The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-03-08
sEsAruR CAnEROS's LEVEE BILL
bolivar Demoerat.l ]

il was leap IN the darks all pfoeeeu- o
ings at that stage were tentative only o
and were so regarded by the trainers 7
of the law. Year after year changes y
were made to meet the dangers and .
difficulties Of the situation aud we now ! !
have a system well nigh perfect i1 8
theory and practice and working witt 0
as little friction perhaps as any tn, !,
could be devised. In fact it is the ikea
carnation of the combined wisdom anow
practical suggestion emanating fr,Iage
the most vigorous minds of the ID mere
since the war between the Statesialnng
these eventful years the Leyee II ny
t.s done noble work. Born In u Wit
blous times, when bankruptcy > .h-
in the face tho dwellers of the " Del'nd
when lands as fertile as the tieoiit ON
Utopia were next to valueless "a welta
the then present was dark and spy In
and the portentous future was cl BOARD
in mist and uncertainty, it strt 'trou-
bravely on against the diffieultieo Stared
criticisms of lukewarm friendsoalley !;
aggressive foes until at last it Is slds Of
in the confidence of an apprec when
constituency. Is this saying too dreary
for it? Let those answer whoo GUIDED
know the history of the Delta. lggled
prosperity, nay the very existens and
our people is dependent upon ps and
ton from inundation. AS the oecure
have been built higher and higheIative
they have become stronger and strnuch
er the planter has been able with g best
er certainty to harvest his expcr The
crops; confidence has been gradIce of
restored; capital has sought the kotec-
despised swamp and railroads hykes
Ing millions OF dollars have hob. as
combed our wilds, bringing with tlong-
hosts of determined, hardy and hoteat-
breadwinners from all sections ofNsiye
country, to build up our waste plaally
and to aid us in our onward narnce
AS late as the disastrous overflow St
1882, our open lands went begging w.
prices ranging from $1,000 to $25.Cn
per acre. Now the same propertst
cannot be bought for double, in some
cases treble that amount. The two,
millions of dollars spent by the Board
since that date have wrought this
magic change. Bankruptcy has been
conquered by prosperity, and despon-
dency has given place everywhere to
euterprise. .Jr
No fair minded man then wilunine
preciate the Invaluable result Bayou
have been achieved under anne north
sequence of existent levee LAWS lcvees
conceiyed and intellgently fered by
tered. Such being the case ,ater now
be slow to make any radices insigp'
1t is a good rule in legislain exf de-
politics to pursue at times rs that
, masterly Inactivity" and's, d in con.
man is ever willing "to let to ,s, Justly
alone" We have a sine admins
/ regard for the distinguis-wc should
and high appreciation NiSll change.
and probity, but when b, ,tion as In
olutionize our levee syst, 10 wise and
f refrain from sounding p point out t
! we feel constrained toiichange he III
/, dangers of the sudden Ydue respect ,
: proposes. With all }be extremely u
$ submit that it wouls hange at this tin
wise to make sucl s'T Bolivar coun
). and especially ih,s yimminent breac
D which stands sr nN fohiefest danger
s and is ;he point OF 4 The river is nc
the levee district. ;es below the hi
Q from IL to "a inchIS2 and while wi
s water mark OF 1Styements made sin
9 the marked improvse that disaster "
0 that time we beievr Icitizens cannot b
be ayerted, yet our ~ of mental unea
@ feel certain amoun'ltf will only col
o ness, and entire reliefne in the stage
i with marked dccli' could more for
% the water. Nothing fact that althou
a bly, demonstrate thesd levees have 4
vastly improved ouisrrion. Our dill
10 yet reached perfect. CONSTRUCTED Il
y can aud should be so sTealthiest plan
+, every man from the y,ar will feel sb
Is to the poorest lahore, FIR ability to gi
m lutte confidence in the'h the annual
him protection from, liver.
% saults of the mighty ~ Major Starli
: We are informed byPe Levee Boa
:, in his last report to IL occurred in
. % that no crevasse has q for somethi
y sea walls of Holland gdifliculties b,
=, like century. The tless than ths
"A to be overcome are far lthe Dutch, a
a. ~ TO be encountered by est content ur
- = no Delta man should re size and co
81 ,s his levees rival theirs in lint is reach
n pleteness when this poi Holland "
~ - our lands like those oPsm to us aim,
= command prices that sec, I'd product
n fabulous, while increasenY kinds to
~ - will reduce taxation of afyn this dir
., ~ minimum. Our burdens - accompli
~ ~ tlon will then be light. To- ,imperati
= y this work so necessary, so being, 0
=, indeed to our future well y no ott
"a highest development we sedtbe colt
~ ~ course than to hold on to- evenue, ST
ia tax as the chief source of honc with
ri ri plcmenting it as is now estate and p,
be m ad valorem tax on real proposition
" sonal property. Thein the first pls
od repeal the cotton taJDecause it stan
Ir is impracticable, hyment OF the o.
'ro pledged for the pkbts, aud the bor
~. standing levee dtkely to consent to a
% 20 holders are not liitation of the questi
I. change. The agfe tendency to imp
his h viii we fear, hayhe Board which
nu. -ar the credit of than once in perilo
=. served it morcbuld be most sacred
aJ -, hour and SHIT even if practicable
oif III, guarded. Briwise to relinquish Il
I'd I'd would be Vilection is so made as
su ~, tax. Its coSn the taxpayer and in
T.. ,a.s fall lightly Jmmodes him far less th
do a., ality It inc tax he pays; being deduct
I ~ any other account sales or from |
Iu ,',a from his y for his cotton and bel
vio ~; price paid little at time througho
~ ~ collected season the producer scai
ps, p,. the entiraat he is paying the tax at
.s knows tlsnues of the Board for oil D,
a '"h The revenount annually to somethi
IN IN poses aEuarter of million dollars.
aas a over a nearly 100000 is derived frc
whichotton tax. II this tax was
~. the cd and the ad valorem tax
IIas pealsy and personally substituted,
Ie I reapld nearly treble the amount Il
rte E wol taxpayer has 10 hand over in L
oon nber of each year in cool cash
ND ND ,rlt sheriff, aud would we feel convil
rho !, be found inconvenient and orpr
le. Many tax-payers even now h