Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-30
RAILROADS

iu- Lt.-lh AdN
apparent To eveu the superficial
observer tbot sn element Of cur
population are 4: work 20 perm
auenllN fas,eu upon u large ml-
J0rity OF Use property holders of
the corporation, the &@0,00J tax
20 the railroad tmckiug az az
gregate town debt OF >57. 900
and it is a method by which one
part o. the county pawns the
town tpT0sAib;y to is own Gstri-
mentl to enhance the value O
the whele county. Is this cgui
tyf = majority Of tie tax pay
era Of tie corporation have 10
large farms IN the county to be
Increased in value bv the rarl
road, nor have they non taxable
bank stock for munieipa. purpo
sesl, nor have they "dusI4OEs,
therefore it wculd take more
than muStaug pony 10 pull their
effects out OF town. provided
they were forced 20 starye or
leave town N the event oftne
deeIensiCn OF business. The
owners of the business houses
would net be unlike The man
who had drawn thc elephant IN
toe lottery, i; is true the house
could not eat. but they would
be eaten mp with taxes Ia n
short While II thIs debt is %
teai and they become vacated.
-, consistency thou ar. r lew
ell net outstanding some Ter
responder has depicted the
merchants Of Oxford with pen
ell and paper aS having Gepudi-
ated by their acts the lines of
the immortal anth0r. Sore Of
the enthusiasts for this tax clam
ell heretofare that the o.iaiual
stG,OO9 school bends would NJ
noSt ruiz the town and they
went so tar - t0 meet IL con.
cigye an decided that he
scas0l movement and debt
wocld be detrimental 10 TIE
town. L awe these iacss from
An eve Witness The vote ~
this '.lCwer room vas un5ai
nous except two votes and now
they are on the side OF equity 4.
How about this 5000 debt
now Perhaps some of you
a now 9 IL tie back gTeunG
a biz picture of SELF interest 2
AS Z citizen of the county the
writer Voted for the railroad tax
because he ielt satisfied thatths
railroad property alone would
Increase The county assessment
$4,000 As n citizen aud prou.
eriy owner CT The town he vii!
oppose the tax Is u is question
able about the advantages OF
the road to the town as il would
evidently decrease orr te.ri.o
y aud doubtless our business
Is Al individual. OF this count,
who voted the tax forced TO
give the railroad tae fright of
way ;GrsuEh ais farm III his
best land a damaged to be con.
sssteEtf Is = corporation occu
pylDg the same attitude in the
county IS the individual forced
70 vote al additional $4,000
although already hardened with
debt 20 ha consistent Then.
Il the railroads demand 5000.
Irom each Individual i ntie caGl
" he mUst pay it or be consist
e2tf 1.-THE corporation treas
nrv was full TO overEowiag and
we wanted 20 deplete the same
asa matter 0f public policy to
deliver the officials frCm team
tatioa," then the opponents
could look through differsnt
eyeglasses. Some Of the adyO-
Gates OF the tax claim that We
wont have To nay the debt: some
times the interest on deb, has
TO De paid This class Of iadi.
Nidaals are not disciples OF VI.
Jefferson although they nav
tainN their wisdom or railroad
debts exceeds his for he advis-
ed IN bis second annual message
The payment of ou- pnblie dest'
End The emancipation Of our
l'oSteri'y from TIA: moral can
kerr
SIsON,