Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-01-11

proper form, saying MIR. A B., md Miss G.
d." Some Of them still insist upon it, tina,
it is MIR. A. b. to Miss G. D." ".
Messrs John Root & Sons will shortly begin
contracting with the farmers for the requisite
acreage of corn and tomatoes. The drought
last season reduced their output very mater
tally; this will not discourage them however
and they will contract for All equal or larger
number of acres this season. This is the
sole surviving manufacturing industry of any
proportions yet remaining with us and every
one hopes for an exceptionally heavy bust.
ness tins year.
PoPULARITy.- does not pay 10 he pop.
ular Popularity means good fellowship and
that always MEANS give more to those with
whom you court popularity than you get
from them. { r.',',l''I','. ,,a =, 80. >.
To be popular, you must not only be a
good fellow outside Of business hours, but
you must add to aiahli,y IN business COM
munica'ions,a willingness to be & convenience
to your ,dolizcrs. To be popular aud
penurlous Is impossible, or even moderately
ccouontaI, is difficult. A willingness,
rather the desire to be recognized as u sue
cessful man Of business has usurped the
desire to be considereda good f How and the
mai who successfully sacrifices the latter to
the former teels that he has made very
satisfactory exchange.
The modern citizen who asprcs to popu,-
arity Ou,sd. Of his family has choice OF but
one classihcatiO these days; he drops il,
with the professional politician and finds
/ himself absolutely unclassitied and stranger
elsewhere.
TIE good fellow that was, who, regardless
of his fathOmless res 'urces, is always spend
+ ing his money on his friends, is now looked
upon as NOR or less Cf All ASS as he spends
more or less unr, qui,edly upon hs friends.
Gilt making is Still IN good form, but
promiscnous treating is no longerdn taH
1t is even scarcely possible to become
: popular by being liberal in the matter of
opinion the uncnmprising partisan: the
asscr,lvc man; che man who Closes the "fY-
side Of knock down argument with the
broadcst assertion regardless its adsurdty
that man, if not popular. is at least able to
! pose as a mouldcr and leader Of popular
opinion.
Scnt'mentalisy is now rtckoned up AS being
NAV ishness and good form CONSISTS in
being sufficient unto ones self.
| M L. IN, lin.
Of ones duty to self and each individual
| strives to erect high picket fence on ether
side OF bis pathway alike to temporal sue csa
and eternal bliss. "Gr, thar Eli and erp
out of N, preserve" have been substituted
for God helps hose who help themselves
and He that dcsp;selh hs ne .shbnr einicth
To be popular was once Il worthy ann to
! feel inac,mnd' mt is to lave advanced a step:
an obs, quluu> bow Is preferable to hearty
salu,nllon ana to know that yru control is II
more comtol table kuowirdg, tlInn that you
Influence.
And who viii &" SO tar As to say that AL
this implies rrirrgression
| ODp RFASoNI:.G Much is written con-
|
corning the expense OF a new assrssmen, and
ii would seem that the cost constitutes the
chcf objecii"n to it,
Now, if the taX-dndrer~, concerning
whom we read such tcrvib T. things, are
deirnl,ling the State to anything Ike the
extent claimed ii seems reasonable I" assert
| that 4 re- assessment, even at EXTERN" cost,
should place enuu- Ii tax dodger property on
! the list to meet tins exp, nsc in one, two or
1T mos three years, when Thereafter The
! State wonld be clear gamer Of just so
| much.
Eitrer the cry against the tax dodgers Is u
| thin and hollow bit of dcmagoery, or the
argument against the cost ot u rr.asscssmcnt
IS without n foundation Of common sense.
The plain proposition that every one should
! my to the State cXa' tly IN proportion to his
WORTH regardless of how invested, should
| form the basis of any assessments il by
spec al law, certain stocks, bonds or other
evidences Of debt nre cXemp'c from tnxatlon
an assessment law has no occasion to touch
0. CONSIDER them outside of such specially
exempted holdings, every dollar that u
cuzcn of the state is worth should enter
into the gross sum upon winch taxes should
be paid
Every stock corporation ia the State should
he required to pay its taxes direct to the
State; then it would matter not whether
the stakeholder is a citizen Of the State or
not the taxes on that particular property
having been paid, the stock would I've non
taxable; on the other hand, if Il citizen be
found TO hold stock IN corpor
atoms outside the State, he should be
assessed thereon if he is worth that much,
but has no invested il within and for the
benefit of his State, let him pay taxes thereon
or sell il and invest it in the State. Maryland
can lo-Gy make use Of every dollar that
her citizens are worth hence, for them TO
invest outside the State is unjuslitabIe
and to 90 further and relieve such INCEST
ments OF taxation would be Il crime
There should he re assessment law
passed by the sitting Legislature it should
be concise and pointed; freed from ifs and
! provdeds and based on the simple PROPOSE.
tion that the actual net ownership of one
dollar shall constitute basis Of assessment
! TO the amount of one dollar If it be invested
in corporation within the State that is
taxed direct, the holding to be exempt,
otherwise, without exception, TO be taxable
| What's wrong with the proposition