Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-05-06

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AND REPUBLICAN caught on the fly q
sly interview between the financially
and politically collared editor of the |
Tribune and the unidentified CORES
pondent called Granger, and reports
stormy dialogue between them ov
Ell Barton Speak, the Old Jack
sonlan Democrat near Seven Stars.
Granger: r:"-Opened the discus
sion" You're nice man. 1 was
having decent discussion with Bar
ton Speak On the subject Of the
equalization of taxation when YOU,
idiot like had to turn iu and open
your blackgusrd mouth because some
ono called rne skunk. and said that
you have ne convictions on any sub
Iect and that you are fshy. You
have not heard half what the people
say about you." A fellow like YOU,
that has all the bar slang, and
street slang on the end of his tongue
ought to keep quiet when a few of
your mildsst chosen words are used.
Editor:-Bah!-you snssking boss
Granger" you can't come it over me
in that way. If you had your deserts
you would be in jail. Yoa'rs a nice
thing to talk that way. If you had
your deserts you would be in jail.
1t WAS you that first charged that
Barton Speak doesn't live near the
Seven Stars, but is quartered in the
SENTINEL ASD REPUBLICAN Office.
"Granger:" There it is again, 1
didn't say Speak is quartersd IN the
SENTINEL office-Speak will not even
intimate who Granger is, for he
knows that guess work is not the
thing to pin too. Guess work ia al
ways ruled out Of Court. Why you
poor simple thing-the experiences
Of another editor in this town should
be enough for you-You remember
he had his head almost broken by
one man, and would have bsea shot
by another, if hs hadn't eaten crow.
DO you remember how he guessed
and charged that they had written
certain articles on tn Q preacher rack
et-That editor barksd xp tho wrong
saplings With his experience in
Wow you turn in and blackgusrd tho
editor of the SEsyTRII. AND REpUBLI
CAN He likely will be on deck when
You are tramp printer"
Editor:-Come, now, / know you,
are bora granger, that acts as if the
people could be fooled sll the time.
You are the fellow that got people to
sign petitions for the passage Of q
tax law that proposes to tax every
thing a man makes over three hun
dred dollars. You didn't tell them
that Was the kind of = law that yos
wanted passed. Now, Granger, I'll
be honest with you. 1 bslieye you
did not know just what you wanted.
} You were dumb enough to go it
blind Tell tho truth aud shame
the DeYil. Yes you are going it
blind.
You want to tax money at interest
or tho bill you urged men to peti-
ton for says so-For local purposes,
you don't see that when you tako al
most all the interest on loaned OIL
:, borrowed money for tax, that all the
mortgages will be foreclossd. Suit
, will be brought on notes and ludg
, ment notes. The lsansd money will
be collected in by loyal process, snt
| You'll have O state of affairs tho
thought Of which never entered youl
/ thick pat. Don't you see, men who
, have money to loan will not loan it
where such laws are in operation
They have passed some such fec
laws like that in Kansas and Kansa
, will bust. You never thought @
, that. Nearly everybody starts OF
!, borrowed money. If you tax to deaf
the interest on money, there will b.
no money to loan. When L bough
tho Tyrone Times, which ran SO fa
, into tho ground that / had to sell il
I borrowed the money. L could no
have bought it any other way, AM
+, when / bought the 7ra5un: L borrow
4 ed money. II the men who Loaned
!. the money had tho interest all eater
up by tax, could not have started
= A law ike that will 30 the hardes
thing that over struck the youni
man without means i'll this state, TO
I he'll not be able to borrow money t
: start on. Such & law will even sfec
d tho public sales that arc held ever
: spring on ths farms in this county
for tho sale Of property at such sale
10 generally upon credit Of S to L
months. Under the law that you Pc
/ titioned to have passed all vendu
! notes, which are evidence of indeb;
/ ness will DO subject to a tax for los .
. purposes. Can't you sac what Graz.
act that will bo and whore it vii
7 reach to.
We are talking about starting VT
ter works in town. If We get th
o thing through we'll have to borro'
C some eight thousand dollars, VIII
II will loan eight thousand dollars
e your law passes? Suppose tho boz
ou.h issues eight thousand dollar
y worth of bonds, who will want tn
:! town bonds the interest Of which
l. to be taxed to death for local pun
y po.es. If the law is passed IS frame
) it will kill all enterprise in Pennsyl
$ vania. You never thought of th
ID fact that the business of the world
y done on borrowed money, farms ar
l. bought on borrowed capital, mani
70 iac.uring establishments and raj
roads are built and run on borrowe
capital it is on the borrowed fun
l. that substantial ownership and snu
and comfortable homes are rsache
a. by thousands OF industrious mel
:. your law strikes at the means b
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