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Newspaper
The Spanish American
Location
Roy, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1912
Page
4
Publication details show Mora County Publishing Co of Roy New Mexico with a weekly edition published every nettrday and a subscription price of 1.50 per year. The notice marks it as second class matter at the front office in May Ni Ni.
The piece criticizes New Mexico tax fairness noting 60,000 real estate owners but fewer than 10,000 tax payers on assessment rolls and 85,000 voters with under 40,000 poll tax payments. It argues the $200 exemption shields the poor and near-poor, with railroads, cattle and real estate owners paying most of the actual taxes while many locals evade.
A Santa Fe New Mexican column critiques tax fairness, noting that many small landowners evade taxes while a financier valued at $25,000 earns only a fraction of that burden. It also mentions Hiram Maxim predicting weak armor plate and a humorous reference to Brer Bryan.
Fragmented OCR shows an insurance pitch offering death and sickness coverage with specified benefits, ages 16 to 63, a $100,000 state deposit for policy protection, and a request to send age and occupation to Addida Dept 44 for further information.
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