Show COUNTIES WOULD BE HAUD HARD HIT tax ref orn io ra are arc working on oil ap a plan an to raise all alf the state revenues from railroads railroad 3 power corn com banies utilities and minea alic oti on paper would take away tho hie assessed valuations alua tiona of these properties bioni tile the co counties antica who would ose representatives would go filin the counties to get ill all they could out of the state corporation tax pork barrel lor for their locality this is in line with the single tox tax iden idea and if the gross earnings tax on oil the above kind of property iro perty was made high enough that would result state ownership of ni mines hiestand and railroad would follow the application of the principle that the power to tax is ownership the corporations would pay no property tax in the county where the property is is located as is nw mw done under the present of t inc the co corporation 1 taxes including mines mine all lie he handled by the state board of equalize tion and the coan counties ties would have no state law school districts and road districts cities and counties coun tica would have bave nothing to do with big interests ant would collect of citizens only ilia tax reformers say that the people did not und were voted down tit at the recent election they say that the lormer cornier NO vote is the bane ot of ahe lh initiative system but maybe the people did understand enactment of a public utility law of the initiative andrener and referendum and in all the reforms informs promised the people means higher tax tuxes |