Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-10-20
ADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES
Rfforded the People OF the
County ny Securing An
other Railroad.
We are soon to express by ballot
our Judgment Of the bond PROPOSE
ton. There can be no objection
lrom any standpoint tovoting bonds
nnless it is that we think GUS taxes
will be increased. Even if there is.tan
increase If that increase Is small. ard
the benefits to he more than equal !.
to the increase. we are justified in
voting the bonds.
On the county bonds the average
farmer pays less than fifty cents "a
year. ii he gets one cent a bushel#|
more for one load of potatoes hegetsl
back his taxes. i he gets three cents
a pound for one jar Of butter he gets
back his taxes. Ifhe sells one load
OF cabbage for one cent more d head
he gets back his taxes He will
often get it back on one load of hay;
on one load of wood; on one load OF
wheat. if freight is reduced one cent
per bushel. It does not necessarily
follow that he must come to Little
Falls to get this benefit. Ii Little
Falls pays a good price, Royalton,
Motley, Swanville will also have to
pay a good price or these places will
have to go without. It does not'fol-
low that these villages willlose much
or, in fact, any trade. They will.
simply be obliged to pay a little.
more in order to buy wood, potatoes.
eggs, butter, or any other form of
produce, and will have to sell them.
goods with d little less profit, all
Of which will result to the benefit of
the farmers. The farmers will get
more benefit from the voting of the
bonds than any other class of people
except the manufacturer. The mer-
chant will have more competition.
The doctor will have more competi.
ton. All business men will have
more competition and will have tC
figure a little closer. Every rea
estate owner in the county, whether
; it be in Little Falls or farming lan(
in the county will be the gamer
Lands will always increase in value
with the development Of the county
Development is the one thing abov'
all others that makes land increas
in value. Development makes goot
:, roads and a saving of time, as wei
as the wear and tear of teams ant
; wheels. Development reduces taxes
In all old countries taxes are les
than in the new. This becaus
there are more to pay. II there arr
ten men to pay for fixing up two
miles of road each one will have les
to pay than if there are only two mel
to pay. Some in building and keep
ing upsschools. Some in poll taxes
l The additional system Of railroad
connection to be secured by the vot
2 ing of the bonds will build Littl
l Falls to large city. At all time
! YOU can secure anything DESIRE
s while in a small town you can ge
: the ordinary needs OF life you canno
e secure the extraordinary.
d A farmer feeds his horses cows an
e other stock not for the fun of feedin
e them but for the use they owe t
ii him in the future. He seeds his graf
y every spring not for the fun of seet
s ing it but for a rich harvest from tn
). soil. He builds his houses not for TIL
II fun of building, but for the cOmfo1
n it affords him after it is built. A
j. these, the feeding OF stock, the seet
re ing Of crops, building of houses an
y ETC., are u tax and heavy tax o
s them all but, it is done nevertheless
is and done for the benefit that is t
u accrue from the labor. A ia
10 necessarily implies burden, bu
II at the same time it implies benefil
r. If there is not corresponding hen,
r fit it is tax without cause. Th
o bond question is a business matte
n OF the benefit to be derived from til
y voting of bonds will mare tina
+. equal the taxes paid, to he paid on
n
?. vote bonds. What man in Morriso
d county who pays taxes at the rat
g of thirty or thirty-f1ve cents on s
t acres ufland willnot be benefited te
e times over the amount OF the tax
e All the question requires is a carefr
n consideration and no voter in MOrr
T son cO6nty can afford to vot
>. against the bonds unless he has
o retail store in some, village locate
is near to some point where the ne1
l. road will run. Such al interes
$. should not influence the grea
it majority of the voters OF the count
Y against the bonds. The taxes to b
e paid on manufactured article
O in Little Falls alone will pay NOR
l. than five times over the amount (
Y the interest on the bonds. Ofcours
d not all of this is paid into the count
It revenue. but a considerable part is
81 Another advantage to the count
t will be the expenditure of over $500
L 600 in labor and ties for the buildin
e of this road. That money wi
n be put in circulation anon
orr people and they will all to som
= extent receive a benefit. Some direc'
$. 1y and some Indirectly. Nothin
Z goes SO far to make n communit
. prosperous as to keep money in eli
: culation. There never has been sue
: an opportnnity in this county t
/" take hold of our natural advantage
= and convert them intt,an actual bel
eft tn each and every body In til
: county as tie present. It lies will