEST.
(From Congressional Record).
The House in Committee of the Whole House on the state of
the Union had under consideration the bill to provide a civil govern-
ment for l’orto Rico May 5- 1916.
The Chairman.—The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Cannon)
asks unanimous consent to take the first five minutes after we com-
mence to read the bill. ls there objection? There was no objection.
Mr. ( amion.— Ihis bill takes the franchise away from Porto
Ricans who can not read and write and is objected to by some mem-
bers. In Pennsylvania, unless they have repealed the law within a
year or two, a man can not vote unless he pays a poll tax. He can
not vote in Connecticut and Massachusetts unless he passes an
educational test. The states fix the qualifications of the electors.
\ ou have got the poll tax provision in some of the Southern States •
you have the educational provision in some of them. It is said that
you disfranchise the colored people; but the law of those states
disfranchise the white people as well, if they fail to pass the test
and pay the poll tax. It is said that you are more strict in the
educational test with the colored people than you are with the white
man but you know more about that than I do.
So there is nothing in that objection as far as the Porto Ricans
are concerned.
« W11 nUKAWN
A Congressman from Maryland in the course of a debate called
an Indiana Representative an ass. This was, of course, unparlia-
mentary and had to be withdrawn.
The Marylander said: “I withdraw the language, Mr Speaker,
but I insist that the gentleman from Indiana is out of order”
, How am I out of order?” yelled the Westerner.
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See Dr. Gardner, the Crown and Bridge Specialist.
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Guthrey, E. Bee. Tulsa County Chief (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, July 14, 1916, newspaper, July 14, 1916; Tulsa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1043063/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.