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Show der and is merely camouflage to put over a new form of taxation, namely, a state income tax. Its third demand for tax exemption is simply a form of single tax that shifts the lax load (rum one person to another. So far as increasing taxation tax-ation on timber goes, it is already so heavily taxed that the industry is languishing. The public domains which contain most of the markct-'ahle markct-'ahle timber pay no taxes whatever. Hence the staggering burden which tho taxpayer must pay. Its fourth demand has just proved a gigantic failure in the slate of Washington, where the state bank guarantee law failed completely to protect investors and where every stale bank has withdrawn from the operation of t he act. Its fifth demand is merely demanding de-manding what has already been ordered. or-dered. Its sixth demand is so old it is ancient history, anil the public has had this great privilege so long that il is tired of it in other slates. Its seven! li demand involves the tax boosting program which nearly wrecked North Dakota and put the league out of business in that state. Its eighth demand is merely to put the state in the banking business, of which the league made such a gigantic gi-gantic failure and fraud in North Dakota. Its ninth demand is merely a lot of words. We already have laws covering the subject. Its tenth demand is nothing more nor less than a drive at the federal reserve system which it blames for deflation of farm products. The Non-rartisan league is Svork-ini Svork-ini alone similar lines in California and hopes to secure 100,000 members mem-bers and a million-dollar fund in that state to put over its program of state ownership. It is also actively ac-tively working in Oregon and Wyoming Wy-oming and trying to gain a foothold in Colorado and Washington. CAN LEOI'AHD CHANGE ITS SPOTS? The Non-Partisan league of Idaho has combined -with the "Committee of Forty-Eight" to organize a third political party in that state and place candidates in the field at the coming state election. The new organization will be called the Progressive party. While the name of the new party Is "Progressive," the management is in the hands of the old Non-Partisan league leaders, and its whole program pro-gram for socialistic control of state and industries ha! been adopted by the Progressive party. Under the popular slogan of more efllcient state management and less tixes, the Xon-Partisan league proposes pro-poses a system of state ownership of utilities, banking and other interests which if adopted by the state of Ida-no Ida-no will double its present taxes in from five to ten years. Following are the demands of the new party: 1. State economy and efficiency in government which will reduce taxes. 2. An income tax on state profiteers. profi-teers. 3. Exemption of small city bome and farm improvements from taxation and just taxation of timber lands and other speculative holdings. 4. A guarantee law to protect bank depositors. 5. Strict enforcement of the liquor liq-uor laws. 6. Popular government laws such as direct primary and workable initiative, referendum and recall. 7. State ownership of enough public utilities to compete with monopoly. mo-nopoly. 8. A state loan system similar to the federal farm loan act. 9. Laws to protect Individual and co-operative enterprises from monopoly. 10. Nationally, we demand, that the money control be taken away from private monopoly and restored to the federal government. Its first demand will receive general gen-eral support. Its second demand is nothing but obi time Non-Partisan league thuu- |