The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-03-29
The River Improvement.


ice, Of the River Improvement Tax. The writer
take. an entirely new shoot; and his views are
something ike those We have frequently heard
expressed by some o! our country friends--who!
Is se!fish-ex,eedingy fearful that they might
DO one or the other favor which would not be
reciprocatst.
We are sorry to fad such feelings existing Ell
Their in or town or in the county. We should all
reeelect ths, the m,ere.,s Of the town and the
surrounding country ATE identical what promotes
one, will promote the other No CITY can grow
up v,;hou, country 70 support 1t, and no coun-
try cau be ;iics7 populated without marke.
for ~ produce. The one j. indispensable to the
other II we do not make yh,s improvement this
wear. perhaps We never Will, FOR this Is an inn
portsut vt,r With Ottawa. five make tbs the
lead Of navigation sni form connection be.
tween the cans, ard r,vcr. ~e viii assume m inn.
por;au.s which WI. Immediately shape other i'm
puriau, measures, tia; Sge now maturing IL oar
/ favor
Msssrs EG,.o-s. The election is nov close a,
| hand when the voters Of ,hjs town will be called
upon to SAY Nhetas: DIZZY are fer Or against the
flnr m!i tax for TIE .ul Improvement Of the river.
I have stood by. paayat.y, and watched the
movements, oi riu-s in reference 20 ihi- ,lb'cc,
ever since the J.l Aa. T'as,1d and, =, before the
subject came directly t,frc the people / sta
am opposed - this tax. aud for the following
reasons
/ lst The masses # err c...ens VIII n0: he
benefited b. ., Il must De remembered thai
more tl1G u,He teU,hs 81 oHr citizens are NE
chapics ana merchants. We make al honest l.v-
us bv lls sweat uf uGr urov- We lays s.,
much to GJryv as we can -e; a,,,g with, and
receive a g0od price iHr orr labor Double the
population IN tIHs town and vOv double cumpeu
ton, an We vii receive no more, aud perhaps
/ less per day ;lr o.r labor, while ., the same
Z time We wul have % pay double what We Dow
90 for everything veea'. Tie butcher vi. have
to paw doubt. what he row does for his beef AND
ne VIII charge - tle same Who cous-we d.
y, viii have to paw more for -four, butter eggs.
potatoes-n short, a.. kinds Of pro'-icn- ~.
rise IN price while wages and me,harlca. pro
duc,on7 will be run down to the lowest notch
by competition. Is il not 20 in every a-E" city
! II will have tie same etJcc, on he mcrrlau. and
the LAWYER The larger our town tLl greater
will be the competition, and the greater iGs CON
petition the cheaper Is labor and merchandise.
. . Ii is ,1xiu. he town Of Ottawa. exclusively
fyt the benefit O.. the country.
According to the 'aNie Won published some
time s;pcq md which believe /. nearly correct
{, will b.. .e,u TIA, The total amoput ui taxable
rroner,v in the towns, prepared TO be taxed is
\ ll!iIe over 3 100000. gf this, The town ui o.
tayy, In, nearly $500 C0, or unc.6ih and ~
another wear when the canal lands will be assess.
ei it vii. be more than orc.Aa.i Leaving nui
S9u.h Ottawa, We viii have - pay more tax 10
wards Ibis work thu, nil lie 9th. towns pg: TO-
ccthsr: while. O, have shown sb,,c. We viii
in fact derive go benefit from II " pu.y
create nm .grrqr,s-, for r,r,.,gfst. 10 come hire
who vii. run ID the products Of the farmer
willie tl,o labor n the ,Ia-l,ri, and ,-.-s.r, ID,
ierrscia,ed Whv We viii have 10 nav more ,Ix
on the ezra rri.c # . load of rt,s,o..s ,f,v
pfub,bIy all tie tax which tho man who rai.e5
them will have 70 nav towards The ,g-rryye.
nert Of tie river
lam WILLING that The citi,ars rr Ottawa shor'i
exercised l5ert, Motley towards the surrounding
country. but am TO, willing to be taxed 10 81.
rich a sc, Of men who hive no more syrgu.ilv
far IA than what ia. H,,es Will buv LET -
vote hi, Enforcement tax. and the town will
soon have d,,,l'a or tr,hle the er.ogpt of t8Y,.
lie rropcrt- Tho county eyran.e, Mil lie NJ,
more than ,Asy are now. the egn.soyercs vi,l
be that the county tax viii Be much less than /,
!. now Tie farmer who nonnpoliras the .uiI If
our county. and i1 whose lu,ine,. there can te
no competition. instead Of ra..ne from 10 10 -
mill, county and state take, viii NOT nav more
than from to S. and perhap, sill loss. and
sill ye. HIGHER price. for his pr,Iuce and for m.
land All th, difference. Indirectly comes ou, Of
the town Of O,tawg the mechanics and merchants
will have to nav forll The bMck,mitb, will get
no more fer sLoeiDy Horse tie wagner viii
49,, a.. &C.,. .. $500. ~
will get no more fir voIr r9per AMI for your lob
work : the merchant will ,,nt ma NOR. for 4,
goods and the l.b,rqr no more hi. labor The
iandLolder.. stockholders and farmer, viii he
enriched willis the merchant. mechanic, lob5rers