Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-12-30
TAXATION.

A
that mi, sri.c pertaining To tie gOoL of
our noble oplrr.
TAXATION.
When countrir. are new AMI nearly
every me rug ,g~i ln converting tile p'i-
metsl f.r-sis Inio plss.sni farm b"u,-s,
Laws ss,-i i~ hut Few snd slmple, hut ss
De~ lmla.tric. spring up ani the Is"plc
l.,en- iniervstssi lu dlfI.r.nt pursuii..
Laws pssl b- morr omplIcaiei, tlscrr-
fssr. like everything rl.r, mu.t ir
chsnying. Our tax i,ws fr,mssi for tI'"
comllii.n of things that eSi.i~i st the
org gsuls,ik,u of our state go,rr,ns~ut
have l-~n coniinu-l upon oar statute
hooks. With hut little chang, until the
prv.-nt time; brn,,', no~, ss our aitsn-
ii,u has i.~u cslls~i Co thru, sll .s>' that
they sr totally Inadequate ." ucet the
wsni. of the ilm~s sni ih't by ,hcm Ne.
as farmers, arr hearing unjust bunirn.; {;
n the .sme time. o'h~rs ~h" shouii AZ
.ist IL supporting g",rrnmeni are nearly
or quilt. ex-mp, frsm thee ,iuiI-s.
N our last annual ms~'ing com-
mltirr "a. chosen a. hring the attention
10 the valuation commission, slso the
committee r,l.~l by the legi.ltur', To
the InIu.iis~ 10 our tx i,~s. This We
done spi rr.ult-i In calling the attention
of 10. isopl- to ih- m,itrr sni craiing
q univ-r.,l fs~ling that Ne h,i, s sn
org,nlr,,ion, moved Ia the matter non.
4 too ~,riy.
! We have In our ststc an acreage ~
1 tim,-r i,nis larger than several 10 IN"
states, snl while murh "f u yislis =
/ A.. "a llss
..m- tiu- p,y. m-rvlv q nominal tsN.
Th-r~ !. 10. oo- thlns. a.hi- fr"m the
i,'or of the hu.bsn'lm,n, th,t d"'s ."
much ,o develop tho farming inier,..is"f
! q .oantrv q. . ~rll-s"n'lust~i rslirod
| .,.,-u,. such .. w- have IL m,ny r.p-~t.
In our osn state. Therefore ! wall
not .o tx .. io cripple th~u. hut II !.
qu-.iIan for "ur serious ~n.I ieriilou,
sh.,i.~r our r.ilr,si. .hsuL not b-.'r
gr-,i-r huni-n ~ bxiiIon. Tho .,me
prin,ipl- .houlI sl.o ,pply to Telegraph
anil telephone comp'nlc..
!NnoiiI-r bu.lne.. h. hen gradually
gros sing ~ our -tst~ until " has '--'ome
"a- ~ our l.,,ding iuia.iri-s. r-f.r io
the storage 20 l~. Thrr' u p.t . vii ,g-
of any gon.il-r.bl- sis- in the state iht
,I.s-. nn, have u. Ne h"u.~. The shor~s
of m,py 10 "ur l'rs- p"uis, lsk-. sni
h,-r. sr- lin~i slth thee rrStion..
Manv ~ thee l~ hsu.-. src osp--i hv
plfil-. cut .li. of ouT state. N-s..ls sr-
t,ll, leaving our .h"rrs 'luring the sun
m~r mouths, csfrting thl. pro int io
,h..e sho are not able a. prslnc~ thl.
great rrop ~ our state. Whv .bo',hl
net ihi. iWiu.try h-ir its share ~ the
harl-p. 10 nx ,tlon' I sm sssrv that "
I. srsu-,i thd ih- profit. ar un'-risi",
,nI whst ihrrr !. in " \. l,'."r. I t-ll-,-
ih,i the prpfii. srr not mof- unrcrt'ln
than iht 10 fsrming. snl ~, mon
i,tot cutter. into u, sui c-rt,inlv u
u crop that never. never fall. Ia
Mtlne.
Tlwr- srr sl.o AZ pr-.~ui, sbi the num-
i-r sunu,liv lnrr,.lns. prf.ans q b" ar
li,ing upon .al,ri-., ur rrs-l,iug frsm
uih-r .oar~. large IN ome., sls,.s' b'-
=. arr m-r-ly namlntl. whv .hpuit 49,,
ilI..- gl,..'-. s..i.t lp supporting govern
m-nif I irust thu y"u sill give thl.
ale.ilsn ot tsx,'i,n ,our mp.t rswful
,on.l t-rtii,n: far II wr q. frm-rs arr
in q m ,f,fitV, anal a the .sm. tim- arr
i-,,rins unJa., hur,~p., sh-rr li-s ih"
fault, II nat With uss aDi who c,n N-
Lat- sIli step forsarl sn I rnle Nor to
r.l,.,- "a, u Ne .t,n I With f,l'ls~l arms
an,l I,ok illv ou' oar r-."l,-. sh"uli
- as,papinI.,l With sork, spi 10 that
Work h,. b-.u h-r,tofur- psglet.i st
tl'- hill"t i.rS, H., IL D. done nov With
our l~gl.ltur-. snl 1t !, not cease until
our right. are .ccur-i.
IprCArio>.
Tpou.,ni. of wear. .ln~~ tho Sons ~
Zlr.h s.k-i thi. gu-.tian; "lias .htll
d. have wi.i"m wi,. fnll.s-th the ploS,
or sh".c talk !. of bulloyk.f'
IhI. aue.iIan, shirh hs. b~~n un-
sn.Srr>i ii,c.. ihou.ini. 90 y-,r., !.
naw i.eIng .olyri by the Patron. of
ilu.haniry throughout oar fr'r sui hap
Nv rpautrv. The an.arr of sll !. - hy
.>lu,,,tl.n IN the GTang-; ~iucsilon q.
isught IL "ur Grsns- h,ll., hy "nr
Ba,r,l. 10 Asrictihur'. in f,~t ! might
.ay. bv our many ofg,nls itl"ns Tor ia Z
parID.-. Ilr.- sr. giving ih. hrm-r
wi.iom. We. ss psiron.of ilnshsuiry,
arr gradually .@.ing the p-,r..lty of
higl,-r snsi t--tier s.iu,.,tio,, sni u u bs-
log given, wear by year, q higher pisc-
Ia oir orier.
Ia thu Grange .ci,ool the rich ani the
I.s,r, ti~ educated ani the uDc,lusi~i.
ms-t ul-pn q ,otnuson .,rI. ln TIL.
school Ne isbnr to disable iguorin,e, to
pl,c- our.-l,.. on hlyh-r plane, spi
prvpir- our-ly-- for q higher sDi nobl-r
LIE. We here sh.ul,i d-,otr our time to
siai,Iuy sul discussing the busine.s
m-,i,o,i. of farming.
We are exI~n.ling l,rg- sums every
year -lucaiing our ,llllrrn, thit th-v
may enter up,n iif-'s 'luil-s uIp'o ss high
plane as possible. anil while riu,stiBg
ih.m Ia tl,- ordinary ssiool m-thois, Ne
.hpuLi. al the .smc time, enira,or to
ilnprr-. upon th~lr minis the lmportsnce
of k-~Iing up thi. ~iucstl"U in after
life. making tliem fs~l that the farmer has
not only season. fer work. hut seasons
for study sDi Improvement, snI that
th-.e seasons Will IL open To them Ia the
Grange.
Cour... of .iuly suitable anil prrp,r,-
tory Ia rural life .h.ail. sni I have no
do,iht will, through the Influence ~ our
orier. .oon Ice taught in our common
scirpols.
Without education lif. IL almost hope
l-..ly n,rr'wri. We therefore .houiI,
bv our work. our infaenc,', .~.. that OR
rompon school. arr m ~. educators, in /
ti~ true -u.e of fh,t term. giving our
rhiIirrn such wisdom ss Will lead ii,~'n
a. 10. highest mental, mor,l an Z phvsl-
cal powers, airi the Grsnge. the ,oniinu-
alton "f thi. ~iu'-ation. htilng them to
le ever r-sdy to il.ch,rgr the m,nv
duti-s of after life With honor To them
sslyes aud our Organization.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, let me eu.leavor to I'm
prpss uls,u YOU the b~scsslty of giving
csr~fui consideration to every question
prc.rntssl for your action st thls meeting.
aud wl,~n our lbors ls~rr are rlosesi, our
ses.lon en.iesi, aud we r-turn to our
homes, lvt Il he With q determination On
make one strong effort, Que sO-oIeraiisc
move to strengthen our Ori~r, tn orgs-
uiye new Oranges AMI rvive dorm 'nt
one. la our vieinity. \ little sacrihs~ on
the psrt of ne all ~til m ,k~ q grand for
wAri movement Of our noble Ocl~r. in
thls ~.1k, l.t ne al besr 10 mini that
strength .loes not always I've ln nu'n,~rs.
We slsould take only those Into oar rOun.
sels wI0 we i~lI~vr will he ch~erfal. Will
lag izlorrs, those ~ho arr ever resly,
ever willing to tili the ground before
gathering the crop.
lIrt us Only enroaragr those 10 enter
our folds whom we b~lIeve to he 0f purc
character and ready 20 make esrnest
~orkrrs. Those only who are eool eth
frns and uelghbors wili mskc good Pc.
trous. Ous great lessoa Ne hsve yet tO
a a. A. -. L.