The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-18
FARMING THE AIR.

Abp SNo1 So9hsJ N%@Os 70 ~
taken In saying that Tng TsaKs Is
''ge,ting la line, II has never been
out Of line on Democratic prineiples
aud issnea, and the Kicker makes
some woeful biunders 10 trying 10
maintain the Republican, howl about
the State school funds. II Is tanning
tina aIr with lis heels and thus sustain
Ing its reputation as q kicker. The
Kicker remarks;
pIe 1.-THE Editor Of TMS IImHs) says the Ter
iineates OF don't are state bonds. and that
our school and seminary funds arv simply
invested In non negotiable obsiRnfi0ns of the
state. ~ Bro Rishsf had uote in his pocket
signed 10y himself ana payRbia 20 himself be
would have mon negotiable Obligation Of
Bro Fisher. wouldn't he's
This Kicker dcesn't state she propo-
silion fairly. but In this II Ia only imi-
ta,ing It's Republican prototype. IL,
us state the case for It. Suppose
'.Bro. Fisher owes ss, 900 for which
Dick Roe, Tom Doe and JOhu Smith
hold negotiable notes, aud be goes TO
tho County Court aud borrows o., GOO
Of the county school fund, executing
bis bond or certificate OF indebtedness
Tor the same. and with she money pays
OFF the notes held by Doc. Roe and
Smith, and destroys them. Doesn't
he still owe $4,000 Not to Doe,
Roe and Smith, for he has paid tkem
and cancelled the notes held by them I
not to himself, for that is an absurd
ily; bur his does still owe $1,000 20
the county school fund
Now, let uA change the principals in
tho case, and for convenience use the
SUN total of the State school aud
seminary iunds, calling Il 10 round
numbers "a, 100000. Say the State
owes Dick, Ton, Harry SAd the Kicker
q, 400, 900, represented by negotiable
bonds Of the State. Say there ara In
the State treasury, the bank, or In
some other tangible form, t4,t0e,-
900 belonging to the State school and
seminary funds. The State borrows
this o., 400, 900, aud with It pays OFF
the negotiable bonds held BY Dick,
Tom. Harry and the Kicker, takes up
the bonds, cancels aud destroys them,
and then executes TO the State Board
Of Education As trustess for the school
aud seminary funds evidences Of debt
To these funds. Doesn't tho State
still owe that $4,000. O00' Not to
Dick, Tom, Harry aud tho Kicker, for
they have been paid aud the bonds
they held have been cancelled aud de-
stroyed; not TO Itself, for tina, would
DO ss much OF an absurdlly a. tho
silly idea Of the individual owing him
self; but the State does owe the State
Board of Education as trustees for the
school aud seminary funds the sum Of
%, 400, 900.
Has tho Kicker ever read the form
of the State certificates Of indebted
ness, and IL SO, does Il see the points
We believe Il does and that II has seen
Il all the time, for the active. vigorous
grey matter back Of lie causiic editor
ial expressions gives ample evidence Of
shrewd penetralioni but since Il has
cssaycd to be the propelling power of
q professional Kicker, Il must continue
TO kick, even u, like an excited mule,
1t fnds nothing more substantial than
thin air TO kick against.
Yes, Brother H&ffner, the Stats has
had value received for every dollar
represented by Ii certificates of in
debtedness 10 the State school and
seminary funds, It reooguIEsu aud aC-
kuOwIedges the debt. and as long as
grand, solvent old Missouri Is under
Democratic rule, aos one cent Of that
valid debt and honest obligation will
ever he FepndIated