Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
HOW THEY HELP OUT.

excepting the Ledger. approves of
Judge Rust's decision in favor of the
justices and constables. That grouchy
old organ opposes anything and every
thing which can in any way add a
nickel or two to its taxes. Get in and
be cheerful and help to make your
neighbor happy You cannot take
your dirty old dollars with you into
the land whore green livers are un-
known. Help outi-Echo.
We cheerfully republish the above
as tending to show what healthy
kind of a man, morally and men tally
speaking, is running the intellectual
love feast in the Athens of the foot
hills. The Echo is only in its element
when it deliberately falsifes, for the
inherent love of Justification. The
Ledger has neither approved nor
disapproved of Judge Rust's decision.
And just now it is actually advocat-
ing, while our cotemporaries are op-
posing, an addition of a few nickels
to the taxes, by urging an appeal of
the justice salary case to the supreme
court for final adjudication. We
are not in favor of stopping at half
way measures to please anybody. 1t
would be very interesting inquiry
to find out how it came about that
all the newspapers in the county
except the Ledger, are so hysteri-
cally alarmed lest the matter be
carried to the higher court. As for
the implied personal filings at the
editor of the Ledger contained in
the above, we are not concerned in
the least. 1t is enough to know that
they are evidently source of pure
delight to the writer on the princi-
pie that "little things please little
minds. We are not sufficiently
versed in physiology to tell whether
his liver is yellow, green or white;
whether his brain is dislocated or
mislocated; whether his noble
personality is Indicative of the
nobility of soul therein. These
things are of no Importance to US,
nor to our readers. We are pleased
to admit, however, that the Ledger
represents the taxpayers of Amador
county, rather than the taxeaters,
and therein lies the difference be-
tween this paper and its cotem-
poraries. We prefer to use our in
fuence to endeavor to ameliorate
the conditions in a ax-burdened
community, not to hail as a step in
the right direction every scheme
that comes along to add addition al
burdens to an already oppressed
people. The non-taxpaying class
cannot be expected to appreciate at
its true value, the oftimes uphill
task experienced by property-holders
in meeting the exactions of the gov
ernment. Some are actually COM
PEELED to lay by certain sum every
month so to be in a position to pay
their taxes as they become due.
Any increase of the burden to the
extent of few dollars means seri-
Gus augmentation of the difficulty.
And our frugal, honest, industrious
citizens of this class are treated
editorially with disdainful fippancy
as evinced in the above clipping.
What does the newspaper trinity
know or care about such matters.
We have taken the trouble to look
over the assessment roll of the cur
rent year to find out the standing of
the editorial fraternity thereon,
thinking perhaps it might afford an
explanation of this don't-care policy.
We find that the sum total of their
taxable property is 1855. This is
distributed as follows The lone
editor $50 realty, personally 1865;
total $6l5; our Jackson contemporary
$1,000; all in personal property; our
Sutter Greek editor, who figures on
the minutes of the supervisors as
the benefciare of their patronage,
does not figure on the assessment
roll at all. The editor of the Led
ger is called upon to contribute over
eleven times as much toward carry
ing on the expenses of the county
as all his contemporaries combined.
That accounts for the milk in the
cocoanut. ''' Help outI' is the cry of
the combine, with acts to correspond
Herewith. People would be apt to
think more favorably of their efforts
if they would help the inflow as we'll
as the outflow of the public treas
ury.