The Working Man (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1910 Page: 3 of 6
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THE CORPORATIONS increa
iHfc ^ TAXES.
The denioovatic administration taxed ti.
ltinn^ of Oklahoma even as they taxed ihe
l'01 h-m\< mechanics and farmers of Oklahoma.
'"CtuTatious refused to pay their ,1 e.
and applied to the courts for protection.
The republican sympathizers, led by Joe M.-
v ,i furn'^htd the necessary affidavits si.."p
u',: that ti- corporations were taxed too
The courts relieved the corporations from raj
their taxes, aud this procedure caused • de
ficfelK'V in the amount of funds required to nm
'''Thfs'dXientrcompelled the leigslature to
• f Hip. sifate levy about one mill.
ra'n,is additional levy falls upon the merchant,
mechanic and farmer- not upon the corpora-
""who is responsible for this deficiency and this
additional tax upon the merchant, mechanic
1 the'corporations
. OUR D o n't B e
Misrepresented To
:oc-
■: o.
The larger roilrcad corporations do want
the amendment and the effort upon
the part of their conductors
will so prove the
statement
:0:
Th delegation of Frisco railway conductors
who were in the city yesterday car paigning in
favor of the proposed railway amendment to the
>tate constitution are the best answer to th«-
>tatement being made by the opposition that tin-
1 ig railroad companies are opposed to the am
endinent. Tlie fact is they are the daddies of the
proposition and their conductors aTe sent out
on full pay to work for it. The order of railway
< ond ctors docs not affiliate with federation of
labor or other railway employees organization-.
Tliey are the pets of the railway companies an<l
when any chestnuts are to be raked out of the
fre for the railroads the order of railway con
ductors is usually selected to perform the ser
vice.
Who lad a bill for wages or who had
or the widows or orphans whose bu
the men who hid approPrlated the land
or the men in whose emplo> tibe WW
A hai been performed, or in whose
service tlie Ml )«* n.a.n.ed or
Udt.MSrXrco .tl.u,i
s°eefs\o bring all of the rail-
way (companies in the sU- ^
state control, that Is so far as ^
mileage lies within the
will accomplish its purpose if ,the
pie stand firm and vote no
proposed amendment.
a „,aia hv the commission is sub-
order made bj' ine «. supreme
jtct to reversal b ™eM(kable
or unjust. >0 0 J. . . v.oai- prevent
corporation """J*}™ ,'te' Knetit o[
-s
lhere anything revolut onurj^i^ ^ ,
The cro-istitutioii -cai garden of j
lahoma is not a z oect t0 tbe big',
craIlks," with a fLss elevated to the,
fat gentleman v-ho ywelevai of the
highest office within ge^g thro||gb
people of the rorn0rations and;
^Sf S" de>, .bout I omJfcor^lous
, j™ ,x,ryoEB
•,r- gMSs&st saft -fe:
.s not a line in tlie d0C"ulc"'l", "fford
age honest capital andwe c0ll
>n do without the other kind.
stitution of Oklahoma simply do
away with special privilege and place
every corporation and everj n
woman in Oklahoma on an ^ a}f the
ing before the law. It takes, awai
special privileges of cor^rations^an^
< ompels them to bear . or_
burden with the people. And jet
. i!. « l.ninC fOri
not new; u *®Mn° ln the constitution i
is found verbatim in^ ^ ^ ^
of the state of g Q. Texas. |
constitution of t ,e has flourished
Railroad construct on has x ^
un^er the provision in gese ^
it will flounsn in U
tUe same provisoion t y their j
«" «'"<!£: S'ffl ii "J; i
causes in the - . state.
state constitution upon th • iubjects of
railroad and corporation control
Hon. Samuel Gompers, Pre®lde°* °
the American Federation of Labor,
who was expected tc come to Oklaho-
ma to assist in defeating the proposed
amendment, but who was detained at
Washington to look after you.
est recently, said: inability
•I regrit exceedinly my inamnij
to nersonally go to Oklahoma and en-
ter the contest in defente of s ™agn,g
fi-ient constitution. I am assigni
Organizer M. Grant Hamilton 10 J'1
f ed to Oklahoma and as represei
tive of the American Federation of
bor ,Tive his best efforts from now un-
S the polls are closed to maintain the
constitution." ,jn_
Mr Gompers is a great man.
der his leadership your organiza -^
Q . t if he were here
posed amendment.
The Best of lothing,
The Best of Shoes,
The Best of Hats etc.
compels them to bear the r ^ causes in the s •' ^ great state
burden with the people. And. ^ (hey were citizeis! Judse Hook of j
porations are being formed . j want no more • decisions
Millions upon million, of 1St. « <"? £< T«
is seeking Investment 1 hands get us going and lon fropi en.
state and it is going to clasp Lhe corporation com ^ Qrder be
with honest labor for the - „reatest i forcing tbe tw." wou]d not yield
provement until we have ' | cause he said investment of $6°-'
commonwealth in the uniom lv ( a revenue upon an_ h eStiinated
Capital is shrewd. or'\er is' 000 a mile, the amount,^ And ^
speaking the railroad p vantage!the railroads ,0 ^ state from
shrewd, and will take every advantag c0lirt enjoined_ the nie8 to
that you give him. Bnt lhe more^ compelling ^^"^fause they had
seeing man does not deal e tef.. pay their t 000 a miie What
aCOHSON
leading
(L< >1H1KH
seeing man does noi ;.„r.mnt4,r"
enacted under which the I mQn
can filch the man who has tn
SipTHL'Sn Win tte m"- ;„e rullro^ «■,'
' ' we want tlie word to go ™,y
'nSrt.r'the^ TlSne 'tor the c j ^'"^'o ( our courtitutW
, * ll._ .lilrn Kilt the
compelling the rai "J" auBP they had j .
Seen aSse^at $30,000j m,^t ^f,ui i T >/ \\ ^11 S
r?o« nSo« c :r.!« >•" acODSuu >
do with a ;'imrpfur9°eWt0 obey the cor- I UVV/ ^
the railroads refuse t j
and that there is justice *or formerI one°section of ""r^^and in real-
and the dollar alike but ^ advantatge been lnR®nl°J^n" would supercede Bec-
not to be given an undue ; jts adoption d a portion
,|ti„nsS.6,8 9 llj8- a„ the
Ot to be given an una,.* | ,ty its a<iopv.« - -g 3J and a poruu..
ver the latter. commission 1 tions 2, 6, 8, . • • ,, ot the
The state corporation comm. gcctjon l8> practicauy
is organized with this in
4th and 1)
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The Working Man (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1910, newspaper, May 26, 1910; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc123129/m1/3/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 22, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.