Evening journal., 1912-06-12
WEDNESDAY, JUNE II. 1912
no THE TAXPAYERS.


is rumored today that if the members of City Coun-
Gil meet as a committee Of the whole this evening
the Wilmington Terminal Company and IT'S associates
viii everything they commit to their Delaware
riverfront exploitation scheme enough City Councimen
in the enterprise Of jammng the deal
through Council possibly tomorrow night We do
not know that this win be done, but do know that
the Wilmington Terminal Company and its associates
would like to have IL and that there are certain
City Councmen who would like to assist them in
having It done they not afraid Of YOU Not In
years has anything been seriously proposed i'm this city
that has been more nimica TO your interests than
this Delaware river waterfront exploitation scheme 1t
strikes tho natural Of the people of our
state 1t strikes at the treasury of the Federal Gov
ernment Il strikes at the pockets Of you Wilmington
taxpayers who already have burdens great as most
Of YOU think you should be called upon to bear. IL
strikes the commercial future Of the city of Whining
ton Any one things should be enough 80 impe
the city Councmen TO kill the scheme Taken col
lectiyely they supply such ground for public indgna
ton that if City Councilmen interested in the
welfare Of the nation the State the city taxpayers and
the commercial future Of city they would put
upon it, without slightest hesitation, the stamp of
onical disappro,al
And yet there are members of that City Council who
love that scheme much that they ondle and oaress
It as though it their instead OF that Of the
Wilmington Terminal Company and It's associates. Why
strange situation when city counoilmen elected by
Wilmington taxpayers watch out for and protect the
public interests show such oyerweening love for
scheme such as the before them for consd-
Grafton and action. You taxpayers certainly have
right to know why It is that elected by you. and to
whom YOU delegated your for exercise for your
honeft are carried away by scheme TO take 500 or
fe acres Of land belonging the State TO take hum
IDS of thousands Of dollars the Federal treasury
build hukhead and make big development Of that
for private interests, and 10 use hundreds Of thou
DIS Of dollars contributed by YOU in years
to build great street and boulevard system
the development Of the marsh land controlled by the
'rfront spectators You also have right 10 know
d group of men willing to have You pay their city
willing TO take the sste land willing to take the
funds. willing to take money from your pockets
. oheir streets and boueyards. and willing to got
dste ohold the citys riyerfront have such hold
week eAions Of certain Of your Councimen. Are
day ne Qouncimen willing go such lengths
~esmen And women who really pay city taxes and
=odge them under the mask Of exemption
tbeA so ready and eager to give you the i'm
-. for\which you ask? When YOU want any
niA oa'ou taken behind closed doors and kowtowed
to ~ y whom you elected. and permitted
to ctathevhss you shall have? Not much. You take
yotsn get and you constantly hear the plea that
the city is short of money cannot give YOU what
you want yet on top Of that with increase of
Just extraordinary expense, there
are certain these Councilmen who cannot give you
taxpayers what you want VIM will sit up until mid
night almost, considering favoraby scheme which
commits you and your children TO expenditures. for
streets and all the improvements that will with them
for who do pay cent OF city and very
little county taxes Does that look right? Does it in-
dicate that the Councilmen who in Wilmington Ter
minal Company eading-srings working for the
terest Of you taxpayers? Did you elect them to give
little TO taxpayers and much to taxdodgers? Did you
elect them to assist selfish interests TO exploit the
States resources the Federal Governments funds the
pockets OF yourselves and the waterfront your city
that the Wilmington Terminal Company and its asso-
oates might become richer and the nation State
the city and yourselves respondingly poorer? We
feel sure that did You elected them TO stand
between the public and those would exploit it. That
was your mandate TO them and you should give them
10 understand that they live up 10 IT, repudiae the
proposed deal and work to obtain that riverfront for
the city You also should demand from each City coun-
Gilman who stands for this deal fu and complete ex
pianation OF his DO let him OF with films,
Pin him right down the hard facts as the,
stand boldly in this rverfront situation Give
him understand distinctly that he must spend his