Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1905-07-06
Q. Z. MADDOX
Gives Very Poor Reasons for Finding
Fault With Mexico and its
Enterprise.

MoLINo, Mo-, June q, 1905.-You
ask for reasons Of my letter dated
June 20, as your city seems to don't
understand. Here Is a few of them:
In the first place, the county seat is
in Mexico, Mo-, surrounded by fence
and hitching racks; you removed them
away and ask the county few ques-
tions; you paved the streets and put q
big tax on the same. 1t takes money
to build fine city and hold 1t; there
fore you must buy low and sell by
while you are doing that.
Our contry towns Is over buying you
and under selling you they can do SO.
Because they have no by City ex-
spence so thearfore you give the farm
ers nothing to come thear for and as a
rule the farmers don't hitch up and
drive is or 20 miles to trade. Because
they like him and the next thing you
have made great howl about the
stock pens and removed them way out
to one side on the railroad. Whear
flew farmers can drive thier teams,
witch is very unhandy for farmers
and buyers and the next place you
have at one time set up great hould
In reguard to stocks being driven up
on your streets and sold at Auction,
and the next place you have only pre-
pard very snail space for the como
dasion of farmers teams when they
come to town and it is a find to hitch
In most places out side Of the hitch
lot and that wont hold one fourth of
our teams from day to day and the
next place your farmer trends is very
often necltcled when he gose to your
bording houses for good square meal
my last meal In one OF your restand
was small slice Of beef, four slices
OF bread and cup Of water. Price 20
cents.
And as for your spiting ordinance II
have nothing to say as have to mutch
respect for ladies to have to sweep a
round in sutch filth and 1t don't seams
to me that any gentleman woud spit
on sutch place.
Now will ask your City to bring
all of thees things to either and II you
think you ar treating your Farmer
Friends right by asking them no ques-
tion. will simple step out and beg
pardon and If any one has any thing
TO say on this line would like to hear
from them, now brother while be
Frank, Honest and Publish this just as
hav stated to you in letter.
You can continue my paper on un-
til settlement is made.
G. e. MADDOX.
Pleas send me copy of this letter.
Our information is to the effect that
Mr.. Maddox Is a resident Of Monroe
instead Of Audrain county. At
least he Is not a taxpayer in this
county. There may be method In the
fight he is making on Mexico. Refer
ring to his letter above. would say,
that the City of Mexico has expended
q large sum Of money to buy a. hitch
lot within half block Of the square.
An electric light has been placed in
this lot and maintained at the cost Of
the city. More teams can be hitched
In this lot than could be around the
public square. The waymaster has
his office there, and watches the teams.
There is no "big tax' on account Of
paving the streets OF Mexico. Adjoin-
ing property owners foot the bills. We
can't see what objection Mr. Maddox
would have TO this.
The better town we have the better
market it is for the farmers. The
of Mexico made no oblec-
tion to the stock sales. On the other
hand expended money to revive this
enterprise.
Mr.. Maddox objects TO paying twen-
ty cents for his dinner in Mexico. We
have quite number of first-class res
taurants in the city, and competition
is very sharp, and we don't think he
was robbed. -
We are glad to know that Mr.. Mad
dox approves of the ordinance which