The Grange advance., 1874-06-03
Taxes.


teresting literature to study over in the
shape Of tax bills. County towns have
been a point, d. auantage for weeks
to hear comments. They usually
run something after this style: " Here
Jones, what do you say to that" pre-
senting good fat tax bill. "Oh,
Smith, keep quiet, look at that" pre-
senting bill still more exorbitant.
This may be made profitable study
in connection with, Where does the
money go?" Think and investigate as
much as you please, but don't growl, un.
til you can answer the question, /" Who
is to blame?" Remember the farmers.
unitedly, have the power to shape the
institutions Of the State in their own
way. The State institutions are exact
ly what you permit them to be. So
long as farmers will trust others to do
what should be done by themselves,
they must take the consequences, good
or bad.
Every man inquiries within himself
''ls there any hope that these evils will
end ?" {" Not if the Court knows her,
self and we think she does.'' Next
winter there will be solemn ESSAY
written by the Governor of the Legisla.
tive Assembly. It will start off with
thanks to heaven for untold blessings
upon the farmers and people; then it
will laud the enterprise, industry, and
thrifs of the State ; then it will have
some manufactured tables to show the
unbounded prosperity of the farmers {;
then it will compliment the State Of:
ticers about the Capitol; and probably
hint that some of those highly talented
gentlemen find it inconveuient to get
along on salary Of three or four thou
sand dollars, and will ask generous
legislature to fix suitable increase
Next all the State institutions. with
the enormous expense attached to each.
will pass under review, and end with
saying, that " however burdensome thev
are upon tax payers, no means has been
found out to diminish the expense. -
''The usefulness Of three Normal schools
SO bountifully provided for by the State
has been fully tested and approved.
When the young ladies are we'll educat-
ed, and their habits of industry de-
stroyed, they make excellent wives for
tor professional men, and assist in keep.
ing up the tone of society" Certainly
the laboring farmer, who, when he can
spare them time, has the occasional ad.
vantage OF the common schools. for his
children, will not begrudge his money
that supports these Normal establish.
ments.
Then the message will probably have
a corner paragraph something like this
I'VE are sorry to be forced to admi,
that some arrangement has been dis
covered in the accounts of an important
disbursing officer, which in short timt
will probably be satisfactorily ex
planned"
Then the message will conclude as al
such documents do conclude, that every
thing is joyful and the goose hang.
high" "
| Then the legislature will commence t,
pow-wow, and it will pow~wow, an<
pow-wow, and pow-wow sixty days. an,
then suddenly conclude the Governo
was about right, except in the omission
OF several items of expense amountin.
in all to the small sun Of about $50.
100, which it is necessary to add t,
the apprehension bill, and which vii
require small percentage to be addet
to existing tax rates.
That's the scay the money goes,
Pop goes the aceasel.
BLOOMINGTON FERRY, May 3lst, 1874.