Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-11-06
PROSPERITY
WILL SMILE UPON CHRISTIAN
COUNTY WHEN OUR RAIL.
ROAD FACILITIES ARE
INCREASED.
An Investment That Will Pay.

I
Next Saturday will be most men,
orable one 10 the history of Christian
county. On that day the people are
to say by their votes whether they
want to step to the front as active
enterprising citizens Of one Of the
richest counties in the State, or
whether they desire TO let things re-
m lin unchanged for perhaps another
quarter of century. The railroad
problem simply revolves itself into
the above-there is nothing more
nor less in it. The people Of the
county have two propositions before
them which, for liberality, they may
never have again. There is not a
single argument against them. Eve
ry objection brought out can be sue
cessfully controyert ed-even on the
part of those who may say they are
opposed on constitutional grounds
to voting tax upon themselves for
anything-are silenced at once by the
answer that we are paying heavier
taxation TO the L. & n. railroad than
viii be imposed by the levy for two
more roads running through the
county. The only difference is the
way in which the tax is collected
the sheriff collects once every year,
and the railroad collects every day
in the year, for every time you buy
auything-no matter whether it is
for consumption by or tie use of
your family or to be used in any way
whatever, then You are paying tax
imposed on you by the railroad COM
pany in the way of exorbitant
freights. The saving in freights will
pay the taxes Of the small land owner,
while the man who has no property
on which he has to pay taxes by gen.
eral assessment is as free from pay
ing on the railroad assessment. The
individual, who shines like some lone
star, and protests that, though he
has no property himself, he will not
vote a tax upon his more fortunate
n3ighb1r, has no Foundation on which
to stand, for the largest property
holders in the county ask him to vote
the tax upon them. There are occa-
sionally met men who do not under
stand the proposiiions-some have
never read them. They say that
though they have no taxable proper
ty they do not want TO have their
poll tax increased. There will be no
poll tax for the benefit of the roads
This tax will remain as heretofore
Then once in while a man is found
and he may be a tax payer, who does
not f.vor voting the subsidies asked
for because neither of the roads will
run through his neighborhood, and
he can't see where he is to be benefit
ted. There is no possible way 10
keep him from being a reaper In the
harvest Of good results to all by the
building of the roads-for on every
thing he buys he will save, and on
every thing he sells his income will
be greater; lie will be simply reduc-
ing the tax he is now paying to the
l.. 81 N. The objections above re-
ferred to are the only ones used
against the propositions, and those
who bring them up are not at all
numerous. We have only mentioned
them at all TO show how flimsy and
and fsllacious they are.
It has time and again been demon
strated that every citizens Of the
county, be he taxpayer or not, will
be benefited by the building of the
roads contemplated. Christian cOun-
ty bonds can be placed in the city of
New York at per cent, which would
make the interest we will have to
pay annually $4,000. The saving to
the county on wheat, tobacco and
coal alone will amount to $4,000
Farmers, this will leave in your peck
cts every year $4,000. Then think Of
the increase in population, the
amount You will save on every arti.
Gle you purchase and the larger in
come on what you sell. Is this moi
the opportunity of your lives? Is il
not, in fact, the salvation of YOU
county? How can any man vot'
against the roads in the light of rea
son? 1t will be a splendid investmen
for the county. There is big none,
in it for the county. VIII the peopl,
vote the subsidy? We believe they
will-for il is 10 every mans interes
to vote that way.
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