Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

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We reply:
ellen Rock assisted in the ell
ection of each one of the commits
sioners, and so must admit that they
act as her representatives. But they
have done nothing thus far but to ask
the legal voters of the county tie
questions: "shall we issue $3.50, 900 in
bonds, due in twenty years; and shall
we Ieavy a tax on your property each
year to pay the interest thereon at
eight per cent per annum, anda tax
to pay the principal in ten years after
1890" If the voters say no-nOthing
further can be done. If they say yes
then when we get the road, the
bonds viii be issued. So, Nj. Wright,
you see that nothing can be done by
your representatives without the con-
sent of the people.
2.-As no tax is levied without
the road is first built Sc you can
see that property for public s is not
taken until compensation is fully
made. ios 4at 0,io1 ear
S.-No property belonging to the
public is taxed. No property devoted
to scientific, benevolent and religious
societies, not used with a view to pc
cuniary profit, is taxed. All other
property should be, and most other
property is. MI. Wright says that
the farmers have no schools, churches
and cemeteries, and that the people
in the towns have, and thus are ia
vOred by way of taxation. We are
truly sorry for Mr.. Wright, if he is
compelled to live in so heathenish a
country as he states; but we will ven
ture the assertion that there is not
another farmer in Glen Rock precinct
that would admit that they deprive
themselves of these evidences of civ
ilizatiOn. We can point you to several
churches, and fine ones too, and to
school houses innumerabIe in the
country and as to cemeteries, if there
are but few, it is because our general
health is so good that our necessities
in this direction are not great. The
So road tax levied upon each quarter
section is a burden to the farmer, is it ?
Well, we happen to know that when
the last Legislature sought to change
this as wrong in principal, every far
mer in that body opposed any change,
saying as it now stood the Spectator,
whose quarter section was worth but
$500, paid as much road tax as the
farmer, whose property was worth as
many thousands, and from the fact
that the present law of So per quarter
section was a discrimination in favor
of the farmer it was permitted to
stand. AS the law now stands, ami
mails not two years old, wool shorn
from sheep, all crops raised within the
year, and all farming improvements to
the value of 81, 900, are not taxable.
We do not speak of these matters
complainingly, but simply to show
that the farmer is not taxed more
than others. We are not taxed upon
our incomes, but upon the property
which the government protects in our
interests and for our comfort.
Mr.. Wright complains because that
knowledge which the Judge, Clerks,
Treasures, Teacher, Preacher, Law
yer, Doctor, Agents, Superintendent,
Editors" &C., gain from reading the
county papers and from other similar
sources, is not taxed for the public
good. We have no comments to make
upon this topic. If Mi. Wright will
propose some plan by which the Gov
eminent a favor ignorance, we will
consider its provisions in some future
article. 1t might be well to offer a
premium in this direction. We would
like to enquire if Mr.. Wright opposes
the School tax. A portion of the IL
cense of rum shops in cities goes for
general education in the county, and
the balance to pay for the police reg
ulation; and we happen to know that
every dollar a city collects in license,
she is compelled to pay out two to
suppress the unlawful acts of those
who drink the liquor thus sold.
Aft, after all, the ground work of
Mr.. Wright's opposition is found to be
that Brownville may reap some adj
vantages by the building of those
roads, then we lose time in consider
ing any of his objections, because we
could not if we would, prove that
BrOwnville would not reap a portion
of the m benefits which the
county would receive if the roads
were finished. Neither are we so
narrow minded as to oppose the road
from the fact that it may run through
Brownville, Glen Rock, and Wash
precincts, or up the west bank
of the Missouri river. We shall be
glad if the roads are built in and
through our county, without enquir-
ing where. We know that the points
which secure depots will pay dear
enough for the privileges purchased.
5.-The increased valuation benefits
the farmer, whether he wishes to sell
or keep his farm. Why does it in
crease the value of his farm 2 Because
it increases the value of every bushel
of grain raised by cheapening the
transportation to market. The farm
from which you can sell corn at 90
cents a bushel is worth more, and will
bring more ready cash, than the farm
by virtue of its distance from cheap
transportation whereon corn can be
sold for only forty cents. And this
difference of ten cents on every bushel
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