The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-28
Uhe AFralA a1lA g1ens
+. II. AULL, EDITOR,
AS TO ia y rs.

all want low taxes but this matter of
ttNcs Is plain, practical business
proposition. 1t Is a very easy matter
to talk about the Overburdcncd tax
payer and high .aXcs and to demand
lower taxes. 1t is the stock in trade Of
the dcmagogue and the three for {,
quarter type Of statesman. Now. we
do not want to be misunderstood We
do not mean that any OF our cOntem-
pories that are discussing this question
arc any of these things, and we iOin
them in the desire for reduction Of
taxes to minimum but why not give
the people something practical in all
your discussion. How do you propose
that taxes can be reduced? TO reduce
taxes you must cut down expenditures
somewhere. Where will you begin?
Where is there extravaganza in the ad-
mlniStration Of the government, county
or state? AS We have said, it is easy
to pirate about high taxes and to tell the
people that their taxes should be re-
dnccd. Where will you starr: And we
ask the question in all seriousness and
carnCstncSs for If there can be rcduc-
ton The Herald aud News will ioin
you most heartily, bat we do not be-
''c'' III 'alNlhH 10 the galleries in this
matter You must remember that the
constitutional convention Of lS95 in
creased the Tree school tax from two
'"'''9 ~ tnrcc mills. Nonld You cut
'LaL 0o"h:
l ne people demanded the building OF
I'''S"h oiIcGc ana winthrop. 1t
'""N money TO hulid them and it takes
money TO keep them going. Would you
stop the appropriation to these inslitu-
''ohS: Inc only way to raise this
money Is by taxation. Then there are
'n' oo"'h carolina College and the
''tadcI ana IN" negro college. An
ti'Sc take money to keep them going.
QUA you shut them up? We grant
you 'hat hHc State colleges for higher
cu"carlon Is pretty good load for
''.''e o'a'" 'lkc south Carolina and
"h"h nc i1eraid and News Il few years
ago opposed the building Of some OF
'hrm' we were told that we were an
enemy o' 'hc i"rmcr and all that sort
"i thInT, an! now some Of those same
'o ,,.;i,;, ""r ''''' "n" advocate" The
''''"'H VI more co'lcScS, talk about
N'"1 'iE"' w o"ld You tear
,,, we would not
'N''cl VIC 'ouho ~ was the policy of the
wrrc hnii, 49,, fan :, I;'> y ''''' V'eS
..o ,bo,,, .,,,,,,a.,,,i INV "''' " ''"0 ~
monor ,,I ' - '""'9
muc, lo,,. ,, ,I,. NV "o'' w"
ino,.i,a,Ia a,a,>': '"N''' ~ Is ah
sure rs death '>'''' '''' W '"'" anu
Wonld wv, an, >,,y a.. MAJ,
monov ,ho c,,,a , pe"a'o"
cr,to soldiory w. ,,;S, Wv Oo''''"-
nororia. ,,,l'.. '"''" our coh'eh''
sion. Certainly we do ond would ,',1.a
it more il we could, In rcf,nd;rn ,,n
public debt Tho i,toro,t v,,, ,a1,,.,,
considerably. This h,s ,o j., n,id ,,,
to Dav IT,. Won b,vo ,o h,,,o a,,.. ',
to get money, Won must ,,y vnn
can't get ria Of this intcrcst un1oss v,,m
pay the debt and it. will t,l,o cors,Jom
ably more TAX to nav tho doh, ,ho,
pay the interest.
In cor,,u or,;.s
morov to L,,;,,, h.;', 49," "''" W ''"'c
nonsce of tho oo,,,,a i"s ','o .H-
thoc,, .,; wv "'oi'"''
must inv ~ w N>' viz '''o''oy W"
-,
N"'iic'o ti"I VIC thlhk thcrc IS
,"u. r .'"p anu oo"comoc IN this
,',a,s "ou'' .''n '"NoS' 1'o" II there Is any
nrmnn,,,'',o uu n".' '','o c'!' DC reo"ctlon OF
,,"', unpo""''"'o a. 90 why po.h' Vh"t out ana II
o'ocr'" ..,:,,, 1" S'opp,hS INC mole thcn
WIN ~ 'e""'c" anu "hlcss yon re-
,,o, o"p'"''',oS "l' INC talk ABOUT
,,I,. '"NoS VIII ''o' "''o"nt 10 any
MOSt communities, wi ere thcV have