The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-27

more would that make your lanC
worth? But if at Tallahassee, dc
they ask will they have much trouble
and expense in going there to attend
to their farm, or other businessi
No. But don't they always ask you
what is the rate of taxes? Yes.
We are asked to vote for removal
but to change the, words a little, we
are asked to tax the people of Flor
ida 100000 and interest; that is
to tax all property which you now
own, or ever will buy, and all prop
erty which your children will inherit
from you, or will buy, in the sum Of
81, 100000 and interest. This sum
with interest amounts to $2,OOO,OOO
After you vote for it, and the money
is borrowed by the State, this money
must be paid back. There is no way
of your escaping your pro rata part
of it, except by selling your home
and farm, and thus pay no taxes
The issuance of bonds by the State
of Florida is mortgage upon all
taxable property i'll the State, and
this includes your farm.
But Jacksonville, in her pamphlet,
very Shrewdly says "but the rail-
roads and telegraph companies will
"pay 20 per cent?" or one-fifth of
this entire amount. To be as chari-
table as possible, 1 must say that it is
unfair for Jacksonville to deliber-
ately try to deceive the farmers and
make them believe. that they would
escape 20 per cent. of this amount,
because it would fall on the rail
roads, but we are not so easily de-
ceived. How do the railroads make
their money? Out of the farmers
and the people; therefore, we know
that if the railroads, at first, are re-
quir@d to pay said 20 per cent, that
said companies will increase their
rates on your goods shipped, and in
the end the farmer will pay said 20
per cent, which at first was directly
paid by them, but through the rail =.
roads.
One million of dollars! Do you
realize how much money this is?
One thousand dollars is a large sum
of money. Just think of ten thous-
and. a man with $4,000 is well
off. A man with $5O,OOO is wealthy.
A fe " men own 100000; then mul-
tiplyi this by. two and one-half, and
you !have $25O,O00; then multiply
this by four, and you have $1,000.
600. Now add another S1,0OO,OOO
and you have $2,OOO,0OO, the amount
you are asked to vote for. Will You
vote for this immense sum? No.
To show you how much money this
is Will use this illustration: There
are about 464,OOO people in Florida,
including every man, woman and
child white and black. Now, sup
pose 1.-THE State should decide to dis
tribute this immense amount equally
among all of the population of Flor
ida and should assess each man.
woman and child equally; take your
pencl i and paper and figure it out; in
that event you must divide the
100000 by the number of popula.
ton and you will find what a>large
sum Iof money every man, woman
and child, white and black, would
have'to pay. Think of it. Would
you, then, vote to burden yourself
and. every one of your neighbors
with such sum? No. But I ask
you to recollect that only forty pei
cent. of these 464,OOO people pay
taxes that the other sixty per cent
OF the people pay no taxes what.
ever.
Therefore you can see at once how
much larger your share would be-
WhyR Because you are a Taxpayer
and because the taxpayers alone
Hon, p-,oI,A,, O..o. r-L---L-