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NOTICE,
TO Citizens of the City Of New
Castle
New Castle is not what it ought
TO be as municipality.
That is because its voters have
permitted partisanship to domi-
nate its internal affairs.
Our city never will be what it
ought to be until its taxpayers and
voters have discarded partisan
ship as the dominant factor and
substituted therefor sound bust
ness prime Piles in the transaction
OF the affairs of our municipality.
Many persons who reside within
and without our city assert that
New Castle is not progressive;
that il does not present as good
an appearance as it ought to pre-
sent for the amount OF money that
has been spent upon il by the tax
payers They add that until
change of policy comes. our city
will not draw TO itself the social
and business elements which are
needed to make it serve its proper
function as a municipality
Fa'r-minded men and women
who reside I'm New Castle must
admit that those structures are
true in many respects Quite nat
urally. after having admitted the
fact. they ask themselves what is
the cause and what is the remedy.
The cause is official incOmpe-
tency due to the policy Of RUM ng
our citys affairs upon a partisan
basis, which makes for a MAXI
mum Of tax with a minimum OF
benefit.
The remedy is to discard a
policy Of partisan incompetency
and to subst'tu therefor a non
partisan and patriotic policy
which will make for minimum
of tax and a maximum of benefit
New Castle is a municipal cor
poration. It is a business cor
pOrat on. If 10 is to be a success,
its affairs must be conducted by
business men and according TO
approved business principles. It
Is the duty Of business men TO
consent to devote a part OF their
time 10 its affairs. IT is the duty
Of the voters. who arc the stock
holders of the municipal corpora
ton, to elect business men to the
.a.-.r,r - os,r- ff,ot IA, rof11 t11ffu ifN
may receive the benefit Of their
business skill and experience.
Because OF partisan cOnsidera-
tons being permitted to sway the
public mind. the affairs Of New
Castle have not been conducted by
business men and along business
lines in the past. They have been
left to men in many instances
whom no prudent stakeholder in
a private corporation would think
Of having on his board of direc-
tors OF such private corporal on.
The very voters who would re-
pudiate the thought that such men
we're fit to serve as directors Of a
private corporation have not hest
tated to elect them to places OF
responsibility in their public cor
poration, and they and that cor
poration have suffered injury il
consequence. That is a notorious
fact.
There are few taxpayers In New
Castle who feel that they have
received the public improvement
to which they are entitled as
result OF the many years OF pay
ing and spending. Our streets, oul
! scools. our sewers. our water sys
TEN. our fire protection. our wa
terfront, our parks, our public
buildings and our other public
utilities are not what they ough
TO be or what they would be If TIT
taxpayers had obtained one dol
lar or more of benefit for eacl
dollar OF taxes expended Thu
return i'm industrial. commercial
residence and social development
and I'm the stimulation Of effectiv
public spirit and communal at
tractiyeness has not been at al
i'm keeping with the eXpendltur
Of money.
II is time for a chanGc' ll i
time for business men TO express
a willingness to serve in a busi
ness like way in public Office, an
il is time for the voters to cleo
those business men TO conduC
their bus ness affairs on a non-paI
tisan and an efficient basis. Their
no longer should be any questio
relative to mans party politics
The question should be whethe
he is an honest man, with goo
business head, who will give I
the taxpayers a square deal bot
in taxing and spending.
II has been asserted that bus
moss men in our community al
much TO blame for existing cond
,, lions because they have failed
take a proper and active ntere
i'm public affairs and permitte
the incompetent and conscionle'
, clements TO gain control. 1t is OF
+. candid opinion that there IS
large element of truth in tn
assertion. and that il Is time
I, put an end to such conditions.
Therefore. for the benefit
our town and the general N