The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-27

own way, thOt they've filed the strate
uD above her till she's down in the
. hole wild the dTippinEs. an she do have
to climb up in her attic to see the wag-
gins go by They've taxed her three
hundred. and she's got to morgige her
place for 1T. I knows thOt. And l know
man. tbs Kit TieTnan-some of yOus
may know him: ne was in the expriss
business for forty years. and he's re
tired on his saving He's got two
houses on Park strate. where they was
paving last year He'd to pay tWiIve
hundred dollars or thin two houses;
they amt worthy thirty-five hun
dred-"
'I can give YOU something worse
than that even" said mellow voice.
The mar who spoke was tall and of a
fun habit. He had gray chin beard
and a delicate mouth. He was a bank
er of the town, a man of good fortune
and great generosity.
Il can give YOU worse than that"
said he. this taxing by frontage in
stead Of by value or extent or anything
else but frontage makes an awful mess. /
There's John NcKim, who owns an OBJ
fuse triangle down on Front street. !
Whole property isn't worth two thou
sand-taxes for payment tote UD to /
something over four thousand; and Su- /
pTeme court has held that he can't !
simply give up mis- property to the city. /
If his property IS sold and doesn't bring /
enough TO pay the tax. he can be as (
SeSSed for the difference If IL takes /
every cent he has in the world. It /
doesn't of course. but the principle is .
the same, and in some cases. like the I
captains here. IL pretty nearly dOesI /
OF course. a city must be paved; but (
property ought not TO be assessed sim I
ply for frontage. and property owners
are not the only ones benefited, and
ought not to have to pay more than a (
fair proportion OF the taxi
It's enough to make a man a Social
list" adventured the minister: but an
ex-distriCt judge a keen-faced man in (
white duck. cut off the sentence with.
I call such -obbery by municipalities
the biggest argument against Social \
ism, Why. the heaTtlessest trust that n
ever looted wouldn't have the nerve to \
cOnfsCate a mans whole estate in this u
fashion. The new kind of Socialism II
wants to make che municipality run 4.
the whole shooting match. Do YOU /.
think Doodle aldermen viii make bet II
ter terms with us than other plumber II
ers . 7 don't. They are less afraid Of II
public sentiment than any thieves on II
earth. a corpora ton expects to stay II
in business. and can't squeeze the pub
lie TO the bursting point. because that Il
thieves are trying TO crowd
all the robbery Of lifetime into a few
years. because their tenure Of office is
limited So they steal all they can with
nut getting into the penitentiary. 1
don't see by they should be any more
honest With larger opportunities 10
5teaI.-
. 'Thot's right, Judge" agreed Patsy /
, Br:en, grimly, and YOU might add
hot It takes a Doodle alderman to pick
Z poor mans pocket Of the last clint /
whilst he's huCging his neck wild the
'ther arrum and asshuTin' him as he
Ices be his Dist fTind on earth and his
protector agiu the rich bloOdsuckers.
tell yous, In this very town the brick
S chasing the POOR man out of his
home Look at the captain. now. him
'ilf, amt this going to hit him harr-
Ter than amy Of yOuS-and I amt
'ayin' 1t don't hit yous all cruel hard p
Wen, nova little. dapper man
Who kept a grocery down town spoke
~. he was a man that liked to show I
is acumen and bread views by TAX
ne the opposite side in any contention
well. now, I always supposed the
aptain was pretty we'll fixed. He
rades with US, and never runs a bill
lways has the change in his pocket
That means something these times.
And I've seen him at our meetings.
'elong 10 his post, you know-Tve seen
i'm give five and ten and once twenty {
dollars when the hat would be passed
or some poor Comrade down on his
uck. de never Went TO meeting. T
uess. without his check book He's got s
money in the savings bank: I know E
hat. and you. too. Mr.. Elgin."
The banker did not feel called upon
0 answer the appeal beyond an enig-
latical and Teticent professional smile
. new voice spoke, that Of the teacher :