The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1863-05-09
The Economy Of Fools.

Tho Economy Of Fools.
Our last Legislature in ct of econo
my perpesrated an act Of injustice to ths
printers Of the State. in cutting dowr
the price for advertising Delinquent
Taxes and Redemption Notices, to such
figures IS will hardly more than cover
expenses; and this. too. when every
article used BY printers has advanced
from City to one-hundred per cent.
Now. if this measure really benefit
ted any one 10 any considerable extent,
it would not be SO bad; but while i,
robs the printer it does no one else any
practical good.
Let US make this plain. The old Law
gave the printer. IS cents for publish
ing each description Of land and 10
cents for each town lot; tie presen, Law
gives 10 cents for land and FIVE cents
for lo,-that s,lhis wonderful econo-
my lifts the enormous sum Of FIFTEEN
CENTS! from a quarter section of land.
and FIVE CENTS from q town lot
That is all ! absolutely all that it
does /! Now . quarter of section Of
lard that will be burdensd BY IS cents.
or town lot BY 5 cents. is not worth
having [! And yet this is the economy
which the assembled wisdom of our
legislators brought forth after 6fty days
of incubation /! Surely the fools are
not all dead yeti!
Now TO save this small pit;ance 10
land sharks aud Spectators. who as a
general thing. do not live in the State
the printers are made to suffer. Five
cents Is little amount, but when you
put one thousand Of them together i.
makes fifty dollars. and that was all the
profit the printer had for his 1000 de-
scr'piions-now he has noae. So Is
cents rs rs nothing laid down on a
quarter section of land; but when Eve
hundred OF them are put together il
makes SIS. and that was what the
printer made for his FIVE hundred de.
scr'P'lons Of land; now lie can clear
himself BY close economy!
But suppose the county becomes the
purchaser of the land, then villa. /?
w'il cot your aggregates 100, up against
the treasury? Yes. they foot up an /
Seceme a lien upon the land q, ft7y per
cent. per qnnum' II fany one can make
. better investment THAI that, with as
: good security. We should like TO fnd
him and take an interest in the enter.
pfiss. II the land is ever worth a,v
t"ng'ths county is making money very
: rapidly BY this investment.
'aa A"e ''"'h IS. the law is Of advantage
70 no class except those who neclec, o,
refuse TO pay their taxes, and then only
I" The rate Of s Cents a lot, and I;
cents quarter! We venture to saw
that City DAYS labor of assembled as.
:, : sa"inity never before produced any
Thing SO eon'empiibly ridiculous and
.s stupidity absurd! But these sayaus
must do something or burst: and thev
o'd. They performed the gigantic fea,
OF hii'ng Is cents from I6O acres OF
land Ia feat exactly corresponding
win their mental capacity!
Bot these fellows were not only fools
they were also hypocrites. While they
made loud professions Of desire for
economy and under that plea robbed
Tue PRIMER Of a just compensation for
his labor, they voted themselves over
$4,000 worth of Daily papers, and stole
the peoples money to foot tie I'LL,
Now We should like to see the men
who can beat that? Who can show
cleaner record than this-cleaner Of
honesty!
FoLLy RosBERY! TaKrr
Lei the words be written in large capi-
sals on the brow of each man who
voted himself Dailies and then voted to
cheat the printer.
II we had ever been guilty Of such
stupidity. sel6shness and injustice. We
shosld feel tempted to "cover our face
in shame and hide our head in con.
fusion" But these poor legislative
n'nn'es haven't sense enough to know |
that they have exhibited their euor- |
nous sass. but actually A.t,er them. |
ssIvss.as did their silly n.mesake when
covered with The lions skinl
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