Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-04-16
a SENSIBLE ..SWAMPITE."
His Protest Against the Fraudulent Re-
lief Bill.
NEW MADRID, A pril /, 1885

NEW MADRID, apr!i L, 1850.
Editor Record:
SIR: | see in the last issue of your
paper the textof the Relief Bill' -.
allied. PASSED " ..ur General Assem-
bly, during the past winter, f r the r.'-
lit OF Mississippi. New Madri,i. PENIS
cat and Dnnniin counties. f,r loss. s
sustained by the great floods .: the
Mississippi river during tn Years 1882
1883 ami 1854. In the "wher. aS-~" lo
said bill it is stated that 'tii. real e. tate
IN sa'd couttties g ani has been assess
d at a high valuation although the
value "f said real state. ny r.ason of
destructive foods has been ,iepreci l. Il
~ least oue-halr nf it's former value. tn
taxpayers Thereby hei''g e .io,.hiv tax Il
tor the past three years. and further
that the ''pe pie Of said counties hav.-
recome so imp 'vtri>hed t.tat they arr.
dnahi' tn pay the stat. county and
school tax for the year 1857
NV. NJ. Eiitnr. as far a. the coun.
" "t New NJ ,irid is cone rned. fansi
nr sumo the same is the east. in other
counties nanlrd; know II is in Dunk
in.l the real est IT, fur the years 1882
3 aud Il was not, by reason of the yr. AL
III ds. deprecated To ''one-iialf its
former Va u-." nor has not .been .s-
se>sei FIR Taxation at high valua-
ton" IN II have the "taX-p ytrs thereby
heeE dou' ly taxed for the past thr. &
years nor have they "hec.,me sn inn
pnvtrishe.i at ili.y Cannot pay tn,
lax S, # 1855" But right reverse. ha.
b. EN- the case, as may be satisfactorl,
atteste.i hy re:erence Ia the assessors
books for these Years. Lands ,Ilat
command a yearly rental of from tiret
tn tour dollars an acre ass.ss-d at less
than one-hatf their true value, aud u :
improved lands whicu are worth from
five to fifteen dollars an acre for III
timber alone whicit they contain, ar
assessed at one dollar and tne ard a
quarter per acre; and SO far from ANY
~u"h serious damages having re-ulte,.
to th-se lands from orerfi w. wtis.h
extent is less than One-t-nth OF til.
whole area of the c,ninty, "a Ia create
"A public calamity" the reverse il
again true; for vi err one acre has bee,.
injured by the fl.""i. ten have he !.
improves! by the rich = '!iDeuiary Il
post left by the wafer which inrre srs
its fertility aud renders it mex xhausti.
hle.
Such be.ing the fact it is tn he .irplor
ed ih 1 su IN action su,:uli De had bH
our legislative tn,ly; that our riri
VIII at lands which i'll th. Year 1854
pruiu."d from twenty io thirty hu-h
els t wheat Ia the acre, a.Iti our corr.
lands alurr overflow yielded from tt-
ty Ia fifty busltel> ~ d ~ the t.vei flow
Il h"tt"nS from fifty /" sevrnt. fiv.
bushels t.sr acre, sii uid i,e y bad,
aS To ainE,>t enlirpl,
destroy their market vaia.. Sus.i, leg
isltti,,n Is i'd, ed at,a!ainit, ,-str.n tital
these counties will not recu,er from il.
the next decade. II IS II shatne that
DunkIin cninty. the m at pr"iuciiv.
in the Southeast. wit her rici, cottu,
lands. her ctrn an't WHEAT anls. b. +
fine forests of tsni.er her mil and
genial ciniat', her fruit and vtgetlhl
products, whose ~ e-.,iit tlrtnih acs,
was never touched by II droi, .f Mi>>i-
sippi river water, si,..uil be by s,...rni.
iegisIa:i i've enactment charac triz II "a,
II devaste.i region and her people.
a. to Render them uiai,!,
to pay their taxes.
Mr.. Editor, in contemplating this
kind ot legislation one can b,It woi.i-i
at the auiacity of the III -asur at III,
of the ta,ds AT
would entertain so palpahe All o,itrag
against the good name and fame of n,I |
If t. Z farest sections of our g.oaiu.
young state.
1t should be the aim ot every public
man and of every private citizen III Is.
their best energies To aid iii Ih.' dtvel-
,pmet,t of the rich hidie,i Treasures
that he buried III our so |. We WANT
people, money and enterprise tnaccou-
pish THESE result, an.i To s-cur. tits,
We should place nur county in as f r.
able a light before p-oi,le eking in
ve>imen : i'll productive lan,ls as the
facts will l>if,. All this pnrti ~ of
NJ ,ssndir, wants l. Il tar showing. Sii
does not r,qu r. relirf I-gislalion # the
character had ut Jeffrrs.,n the past
winter. Let h.r r al advantages h,
k r,own. Publish to- the world tie rich
ness of ner soil. her varie,l pr."iu. tons.
her f.ciiities ftr transpnlting her pro-
duets t. market; the healtiIfuiuess Oi
her climate; the virtue aEd intelligence
If her people, 'he:r thrift and PROSPER
ity; ard, by this means. Induce men "l
capital aud enterprise tn invest their
means in our r ch lands aad to make
their homes amongst us. This Is the
k ind of reli.f t We want; this will buiit
,ip our waste places and pay CUR tax 8;
this " ill maxi. our beautiful Southeast,
the gem of tue state, prosperous AID
happy. SWAMPITE.
.NeW Madrid Record.
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