The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-08-06
CIVIC UNRIGHTEOUSNESS

While the human family growing and expanding individually
an collectively along spiritual lines there painful lack OF progress
being made IN civic righteousness The individual consciousness IS
awake alert jealous of its integrity sensitive ana lee
like wound the universal consciousness IS dWaed ana
cped rebeious and nsurreconary Civic duty ghoeu %
often and persenty that would think that CIVIC
unrghteousness is general rather than exceptional
This nirnty confined any class or condio OF PEI
pie symptoms manifest themselves everywhere Men ana women
who are honest farng when dealing with an individual
look upon cheating the government triumph OF advanced uPo
acy, rather than a SIM says the Memphis Scmitar 80
has been said that his taxes with any dscernpe
enthusiasm There many that each one tees a MS
contribution will not be missed
The great American congress has been engaged for months IN
devising tariff bill that will give certain class OF citizens an ad
vantage all other citizens that will tax the many or me Deh
fit Of the few and this favored few when called upon Tor their con-
trbuon the general fund.- evade payment every possible way
of swearing falsely the The NUM-
Der of wealthy people who honestly render their property for taxation
Jorge They conceal when they swear OFT as they
do in New York when concealment impossible
Cheating county and municipal governments looked up
smart by many while cheating Uncle Sam has been cata
gued shining virtue The old gentleman defrauded in many
from using Cancelled postage stamps smuggling big dis
er nearby has been sent federal prison for term
because he attempted bride agent Those
who attempt and succeed in this business go prison
sale had of $4,000 worth of smugged dresses in New
York the other day These costumes rich people purchased abroad
and when they caught abandoned the goods rather than stand
exposure The millions Of dollars worth OF goods that escape de
lection every year would not be easy compute.
An indictment has been found by the federal grand jury
sitting Detroit against the wife of millionaire ship of that
city She had reduced smuggling science and old offend
She had with false bottoms and in these
ecreted rich aces costly diamonds and other articles This
very rich and did not need the The joy and glory of swnd
ling the government obessed her Civic ugheousness strongly
developed in her. and that American which permits
have their way and do they please made her feel that she could
take liberties with Uncle Sam
the millionaire the who washes Cancelled postage
stamps who is alone guilty of civic urgheousness committee
your county has discovered that many hone yeoman in
comfortable and auent circumstances have escaping
OF the road the ground that they cppes
able to render the service The basis for this frequently the
loss Of finger such trng that way
qualities them for ordinary duty
That civic unrgheousness that seeks evade just share of
the burden OF government and place other shoulders
claim voaries the high and low rich poor So true is this
that the who up and pays full his just proportion
looked abnormal being who is building an ap
proach to some selfish object