Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-02-12
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Editor SeaiineI and Republican -
A few weeks ago in an editorial the
SENTINEL very thou.btfUlly for farm
ers interests alluded TO tue subject
OF Spring Elections. Toe most i'm
p0r,sut thing suggested IN the cdr
turi1l ALA led to was that several
tickets composed of good men
should be formed and announced, so
that the people could inquire into
the relative merits OF the candidates.
Local taxes are the great burden and
when kept within wIsest bounds are
creyiou- TO be borne 1t Is well
known that these local taxes can
very easily be doubled aud trebled
aud the township not be improved
the least As an illustration take
our road tax Five years ago when
Smith and Fry were the Supervisors
their predecessors had left these of
i.ers $50 of money in the treasury.
There was no money tax laid that
year and only ) mills work tax
They left the Office as might be ex
pected with a debt equal 10 their
wages aud the cost Of opening "A new
road at Elias Hornings. The next
year 4 two mills work tax was levied
which aggregates about $4,000 10
pay the former Iulsb' eduess of about
$500 90, and mills work tax II al
dItI0n. This was under Puffeuberg
or and Fry. Then came Ulsh aud
HDckguberger, who again levied a
- two mills money tax and Eve mills
work tax. So did Rhiner and Ort.
after them. Z1ok aud Reno did the
same. Here YOU viii see we have
S2S0O,00 Of money approximately
. spent On our roads in addition 10 a }
mills work tax each year and vet / am
credItably informed our township Is
In ssbt about 5000 90, and our audi
tors whose sworn duty it is to pub
lish an open statement. fail 10 do 1t,
and the pubic are left to guess who
got away with the money and our
roads sare superlatively bad. Oi
, course last year or the closing pres
ent Is an exception on account of tht
e Hood and l am informed the debt i:
not of this year, and surely S2100 OF
{ of money tax We're disposed of prior
/, But 1t Is asserted that the TOWNSHIP
vas short 100000 about a yea
n Ia addition to the S2lOO 90. SteI
p outside of Fermansgh and the road
7 are at once one half better and tn
tax rate lower. But cgniu the gan!
q are croaking. preparing for tn
spring election to elect ten mill roa
tax men Plenty of tax andno worb
\ few office seekers are now trave
ing the township setting up pla
"A by which they can secure the best.o
u fees for themselves and in order t
get sufficient number of votes the
"a are ready to affiliate with Just sue
20 men as want plenty of tax and n
10 work Now will the h. avy tax pa,
ers sleep till these spoil seekers hay
v so arranged matters as to redown
Il to their interests by forming cor
ar biuation of teaches or parasites wi
viii aid each other to Office on Il
'l pri lciple If You will tickle US n litt
" we Will tickle YOU great deal o.
cu granger friends are bowling gre
deal for equalization of taxatiu
meaning thereby that the great mo
ey powers.of the state shall and oug
to pay their share of these localtax
act But fear very much that thev a
yer not barking up the right tree as v
the Why don't they use the power Ia
It's now have and keep these local tal
flt- within possible bounds 1 can 5
IN without fear OF contradiction that
the a rule township trusts are farmed
ave an extent double what l. n,csss,
The all oler the county. 1t is IN ~
ler- school and poor taxes where To
TN tax payers are most egregiously a
md ed, heeced and swindled. Now
nee farmers wake up and they will SC