Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14

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has ended.
THE NEW TAX RECEIVING LAW
for Kent County has proved to be a
system that not only saves money in
cost of getting the county taxes, but
it has brought into the county treas
ury money quickly which is neces-
sary to conduct business for the cur
rent year. This law was enacted by
a legislature controlled by the Re-
publicans, but we do not claim that
it has been a partisan measure in any
form. 1t is simply a practical busi-
ness measure, which operates to save
the taxpayers money, by getting the
taxes in a. practical and economical
manner, and convenient for the peo-
pie. The State News last week stat
ted that out of the total tax levied for
county, road and school purposes for
the year 1921, the tax receiver had re-
ceived in the past three months,
$195,OOO, leaving less than $4,000 to
collect-and this in the face of a
year when money was not as plenty
as usual and the tax bills not sent
out until July-because of the organ
ization. and starting a new system
that had to be created to conform to
the new laws. The politicians at
tempted to kill the proposed new law
when it was before the legislature, by
creating a false sentiment and antag-
onism, by calling it a ripper bill"-
but the serious and thinking people
of Kent County were behind the prop
osition-regardless of politics and
compelled it's enactment. By the new
system practical business methods
have been enforced which are making
the results fetl through a better
handling of county Understanding
it possible to work on a cash basis
and conduct county affairs upon the
money levied and collected the year
it was to be used. The Kent County
officials had as a guide to organize the
Tax Receiving Department, the laws
operating in Sussex County, which
are practically the same as the new
laws in Kent, and if the reports Civ
en- out are facts, the new system has
proven all that was claimed for it,
through earnest and sympathetic, as
well as intelligent enforcement of the
law. The administration happens to
be Democratic in Kent, but neverthe-
less it deserves credit for intelligent
and honest application of a measure
which will continue to grow in pop
uIarity with the people as the years
go by. The Levy Court of Kent Coun-
ty is composed of three citizens above
the ordinary as business men. May
the standard be always as high-re-
gardless of their political opinions.
D.
TOO LITTLE ATTENTION is given
to real facts as to the conditions |
which that part of the people who fol-
low the occupation of farming and
fruit growing, by overlooking the very
important fact-that each farm family
has each year their living assured. 1t
is undoubtedly true-that the farmer
may not receive or handle any con-
siderable sum of money as sales from
The farm-yet it is without question,
hat the farmer and his family have
been fed each day with the potatoes,
with the flour, with the chickens and
Eggs, and other products which have
grown without any money outlay to
he farmer whatever. The chickens
ind eggs were maintained by the
srass, seeds and grain grown upon the
arm, which was produced from indi-
7idual effort of the farmer-with such
mall individual cost to produce, that
is too small to calculate. Even if
he end of the year arrives without
he farmer having any money from