The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-07-01
A LOWER RATE.
CITIZENS BELIEVE THE TAXES
ARE TOO HIGH.
A Meeting at the City Hall, which Was
Presided over by A. McGregor
and at which a Number of
Addresses Were Made


and at Which a Number of
Addresses Were Made.
As a result of call to taxpsye yers to at
tend pubic meeting, Thursday after
noon, TO devise ways and means to secure
relief from burdensome taxation, the as
sembly room of the city hall was filed
with representative citizens Of Canton
and few from surrounding towns when
the meeting was oelled TO order by Mr..
Ira NJ. Allen. This gentleman appointed
Mr.. A. MoGregor as chairamn and Mr..
Anthony Housel was selected as secretary.
Mr.. McGregor made few remarks on
taking the chair, and MIR. Housel fol-
lowed and stated that the objects in call
ing the meeting were as before announced
to endeavor to start movement on fcot
to curtsil county expenditures, and there
by reduce taxtion. He suggested the cut
ting Of salaries of county officers as one
relief. He moved to appoint five gentle
men on committee to draft resolutions to
be presented to the meeting, getting out q
mode to procedure. This was amended
to inol nde seven, and the chairman ap-
pointed Ira NJ. Allen, Antohny Housed,
W. p. Martin, George Mcknight H. W.
Kerch, j. j. Clark and Andrew Pontius
and this committee retired to another
room. During the time necessarily CO.
cupied by the gentlemen in tbier dliit era
tions, addresses were made by several
people in the audience. Mr.. Jacob Gross
man, of Paris township, said he wanted
right, purity and honesty in the conduct
Of county affairs, and was willing to join
IN any movement that would bring about
this result and help lower the taxes. Il.
X. Turnbull thought the condition of
affairs was getting 50 that something
must be done Joshua Hunt, a Canton
ian, who has studied the taxation matter
thoroughly, gave some personal observa-
tions that led him to believe that the
poor man paid ten times more tax in pro-
portion to what he had, than the rich man
He favored cut in salaries in every
possible manner among pubic servants.
John Q. Harmony was heartily in
favor of the movement to bring about
reform in the matter Of taxation. He
believed the salaries of many county off
cials were too high, but on the other
hand there was possibly danger of making
them too low, If the matter was not
thoroughly considered. He thought the
salary matter small proportion Of the
oounty's expenses. VIII. Miller suggested
reforms in a prohibition way. John
Luby, Of North Industry, was among the |
of this movement. Said be |
Take away the big salaries, and gradu- |
ates Of our schools will take the office and |
ill it accsptably without graduating In
politics"
]. j. Clark, of the committee, then re-
ported that it had bean concluded that a |
county meeting should be called and a
county organization eff cted, and in the
meantime the committee should be al
owed TO study over the matter placed 10
is hands. The suggestion was accepted,
and the meeting adjourned to meet Sat-
lrday afternoon, July 8, at 3 o'clock, in
'he same place. 1t is hoped that the
county will be well represented at the
coming meeting as this is an important
matter to every taxpayer, and it is posi-
Die that by concerted sUtiCn something
may be accomplished.