The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-03-19
Tie E-sain- Star and the Tax List.
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To the faitor o4 ~ Banner

To the Fdt5r o4 - Banner
The Otala Evening Star Of March II,
III an editorial under the headlines Of
"A Business Proposition" :" gets off the
track and runs wild into the woods
finds mares nest, and secs a good
many bug-a -Aoos, and discovers some
sigantfe bargains aad combinations.
1t says Mcleod has promised The
Ocala Banner the county printing,
without considering propositions from
the other pa pers, and intimates that
our board Of county commissioners are
a set of nincompoops, who have al
lowed the Ocaia Banner to have mo-
nopoly Of the county printing at 10
cents per line, when they might have
had il done for half that and saved
Sl,G00 to 81 800 to the taxpayers, and
suggests to our board of commission
ers that they take pattern after the
wise solons Of our city government.
and then the bright in its own esti-
mationl little Star magnanimousIy
offers to 10 the printing for 20 cents a
line without waiting for propositions
from any other paper.
In justice to our county commission
ers, the Ocala Banner, our people, and
all concerned, beg to inform the Star
that Mr.. Mcleod is not yet member
Of the board Of county commissioners.
and I am reliably Informed that the
proprietor Of the Ocala Evening Star
has said that he never will be, and if
he has faith in his predictions he has
nothing to fear from that source; but
the Star ought to know that our board
is composed of five members, and it
takes Il majority to make contracts,
and Mr. Mcleod would not constitute
a majority.
The Ocala Banner has not mon0po-
lized the county printing in the past
fifteen years, as the Star says; but our
board Of county commissioners. after
due consideration, and in the interest
Of all oar people, have had the tax
sales published in both the Ocala Ban.
ner and Marion Free Press, and paw
ing for the service but one legal price,
which was divided between the two
papers, which | think was business
like, showed good Judgment and for
which they should be commended.
The proposition Of the Star to publish
the tax seles Is gall and brass beyond
the ecnaaptio1 Of The ordinarily mod
est indivi}ua'. Thc Star doesn't seem
to ia0w tba5 tax ssics are advertised
for the interest and benefit Of all the
people, and that there are few peo-
pie living in Marion county outside of
Ocala. Only about one-tenth of the
people living in Ocala would ever see
the list Of property advertised were it
published in the Star, and none out
side Of Ocala, and the couty commits
sioner who favored such a proposition,
even if the Star would do it for noth-
ing, would not be considered compe~
tent for anything again by his constit-
uents
The Star bas been giving Us lots Of
gratuitous advice lately in regard to
being honest, paying debts, etc, and
stranger who ehanced to get some late
copies Of that paper would think we
were the worst lot of thieves and
scoundrels on the globe, and | would
just like to say to the Star; Tell the
truth, and if you don't like our way Of
doing business, just leak out, and we
will Try and get along without its
light.
Probably the Star is added from
mixing zoo much politics with it's re-
ligi0n. FAIR PLAY.