The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-11-28


mous'y-let the Result be as Neal
That az Possible.
The TIMES would never consent tC
the forcing of any, man to vote against
his best judgment on any question. II
would not if it could coerce any man in
to- voting for the raising of ten thou
sand dollars by the county next Monday
for the purpose of aiding in the estab
hshment of the beet sugar industry in
this county even though such action
would be followed by the practical ad
dition of an entire township to the
county so far as the addition to the tax
able property of the county is concerned
-effecting corresponding tightening
of county and state taxes for all time &c
come. 1t would not compel any man tC
vote for this even with the certain
knowledge that every foot of farm
land in the county would be raised in
value and in earning power by the
carrying of the proposition But THE
TIMES would do something in the mat
ter. 1t would try to have every voter
see the benefits which will come to him
in company with benefits for his neigh
bors and his fellow citizens throughout
the entire breadth of the county 1t
feels that it has the right which any
reasonable being would have of asking
a fair hearing on any matter which it
: or he belieyed to be of Importance to
the community. THE TIMES believes
that the establishment of the beet
sugar industry in this county is the
most important development for the en-.
tire county of anything which has ever
come to the county. 1t believes that
every promise which has been held out
by the promoters of the industry will be
many times exceeded before five years
have passed SO firmly does it believe
in the benefits which will come to the
entire county, to every farmer in the
county in particular, that it feels justi-
fed in urging far more strongly than
ever before the right which the progress
sive, public spirited citizens of the
county. the citizens who are willing to
take off their coats and work to help
their brothers, have to ask every other
voter to stand with them in this matter
and vote and work for the welfare of
old Shiawassee county. There should
be no coercion and yet to'say that every
man who is not so selfish that he is I'M
willing to spend dollar where it will
bring something to somebody else as
well as returning with interest to him,
has right to ask every other man of
the same disposition to vote for the
issuing of the bonds by the county Mon
day is after all but family stating the
she case. He not only has the right to
ask it but the right to expect it.
There has been some disposition to
say that the benefits of the establish
Inent of the beet sugar industry in this
county would benefit only Owosso and
the territory immediately surrounding
this city This is most emphatically
untrue. In the first. place the farmer
living near the boundries of the county
has the best of the bargain several
times over. THE problem of getting
the beets to the factory is greatly sim
plified for him. Instead of being able to
draw but one or two loads day to the
factory because of delay in getting I'M
loaded the farmer who ships his beets in
from Henderson, Durand, Byron, Perry,
or Laingsburg or any other station in
the county has an advantage which
more than offsets the freight on the
beets. He can load quickly, is hindered
by no others for he can drive direct to
bis car, unload at once and go back for
another load. The time he will save
will more than pay his freight. But
while the farmer living nearer one of
the villages than Owosso has an adj
vantage, so also do the residents of the
village themselves. The farmer who
lives near one of these villages does not
tOnit W OWOSSO W tlIdW pay lOI LillS
profitable crop. The amount is mailed
to him and when he gets his check it is
at his home village where he is in the
habit of doing his buying The result
is as is always the case when the
farmer has good crops for which he is
getting good prices, that every dealer
feels the benefit in increased sales and
sales for cash More business is al
ways done when the farmer has an in
creased amount of cash in his pocket
and the dealer gets his share of increas-
ed profits inevitably. Even his clerk
gets share either directly in better
nay or Indirectly in more steady work,
better position, or in other ways. Pros
perity for the farmer Of any commun-
ity, or in the vicinity of any village, no
natter what brings about that prosper
fty. beet raising orsheep feeding, can
mot help rejecting itself into every
crook and Granny of the community OF
village. The farmer gets his money
where he lives and there is no more in