The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-22
PUBLIC OPINION

Editor Bridgeport Farmer-Sir:
 A great many of us have by this time received our Personal Tax Bills
 to be paid on or before June 1, 1911.
 and are wondering if everyone will
 pay. Do the tax collectors expect or
 do they know that there are men like
 Jakey King and few hundred more
 that would drop dead if they ever had
 two dollars all at one time and then
 to think they have to get two bones
 to give the tax collector, just because
 they live in Bridgeport and hang their
 hat in some saloon. CT on nail in the floor? If they are going to give all
 those who do not bring forth the two dollars a few days in jail I think 1 they will have to turn those now do- ing time loose to make room for the
 new corners.
 Then again the city will have to hire
 more barbers as it is the custom to
 give all new corners at the jail a bath
 and a hair cut right away, but they
 will surely have to hire dozen nov
 ing vans and take the crowd down to
 the bathing house and give them
 bath otherwise the water company
 will kick as it will be a waste of
 water for only two days stay at flaw
 ley's Hotel.
 How many men have a hard time supporting their family and paying rent and other high prices which keep on the constant rise and then pay two dollars in order to be a voter and on the next election vote for more graft CTS and being in hot water all the time and jumping from the frying pan into the bloom'in fire. I have been
 against women voting and have al- ways told my wife so, but tomorrow
 I'm going to send her out to talk vot- ing with the women and I'm going to head the bunch and I feel sure that the day will come when we men can stay at home and take care of the chill dren and the women will put the ki bosh on this new scheme.
 And then why not make the police
 men pay, they get more pay then most men and get plenty of freshs air and plenty of rest why not make them l pay, instead of the poor factory wretch who has to work like a slave
 two dollars for nothing. The Tax
 payers pay the police for the protec tion of property as we'll as life and
 when one is wanted you have to run
 up town, there they are in the glare of the electric light. Everything is tax
 nowadays, it starts before and after
 marriage, you are compelled to pay for the marriage or death certificate
 and pay a tax for everything you get after that. From now on when a
 child is born and it is boy the pa rents can say: Well here is two dol I,
 but when? No one can tell. If it
 keeps on with taxing he will have to pay a tax for coming into this world of hell. Tax him for going to school, tax him if he has no teeth, and if he ever owns a hen house. Why not tax the bald headed man for not rais- ing a crop of hair. This would in- sure the flies that often slip on a bald
 head and break their necks or dislo-
 cate leg, then the bald headed man
 can smile and say he has a license or tax which is the same and will not be held responsible for those trespas- sing private grounds.
 If you own dog it means a tax for him, and when the dog catcher grabs him you have to pay another tax to get the first tax out that goes with the dog. So you see when you pay a tax for a dog and the dog catcher gets him you don't own him, but you can own him for another dol lar or two for a few days when the same thing happens again. So you see you never can claim the dog. Now they are putting a tax on us like a dog. Let every man hang off and not pay the tax and we will see how
 many go to jail. We now have an in- come tax for the rich and an outcome or comeout tax for the poor. They certainly will have some time getting those first brooms in the saloons to pay two dollars and I'm going to make arrangements with the moving picture men when the time comes for pictures entitled collecting those who refused to pay the personal tax Tine cops will then know what work is