Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-30
CRYING EVILS.
Rail road Taxes in High Rates Of freight
Real Estase ~ NecuFfty-Inem
Client Criminal Laws.

EDITORS APPEAL-While very much
graUriad, As paying taxpayer, at the agita-
ZION now going on in the pub ic mind in refer
enca 10 various reforms that are supposed TO
be demanded for the promotion OF the general
welfare, permit me to say that less attention
is PAID 70 some OF those proposed reforms than
are entirely overlooked. Among the latter l
will mention the determinations against our
own citizens and cities, and especially the
city OF Memphis, snd in favor OF those OF
other States, by railroads built by our own
money. Though 1 do not profess 10 under
stand this matter thoroughly, IL is notorious
that thus end Of our state, and particularly
Memphis, hg long been victims OF outrage
Gus impOsitions at The hands OF those rail-
roads, and our Immediate representa- YES
should familiarize themselves with the cues
ton, and, IL ros ihle, provide remedy. An
other cry ~ e,f ON which our city suffers,
is The difficulty obtaining loans upon real
properly aE 7s1su1Ly, on account OF the
p'htl c-u5 said - Ds presented BY our laws.
Air OV-riOn very wisely attempted, while q
mrub sr II the last legislature, TO remove
these legal OBSTACLES but his law IL said to be
still imperfect q would be an useless waste
OF words to make an argument 10 convince
this community that The introduction OF
foreign capital ana lle rendering Of money
pienti nj ard easy TO be borrowed on proper
security and the establishment and foster-
Ing of factories would be vastly beneficial.
Yet our cOnstl tuition declares that taxes
shall be equal and piform throughout the
STATE" and fOrbids the encouragement OF the
introdnct on OF money and factories by even
our greatest needs is the reformation OF our
criminal laws. We must all confess that
homicide is in our Stats OF more frequent Oc-
currence than It ought TO be, and that II Is
seldom adequately punished. Although
enorm ously tsxed % support a government
created mainly 10 protect life and property,
we al distrust its efficiency, and not sci
dom hnd we are left 10 cur own
resources for the preservation OF our
lives from violence. Did it never occur
TO You that perhaps 10 this cause more
than TO any other The Trenton massacre was
ascrlbable. Then, too, the execution Of these
inefficient or minal laws is said to be ex-
cessively expensive. II these statements are
correct, comment is unnecessary. The nee r
lily Of reformation will be admitted by all
good and sensible men. The writer OF this
com NJ Unicstion is a humble citizen, who
usually takes hut little interest in political
questions and he may attach undue import
Rnce to the reforms herei indicai ed. but ne
eels confirmed that his views are sustained
oy many Of his feilow-citizens, and, the efors,
;alls attention to them, with the hope that
possibly the candidates for the legislature
nay be induced 10 express an opinion upon
hem previous to the election. Na<ue and !
GENERAL promises Of reform are easily made |
md east Y evaded. The people want specific |
md deduiie declarations, so that when their |
representatives. return from the legislature |
hey NAV visit upon them their 1ust con- /
len nation, or to ssy tn them, " Vel done thou
Cd and Jtfatll}iH sertdJlts." j.