Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-10
TAXES ARE MUCH roo HIGH;
PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE RELIEF

Georgia's penitentlary is full, as is true
In other states. In spite OF educated
preachers and men thoroughly equipped
for the ministry, the church itself is NOV
ing at poor dying rate, and sinners
stalking abroad more depraved than the
sinners Of Sodom and Gorfiorrah. IN Spite
of the education Of the young men there
are more drtinkards and gamblers and
debauchees and dudes among them today
than there were In the most nliterate days
Of America in proportion to numbers.
Liberal appropriations by the legislature
of the state and congress of the nation
to the contrary Notwithstanding things
do not go right, and to drag these eror-
nous sums out of the people ana squan-
der them among those who could do bet-
ter without it is sowing seed which will
bring a harvest by and BY that viii sicken
the sight and vornit the stomach.
we had public meeting Ia our town the
other day to protest against the tax levied
by the county commissioners. They made
Rome howl I'm not akicking, as the
fellow said who had both legs cut off by
the train, but sometimes enjoy seeing It
done would like to see the per capita
wealth of the last members OF the legis-
lature I'm cold figures. / am inclined TO
the opinion that the gang that make our
books of their respective counties, espe-
ciaIly those members who are So yocifer-
Gus on liberal appropriations, OF course,
If I expected to run for any Office would
do like thousands of sensible fellows do,
say nothing on these subjects, for the
multitude is going. the other way.
Somehow or other these. letters which I
write for The Journal will be preserved
and the generation or two that follows
may read them They may not think 1
had any more sense than the average fell
low Of today, but they VIII think there
was one fellow who talked out In meeting
and said his say. You may talk about
just appointments and equitable assess
ments on corporations as wen as individ-
uals., but, gentlemen, that's cutting
around fh the branches OF the tree. You
have got to go down to the tap root OF
the tree and quit apprppriating public
money for private ends. Let every man
take care of his own kids or go out Of the
kid business, one or the other, IN has +
1t may be a noble charity for the state
to build a Soldiers home. and IL It be
burned down let public contributions be
liberal to rebuild it and take care Of the
old and the infrm. They ought to be
taken care of, but this promiscuous send
ing out of hundreds Of thousands Of NOM
ey collected by the state officials from an
unwilling people to distribute as a bounty
fund is going to take, the whole thing
into water too deep TO wade and too swift
to do, much effective swimming In. Inc
present administration promised the peo-
pie relief, but the promises of politicians
are like pie crust, perhaps. made to be
broken, A billion dollar. congress, two
million dollar legislature. Walk up, gem
tlemen, and plank down your money be-
tween this and the first day OF January,
or tax Ii. fas. will be issued and the sher-
if viii be crying your property In front
of the courthouse to the highest bidder,
but the only relief is for the people to
take intelligent, patriotic action at the
polls. Elect man to do what they want
done to the legislature; if he don't ho-it,
consign him to infamy and try anotheri
and.rif at first yoa don't succeed, try try
again. -. a.f stf,a sa5 ~ as1sise rltav
What L. have written may be the wall
OF a sore head -itsmay be the. feelings of q
traitor: it may be the vaporings of a man
whose liver is out of fix. If it is. let these
words go by like the breeze of summer
evening If there is anything I'm them,
say so and act so. and relief Is ahead,
Adopt old Alex stephens naotto:s 80 soon
as I found 4 was. i'm, the wrong road
made IL the rule of my life to turn right
about and get in the right road geis
Yours, hoping for better days
s--rs b. .fIage -f.{ea -sf SAM p. JONES.