The Greeley tribune., 1912-01-11
An Answer
Republican, after


0ans for . reply. One OF tho fan
Aan.eatal principles Of fair play
shas one attacked may mako bis d
1pnse. One should particularly D
,aven q defense In the same pape
- before the same people W1
Uere reached by the original attach
ln refusing 70 allow one to bo hear
I'D Attempting to suppress . discus
a5oa Of tho question Of TAXATION y
weld county, the Greeley RePubh
onn demonstrates that It has n
fnith in its own position, nor conf
Aeace In It's own alleged logic. Trutl
always seeks the light, courts dis
eussiOn and enjoys debate. 1t 1
@aft. falseisoOd and deception whtci
seeks to suppress investigation.
The Greeley Republican SECS ut u
designate certain writers ~ 'irFe
sponaible". But these persons m
responsible for anything they 81!
cd any person aggrieved can hav'
satisfaction or monetary damages 1
~nfdtled to such. But those feeling
tAemselves agxrieved need not g
n court. II there has been AM
aisstatement made and any a&griev
eu person will show such missIat<,
aent the writers will publicly apollo
Gize and gladly reimburse them Il
Ehey are losers by such public
statements. The epithet "irrespon
sible" does not fit either papers o.
writings.
The Greeley Republican sees fit to
say that much Of this talk Is ''abso-
tutely false. They further say
these statements are made without
Investigation. They are absolutely
mistaken in both statements.
But there is one statement that
seems to particularly irritate the
Republican. That Is the statement
that taxes are 40 per cent too high
4 Weld county. repeat, reitefate,
nd reaffirm this statement. After
Investigation and thought and con-
sa1tation with many business men, l
Eopeat: 1 believe that q board of
county commissioners made up OF
cloar-headed business men like O.
H. Wheeler, C. N. Jackson and Ed
Decker or three men like Albert IgO,
william Farr and j. II. WOOf would
fun the affairs Of this county great
deal better than they are run. pro-
vide better roads, get better all
round services everywhere, on 80
per cent OF the county money spent
today.
The management of the cOmty's
business affairs by the county COM
n,issiOners from top to bottom Is
by waste, extrava-
eAnce, mismanagement, and unbusi-
nesslike methods, poor help and
general bad business.
One Of the great sources Of loss |
b because the board is a partisan
hoard, having the success and wei.
fare first Of its individual members
and second, OF some political party,
Aefore the welfare of people who
Ray the taxes. II q plank is put In
. bridge it costs the county -
where the cost to a private farmer
70 put the same kind of plank In
tho same kind Of a bridge is about |
- cents; and 1t runs this way from
Attle petty items and details up to |
. waste of $25,O at II clip on a
aridge. Not all county officers are
to the people. The county
judges office is not; nor the county
c16rk and recorder. ! can make my
point clear aS to this steady waste
y an illustration which will be par
tkcularly interesting to the Greeley
Republican: A little while ago our
sRicers had occasion to have print
- . Large delinquent tax sale list |
= about eleven pages. Now busi-
oeas men would have asked several |
what they would have
done it for and chosen the cheapest,
me statute seems to indicate that
this printing shall he included In
the usual county contract and be let
- the lowest bidder by the county
commissioners. Do you think any
ching of this kind was done? No, it
WAs not. Without giving any of the
ether papers chance to say what
easey would do it for it was given to
the Greeley Republican presumably
- the sO-called legal rates which
are much more than 1t could have
6ecn hired done from other papers.
Greeley Republican will you tell
NR,o people Of this county what you
received for this job?
When the notice was published Of
she letting of the LaSalle bridge
contract it was tucked away In the
weekly edition Of the Weld County
Republican so no one saw it but
0lseely.
There is no question At all why
tase Greeley Republican is an apollo
e1st for the present condition Of af-
Anirs.
1t is prospering by these evil con-
1lG1ons.
The Greeley Republican seeks to
a1Aow that the amount wasted Is but
. small fraction Of our taxes, and
- prove its point prints tho hall
0Gofement Of the amount Of the
ADanty tax levy. Tho county mill
1nx levy Is not decisive. It II the
asanty mill tax levy multiplied b,
&1Ae assessed valuation that gives tn
psOduct Of the amount Of county
1nGes collected. Why did not ths
Republican print . statement of thA
ana0unts Of Weld county taxes which
Aave been spent by Weld county
government from 1900 to 1911 In
eansivo? As . matter Of fact thu
anOunt spent for county govern
Meut since 1900 has stea6lily aaS
RAPIDLY increased. Where We use&