The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1914-03-05

/ IOuI WlIt lt nee law Itptdltu ana
our townspeople viii take care OF
the city stock law at the approach
| ing elt CtIon.
Along on the line of the city
giving more attention to the aPrl-
ultural interest OF this section, II
order 10 help the city, IT would he
well for the boosters to see that
cotton platform is erected to hold
the baIed cotton, instead OF having
to let it lay IN the gin yards sub
iect 10 damage until shipped. Ev-
erybody knows the farmers do
not ship their cotton but sell 1t to
local buyers, who hold 1t until
are accumulate d, and when the
farmer sells his cotton, few or
many bales to the local buyer,
there is charge OF say twenty
five cents deducted from the far
mei's cash for each bale to pay
some other man to haul II 10 the
PLATFORM, when II we had suit
Gent storage platform, the Tar
mcr would haul It himself and
have the ,, cents to spend OF taxi
TO his family. 1t IS easy 10 ste
that the tour thousand bales OF
cotton handled here this season
has cost the farmers one thousand
dollars draVaEe charges. But
some will say it Is the railroad $
business to furnish shipping ia
cilities; so It Is, but they are not
going to build the platform until
they are asked to do so, and eS-
peciallv as long as the tanner
hauls and puts II IN the car at his
own expense. I he railroad COM
panv has only a two cents per bale
expense on 1t for loading ard that
goes to the railroad man who
checks 1t INTO the ear, while the
farmer paws fer the actual load
ing.
noticed some time since there
was a good deal OF gossip about
petltioning the railroad COMPANY
to move ITS tracks out OF town.
Even the railroad company IS IN
ptImott way. | dare say 1t tV-
tty town lot IN Dtimott tronted
the railroad, they would ht worth
more MONEY, as would every acre
OF farm land III ChlCot county. II
tins Is tue, then let 5 petition the
railroad company To give us I'M
prove ments that Will hent M the
agricultural classes, who help to
keep UP our city, INST ad OF ask
ing TIN m u move then railroad.
must congratulate the writer
OF the nice letter III Your paper
signed, Only a Noman. | hi
letter fully explains that the Cltv
Is not in debt tor any OF the money
for which bonds Of any improve
ncnt district wee sold that " hen
t the bonds were sold committee
or commission WAS appolntt d OF
formed, " hose business II was 10
/ ook after and collect the taxes OF
the given Improvement district
and see that the debt was paid ct
and that the town was no longer
IN debt tor that particular dt bt.
/ This is literally tlue and IstAaCtlv
what has caused a good deal ol
/ disSension IN the tax pavcrs camp,
/ tor the real estate and homes OF
every one IN SAID district Is up and
responsible for the debt so Great
/ ed, while the city fathers, thus
! freed oil the SpOuslhiltN, 90
sCamptrlng Oft with their terttlt
/ BRAIN In pursuit OF Improvement
districts to load down wIth taxes
again.
1 heartily agree with the 'Onlv
/ Woman WIlttr that our town
DaddIes ATE a tine set OF bust
ness men, both IN private life and
their own enterprises, as We'll as
/ tor the public and all alegood sub
stanual citizens and have don,
much to make ours the most pro-
gresSivc city IN the whole country
and really admire every one OF
them, both from = personal stand
point and tot th,it huSln, = SaEac.
Nv, but |. like many Others, can
ste any body $ eItCrS quio h,r than
my own, aud | do not believe