Year: 1875

a
shiger with cold. that negroes and
other irresponsible persons may pos
sess. gangs of ferocious ours, evsf
ready TO lacerate the flesh of other
animals The blood flows so freely
and the torture seems so excruciat.
| ing that the heart of humanity is
made glad. IF he bites human be-
ing. his merits stand higher. He is
then dignified into real Watchdog,
when the owner has not a shilling TO
watch. If hydrophobia occasionally
follows, with loss of human life, the
matter is small, and is to a great ex-
tent compensated by an agreeable
excitement when the cry of mad dog
flies from house to house, and from
village to village & e rs
We have now, according to Mr..
Killebrew, 10000 dogs. We prob
ably have at least that number. 150,-
600 Of which are worse than useless.
A tax will clear the State of them.
and leave no more than one hun.
dred thousand. The food Of every
dog is worth ten dollars. In this
one item we save ST, 100000. Then
we tax the remaining dogs one dol
lar each, and


The revenue from dogs 100 600
Suppose the loss of sheep killed only half.


and it would certainly be much less
If we estimate our loss ons half on the 0O'OOO


sheep that would be raised, we have


One half profits on wool factories. - sGs1'60o
OnH half the lDea on labor and 7 nOo


The actual saving is.................$ .$4 62O, AIT
. This would soon pay US out of
debt, and is twice our taxes for the
present year. Give US this dog tax
law, and the local option, and we
can save enough in three years to
pay all our debts. and after that we
can send greeting to every valley
and plain in the State, the highly
cultivated school master to develop
its great and progressive intellect.
/ have not exaggerated, and | be-
lieve all who hear me will agree that
| am correct. The men of this State
who own its lands and pay its taxes.
and make it what it is, favor this law.
Those oppose it generally who have





no taxable property and wish to keep
mean ours to clear the State of NUT
ton and wool. We, on this floor, are
probably wearing wool grown on the
Alps, on the hills and plains that
once echoed to the music of the
bucolics rendered immortal by the
genius of Virgil.


Our mountains and plains are
adapted to sheep raising. On mil
lions of acres nutritive grasses fall
uncropped to the ground. There are
no sheep to eat it and transfer it in
to mutton and wool to feed and
clothe our people.-Mongrel pup
pies, whelps and hounds, and ours
of low degree must be kept at any
cost to the State. The tax will
clear the State of 10000 hurtful
whelps, and the remainder will raise
100000 of revenue. 1t is worth
trying.


Letus try it two years aud we
can then contrast the loss of 150,-
900 whelps with the luxuries of an
abundance Of mutton, and wool
to protect US from the chilling blasts
of winter. This IS, peculiarly, the
farmers measure. Trade unions
and chambers of commerce, and
banks, insurance companies and
railroads and every other great
industry of the State have their
charters and combinations. The
farmer has heretofore had little
aid from legislation. Widely dis
persed throughout the State, they
cannot combine and concentrate TO
protect their own interests. and
often professional men can't appreci-
ate their own interests It becomes
them to speak out with a loud voice
and make themselves heard and
felt in the halls of legislation. Being
combined and by organized action
prevail right or wrong. / plead
their cause to-day, and urge the
passage of the bin to promote their
interest. It will save them millions
which they can now i'll afford to lose.
It will put large money into their
pockets without wear and tear of
life. Under its influence, focks of
sheep win grow up, and the sheperd's 9
love song and lutte will make our
mountains and waste places glad,
and some genius may rival Virgil
By rendering them immortal. Give
US this and local option, and we can
afford to vote even sixty cents on
the hundred dollars to pay the inter-
est on our Indebtedness. Without
some such relief measures, the
people can't pay it. Cursed with.
whiskey and perhicious whelps. it
is standing wonder that they can
pay anything