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DELINQUENT TAXES OUTSTANDING EXCEED _
$120000,000, LARGELY OWED BY THOSE ABLE TO PAY
(By C. A. Jay. executive vice-
president Industrial, Commercial
and Agricultural Conference, Dal-
las.)
Delinquent taxes outstanding in
Texas today amount to more than
$120,000,000. The Industrial.
Commercial and Agricultural
Conference conducted a survey
to ascertain why delinquent taxes
in Texas had grown to such
enormous proportions. This sur-
vey revealed that in the average
of*the counties studied 5 per cent
of the delinquents owed 35 per
cent of the tax. It revealed an-
other fact—that in our larger
more populous counties 6 per cent
of the delinuuents owed 40 per
cent of the tax; proving con-
clusively that many taxpayers
who are able to pay are not pay-
ing! proving furthermore that
much that has been said about a
policy of not collecting delinquent
taxes being necessary in order
to protect the small home owners
has but little merit. It is the
large taxpayer who is able to
pay who in many cases is not
paying. ...
Any county, city or school dis-
trict. can proceed now and make
very substantial collections of its
delinquent taxes, if they will just
forget about politics and political
influences. No one desires or
expects the government to adopt
a hard-boiled attitude toward the
man who can not pay. But this
is no reason for allowing the man
who can pay to evade paying.
This is especially true in view
of the fact that the .'ailed session
of the legislature .lust ended
enacted two laws which should
if properly used facilitate the
collection of delinquent taxes.
One thing we should remember,
and that is. when any unit of
government admits that it no
longer has authority to levy and
enforce the collection of neces-
sary revenue to operate the gov-
ernment, then it admits at the
same time that as a governmental
agency it has failed. Rob gov-
ernment of its authority to levy
and collect that revenue neces-
sary for its operation, and you
destroy government.
Failure to collect delinquent
taxes is an evil which pyramids
itself. If the present tax policy
of collecting delinquents taxes
goes on, delinquency is going to
increase and not decrease. Peo-
ple pay Federal taxes because
they know they must pay them;
they will pay state and local
taxes when they must pay them;
A common-sense, vigorous policy
of collecting delinquent taxes in
Texas is needed now as never be-
fore. Taxpayers in every com-
munity in Texas should examine
their "tax roll. See who it is
that has not paid; see if they
are able to pay. If they are,
then demand that public offi-
cials now in office collect these
taxes, or get other public offi-
cials who will do it.
Below you will find a list of
all the counties in Texas. Op-
posite the name of the county is
the amount of taxes thut were
actually collected for the fiscal
year just ended; opposite this is
the amount of taxes outstanding
as delinquent. These figures
cover all units of government in
their respective counties.
One thing is certain: So long
as we have courts and police
forces to protect life and prop-
erty, so long as we have schools
to educate our children, so long
as other governmental services!
are rendered, it takes the cashj
on the barrel head to pay the
bill. If you as a taxpayer in
your own community are satisfied
to continue to pay your taxes
and also to pay your neighbor's
taxes, then it is not necessary
to do anything about this situa-
tion. But bear this in mind:
Every year you let the present
situation go on, those who don't
pay are going to increase and
you are going to pay more.
As the matter stands now, tax-
es are not collected in Texas—
they are received. We have tax
receivers not tax collectors. If
every civic club in Texas, if
every commercial organization, if
the actual taxpaying citizens in
every community in Texas will
become aggressive and militant
in their demands for justice in
the collection of taxes, this prob-
lem can be solved. We ask cit-
izens of Texas who are taxpayers
to look over and compare the two
columns of figures, see the pen-
alty you are paying because taxes
are not collected. If you want
the situation improved, get busy
in your own community and im-
prove it. Organized, active, mili-
tant public sentiment can and will
solve this problem.
..Now if you as a taxpayer want
to know what this delinquent
tax situation means to you, com-
pare these two columns of fig-
ures in your county. If your
county actually collected $500,000
in taxes last year and had $500,-
000 delinquent, it simply means
that you paid twice as much as
it was necessary for you to pay
if the other fellow had paid. If
you find that 23 per cent of the
taxes were delinquent, then that
means that you are paying a 25
per cent penalty for the benefit
of tax evaders.
Comparison By Counties
Anderson
Andrews
Angelina
Aransas
Archer
Armstrong
Atascosa
Austin
Taxes
Actually
Collected
.$500,033.07
. 77.805.17
. 471,782.08
. 99,574.32
. 343,239.21
■_ 121.558.55
. 280,372.70
L 355,477.31
. 133.626.57
_ 56.008.49
. 300,712.87
203,107.54
Bailey
Bandera
Bastrop
Baylor
Bee - 329,161.37
Bell 889,535.93
Bexar 8,930,611.23
Blanco 64,294.G7
Borden 33,106,42
Bosque 253,417.06
Bowie . - 728,301.91
Brazoria 1,198,084.75
Brazos 362,406.60
Brewster 180,790.88
Briscoe 101,965.89
Brooks 107.153.47
Brown — . 528,373.90
Burleson ...... 227,200.75
Burnet 135,912.54
Caldwell 543,760.32
Calhoun 155,545.77
Callahan 196.926.25
Cameron .2,891,540.66
Camp ... 147,700.66
Carson 484,663.88
Cass ......... 214,185.73
Castro - 112,325.05
Chambers — 205,791.56
Cherokee 409,252.80
Childress 315,601.50
Clay 328,050.44
Cochran 106,019.75
Coke 85,296.91
Coleman 368,225.34
Collin ...... 848,904.41
Collingsworth 184,659.13
Colorado 384,142.32
Comal — 294,174.31
Comanche 272,706.05
Concho 136,686.64
Cooke .... .... 489,778.69
Coryell 202,678.18
Cottle 216,372.87
Crane 230,170.16
Crockett 130,966.14
Crosby 214,947.03
Culberson 77,813.17
Dallam 311,881.38
Dallas 15,836,344.06
Dawson 184,858.19
Deaf Smith ... — 207,758.59
Delta — 264,233.96
Denton 595,811.99
DeWitt 479,811.08
Dickens 169,922.75
Dimmit - 192,399.33
Donley —- — 198,574.07
Puvaf 361,597.37
Edttland 1,137,798.07
Ector 209,268.43
Edwards — 103,539.79
Ellis -— — 946,619.89
EI Paso —... ..4,045,915.23
Erath 274,903.45
Falls 470,054.89
Fwrnin — — 554,590.69
■Fayette 394,999.54
Fisher 239,141.19
Flovd 249,805.00
Foard 123,722.42
Ffirt Band -—— 6WJ,068.76
Frav'ilift
Ft'WJtHii -••••• 300,061.25
Taxes
Delinquent
$520,908.29
40,228.66
565,161.66
311,572.80
221,860.82
73,685.12
383,220.07
134,177.79
134,606.16
8,518.82
273,012.25
95,967.04
127,409.41
940,569.84
7,958,613.01
27,040.84
20.040.49
66.721.04
711.234.77
780.898.78
289,341.36
89,337.23
105.538.96
95.630.48
574,471.91
373.432.59
14.948.05
408,157.49
243.924.60
224,489.33
4,186,931.07
140.938.74
260.569.79
707.912.24
112.693.07
120,477.82
186,947.32
311.047.08
172,881.84
156.320.15
52,952.51
266,668.46
795,030.12
172,483.88
271.646.16
53,631.15
241.589.38
85.068.49
253,340.76
131.781.80
258,67543
57,745.26
80,264.10
257,231.27
54,822.28
277,517.52
7,719,658.74
162,568.58
162,099.14
321,391.49
352.586.39
274,004.22
241,484.74
223,002,41
159,222.05
322,122.38
1,644,382.32
107,598.32
76,708.88
1,419,500.35
4,215,029.30
297,867.99
630,051.61
264,104.63
121,942.63
334,773.65
227.397.18
197,825.79
861,481.14
154.085.19
293,757.67
Frio - 195,212.01
Gaines 95,175.07
Galveston .....2,706,203.61
Garza 125,139.18
Gillespie 150,199.04
Glasscock 91,198.56
Goliad 158,885.89
Gonzales 302,690.94
Gray 915,607.19
Grayson 1,362,365.29
Gregg 529,246.89
Grimes 373,406.77
Guadalupe 416,770.46
Hale 516,970.97
Hall 338,220.13
Hamilton 229,357.68
Hansford 184,956.37
Hardeman — 304,797.77
Hardin 370,244.60
Harris 16,225,583.45
Harrison 593,030.24
111,002.34
286,127.04
252,659.77
185,387.81
379,820.00
Hartley
Haskell
Hays
Hemphill
Henderson
Hidalgo 3,113,527.54
Hill 692,512.66
Hockley 233,046.96
Hood 81,876.21
Hopkins 336,897.81
Houston ... 296,938.73
Howard ...— 447,077.74
Hudspeth 126.909.44
Hunt .............. 785,317.32
Hutchinson — 795,078.00
Irion 82,200.62
Jack 223,281.91
Jackson ... 361,277.09
Jasper ............ 269,626.46
Jeff Davis 71,872.19
Jim Hogg 81,756.42
Jim Wells ......... 272,449.54
Johnson ..... 699,337.83
Jones 401,777.46
Karnes 292,546.28
Kaufman ... ... 547,496.41
Kendall 99,753.87
Kenedy ... 32,331.73
Kent 88,328.51
Kerr —— 190,887.27
Jefferson .—4,883,307.78
Kimble 104,022.07
King 59,915.57
Kinney 102,438.90
Kleberk - 261,318.12
Knox ...— — 216,285.36
Lamar — 824,033.96
Lamb 298,486.58
Lampasas 141,077.58
LaSalle 100,823.01
Lavaca 361,006.36
Lee - 139,819.73
Leon 204,512.68
Liberty 605,307.82
Limestone 731,906.94
Lipscomb — ... 137,875.22
Live Oak 155,272.26
Llano 127,540.60
Loving 23,821.10
Lubbock ... 892,036.82
Lynn .... 165,293.41
Madison — 150,584.78
Marion 109,144.33
Martin 103,762.29
Mason 111,783.91
Matagorda
Maverick -.—....
MeCulIoch ........
McLennan 2,886,286.18
McWullen ..... 55,367.96
Medina — 255,219.54
Menard .... 102,839.26
Midland 325,060.63
. Milam ..........
207,573.86
271,254.46
205.695.54
62.65S.37
2,137,706.42
91.398.86
24,190.21
25.347.18
128,610.06
116.811.38
337,015.07
471.173.94
206,172,98
1,637.325.58
115,488.59
478.967.18
461,568.36
63,636.09
102,524.26
339.923.12
282,919.90
6.557,235.25
304,763.22
44.790.69
266,006.22
138,627.68
119,005.48
378,247.56
6,698,537.13
420.376.10
299,548.67
114.906.19
297.297.54
570.125.13
261,606.58
116.600.95
505.959.97
368.038.98
13,367.58
61,448.06
208,202.30
179,718.42
20,950.31
79.572.70
238,573.18
718,723.88
715,937.30
138,103.63
735,027.97
8,718.74
1,100.99
74,204.27
84,943.33
2,499,923.93
69,048.04
79,766.51
39,083.65
52,355.46
204,221.16
909,756.86
217,217.09
45,061.99
159,783.51
127.334.34
55,573.43
1,040,903.24
520,704.94
809.729.35
73,689.64
176,784.30
64,254.84
17,016.31
730,862.02
178,983.74
210,914.34
260.929.11
63,448.70
16,503.68
539,147.92
103,175.78
153,88949
1,138,365.46
15,465.03
526,992.58
49,413.49
Mills - - U6.995.07 60,896.72
Mitchell 263.532.85 284,848.19
Montague ..... - 385.672.38 200,121.12
Montgomery 316,841.10 125,534.97
Moore —135,211.05 43,248.50
Morris 81,234.57 50,105.86
Motley 163.995.60 126,327.16
Nacogdoches 330,800.19 678.510.84
Navarro 983.313.98 283.763.31
Newton 184.690.82 210,503.65
Nolan 414.332.10 311.660.25
Nueces 1.522.049.50 1.865,783.72
Ochiltree - 210,205.45 91,526.14
Oldham - 108,555.27 34.629.73
Orange - 546,642.51 967.318.32
Palo Pinto 376,414.41 593,078.71
Panola - - 207.273.99 478.936.87
Parker 345,354.47 243.733.40
Parmer 185.460.13 115,082.48
Pecos 970.075.86 155.855.21
Polk 244.437.37 359,885.58
Potter 2,084,060.75 860,543.05
Presidio 172,499.66 116,838.75
Rains — 67,435.08 49,987.49
Randall 193,059.55 123,789,64
Reagan - 319,708.50 42,048.02
Real - 38,126.86 18,115.81
Red River 288.127.98 140,867.92
Reeves 189,316.75 114,787.75
Refugio - 331,405.73 372,538.50
Roberts 76,172.79 37,909.97
Robertson •_ 343,602.27 455,605.98
Rockwall 127,358.52 106,956.62
Runnels 351,016.70 211,423.83
Rusk 340,366.00 627,832.00
Sabine 157,404.51 4,271,323.19
San Augustine 129,915.15 392,597.76
San Jacinto 141,341.28 424,251.38
San Patricio 379,156.90 393,554.26
San Saba — 185,616.69 149,740.97
Schleicher 95,466.76 21,947.09
Scurry 162,709.67 135,517.29
Shackelford - 236,281.93 136,581.96
Sherman - —- 281,490.61 118,291.52
Sherman 107,046.17
Smith ............. 815,450.49
Somervell 44,201.47
Starr -. 135.590.67
Stephens 664,085.36
Sterling 67,535.90
Stonewall 85,427.34
Sutton 136.225.42
Swisher 186.962.98
Tarrant 7,768.016.99
Taylor ...1.018.908.86
Terrell 92.835.31
Terry 165,445.13
Throckmorton 137.095.54
Titus 171,970.64
Tom Green 917.572.63
Travis 1,937.652.62
Trinity 178.072.07
Tyler 190,882.38
Upshur 191.671.37
Upton 322.186.58
Uvalde 289,584.25
Val Verde 317.721.74
Van Zandt 709,977.49
Victoria 469,111.46
Walker —— — 311.611.86
Waller 126,494.55
Ward 201,423.74
Washington ... 363,847.26
Webb 641,756.36
Wharton 916,348.05
Wheeler 281,970.01
Wichita —2,289,633.45
Wilbarger 691,785.33
Willacy 391,488.23
Williamson 793,877.00
Wilson 253,206.24
Winkler 452,405.22
Wise 298,900.52
Wood 240,491.49
Yoakum 35,443.94
Young 452,510.55
Zapata 30,198.98
Zavala ... 195,739.31
4,028,265.68
Ul,081.861
77,825.391
302,119.94
660,364.30
978,525.101
163,142.78 §de
162,792.191
176,556.751
194,305.00
758,627.30
197,012.481
95.776.36
156,625.12
386,643.28
59,513.021
1.143,746.51
83.010.11
342.911.50
2.285,413.49
494,817.23
686,923.12
341,733.26
103,587.70
126,369.64
222,200.54 |
80,413.28
43,661.92 !
387,802.69 j
55,405.02
135,180.30
EXAMINATIONS FOR CON-
SERVATIONISTS (FORRESTRY)
The United States civil service
commission will accept applica-
tions until December 12, for posi-
tions of conservationists (for-
estry) of various grades, to fill
vacancies under the forest serv-
ice. Department of Agriculture.
These new positions have been
created by the emergency work
approved by the Public Works
Board as a part of the National
Recovery Act program, and ap-
pointments may be only for the
duration of such work.
A separate list of eligibles in
each grade will be established
for each of the following op-
tional*: Erosion control, silvicul-
ture. range management, forest
or range ecology, forest econom-
ics, forest administration, forest
survey, forest recreation, and
forest land acquisition.
The salaries range from $2,600
to $6,400 a year, less a deducation
of not to exceed 15 per cent as
a measure of economy and a re-
tirement deduction of per
cent.
Full information may be ob-
tained from Homer T. Broadus,
secretary of the United States
civil service board of examiners,
at the post office in this city.
o
Joe Reid and Coleman Jackson
spent the week-end in Walters,
Okla.
We are carrying a full line of cotton-
seed products at the Balderston Grain Co.
warehouse.
Childress cotton oil mux, inc.
Phone L. D. 8
Childress, Texas
W. C. COTTEN, Local Agent
Phones 60 and 205-J
Dresses $6.95 and $13.95
All Coats J Off
The Violet Shoppe
PAMPA, TEXAS
635,383.31 289,886.58.
If AH the WOMEN Who Read the Ads
In The Canadian Record Came
to Your Store
sa •<
A
ft
—At One Time...!
You'd need 100,000 square feet of floor space. Whether
they ever will depends upon your inducement. But, the
market is there, as eager to read your message as the
next fellow's. If only a small percentage come to your
store your ad will pay big dividends. It's a market
worth inviting!
Advertise In THE CANADIAN RECORD
amok roll kei
SECOND SIX V
SCHOOL RELE.
[forty-seven pupils <
in public schools
honor roll for
weeks work, acco
jrt given The F
ik by F. N. Sawy<
jent.
jjn order to make
a pupil must have
|e of 80 per ce
of 90 per ce
lior class of the I
the first grade tit
having the largest
roll of any other
public schools,
in pupils.
honor roll foil
First Grade—Natal
m Studer, Frank Ja
,.tli Crow. Virginia !
jbbie Lane Wiggins
ira Young.
Second Grade—Pat
in, Nora Jean Lamb,
(jss, and Margaret P
Third Grade—Gerti
jd, Mildred Hill, 1'
J Dale Wotiey.
[Fourth Grade—Hel
jig Carol Bryant, Eli:
jider, Charles YVrigh
ib.
[Fifth Grade—Grace
Mary Sue Spilln
iwart.
[Sixth Grade—Billie
|bb,v Fowler, Bobb
•s and Harvey S\v
[Seventh Grade—Luc
|®, Alice Mae LaR
Callaway, Jr.
lighth Grade—Joe
Eleanor Morehead
[tinth Grade—Cleo
>le Hanna and
fledge.
[enth Grade—Elsie
:ell Lewis, Jakie G
it Earl Fisher a
lleventh Grade—Ag:
pa McCauley, Ea
ert >Dunn, Lavarr
|h Bruce and Helen
o
CARD OF THA
we wish to express
I thanks to our friet
jny kindnesses show
|our recent sorrow.
Irs. J. B. Burnette,
)Tr. and Mrs Smitl
i children.—Adv.
o—
fcr. and Mrs. F. D.
IPampa, Monday.
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