The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-11-21

seconded by Alderman yonGohren,
II was ordered that the city officials
are instructed not TO receive any ci,y
warrants issued by any former board
In payment Of taxes, licenses or any
other indebtedness connected or due
the city. And it is further ord, red
that this resolution take effect from
and after its passage. Carried.
The object of this scheme, we are
informed, is to have the matter 90
In court with the view of having the
court empower the city to levy a
specIal.tax wherewith to raise sutli-
cient revenue to redeem SAID paper.
The Echo Is unalterably opposed
TO the scheme.
First, 1t objects to the diserimina-
tion OF warrants.
Second, 1t objects TO the Temporal
ry Reputation.
Third, it objects to the hardship
that special tax will work upon
nine-tenths of the tax-payiug popula-
tion Of this city.
1t further objects to the scheme
on the ground that it would humor
an extravagance that has been court
ed by our Legislative body for years
past
Careful management by the pre-
vious administration would have re =
duced the city's indebtedness by
considerable, but instead of that The
revenue was expended as literally as
though the clty's Golfer had been
filled. The condition which con-
fronts the people of Bay ST. Louis
today is the result Of neglect and
careIessness, and we do not believe
that the property holders ought to
even be asked to pay over again for
the things they have already been
drained for.
But the warrants now being held
against the city should be redeemed,
and the most expedient and less bur-
densome way would be to suspend
work for a period of four months,
say from December TO April. In this
way enough could be saved TO 90
far toward redeeming old warrants |;
and after April do only such work
as is Immediately urgent and do it In
tie most economical manner posi-
bic, and il will only be question of
few months when the city will be
placed upon sound financial basis,
with its paper worth dollar for dol
lar.
To levy q special tax upon the
home owners of this city would
work incalculable hardship on them,
and we dare say more than one would
be the tax sales that would follow.
Another serious phase to the ques-
ton is that of repudiatlcn. Call il
by whatever name you may, actual
exists. There are many
business men who have from time to
time Accommodated the earners OF this
repudiated paper by taking it from
them in exchange for merchandise,
believing that they could relieve
themselves OF it in payment OF their
taxes and licenses, but the reso luton
of repudiation shuts them out, and
consequently they will have to lay
those warrants aside and hand out
he cash. In the meantime warrants
issued by the present administration
will lie held IN favor and redeemed
on presentation. Now should the
court later on decide against the city,
the holder Of the now repudlated
paper will have to hold said paper
indefinitely, when by virtue Of its
long outstanding it should be the
first to be redeemed.
Further words are unnecessary.
The taxpayers are opposed to the
scheme, and unless the city council
rescinds its unfortunate resolution
the people Will implore the court to
reverse the position OF the council,
and should the court sustain the res
clution, and pronounce special
tax as the only means out of the di-
lena, the outcome may not be so
favorable 20 the perp etnity of our
local government.
The blind tiger Is a dangerous in
stitution. II defrauds the state and
destroys the morals Of its frequent--
ers, II is an alluring abyss to the
yonfhfni and will urnund than IN