Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-19
THIS NO TIME TO
TURN TOWN BACK
Fsek tstan8 Taxpayer shows What
Has Hseu Dons O. Improve the
Ctfy's Gateway.
VOW soasos N BEIDeTs ALONE
HEAVY TxPsnss fneurred as Mere W.
LACE showed Eariy Appreciation
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TIE cry % Rock Island --zsa.aa-s
a. fnvsssrsrt %. ist % say 100000
ir Rack rirsr bridges said a taxpsy-
- tAis morning % discussing che al
sexasi8a pTgrositfor. WY Because
access % oar city through So oaiy
gEbiaekef gateway e. % vital import
saes
ne women % Rock Island recent
lv raised thousands % dollars for the
P1raFY Improvement % Tweifth
strees. WY Because they thorough
Isl realized che necessity % eontrlnut-
"a tHe5r mftr 90 tae sane end Years
ego ere eitv % Rock tsiau4. a. great
srp~nfr. u.acaGauised NiuJh street %
Rock river Whvs Because even
ard the wealth the vital necessity was
uuanluoasiV recognized
Why this persistent ancient policy
% che city % Rock fsiauds Because.
blocked hv Davenport on the uorth.
blocked D. Noilu~ on che east. blocked
b. Rock river OF the west and south.
r-~1Euiti1u % our iuHrihr isolation
cannot be avoided because our un"r-
chants realize that Nuscafine through
tfa aggressive enterprise iu bridging
the Mississippi and an building an ga
pelsivT miis-iurE approach 90 Illinois.
has sto'cu the trade % the lover end
o. Rock Island county. and that Mo-
line bv like enormous OUTLAY ga Turing
the trade from south ~ Milan. and
that Monmouth for years has drawn
trade bv Offering brick paved roads
over all its apprrarhea for Eve miles
herBud ifs eitv limits because our
people have ever realized that pruvls-
iuas and produce are barred from this
market and are consequently more eX-
p~asire than tu any other city. that
On the excessive cost rs living wc are
constantly paying q tax many times
greater ftau the FAX acquired 90 iu-
sure arc~saib.tifv. tr vas With the
view of osgre1mlnE these Eard.raps
that 80 have ele~rfuiiy Assumed such
burdens in the past
such expsdlruts as We have thus
rrs1rret 90. az % much cost. have.
alas been bar temporary mat~-sEiftE.
Nevertheless tt has been our mauda-
tory ss-firf policy 90 do shat we
corid. even though the effort wrre but
q usak~-shift aEf even though The exc
prrdlturs would b. periodically re-
curriEs Never before did an oppuT-
fuuifg prrssnt itssif that wn1it enable
us 90 settle for all time this vital
problem. that would enable us % iu-
sure psrruaueutiy the approach % our
city Never before have fh~ nspira-
fi1us o. our people had chance for
frgitiou-
Opportunity knocks Bot Onre.
Opportunity knocks bat once az
every door. shall Wc r-pudiatr our
established policy and for all time. Or
FOR years. bar th~ door, so uo'' is
heard uu ever tice. There is bat
one dtse1Fdant note. and that seeks
90 raise the false issue % increased
taxes. which does not eater into q and
couif not Yet even ~ they did far
more buFdcusuns is the excessive cost {
% eating provisions bought - this
barriead.d market This cost - not
yearly. nor q ulouthIy. but a daily
bardsa-yrs q triple daily burden .
bartieu that y - the hEed policy %
this people 60 equhiire Eith other .
cities. Prom this settled policy . q .
futile 20 seek 90 divert this people by 4
raising The scarscrow % high taxes 1
Why does not the obstTuctionisf give 4
some information a. 90 the cnst % the I
proposed pavement Because he pre- 4
fsrs 90 exploit sxaEEeratious because 4
be kuuws The cost will not brighten I
the most timid
tn. people o. Rock Island wcrc .
no; frightened by the tax foT a tu-
bcrcuiosis hospital They voted q
ehserfuily. Il % but a triis but q Is
perpetual. yet 8; amounts 20 twice
what thls paving Viii cost annually
and the latter expense viii cease in
20 years.
Attemp. 10 Brighten.
~Dout be frightened by buE-a-boo.
voiced BY an invisible shadow and
clothed only IN assertions instead OF
facts. DO not be blinded by cloud
% duet purposoly raised 20 excite jeal-
ousiy and deceive you. Remem-
Der the Improvement % thor
ouEhfaFe. 90 a main entrance TO
the city. % the only entrance. e. a
public benefit. and the iaW requires
such benefits 10 be assessed against
IN. public such benefits have been
assessed against the public IN the past
and 90 u greater extent than - per
cent. and for this Tremendously vital
Improvement Ws are escaping cheap
indeed. u We pay but % per cent
thereof.
DO not BE- petty. II - n time 90
have a visw uueioudct BY the dust %
petty sslashuess. q you would see 20
the broad horizon % greater and gen