Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-10-14
Err Every Taxpayer 10 Rsaa--yessens for Home
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third of the labor Of our county has been
Withdrawn BY that proportion Of our IA.
boring men leaving for the war Such
withdrawn labor is being compensated for
the tine being, by a return Of the earn
ings Of soldiers, bat this viii not last
| always; by and by will commence drain
! of the money now received from soldiers to
pay the taxes to be levied for paying this
very same soldier MONEY that government
has borrowed: Such taxation must con-
tinue long-peshaps be bufthen upen
our property during our lives. Say we in
Grant are receiving annually near quar-
ter Of a million of dollars; this may be
counted by some as Eelt income, mas
much as the soldiers are clothed and fed
by government; bnt large as the sum is it
will be oyerreached by forthcoming taxa
tor. 1t is true, government has it in con-
temptation to seize and appropriate the
rebel lands by States, then sell them and
thereby realize largely, perhaps quite
enough TO pay the expenses OF this war.
But we hesitate about believing that this
stupendous undertaking can ever succeed.
Better for us to calculate upon the worst
and count upon raising annually by a tax
in Grant County of tsenty-6ye to fifty
thousand dollars.
Thus far, war matters haze been got
along with in oar county remarkably well.
We have so far raised our quota of men as
to avoid the draft for the present., ard, we
think, for the future. By the manage
ment Of our leading men, Grant County is
not now burthened with debt of $4,000
to 100000 bounty money to induce men
to enlist-or rather to effect their not en-
listing as has been proven TO be the result
Of heavy bounties in other counties. Grant
has thus proven herself loyal as wei! as
prudent and wise in financial management.
y &c are a loyal people and financially
sound. The county is clear of debt, and
50 we believe of eve:y town and corpora
ton IN the county.
Now we want to be able to say the
same Of every individual that We have said
for The county and towns-that the people
are free ON debt, solvent and ready to
meet the forthcoming taxations.
To this end let every man and woman
give attention, now while legal tender
treasury notes are plenty and prices of hor-
se., cattle, and, We guess, hogs, are pretty
well up. Let everything that will sell
for .sioerable price be sold at once, and
then apply the proceeds to that mortgage,
that store debt or other claim.
And too, the hold RS of mortgages are
beginning to find out that lands arc to be
but slightly taxed; they also begin to fear
these legal tender notes, which are already
near IS per cent discount; they fear you
may be able TO pay up in these legal tend
ers, and thus reverse the % per cent upon
them which they used to make out of you
in the shape Of usury. And so they think
.of shifting their mortgage claims into lands.
This will enable you to square up with
them in lands, and it will he better for you
ID do 50 than to hold on TO more land than
you can cultivate. Forty, or fifty or sixty
acres of land is all that any one Of you can
profitahly cultivate; twice that number Of
acres is more than you can farm naless
with hired labor; and mind you, hired
labor is to be very dear for some years.
Bctterto sell off your surplus lands and pay
your debts than to suffer bankruptcy BY
hired labor, paying interest, paying taxes
and living in heated, constant dread Of see
ing the Sheriff Compromise with those
you owe by selling off 10 them half your
farms, rather than trusting to the TEACHER
Gus future.
When the citizens of OIL Grant put
their houses in order for such times as
must come. and which can well be done
during the financial plentifulness afforded
hy the war. then vii our county, and Ico-
pic be vastly ahead Of their neighbors Of
other counties and States.
Let every leading citizen in the county
who may read this article, 20 at once and
advise With his neighbor, f Ivy the EN-.
barassments Of your neighbo IS, your prop
erty is, in many senses, also holden and
made Of less value. Advise with him
may le il you arc able. hay some Of his
property and thus help him out of the
yoke. Above all things, help 10 stop in
terest paying. for in all conscience tax. pay
ing will require enough Of the public earn
,n,rs Cav that favafi,,n N i'll Yg,.,;r @ .