New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-29
JORRERH OR ROBBERY
HOW TIE STATE IS ROBBED Ell BROKERS
ANiCE LITTLE RING TO BE SMASHED


ltha, cs1re:s the knowledge .; GoNeIHCf
Kellogg that rig OF brokers has enjoyed
all the fat of the tax collections Tor some
time past. The saoG,.s operGaG. OF securing
the funds 0: tue State for a small cOnslGeTa-
ton, which is at once unique and business
Ike. and has perhaps all the requisite forms
of legality. Z Ist a.. :l.e essence c1 EoE"sty.
is ii. follows:
Il had often been wondered 4. '.at tax
collectors employed broker. 20 make :ue-T
settlement. with the Treasurer. 3G: Il
proposition made 70 some q The newly &I'-
pointed collectors. anl which they promptly
laid before :Le proper Authorities, leaves
TIL. mystery 10 lurger. ire proposition
can best he eiuc!Ga..G oy conversation
which took place:
Broker-..Vtll. nine :Ien:. yea makes a
settlement: pretty soon. an. yon ..Ees 20
make monish, amt =
Tax Cc!lsc.or-"YOa guess We. eEvusE
to have been born Yankee
Brcker-"I shows you how ]: car be done
5000 .are ver yOI makes ne your agent.
Col!ec.o.-.Eo going !: Lind, Cd boy.
Show yous hand. II lis tair. count me in
BrokeI-"Teil. Won see te!e !s Sl0,Go0
general fund warrants which ! bought az
forty cents. You lave collected for licenses
$4,000 General Assembly warrants which
are worth eighty cents. clear prom OF
one hundred per cent, or $1,000, Il We can
change them. Don. you see # puts your
General Assembly warrants in my safe and
take $4,000 cash in one hand and ny cheap
warrants in the other, 60 20 the Treasurer
and say. Here. Mr.. Dubucle:. is an honest
tax collector who pays yon al! Il green.
backs-no warrants Then DGbuclet takes
nv $4,000. and push al HIN my cheap
warrants and demand It ali back again.
When I comes 20 mine office we have made
$1,000 clear and divide
Collector-"AIl very well, NY hoy. but
suppose Mr.. Treasurer " ont give tie money
back again =
Broker-"He can: hep i. The courts
have decided that he must pay the frs; de-
mand after he receives payment OF funds,
and don't you see pay and demand al :he
same time and pick out my own chance
On, don't get scared; Ire cone Il Ctteh!"
Collector-"That's a shrewd dodge; but It
is the general desire to get these preference
warrants into the treasury ard Cancelled.
Your scheme would knock the plans Gt
our State fnanciers into cooked hat"
Broker-.Oh. oh F.! you're green YET. Al
the governments Louisiana ever had talked
that way. Why. with those 100000 OF pre-.
ference warrants by ny plan we can pay
two millions. three mi!.ions-any possible
amount O. taxes that can be collected
3u. for once this cunning public plum
Gtrer was mistaken. and Oyerreached him.
SELF. Louisiana has go: al executive Ge-
termined TO rescue the State frou. :Ee :oiis
of the harpies, and i is with pride. We say.
his efforts are ably secondedd by the heads
of the several departments. and ov the :n.
teves:ed tax collectors themselves.
Promptly measures were adopted 20 pre-.
vent such services from. being etectually
pu. in operation in the future. and it seems
extremely .ikely that If tax collector !s
incompetent to make !is own settlement
hereafter. lie VIII be deemed incompetent
20 hold Office.
Other steps 20 protec: the treasury. and
20 regulate the mode o: paying ont the
funds. viii be developed in due time-we
dc not care 20 mention them prematurely.
It may seem arbitrary. bu: we fully believe
public opinion will sustain such q step, II
when these preference warrants are ao-
sorb ed! the iule be adopted 20 pay the
general fund warrants in the order OF
their date Of issue. or of their number.
Sound. .eve! heads are at work on the prob
lem. however. and some remedy viii surely
DE found for Al! these evils which now at