Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-22

settler WHO meet every week ana
am very we'll acquainted with. he let
! the cat oul of the bag. He gave ut
terance to the thought born in me as
a result of what / had heard and
read. Since tlen think l have seen
more evidenS.e tending to confirm his
words. They mere to the effect that
the people who came out and opened
up this country underwent great hard
ships and privations and made great
sacrifices for the benefit of the coun-
try and why shouldn't these money
lenders? Then / said, do you you
mean to say it is the intention to keep
on borrowing as long as you can and
then repudiate?' He replied why
not? VIII It be any worse on them
than 1t was on us to make some sac
rifice TOR the benefit of the country"
There you are, as Mr.. Dooley says.
But do not think that opinion is
generally entertained. 1t is only prev
alent among a certain class. Still, it
is entertained.
Why the railways and other pub
lie utilities do not pay here is quite
simple 10 understand when you have
once seen them being constructed
here with your own eyes. The railways
show an average cost of $52,405 per
mile which l submit Is too much for
a narrow gau q 6 IL ft) road The
work Is all done by hand labor, and
Z fc al fo he
past or 10 years one to two thousand
men have been constantly employed
on the main trunk line. which is Il
connect this city with Wellington and
extending down through the center Of
the island solely to keep them en-
ployed so they could say there was
no unemployed here Can it be
expected such men will or can
do a full days work under such cir
! cumstances? Here in Auckland is the
only tram line in the country not
owned and operated by the munich
pality and is the only one that is pay
ing satisfactorily. The company last
year paid e2,SS0 license to the city,
and Z per cent on its stock, while in
the city OF Christchurch they ran be-
hind e6,500 In Dunedin the last Z
months of 1907 showed a deficiency
at the rate of $4,000 per annum on
their lines. while the manager of The
company at Wellington states that
| the operation of the tram lines n that
city, in comparison with those I'm
Auckland (private owned) was very
unsatisfactory.
| AS a sample of how things are con-
Quoted here The city of Auckland
has about 10000 inhabitants. Nov as
we are accustomed to ii a person
would naturally suppose they would
have mas or, board of aldermen,
clerk, treasurer, etc. Wei, they have
all that here and more in the and so
forth" The city is divided into six
wards and named instead of numbered
They are City. Grey Lynn. Parnell.
Newmarket, Mt Eden. and Remuera
and each has a town hall, mayor,
clerk (who acts also as treasurer), a
board Of seven members and whole
raft OF hangers-on. Then the govern
ment does the policing over the whole.
Ohl | can't tell you half about II be-
| cause 1t is so beautifully mixed up.
/ but do know one thing that il a fact
1t furnishes a good, easy, fat living
to about six times as many men as is
necessary. Can anyone tell me why
there should be six mayors instead Of
one unless it is to provide five more
men to be supported by the rate pay
| ers?
Then he said Il failed 10 state
] that the bulk of the taxes comes from
the large property holders and do not
| fall on the poor people To be sure.
did not, because It is not a fact That
is one of the things object 10 here.
! A man here in receipt Of salary Of
| E5 a week, living in a rented house
with an equal sized family. pays no
more necessarily than laborer earn
| ing &2 los. because the taxes are all
levied ON the necessaries of life. They
/ pay S. on every ton OF -four or pota.
| toes used, because there is not enough
raised here and tie deficiency must
be made up from Australia. Kero.
sene. 30 cents per gallon. Roofing
| tiles free. corrugated iron $40 per
/ ton Roofing tiles are used by the
rich, the poor man must be con
/ tented with iron No shingles are
used at all On footwear from % 1-2
/ per cent and up from England, and
from IS per cent and up from the
United States. On slippers the poor
man pays 125 per cent; the rich man
/ about 30 per cent. On mems boots
/ there they call what we designate
4 shoes, boots; while low shoes are
known as shoesJ the poor man pays
/ 81 IL per cent: the rich man p IL
/ per cent. On women boots the poor
pay So ~ per cent. the rich q IL per
| cent On evening shoes. the poor pay
! 70 per cent, the rich q ~ per cent
/ That is added to the cost Of every
| pair made in this country because
they do not begin to manufacture here
enough for the people. II Is the same
all through the list They import more
or less Of everything and the tax Is
very high on all--especial those
common articles used By all I have
been surprised 10 see time and again
when unloading ship from New Yori
sling load after sling load. each con
sisting of - - gross cases, Of those
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