The Glenwood post., 1922-01-19
A MATTER OF TAXATION

prominent stockman if there
such animal existence today called at this office recently
and deored the high and increasing which must be
constantly dwnding incomes that two
years his eight hundred dollars while this for
the support of the he required across with
hundred smoons which found hanging on
busheand that oo what he believes lesser quantity Of
worldly goods than when his than five
hundred dollars less than the present time s.
Something "There redress
eve these constantly increasing constantly
decreasing think is high time to call halt These
only few Of the used by the gentleman review
experience experience his nghbo during the
past year, comparison with other years that
genemans observations point to the direction OF
the prevailing winds this time But who is to bamef Where lies
remeY that observe that at this time when
altogether disposition cricise public o
a from president and down to the county assessor and
oversee conditions that but which insist
altogether little disposition for the critic
blame himself and shoulder his part Of the responsibility
by the above statementY Simply this: We
living We determined to ride upon the
prosperity Notwithstanding the natural tendencies toward
adversely always following In otAr
words small percentage of the people have yet found
We thinking in terms of the prosperity
war; able inure ourselves to
the conditions that aftermath OF great struggle
That content live the plane with
INDUCED ouseves with Paige or Jordan Hudson or cad
lac content back driving Ford which
sidered 'some class only few years
homely may extended almost indefinite
countless lines of endeavo People content to
live fugay and modest but insist gratifying whm with
very little expensive harmful that whm be-
And thus that Denver and other large cities the stores
filled with goods and than because
of the demands of the people, candy and dica
increasing everywhere and the white lights Curtis
little whittier and the theaters little and
better filled than before Housewives quit the old
of baking necessary
time frugal customs appar
emily the words thrift and frugay have banshd from
dictionary Eat drink and be merry ap
pears to be the watchword with the these days
What inevitable resuY expenditures
More money this altogether because of in
fated but largely because OF inflated tastes and
artificial first thing governor
the county criticised because high
Yes suffering from high taxes but that not the only
place where the shoe pnhes But who responsible for those high
taxesf Not necessarily the county commissioners Oh
that the county commissioners the levy by which
in making up schedule
why do they that
pe Simply because the people, lords masters
Please bear in mind that county commissioners
very much the plan other They governed
very by the desires people, the
voters please the people by whose suffrage
sioners created.
While is true that some necessary service is costing our
commissioners than this
tcaly service that in which
by statute the fact that
county commissioners than former days little boy
will be satisfied until get taxpayng time
blame the county commissioners for
asked them door rather object paying improve
mens which demanded and which they request
Yes taxes high and they will higher year
might be well for occasionally
should be placed for the increased upon purse
for the funds necessary to run the
WE THE PEOPLE ARE TO BLAME