The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-07-23

iunVerstoOd tnat senator hanna anu
Senator Fairbanks have made the
same requests, eliminating the strict
neutrality feature. The presidents
diplomacy is about to be taxed more
severely than during Spanish and Chi.
nese muddles. He is prolonging his
vacation before he tackles the prob
lem.
| A crook succeeded In passing himself
off for Dan Hanna, on several people
in Washington. They had read about
Dan and his chase after his former wife,
who got divorce from him, and were
rather easily deceived, though the fell
low had not confidence inspiring ap-
pearance.
| II Missourians would pray a little
more the year round II would not be so
necessary for them to pray so hard
on special occasions. It will take some
little time to strike up an acquaintance
with the Almighty. Meanwhile the
killing drouth continues.
4
II doesn't seem to do much good to
collect delinquent taxes in Mansfield,
The county hardly gets enough of 1t to
pay the janitor for sweeping out after
the inquisitor.
Say nothing detrimental to your home
town. If you don't like everything that
happens, you can at least keep quiet
about it when in company with strang-
ers or when away from home. Talk
Canton up, not down. You can always
say something pleasant about so excel
lent city. Don't be knocker.
|
That historian that is writing up
Sampson and Schley, wasn't at the
fight either.
Possibly too much stress is laid on
the milk trust proposition. The board
of health might be asked to insist
that every gallon of milk sold in Can.
ton be pasteurized. and might make
such direction, but there is not
much danger of it holding in law, II any
milkman or other citizen desires to
contest it. What the law requires is
that dairies sell pure milk. Such deal.
ers as comply with that provision are
net amenable. The law does not re.
quire that milk be put through cer-
tain process, any more than it specifies
whether you shall call on alopathic
or homeopathic doctor when you
are sick. That pasteurizing milk will
make impure milk pure is another
proposition. 1t will not make pure
milk any purer. The public is likely
to discriminate between milk made
pure by pasteurizing at six cents
quart and milk already pure at cents
quart, whatever the board of health
may undertake to direct about it.
/ The taxation question was brought
directly to the attention of the tax
payers of Cleveland, Friday, when ac-
tion was taken with reference to the
valuation of the street railway and
lighting companies. BY comparison
of figures il is found that the condi.
tions in Cleveland and in Canton ar,
practically identical. The tax rate is
about cents on the dollar. A valua-
ion of 800 is taxed So, substantially
the same as here. So what is appli-
cable to that city is applicable here.
1t was found that when the matter
was looked into carefully, that il the
street railway company and the light
company would pay on a 60 per cent
instead Of ten per cent valuation,
the taxes of the masses would be re-
duced to nearly 81 on 500, instead of
So. That fact is what brings the ques.
ton directly home.
What citizen of Canton will not
agree to have his taxes reduced?
What citizen who owns is own
home would not desire to pay on a
basis Of equality rather than pay sS,
to the 81, paid by the favored railroads
and other corporations?
A platform was adopted at Colunl.
bus, recently, embodying the equality
Of taxation. The moment that plank
in the platform was adopted the issue
was made plain. Candidates on the
Democratic ticket are pledged to use
every means to make the big fellow
pay his just and equitable share. Can
didates on no other ticket are so
pledged. It is not party question
but 1t is home question. 1t permits
the average voter to chose whether
he wants to pay most of the taxes or