The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-06

Tax Collector-Ah! see you have quite
n nice sum OF money there. Where dld you
| get lt2
Agriculturist- From the sale Of my orange
crop.
Tax Collector-Be so kind as to give me
| three per cent OF 1t,
Agriculturist-Three per cent! Good
| Heavens You want to ruin me2 what do
| you propose to do with ~
| Tax Colleetor-Part OF 1t Is Tor the creditors
of the State When one has debts, the least
one can do is to pay the interest.
| Agriculturist-Wh Where did the principal got
| Tax Cplector-It would take 100 long to
| tell. But Warmoth got good deal, Kellogg
some, Ludeling and host Of minor(D rascals
| the remainder.
Agriculturst- What good do get from 1t
now2
Tax Collector satisfaction of saying,
| 'How proud ! am of being Louisianan
| when think Of my States credit
MISUNDERSTANDING the humiliation Of leav-
| ing my heirs an estate burdened with per-
pefuai servitude. Still, one must pay what
he owes, no matter how foolish a use may
have been made of the money.
Tax Collector-One Is required to pay for
all services he receives. For instance, you
gave Ludeling $5O0000 for repairing rail
road; you gave Anderson $4,000 for cleaning
Crocodile bayou; you paid the Well claim;
you paid $25O,OO0 for Warmoth TO whip Car
ter; you gave $2,5000O0 to build road to
Donaldsonville; you paid great many thou
sands to open a canal from the river to the
lake.
AgriouIturist-Stop my friend; you tire
me with your minute enumeration. j see,
these are sacred obligations and must pay
them.
Tax Collector-Pay them or course you
must. They have been made q contract be-
tween YOU and the persons Into whose hands
the bonds have passed.
griculturist-Indeedl Can you explain to
me how that was done?
Tax Collector-Well, you see the bonds is-
sued for these different patriotic services were
called in and new bonds issued for them, and
the act
Agrcuturist -Actl Who passed the act2
Tax Collector-The Legislature.
Alphabetically those Legislature?
Tax Observation-Disclosures
Agriculturist- Umph!
Tax Collector-Well, as | was saying, an
act was passed making the new bonds a con-
tract between the holders thereof and the
State. This act or amendment was submitted
to the people and ratified.
AgricuIturist- Ratified by the people, how
can you know that2
Tax Collector-The Returning Board de-
olared that the amendment had passed.
Agricultural Returning Board Did
they never make a mistake?
Tax Colector-There is no way OF ascer-
tanning; the Supreme Court has decided that
there Is no way Of going behind the acts of
the board.
Agriculturist- Which Court
Tax Collector Ludelings.
Agriculturst-Oh But wasn't he inter
ested In bonds funded under that amendment?
Tax Colector-Yes, but he was n very pure
man and don't think he was influenced by
his bonds.
Agriculturist- no; Of course not.
Tax Collector-And now that these bonds
have become contracts, no matter what may
be their origin we must pay them. They
are sacred obligations,
Agriculturist-Ve sacred, OF course
Here's my $50; take It and maintain the
credit Of Ludeling, Warmoth and Kellogg's
bonds. Good day.
After leaving the collector. Mr. Agricu-
turist met a carpenter, who thus addressed
him:
Good day, Mr.. Agriculturist; have called
to do that little job of work you promised
me.
Agricuturist- Well, my dear fellow am
very sorry, but the money / intended to en-
poy in improving my building l have just
paid out IT, save the credit of the State; to
meet the interest of Kellogg x Co.'S bonds.
Mr.. Carpenter-So, really, must go with
out iob2
Agriculturist-T don't see any help for It,
Mr.. Carpenter-But III starve IL don't get
work.
Agriculturst- Very serious outlook, my
friend, but we must pay our taxes; the bonds
must be paid.
The carpenter leaves In a detected mood
He meets his grocer.
Grocer-Ah, Mr.. Carpenter, glad to see you.
Can you let me have that little bill you prom
ised to pay me to-day
Carpenter-No. / expected job. but did
not get 1t. Mr.. Agriculturist intended to
employ me, but, having to pay his taxes in
poned the contemplated improvements. So
am without money, and you'll have to wait
for your bill.
Grocer-You are the fourth laborer I've met
this morning who was deprived of work by
these Internal taxes; but the debt must be
paid, even IL the poor starve!
Exeunt.