The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-10-07
PRAISES GENEROSITY OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Will vote for Parker Against the Mao
Of Spurs-A Mint 20 the Flor
ida RaiIresds.

IL Is some uJIl6 LlIu6 sluCC Il AoN
written anything for publication In
your paper, and what 1 shall write
now is more for information than
desire to impart anything that may
be interesting to your readers.
I receive the Banner regularly ev-
ery week, and note that the good
people Of your little metropolis are
not all dead, neither do they all
sleep. Their anxiety to do some
thing that will rebound to the glory
of themselves and futurity is very
commendsble. For generosity the
southern people have no equal. As
a demonstration of the fact notice
in your issue Of the 18th, that the
county board have voted to raise the
county valuation 100000. Suppose
that the honorable Board have con-
cluded that the people of Marion
county were not paying their just
proportion of the state taxes, and so
in disregard of what the state board
of equalization had done, they
thought it their duty to add to the
state tag whatever more tax the ex-
ira 500. 900 would be. 1t is refresh
ing to read of such generosity, espec-
iallv 10 a Chicago man, where nearly
every one Is trying TO dodge all the
taxes he can. 1 suppose you have
noticed we have one man in Chicago
who pays the largest tax of any one
man in the United States. His name
is Marshall Field. Everybody knows
Marshall Field-not from his charit-
able acts, for he is not endOwing uni
versities, or giving away Libraries,
but he Is known to be the most sue
cessful merchant in the world. He
is not the richest man in the world,
probably not half as rich as John d.
Rockefeller, but Rockefeller has a
wav OF lodging his taxes, and ad-
vancing the price OF oil whenever he
makes a donation 70 the university
or performs any other so-called char
liable act. That Is easy, just hold up
the poor who are compelled 10 Use
his oil. He also fixes the price OF
the crude oil, and 50 takes them
going and coming same a. the
packers who make the price OF the
live animal ard the price Of the
product, and what are the people 90
ing to do about It? What viii the
employees do about il? The strikers
who have been forced 10 resume al
the same old starvation wages, Cl
starve in idleness. What viii they
do on election day? Why probably
do lust the same a. they did foul
wears ago, be fooled or intimidateC
into voting for the man who boast,
of his sympathy for them, but is very
cautious not to iniure the trusts thai
are making slaves of them, that ar,
fast making a government Of aristO
Gratis and serfs. They viii either do
that or waste their votes on sOmt
fellow who sands no show Of being
elected. Judge Parker was not IN,
choice. but he seemed to be the onl,
candidate that could carry the stat
of New York, and without which W
would have again been in the soup
/ believe Judge Parker is a safe ma
TO iii the position. His respect 70
the constitution and the law ough
to commend him to all thinking pee
pie who love and cherish the govern
ment founded by the blood of on
fathers, and I sincerely believe Their
is enough genuine patriotism left i
the people To elect Judge Parker owe
the accident" who now fills the pos
tion. have profound respect for tn
president of the United States, but
must be permitted to condemn tn
acts of the present incumbent, an
pray God to assist Us in filling h
place with a man who has a deept
regard for the law and loves peaC
better than exploitation and wa
But / am trespassing and must clos
Wishing the Banner and the goo
people of Ocala the success their e
forts deserve, / remain,