White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-04-16
Delinquent Taxeb.

Cd Delinquent T8xee.l ssiaas
! We observe that the entire pres Of TIL
State is severe but just in its denunci..
tions Of the law passed by the last Leg
islature. cutting down printers prices 70,
advertising delinquent tax. lists. three
iiftbs on lands. and one half on town lots.
It, Is nigeardly low, and renders ia.
list scarcely . paying job, We should
like for any Of the members who favored
the reduction, to have the job Of getting
ont the lists we publish. At the rates they
have established. !. Il would be pleasan,
to hear them grunt and grumble. 7es
I'VE were ,hs only printer in, either
branch Of the Legislature, and did our
best against the imposition in the Senate.
but to no purpose. Almost every mem
her admitted that we were right, and
that the law was very unjust to printers :
but. they argued. the bill had been de.
lsyed to the last 81 ,ha session. there were
many good festures in it. aud if any
amendments whatever were made, it
might defeat the bill. Therefore. they
perpetrated an acknowledged injustice.
in order to, sacoss certain provisions in
the tax law. However. the amendment
relative to printers fees, would not have
defeated the bill. 'i'.' 9a5,l =
We cannot see what economy there
is in this reduction. Three fonrths Of the
Delinquent lands belong to nonresident
SPECTATORS. Yet. to favor them, the
Legislature has cut down to starving pri-
ces. the wages of printers. who are
welding an immense influence in build
ing up the prosperity Of the State. AL
though the County pays for the deliu-
qnent advertising. yet in reality the ex.
pense is not borne by the people; for the
lands are holden for the costs. and those
who buy them. pay all the penalties and
costs upon them. Printers must work
for these non-residents and careless res
idents at less than half price. and take
their pay in County Scrip. and sell that
At fifty cents. or at seventy five at most.
1t costs more to set up delinquent lists
than common reading matter. and it
compels printers to go to considerable sx-
pense. to be able to do the work. We
spent over $50 cash for figures. quads
and sorts, TO enable rs to get out the lists
which We publish. and then we were bard
pushed to ''make the connection
The men who gave themselves extra
pains to cut down printers fees. were
Click. of Atcbison. Mitchell. of Dong.
las. and Griffith, Of franklin. members
Of the House. Atchison. Lecompton. and
Minineola ! A precious team! Click
is down on printers generally. because
some of them have exposed his secesh
proclivities. Mitchell has large quantities
of land and ia agent for foreign spectators.
who are almost exclusively benefited by
the reduction of advertising fees. Grit.
fifth is one, of those misery souls. who
was troubled with economy generally. ex-
cept in cases touching himself, and sought
to make capital with his constituents al
most exclusively BY Buncombe rstrench-
ment resolutions and hills.
This printer. Q! the State owe 1t to
TO remesn Der those worthless
who carried this measure through
When election time approaches. they are
all DESTROYS OF aid from printers. Sup
port enlightened. liberal-minaea men
not those who wonld vote debt of S25.-
600 to $4,000 upon the State. apd
then seek to cconomiA by robbiag the
poor printer of his just wages.
The proprietors Of the State Record
also deserve cheap" Of thanks from
their brethren Of the craft. They pro-
posed to issue a Diily during the ses-
sion. The session closed. they o.
nonncei that their last daily issue
would appear on that day. The tax law
was 30 take effect from and after its pub
LEGATION. in the .Dsily Record. Failing
in that. it would not be in force until
published in the Statute Book. The law
was too late for insertion in the Daily
Record ; but. in order to curry favor with
some individuals. with view to future
they several days afterwards
issued another number Of their Daily. for
the express purpose Of putting law in
force which robs printers. Shame on
them VS.