Smyrna times., 1892-09-07
AOi Hc smyrna
Taxation and Roads.

since the promulgation of the oro
tax idea by Henry George. perbans no
question of political economy. moi evan
tariff, has been so much discnsoed -
tax. U99ou as
1t has now secured Dlaca IN a..
party platforms of Kent County, both
parules having pledged to legisiate a
reformation and equalize taxation
AS THESE resolutions are the outcoma
OF an action taken by the farmers
would 1t not be well for them to give
US an outline of what is wanted in the
| way OF tax reform. So that we NAV
know what they mean and what tbe
politlclans mean by equalzing taxation
ny the way, equalizing taxation
reminds me that our county roads ono
important object for which we orc
taxed, are in much more need of feonaI.
izing than taxation. recall. lust here
lew lines written forty years aco "a
nurlesque on Horace Greelv.
-. (Greely) said he had a plan in
III Ilnu OF equallzing all mankind: w
Westcott smiles and firstly begs be'Ii
equallze his trousers legs.n since tba
auVent OF the road machine which
promised to revOlutionize road maxine
anu II certainly has turned tbinge
upsldedOwn-the road oyerseer viii
tne periodical regularity of a farmer at
MS spring blowing, turns ont ,ri,h
team, plOw and machine. nIo,ys ~
road sides, sod and all, and sometirnaS
~ seems 'hat It's all sOds, then starts
ene hacnlne and scrapes from sides To
Ion'e!iOlil L Ihe road is not rounded uD !
Out piled up like a sweet potato ridge
WIN sods, stones and brick bats more |
OF less scattered or heaped for a snace
oi elgnt or ten feet on the middle 0f
the ridge. 'U'iie oI
Some fine day we start out for
peasant drive on the newly fixed nm
road we soon find things are not
equal, one side up and the other side
uOWn, the inside wheels frenuantIv
stllklhg stone, giving US a log so we
60 one-slded, jogging or slewing til
the thought that there's room on torm
hres our ambition to try the ton of tba
ROAD, but we soon conclude the toono
mas strayed out of the road ON tn Some
oodys new ground lot and get bacL
again to the side track, with the mo-
Ia '!a rehectlon that it may be true
tGere's always room on ton" bnt
fnII IrrW ~ /
y ,elIo" VIII sometimes have a rOupb
'iIle OF IL II he tries to stay there.
Our urlVes have not extended very
Iar over the county and this descrin.
Lion may not apply to other roads
.nere may be some we'll rounded roads
smooth and clear OfsOds where n hnga,,
lr wagon will move along as evenIy Ss
sailing on a calm sea; but that is,nI
ne KIND we have, we're generalIv 6
s0"oi"'iy :
Practically and truthfullv. tbaro :.
very little enjoyment in travelling ouS =
oaus IN their present condition if 10
constant worry to our teams to ligbt
wagons or buggies and a orneI d. d
'hd snatch to heavy draught teams 2
MY estimate of the additional Jro,,.L. II
N such roads above that On guy
oIu 1'i Is 20 per cent; then we find our Q
xIes worn fiat at the ends and cut on on L
ne ,I under side at the shoulder. =
winter will soon be along with rsins
-eezes ana thaws, sOftening the rad
hd making the lower side rn, s,;II
'wer and the jOgs still deenar T., n
lere no relief? Would it NOT bo y
ood thing for the Overseers To trr" ~
ut now with their machines and o;,,n
le middle of the road good scronin%
'aVlng 1t nicely rounded or level sn 81
e can have the pleasure of n we'll boT
nceu @ carriage and avoid the otherwise
leVltahle bad roads of the comin~
inter. If this could be done before u
eotlon 1t may win votes for vonr ~ ~
NY TAX REFORMER m 1tl