The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-02-25

party affiliations, who desiie the success
of the principles of the Republican or
ganization, are cordially invited to join
in electing delegates to this Convention.
By order of the Committee,
A. T. WIKoFF,
Chairman Republican State Ex. Com.
J. C. DONALDSON, Secretary.
Mr.. EZRA BROWN criticises our criti-
cism of his article on pixies, in last weeks
paper. Mr.. B. started out in his former
article by charging that we favored a
two-miIl tax for that purpose, and this
week. says that no one attempted or
cared to assign us position in the mat
ter. He now wants US, If in favor of the
measure, to say SO. We again say that
it is not, in our opinion, the best plan
that might be devised to get us out Of
the mud, but that personally, at least,
we shall not oppose it. But let us
examine some of the arguments MIR. b.
has advanced against it, and which he
thinks DO one should gainsay. As if he
said
Il am Sir Oracle,
And when | ope my mouth
Let no dog bark
He saws that at least five hundred
miles of pixies will have to be built, and
thereupon figures up the immense sumit
will cost, and holds up the product to
frighten the already tax ridden people"
Let us look at that a little, Mr.. Brown.
If the people of this county had one
hundred miles of good roads built they
would be content Herewith, and that
amount of roads can be SO judiciously
distributed as to benefit every inhabi-
tant of the county. The taxable prop
erty in Hancock county, in round num-
bers, is S12, 400, 600, and two mills ON the
dollar will give US S24, 800 year to ex-
pend on our roads-sulficient to make
ten miles year, if carefully expended;
and in ten years, Mr.. b., one hundred
miles of pike will be bull ,and every acre
of land in the county will be enhanced in
value thereby from ten to forty per cent,
owing to its location on, or at distance
from said roads, TO say nothing of the
loss of time, wear anu tear of horsefiesh,
etc., incident to the present mud bound
state of the roads.
Now, any tax payer, With IA valuation
of $1,000, can easily calculate that it
will cost him just four dolldrs a year, in
addition to what he already pays, to
bring this about.
But Mr.. Brown is very anxious about
a ''tax ridden people" We admit that
taxes are oppressively high, but there is
not one of those ''tax ridden people"
but would be willing to raise a little
money to put IN safe Investment that
would nett them twenty per cent. and
once let us have ten miles of good mac
adamized road built where it is needed
and those tax ridden people" will bless
the day that a system OF good roads was
initiated in our county.
From the manner in which Mr.. Brown
argues this case one would come to the
conclusion that Findlay is to receive the
greater part of the benefit arising from
macadamizing the leading roads in our
county We have not one iota of SYM
pathy with this disposition, which so often
crops out, to array the interests of the
country against the town, or rice cersa.
We believe that the interests of both are
indissolubly connected; that every effort
to build up one must result in gain to
the other, and that there should be no
attempt to build up one at the expense
of the other.
Findlay township has a valuation of
50, 500, 600 in round numbers, aud by a
special act. could levy tax without
hardly feeling it, that in five years would
macadamize every road radi-
ating from town, as far as the township |
line, and this accomplished, it would not |
be long until our friends in the country
woald see the advantages of good high.
ways, and hitch on aud carry them TO
the county line. Findlay township alone,
,ould do this by a special act; and, per-
laps, were she to consult her own inter
.sts alone, would do so.
Would this plan suit Mr.. Brown, and
hose he represents, any better? He
neers at our want Of wisdom, but so far
le has confined himself to finding fault
-9net very difficult task, and a part in
which a superabundance of wisdom is
Tot considered necessity. The build
,g of those roads ia Oar eounty is an
Imperative and pressing necessity, aud
aying realized this fact for some years,
re have favored almost any reasonable
Ian of leyying tax TO do il. Will Mr.,
Brown step to the front with some plan
hat will be acceptable to the people, or,
moving, as he does, that no law can be
made to bring this about that will meet
he exact views of all concerned, will he
pursue the dog in the e-manger policy of
hiding fault with those who are striving
O develop the resources and build up
he best interests of our county?
IT is reported that Hon JOHN b. HAw
EY, of Iii, is to succeed X. b. Cowen,
q tt,;s State as Assistant Secretary of