The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-02-14
GRANGE DEPARTMENT.
Conducted by w. r. Alexander, r. r.
D. No. a, Owosso.


D. No. q, Owosso.
To whom Correspondence for the department
should be addressed
COUNTY GRANGE CALENDAR.
Owosso Township: First and third Tuesday
in each month at 80 p. m; Richardson's hall
Owosso.
New Lothrop Second and fourth Tuesday
afternoon In each month.
Bennington: First and third Saturday after
noon In each month.
Hazel Green: First and third Friday Of each
month; Henderson.
Burns: Every Tuesday evening, Knaggs'
Bridge.
Burns Grange elected e L. Lyman
to represent them at the Round up
Farmers Institute.
Every patron within a reasonable
distance of Owosso should be present
at the Farmers Club institute, Tues.
day evening, February 18, to greet
Worthy Master Geo. Il. Horton. To-
vite your neighbors to come with you.
When you can get fire insurance for
about one half what it costs In the
ordinary farmers mutual, is not that
a financial reason for belonging to the
Grange?
'Where there's a will there's a
way" What a boom it would give
eur order In thecounty II each men,
Der of the Grange would have ''wilI"
to secure at least one new member
during the yeate Shall we not do it?
We wonder if all our lecturers are
doing their full duty and thereby
making the Grange, the farmers
college.
1t is great to endow colleges and
universities, hospitals and public lib.
raries, to build dne churches and give
good advice; but it isgreater for three
hundred sixty-flve days in the year to,
do unto others as we would that
they should do to you"
TAXATION.
Question How can we secure greater
equality in the matter Of taxation?
The question Of equal taxation is as
old as the establishment OF govern
ment and doubtless will continue an
important issue as long as the world
stands and governments exist. The
extent OF inequalities in taxation de-
ponds upon the view point Of the one
making suggestion. for what may
seem an inequality to one person may
appear very differently TO another
The common basis upon which all
taxes should be assessed seems to be
quite well agreed upon, form one can
honestly dissent from the principle
that the assessment for public expen-
ditures should be in proportion to
wealth and that wealth should be &C.
cumulated with the liability for taxa
tion purposes attached. in other
words, that persons or corpora
'tion's contribution to the fund for
public expenditures should be in d.
rect proportion TO the wealth.
1t is the duty OF this organization
to inquire into taxation values and
methods and right such wrongs as
exist so far as possible. If any class
of property is paying less than its
share Of taxes and If the farmers are
paying too large share, as is generally
conceded, an rtshould be made to
secure greater equality. A taxation
matter that is at present attracting
much attention in some sections of
the country is the franchise tax upon
corporations. In many places thepeo-
service rendered by railway, gas,
power, telegraph, and telephone cor.
poratiOns that they have voted them
everything they saw fit to ask for with
out money and without price. This
has not Leen very different from the
exemption Of manufacturing property
from taxation to secure its location in
certain places. A vast amount of
personal property evades taxation al
together on account of laxity in the
enforcement of the inventory blank
laws or the elasticity Of the conscience
of the individual when subscribing to
the statement required. Great IN
eQualities occur in the appraisal for
taxation purposes in the same class Of
property in the same city or town ow-
ing to favoTitism or some pulp on the
assessor. We could mention other
inequalities but TO suggest remedy
is not so easy. The grange ia its Or
ah Il 10, . he 4
zation TO study the taxation problem
and IL course can be suggested to
secure greater equality in this matter
it will not only benefit its members but
receive the commentator of all who
are now bearing an unjust share of the
taxation burden.
N j. BACHELOR,
Lecturer Nat. Grange.
Saved Her Chiid'S Life.