The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-09-18

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The State of New York, among its
many excellent forestry laws, has one
designed to encourage the land owners
| to plant trees along the public high
ways. The progress made under this
| law in that State has been so crafty
| ing that at the last session of the
PENNSYLVANIA Legislature bill very
similar to the New York law was
brought in and passed. The sugges-
ton that an abatement Of road taxes
should be made to the landowners
who set out trees along the public
highway was first made by the Indian
apolis News many years ago before
forestry had made much Roadway in
any of the States, aud many Of the
States adopted the plan at once. The
following synopsis of the law on the
subject, passed by the Pennsylvania
Legislature, is given by the Philadel-
phia Times:
"Anyone who is liable for road tax,
who shall transplant to the side of the
public highway on his own premises
any fruit, shade or forest tree of suit
able size shall be allowed by the road
supervisors in abatement of his road
tax 81 for every two trees set out.
"The roads to which the act applies
must run through or adjoin cultivated
fields. Trees growing naturally by
| the side of such roads shall be allowed
| for at the same rate. But in no case
I shall an abatement be allowed for tree
planting in excess of a fourth part of
} the annual road tax. Inasmuch as the
road tax in many townships is con-
siderable item, an abatement of a
fourth is worth consideration.
cit is provided that any person who
destroys or Injuries the Dtrees thus
planted, or who carelessly permits a
horse driven by him or for him to in
| lure said trees, shall be subject to a
penalty not exceeding SIS for ever cree
killed or in iured. The act requires the
| township supervisors to keep a per-
| manent record of the trees planted, for
| which the tax abatement is allowed"
The Buckstaff charges that money
was used to defeat Superintendent
Harvey in the State convention were
taken up at meeting Of the Republi-
can State Central committee held IN
Milwaukee Thursday night. After a
warm discussion resolutions were
adopted denying the charges in toto
but since some of the members of the
State committee refused to sign them
and no effort was made to procure the
signat lures of those who were in po-
sition to know about the use of money,
they were of no particular value and
satisfactory settlement of the ques-
ton appears to be as far off as ever.
During the general discussion which
followed the demand made upon the
committee for an investigation, Gener-
al Bryant said:
eve know that in all probability a
certain sum,of moneywas donated, and
was used to influence the election of
Milwaukee delegates
Notwithstanding the very apparent
unwillingness of the General to inves-
tigate the charges ard his evident de-
sire to let the whole matter drop he
seems to be shedding considerable
light on the situation in spite of him
self. If the General will refer to the
files of the administration organ, the
Milwaukee Free Press, in the issue of
| August 2, he will find an exact state
ment of the amount of money edo
nated'' by the book companies. Now
if the General is willing to admit that
Sin ali probability the money was
used to influence the election sof Mil
waukee delegates, it is probable that a
little further investigation will un-
cover the men who took the money in
the name of the Republican party and
what they promised in return for it.
The State Central committee is the
highest authority within the party ana
its highest duty is to protect the good
name of the party. It goes at this in
vestigation as if it was afraid it would
find something, but itawill fail of do
ing its duty if it fails to hunt out and
expose the men who are responsible
for making such an nefa1.ious bargain
in the name of the Republican party.
What if an investigation will ssendan-
ger the success of the candidate for
State superintendent?' Is the success
of a single candidate of more moment
to them than the good name of the
Republican party.
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