The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-05-18
Editorial Notes.

NOTHING new, OF III leaot oV1'i VIII 8,
on the Coxey movement. About 10
'wealers have been returned to Seat
tie under arrest, for stealing N +.
train, but it is not known if Hartman
and Patterson were among the num-
Der.
THE Secretary of the State Tax
payers League has issues request to
all county taxpayers associations to
hold convention on Saturday, May
10, for the purpose of select ng dele
gates to attend the state convention
at North Yakima, June 2.
A NAN called at the New York resi-
dence of John ID. Rockefeller last
week and demanded a redistribution
of the oil kings millions-in fact he
wanted half. Suppose John had
made an even dizzy with the fellow,
wonder if said fellow would divide
with third party? Human nature is
human nature from Rockefeller to
Coxey.-Spokane Chronicle.
Xxx
L. G.. DILLMAN, of Spokane, has a
scheme 1t is that of putting the In
dustrials to work on an irrigation
ditch project and paying them Oft
with land at $40 per acre after the
ditch is built. This would furnish all
the men homes, and enrich the COM
pany in the vicinity of its purse.
However, it is not work the average
industrial wants, so much as more
"per capita"
\ FEW years ago, says the VancOuv-
err Herald, we heard great deal about
81 O00, 100000 congress, yet 1t was
never denied but that congress did
something. Who can estimate the
cost, to this nation, Of the present
farce held in our legislative halls in
Washington Besides the cost of
keeping up the farce, just think Of the
millions of dollars lost to the people
in the shrinkage of values, loss of in
come and investments, lack of wages
to the unemployed, business failures,
etc, etc, and who can measure the
cost OF the present congress. The
American people simply tried to kill
the goose that laid the golden egg,
and did strangle it for awhile, but it
will be resuscitated, and we hope
there will be enough left from the
wreck to build upon again.
The lower house of Congress has
passed resolution raising the price
OF certain classes of periodical pos
tage, in view of the fact that def
cheney of about five million dollars is
said to exist forlast year. Among the
classes raised is that of newspaper
mail, which is to be increased from
one to eight cents a pound. This will
prove blow to cheap literature in
this country, the price of newspapers
and periodicals is now as low as it is
possible to furnish such matter, as the
people well-know, and if the postage
rates are increased, it will be necessary
for Il considerable addition to be made
to average subscription rates, or else
publishers will be at loss. 1t is urged
that if this legislation be passed it
will be possible to reduce letter pos
tage to one cent, but it Is plain that
one-cent postage would cause woful
deficiency in the neutrality-suspicious.
The free delivery system is the cause
OF unbalancing matters, using up
fully one-tenth of the revenue, and
benefitting a much smaller class who
live in the cities. If newspaper pos
tage is raised to eight cents it will
double the subscription price.
WHILE the warrants of nearly all
the counties of the state are below
par; and in some instances even the
limit OF Indebtedness exceeded, we, in
Mason County, must congratulate
ourselves that we are not in that con-
dition, and hope to remain so. It is
our good fortune and "gcod luck" to
be III nearly as good financial con-
ditlon as any county in Washington.
Some years ago the county issued
bonds for the construction OF county
buildings and the funding of overS17,-
600 of Indebtedness, outstanding in
warrants. Hence, all we have to show
for S29 900 of bonds is court house
and tie sheriff dwelling and Jail annex.
But for the funds in county treasury,
from 1898 taxes, which must carry
the county until next spring, Mason
would be forced to vote to issue war
rants. One and one-half per cent. of
our assessed valuation is less than
T2o,OOO. On the other hand, only three
counties IN the state, if we remember
correctly, have tax levy equal to or
higher than Mason. We can remem-
Der when Mason County warrants
were floating around begging tn ha