Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-10
WHY CONTINUE
 A USELESS FIGHT Free Bridge Association Is sues Statement Strongly Defending Its Project
 and Reasons With
 Taxpayers. OUTLINES BENEFITS
OUTLINES BENEFITS
Annual Ferriage of Many Farmers Will Pay Their Free Bridge Tax
 ---lnterests of all Alike,

Pine Bluff, Ark, July 10, 1912 ID THE PUBLIC, AND ESPECIALLY
 TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE
 TAXPAYERS PROTECTIVE AS.
 sOCIATION WHO ARE HONEST
 IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE
 FREE BRIDGE:
 We understand that the mee.in oi the Tax-PayersI Protectice Associa ion today has been called to consider what action, if any, can be taken to further delay the building of the bridge.
 As fellow citizens and ne:ghbors interested as vi,ally and as Honestly as any in the iwla. fa..e aid upbuilding of Jefferscn Coun.y, We feel that We can thus publicly address you and ask your sane- careful and unpre- Judiced consideration before you lerd further aid to those, who would cb- struct the progr ess of our people.
 We are all interested alike in this Improvement. Those of us who favor 1t are not seeking 0 put a burden of | indebtedness upon you, for what would injure you would necessarily I-u us; but we are asking you with us t2 make an investment wiaich we believe vii prove highly profitable to every person who owns a foot of land in Jefferson County Tle cost of making this investment distribut- ed according to the benefits derived fram it, will not be burdansome on anyone
 Of those opposed to the bridge, many have al eady contributed for fighting the proposition as much as or more than tt,eir entire tax will be for the improvement, and what have they accomplished? They have noth- ing to show for their money.
 When the leaders of the Tax-Pay- CTS Association were asking for these subscriptions to fight the Building of the bridge they should have known for it was a matter of public record that a similar case had already been fought out tn courts and lcs-. Every question involved had already been settled by the Supreme Court of A.,1y u,hi a1, ic ho of 1o ct resort for cases of this kind. Then why should the money of the people of Jeffef son County be- used to pay court costs and attorneys fees just to have the Supreme Court decide again what had already been decided? Was t.,at any advantage to the public? If not, WHO PROFITED BY TT?
 The Supreme Court has reversed the decision of the lower court, dis selved the temporary injunction and dism 'ssed the suit brought by the Tax-Payers Assocition for want or equity. Every reputable lawyer in the State, who knew about the case, predicted that result.
 Before any more is spent to con- tinue the fig.,s against the progress of the county, consider how wisely or unwisely what has already been con tributed has been expanded. If the public has net derived any benefit from the expenditure, ask yourself who has? Are you willing to follow the leadership of men w'h'o, from Dad Judgment CT selfish motives have mis- led you thus far?
 We have no private interests to pro mote in this matter. We simply De- lieve honestly and firmly. that the bridge. with the railroads which II will bring (ard we have piedse that there will be no bridge without a railroad will benefit all of us those on the north side of the rlVer as well as those on the south slde' We claim tha we are just as honest and just as patriotic as the leauers of the opposition. We have just as much pacperty, are just as much ln- terested in the welfare of the county and are. just as much entitled 10 your confidence. The majority ,s' wluh HIS and we will win, but we want tne neonle of the county to be united Tn this great enterprise, which means so