Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-04-06
AnH-BOnd issues Bad Logic.


provide for taxes to be divided upon a
percentage basis; an increased levy;
towns to be taxed; their amended bill to
carry upon its face 1.-THE roads to be
built, and the manner and method of
making the improvements" Fellow
citizens, can you reconcile either of
these promises with the other? The
taxable values of our three districts are
far different. Can you find their uniform
rate which could complete these so
miles in each district in 10 years, and
still have taxes divided upon percent
age basis? Don't you think they have
gone fishing for public sentiment; that
the stream and the suckers are strange
to them, but still they insist upon stick
ing to their original bait of taxes di-
vided equslly?"
They oppose the bond issue plan on
account of 1.-The enormous burden it en-
tails both upon present and future tax
payers, p" and they frighten us by talk
of 'panics and hard tines They ad-
vocate raising $50. 900 each year, and
building 12O miles of road in 10 years.
Most of these men are men of means.
who are able to carry out Utopian
ideals; but don't you think that $50, 900
a year might be burdensome to the
common run of present tax payers? If
it were possible to carry their plans out.
do you think it would be equitable and
just to exempt posterity, future en-
HANGED values, and future investments
from taxation, and decree to them, in
fee simple, free right-of-w to peace
and prosperity? But can you not see
that before their plan could be carried
far, we would be having continuous epi-
denies and outbreaks of parties and
hard times? Don't your sound econom-
les teach you. that panics are usually
brought on by imaginary and msgnified
conditions which cause commercial dis
trust; and that nothing short of general
failure in crops should eyer be sufficient
cause for panic in this great country If
ours? Don't you want to fight sey #
one of these artificial causes. and vote
for the Bond Issue?
They oppose Bond Issue" because
of the contractor, his inferior foreign
labor. his temptations and unfavorah!e
weather conditions, his defective work
and our expensive htigations" Now,
farmer friend. be frank, and Just tell
US how many more men you need to get
out enough crops to last from one sea-
son to another. Jeffersonville Road
Committee, pray tell US what you have
to do with the weather conditions? Has
the wind ceased to blow, the rain, hail
and snow divided and passed around
your force account camp; and if it has,
do you pledge and promise" future con-
tlnuations of these acts of Providencei
Now as to their Especial Reasons why
Jeffersonville District Should Defeat
the Bond Issue" They point out the
ten miles of road which they can restore
for 81, 800 mile; that most of the 42a
miles of macadam is only feet wide,
(which would reduce the cost consider
ably. pray, whose cost?). They have
their own machinery, organized force.
and road committee; they show you
Hubble hill road, IL feet wide with 4
foot shoulders, 9 inches of stone rolled
to Ga model road as they see it-com-
pleted at cost of 81. 500 per mile. Did
they tell you that their foreman's best
bid to restore those 10 miles of old road
was 81, 800 per mile, and the county to
furnish the machinery free? Do they
own this entire bunch in fee simple. and
is their title to same non-transferable7
Mr.. Common Sense Tax Payer. as to
"Who will be left out" we will lust
take a few of your figures to show YOU
the soundness of your argument, and
we challenge" the comparison, to
show who is ''acting in bad faith and
who is playing games and tricks to
misiead the voters" Take 81. 500. the
cost of the Hubble hill road (none of
our roads are wider) and divide this III
to the $625, 900 bond issue, and we have
go miles of modern macadam road in
the county, as you argue. There are
only 25Ot miles proposed-dirt roads and
all-in the county. Don't you think it
more impossible and worse misleading
to say that you can macadamize all ex-
cept this one fourth mile for this amount.
than to say bond issue money will run
out before the 42a miles of macadam is
covered, and thereby leave nothing for
the dirt roads?" Bond issue law pro-
vides for force account work-do YOU
want this entire contract at your fig
ures?
"Who will be left out?" The bond
issue will carry in all three districts.
But, for the sake of argument alone.
grant that you could defeat it in j. fer.
sonville district. Each of the other
districts will follow their good roads to
their respective towns, and will carry
with them peace, prosperity and happi-
ness, and Tazewell will only be seen
and remembered by posterity from