NEBRASKA
PROSPERITY LEAGUE
A Statewide, Nonpartisan
Organization of Tax-
payers
VICE-PRESIDENTS
WESLEY P. ADK NS
SOUTH OMAHA
JOHN ALBERTSON
MERCHANT. FENDER
DR. C. C. ALLISON
SURGEON
GEORGE ANTIL
INVESTMENTS, BLAIR
X. M. BAIRD
HARTINGTON
J. L. BAKER
MANUFACTURER
J. W. BENDER
FARMER, HUMPHREY
ALFRED BRATT
INVESTMENTS. GENOA
CHAS. H. BROWN
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT.
W. J. BURGESS
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS
HARRY V. BURKLEY
PRINTER
W. M. BUSHMAN
STORAGE
ALBERT CAHN
MANUFACTURER
LOUIS S. DEETS
STOCKMAN, KEARNEY
E. M. FAIRFIELD
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS
JOHN N. FRENZER
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS
DR. R . GILMORE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
T. V. GOLDEN
CAPITALIST, O'NEILL
FERDINAND HAARMAN
MANUFACTURER
J. J. HANIGHEN
CONTRACTOR
FRED D. HUNKER
ATTORNEY
FRED D. HUNKER
WEST POINT
FRANK B. JOHNSON
OMAHA PRINTING CO.
C. J. KARBACH
INVESTMENTS
HON. J. T. KEELEY
VALENTINE
P. J. KELLY
MERCHANT, NIOBRARA
FRANK B. KENNARO
CAPITALIST
JACOB KLEIN
MERCHANT, BEATRICE
BUD LATTA
RANCH OWNER, TEKAMAH
E. M. F. LEFLANG
CAPITALIST
0. W. MEGEATH
COAL OPERATOR
JOHN A. MOHRBACHER
INVESTMENTS, WYMORE
SOPHUS F. NEBLE
PUBLISHER
FRANK A. NIMS
RETIRED FARMER, FALLS CITY
J. J . NOVA
BANKER, WILBER
J. J. O'CONNOR
ATTORNEY
GEORGE PARR
MERCHANT, NEBRASKA CITY
HON. WATSON L. PURDY
LAND OWNER, MADISON
THEODORE REIMERS
STOCKMAN . FULLERTON
CARL ROHDE
RETIRED FARNER, COLUMBUS
JOHN G. ROSICKY
PUBLISHER
J. C. ROTH
INVESTOR, FREMONT
JOHN SCHINDLER
STANTON
W. H. SCHMOLLER
JOBBER
THEODORE H. SERK
STOCKMAN, NELIGH
G. E. SHUKERT
MANUFACTURER
HARRY E. SIMAN
WINSIDE
PAUL E. SKINNER
MANUFACTURER
A. F. SMITH
JOBBER
N. A. SPIESIBERGER
WHOLESALER
HON. P. F. STAFFORD
NORFOLK
WILLIAM STORK
INVESTMENTS, ARLINGTON
ROBERT C. STREHLOW
CONTRACTOR
GEORGE B.TYLER
INVESTMENTS, HASTINGS
A. J. VIERLING
PRES. PAXTON & VIERLING
IRON WORKS
THEODORE WIDAMAN
STOCK BUYER, AURORA
C. B. WILLEY
ATTORNEY, RANDOLPH
S. N. WOLBACH
MERCHANT, GRAND ISLAND
R. M. WOLCOTT
MERCHANT, CENTRAL CITY
HON. OTTO ZUELOW
MAYOR SCHUYLER
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Prohibition
and
Increased Taxation
A Message from
Governor Capper of
Kansas
***"Kansas, in common with other
states, has experienced in the last decade an increase
in the cost of government and the burdens of taxation,
far beyond the increase of population. In twelve years
public expenditures have increased 68 per cent in the
state; 77 per cent in the county; 153 per cent in the
city; 119 per cent in the township; 132 per cent for
schools."***
This
quotation is taken word for word from an official message
from Governor Capper of Kansas to the Legislature of
Kansas, 1915 session. The message is dated Jan. 12, 1915,
is signed "Arthur Capper, Governor," and appears on pages
11- 17, of the official Senate Journal, State of Kansas,
1915.
The attention of the reader is called
to the fact that taxes have increased enormously in
Kansas, a prohibition state.
The Nebraska Prosperity
League
OPPOSED TO STATE PROHIBITION. IN
FAVOR OF LOCAL OPTION, HIGH LICENSE
President, L. F. CROFOOT Treasurer,
W. J. COAD Secretary, J. B. HAYNES
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NEBRASKA
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