The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-06

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and towns have no school houses or
apparatus and are handicapped by
imperfect laws borrowed by job lots
regardless Of applicability to condi-
tions here, therefore be it
Resolved. That we petition con-
gress for federal aid to be granted at
once. That in lieu of land grants
made to other states and territories
certain and specific sum be appro-
priated for each year or for a num-
| ber of years to be distributed to dis
tricts or communities per capita of
persons between the ages of 6 and 81
years. That a more widely extend
ed system of public schools be estab-
lished-one that will reach all the
children in town and country of
school age.
are growing up to manhood and
| womanhood and are anxious to be
educated. We earnestly desire that
they shall be intelligent and virtuous
and make good, useful, respected
American citizens. We are trying to
help ourselves and are willing to be
taxed, but ask and believe that we
are entitled to that aid or it's equi-
valent accorded the people of @other
states and territories.
! We believe that IL federal aid 10
given us in a substantial and liberal
way at once, crime will rapidly les
sen and great saving result in ex-
penses of administering the criminal
courts here.
In the cities and towns under the
Curtis act the highest rate of taxa
ton is 2 per cent for all purposes
whatever. The real estate is not
taxable and can only to q very limit
ed extent for years to come. The
improvements are in most instances
not O. a valuable or substantial ma
ture, as most people have been un-
willing to risk valuable buildings on
Hand belonging to an Indian tribe.
It follows, therefore, that the bulk
of the taxes must of necessity be
raised for running the city govern
ment, public schools, keeping the
streets in order, maintaining fire
protection "a most difficult and
costly problem here,-providing for
| waterworks and sewerage, and by a
tax strictly on personal property.
The bulk of this is in form of stocks
of merchandise.
! Under the Indian law, now being
inforced bythe,United States govern
ment, all business men are required
to pay a tax of one per cent or more
on capita! invested. The law 10 in
fact more onerous as it is one per
cent on every invoice of goods
handled, but the Indian act it only
on the capital invested and Uncle
Sam. so to speak, winks at this lib
eral (?) concession.
The Indian governments in some
nations require each non-citizen
over the age OF IS years to pay 81
each year and a tax on horses and
cattle and such other property where
a family has more than two of a kind.
AS there are no laws for working the
roads in the country leading to and
from the towns, there 10 virtually a
tax ON the business men of the towns
for the purpose OF building and re-
pairing roads, bridges. ETC., to en-
courage trade with the towns and all
towns act accordingly. The Indian
governments do not provide for these
matters at all. Therefore the busi-
ness man figure and rightfully that
he starts out with almost per cent
tax before the city government gets
hold of him.
i We find our right to issue bonds
in the cities and towns for the pur-
pose OF building school houses. etc..
is doubtful if not entirely denied and
ask a special law authorizing such
bonds to be issued.
We believe the children living in
the Indian Territory, in the heart oi
the United States, entitled to at
least as much consideration as those
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