The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-09-25
SOMETHING ABOUT MORTGAGES
OVER TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
WORTH OF SWEARING.

SOMETHING ABOUT MORTGAGES
OVER TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
WORTH OF sWEARING.
Although Mr.. T. q. Mcclure ap.
peared before tho public last week in
the shape Of an editorial in the Press,
he maintained a most remarkable 81.
lence concerning the $4,000 returned
by the bookkeeper and SCENT at his
Sank Centre mills, and sworn to by him
as being tho amount Of asssssable mon
ey In his hands belonging to Mr.. Mo.
Clure. Whils Mr.. Mcclure under.
stands "subtraotioa aud division" re-.
markedly we'll, he SEEMS 10 this case
at least, to understand "silence''
still better. He very evidently
does not seem disposed to reveal to the
public tho process Of figuring by which
he Is able to take $4,000 from $1,000
and have $1,000 remain. But then
that $1,000 he swore to in his return
As being all the moneys aud credits be
vas in anywise possessed of In this
world is tho most remarkable 81 900 on
record. 1t not only suf6ces to run a
bank which, Mr.. Mcclure says,
"buys and sells exchange on the prin-
eipal cities in Europe; buys aud sells
gold aud silver, and United States
Bonds; also school and other local
bonds; sells foreign passage tickets,
&c., &c."-which is certainly cutting
out large amount Of business for =
small amount Of money-but it also
runs . grist mill Ut Sank Centre which
has now a contract to turn out over
$4,000 worth of -four inside of two
weeks Still more; it includes the
profits of Mr.. McClure's Office a. Re.
ceiver of the United States Land Office,
Of which the legitimate salary is So 900
per year. Most people would think
this to be quite enough for = single
thousand dollars to struggle along uu.
der. But it has to do still further and
heavier duty, and what this is will
presently be told.
In order to draw public attention,
away from himself and the, damaging
disclosures that have been made as to
the disreputable msans which he and
his business and political associates
have adopted to escape paying their
honest share Of the taxes, MI. Mo.
Clure stated that the editor of this pa-
per was interested 10 mortgages to an
amount beyond what he had returned
for taxation. Mr.. Mcclure will, We
know, be pleased to learn that he is
mistaken, and that all of tha money in
vested in these mortgages, which was
not deductlble by law or which had not
previously been returned for taxation
elsewhere, was returned here. Aud
now, having grati6ed Mr.. Mcclure in
this particular, We come to the matter
referred to above, 10 which that remark.
able $1,000 is again brought into
requisition. The county records show
that r. C. Nc Cure has $4,5l7 INCEST.
ed in mortgages IN this county. That
he has large amount similarly Sc
cured on real estate in other counties
is fact we'll known. But Mr.. Me-
Clure "solemnly swears' that he is, on
all accounts and in every way, possessed
Of but $1,000 Sin moneys, credits
and accounts !" So We see that to this
petty 81, 900 are charged bank, claim.
ing to do general banking business !;
the money employed in purchasing the
graio for and in running 4 giist mill
capable Of filing $4,000 -four con.
tract inside Of two weeks and $4,517.
in mortgages besides This thing is
so clear on its face that no :urther
words are needed to show the gross out.
rage Mr.. Mcclure, through peculiar
notions as to what the words "solemnlv
swear" mean, has perpetrated on the
tax payers of St. Cloud and Stearns
county.
The county records throw still fur
Their light on this little matter. They
show that Brother Nehemiah P. Clarke
has s6,065 secured BY mortgages
Turning to Brother Nehemiah's tax re-.
turn what do We find ? We find that
Nehemiah "solensny swears'' he has
not a single dollar invested ia mort.
cages !! Which il trile over $4,000
worth of very hard swearing on the
part Of Nehemiah, at the expense of
the honest tax Payers of the county.
Leaving MIR. McClure's bank and
Sank Centre mill both to be Offset by
his remarkable $1,000, We fod that, in
the single matter Of mortgages, these
two individuals, T. G. Mcclure and N.
P. Clarke, have $1o,582 in "moaeys,
credits and accounts" of which they
make 10 return and which they spear