The Greeley tribune., 1911-03-02
TAXES ARE DISCUSSED AT
COMMERCIAL BANQUET

soft eyes looked love into eyes
which spoke again
And all went merry ~ . marriage
bell"
Instead Of q whirlwind Of kicks.
protests, questions and such storm
az was prophesied by the curb stone
orator and the man who writes few
columns to the paper. the tax meet
ing Of the Commercial club at the
Camfield Monday night was veri-
table love feast. 1t would seem that
all present save one lone man had
been hoping for years for high taxes
and, now that he had gotten them.
was living in deadly fear that some
one would protest.
| But there were NO protests. One
man brought up the subject of tax
ing the mineral properties of the
county, but he was SO painfully lone
some that he quit at that. Another
gentleman asked information regard
ing the assessment OF the sugar fac
tory and then apologized for doing
so. II there was any among the 200
present who had a kick he failed to
register it when invited to do 30.
County Assessor Fischer was the
principal speaker and 1t was an
nounced by President Rothschild
that any desiring to ask questions
would be answered by Mr.. Fischer.
But when Mr.. Fischer sat down and
Mr.. Rothschi1d called for questions
there was a silence like unto the
campus of q correspondence college
at midnight.
There was a barrel of fun for all.
however. when State Treasurer
Roady Kenehan was called on. He
explained first that he did not want
to talk except to answer Mr.. Fischer
regarding a few allegations relative
to the part the state board Of equali-
zation had in fixing the taxes of
Weld county. Then the fireworks
began and between the bin. bang.
bing Of Mr.. Kenehan's oratory there
was laughter from the audience. lib
orally sprinkled with applause. and
some uncomfortable moments for
George D. Statler. who was once
state auditor. and MIR. Fischer. who
was frequently referred to.
Curtis First Speaker
DR.. Henry S. Curtis was called up
on first after the dinner was over
and the glee club had responded to
two invitations to sing. During the
solemn process of eating the club |
sang Always" and my Rosary,
but at the conclusion of Mr.. Curtis
talk they gave merry Jingle. pos
sibly in anticipation Of the tax dis
cussion to follow.
DR.. Curtis took for his subject
"The Child as an Asset, emphasiz-
ing the work done by the play
ground association in this country !
since the movement was started
few years ago and the effectiveness
of the open air play ~ = preventa- |
tive of disease and n builder OF
character.
Defended Before Attacked
President Rothschild did not wait
for any of the erstwhile numerous
and vehement critics OF the CONNER
cial club to burst forth. Maybe he
saw some in the audience and maybe
he didn't. at any rate there was
nothing doing for the critic. for Mr..
George Statler beat him to 1t. He
was called on. incidentally, to make
a few remarks on the attitude Of the
club in relation to taxes and he
cleared its skirts beautifully. So far
as Mr.. Statler could see the press of
the city was about the only thing
around that could be blamed for
anything that might be wrong, be-
cause the daily papers had published
the fact that there were kicks on
taxes and had announced and ac-
tually printed proceedings Of the
grasshopper convention. which grave
breaches, 1t was inferred, might be
the cause of all the unexpressed sor-
row that brought the crowd together.
Mr.. Statler called attention to the
fact that the club was supported by
voluntary contributions, assessed no
tax and that the banks of the COM
munity were the heaviest contribu-
tors to its funds. He declared that
taxes had not been increased through
the efforts OF the club, citing the
canning factory, the county fair.
conventions and other material in
stitutions that had been brought
here largely through the efforts Of
the club. He said that all Of the
clubs chief business was discussed
publicly and that the club also
watched fake schemes that might be
brought to Greeley for exploitation.
There was not single question pro-
pounded to Mr.. Statler. SO 1t is pre-
sumed that II there were critics of
the club present they were satisfied
that the club as an organization had
been of benefit to Greeley.
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