The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-02-17
KICKER'S CORNER.

OliSt desires to know: O. whom ne has
injured (2) "Have injured any per
sons who would not have been injured,
had allowed my money to lie idle = l
will say in reply that he Injuries him
self by losing the respect OF his fellow
citizens, and by making himself part
ner in the oppression of persons rem
dered unfortunate by the present hard
times. He Injuries such persons by
lessening their chances to redeem the
property. The class OF people who have
their property sold for taxes deserve,
during these hard times, the sympathy
of all persons. This sympathy should
manifest itself by practice as well as
by utterances. 1t should cause all re-
spectacle citizens to cry out against the
human vultures who hover around the
places of sale ready to profit by the
misfOrtunes of others. 1t is a we'll
known fact that the names of thrifty
citizens Of the county have appeared
upon the delinquent list this year that
have never been there before These
persons were rendered unable to pay
their taxes, owing to the general hard
times, and the lack OF a market for the
produce of the range and OF the ranch.
These same conditions caused men, that
are considered we'll to do, to put forth
extraordinary efforts to pay their taxes.
Many OF the taxpayers in arrears are
victims of misfortune, and it times i'm
prove within the next few years, they
would in all probability redeem their
property, if it were not bought in by
some human shark. But "MOnOpOlist'
will say that if he had not bought the
property some one else would. Granted.
but does that excuse MOnOpOlist for
purchasing the property? Because a
thief fails to get away with a horse,
would it render any other thief less
guilty, if he stole the horse? A person
who takes advantage of the misfOr
tunes of others to buy in property for
mere speculative purposes cannot have
the welfare of society and the COM
munity at heart, and must be devoid OF
human sympathy-one Of the most
noble impulses that can influence hui
man being, and which would lead him
to measure his actions toward his fell
low citizens by the golden rule. The
person who thus takes advantage OF the
victims of unfortunate circumstances
merits public contempt. and should be
branded as an enemy to the cOmmun-
ity. for his actions can but injure those
who deserve every possible chance in
which to redeem their property. "MO
nopolist" probably overloOks the fact
that delinquent taxpayers have only
one year in which to redeem their
property, if purchased by an individual,
he would have five years in which to
redeem it from the county. l grant
that the opportunity for delinquent
to redeem his property is lessened after
the first year, but five chances are bet
ter than one Ii there were no bidders
for property it would be carried over
on the cOunty's books for five years,
thus, giving the individual five years in
which to redeem it, while if purchased
by an individual, only one year is given
BY law An innocent person convicted
of murder would consider five chances
for pardon better than one, and
would desire the benefit of the five.
Therefore, l claim that every one that
has the interest of the community at
heart, will refrain from doing that
which will work hardship to others.
l for one would not be partner in the
oppression of persons who are victims
of these hard times, even if there were
an infinite number of persons at hand
prepared to do that which l refrained
from doing; for would not be justi-
fed in perpetrating an injury upon
others, no matter how many persons
were prepared to do what refrained
from doing. And now, desire to kick
at the manner in which our Populist
friends sidetrack every question that
comes. up by the statement that 1t is of
no consequence, compared to the &C.
emulation of wealth aud the Oppres-
sion of the poor by monopolies. l OBJ.
ject to the way the prohibition ques-
ton was laid aside fog POpulist doc
trines at the last meeting of the Cultus.
What right have persons to force their
theories upon people in places where
they are out of place and when there is
no call for it? Everything has time
and place and it was not good taste
to decry the monopOlies when prohibit
ton was before the meeting, also
object to the statement that the accu
mutation of wealth is more important
than temperance. If the wOrkmen of
the nation would save their money in
place of spending it for liquor, the
want and degradation of our workmen
would in a great measure, disappear
in spite of the monOpOlies. believe
the monopolies are a small issue beside
the liquor question. | would also like
some intelligent Populist to show the
consistency between the theories they
preach and the buying of property sold
for taxes and the discOunting of war
rants at rate that is usually considered
uSury. BUMBLE-BEE.
EDITOR KICKER's CORNER-The
political skies are clOuded There are
spots on the sun and blood on the
moon. Gubernatorial and senatorial
prOgnOsticatOrs are in travail Aspir-
ants for deputyships are harrassed with
strange dreams by night. and inflated
with premonitions of coming greatness