The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-10-14

Tditar The star Mayer Gtu has ssut
the city council a veto message GA the
ias badEs IN whtrh be aliases the ma
IsFltr - the council tlks Fish uonan.
fon have ai~sys demanded e9uFAss
and honesty IN pahiir Officials. auf
shoaia defend tbsm from siandsr and
ABUSE sbsu they shuE thss~ trah.
~ yoa DO not r. ts useless O. help siert
elect them. for the lies and miasarsssn.
tstian ct the predatory Interests ~li
drive fhsm cot Of afftes
The majority In the soanrh has 20
fused 60 Join tho mayer IN fsesiyinx the
people sseg, the nsuieh ia~. but DE-
MAIDS that 90 live up 10 a.
tn. majority has alec refused % play
peanut politics. and TRY tn dsiufs the
People TITO bsiisvinx ~s -.fs nssins a
ls~ tar levy -hsn 90 -sss pashlns ebli-
ss,lon. Of today iuto the future 10 -
ear.d sor. With Interest. ~ these ~hs
com. aftsF as. o. after the neat election
lEessT
nscss.. -. f.fa,s 10 steep 20 tAs-s
dirty msthnAs the mayer charges W wtsa
pssfdy and hish crime.
Di.~uss~s the Home
There are three it-eas IN ,hs tar lew
9th which the mayor wishes 10 do hts
thin hiarissinx
bond issue due Hsxi JuiY
THIS Item vas left out lsst Year. ara
brought us a ueii.m<rttsd ross' from
bankers ard bond buyers Whsu ws had
to seTrov mon.y 90 take ~ tbs bonds
rhs mayor. who 10 . lawyer. ala not
tell us ~ ~ns a vieiaties % Law ~ issr.
a serial Bond payment aui 81 the isry
Bs, " ~ a hrsaoA % tain ss eel as
law. and the council shoald not es
party 70 II aEsln
The law 10 plata
The everlasting rsfsndinx 80 bonded
debt ana pushing h into the fuiurs. -
ma 81 hixh TAX lew is fsVprit- hanco
xam@ vtth peanut poilfirtans
Mayor On ~ past master a. this art
II makes him furious 80 hav. honest men
spurn such con,smptihis frick~ry
There nsvsr GeiiAr paid On the
bonded fsat % the city until 1871. after
the ward system vas abolished and Giil
vAs out % the council
Nsv~r Had sinkinE Fund
The 10 years preceding thi. tim. yer.
boom times. and ON vas central figure
IN the council Hut not a dollar
provided - NEE, bonded Indebtedness. Of
nearly tia9s. 900 which became due IN
1919 and soon thereafter. tho the Law IL
clear and specific that shaking fund
shall - provided.
The ~auneii. - the Lac, four years have
had this burden Of hsapsd up indebted
ness. and consequent mountain = Inter
est % spread on tar roll. during iean
years % business
milton dollars a year IN tho levy ses
bond and Interest payment alone
a Legacy FOR the Taxpayers ~ today
from Mayor ON and bis standardization
81 decade sEai
No wonder he Yslls "psrfify"'
The mayors complaint about the cost
81 street lighting IL an echo from the cry
Of vacant land spectators and the Puget
sound Traction Co
| Ash. Only same rrofit
| To cell street lighting az cost IL ~ rob
/ light and power users 40 as 20 increase
1.-THE value - vacant land.
L II also helps keep up The price % cur
rent Tor tho traction company.
/ A ~ cent rate for street lighting nets
1.-THE same profit that comes from tho rest
/ - tho business This profit IL used to
pay FOR extensions Of street lighting and
portion Of the sinking fund.
/ Tho sum OF s395.oss 90 was placed in
/ the levy to comply with tho Eenick law.
the Law which has driven this city onto
Ia warrant basis with over ~. 00o. 900
/ lying lido IN the banks
I Some % our bonds and Interest be-
come dus before the taxes levied for
\ them are collected. In tho past We have
taken idle bond funds 20 care for such
I payments and returned II when the
taxes came IN. But nov the Hsnick Law
! prohibits these temporary loans
Il This law was passed by enemies Of