| Show THAI HIOlOil 1 lllMllILr in another part of Ibis lilO Ion communication from County Bcnool Bupinnteadenl Yin Loll on the proposed amendment the Slate Con bll utlou allowing the tsxlng of city rroierly for maintenance of o ucty schools Mr Van Call falls Into the Hue of argument commonly followed U7 may who mistake sentiment for logic whether Ibo former Lu right or wrong His loiters wake him appear lo think that lu the relstlor 0 oily and uulry districts the former Is I tho vam Ire tl at grutpi all t le ben anti and therefore should bs c m Dolled by hw l lo relinquish ecmj 111 goUo going Fir Initancra be says cr tile CJO Diy colds Wit are taxed lo maintain suit 1 that too In the city our retire > county rovorment All I our roads 1 laid tol lhellcliy0ilinOTir I produce t finds market there but wi other wo sell or bny tho profits remain vvncro the city 0r I brJn Ono might think learn that kind of rensonlni thit nono of tho money or Us equivalent paid by city people for country i roduoi iver found Its way 10 the pickets or boo of Ibu noun try people that the county tfJca are malntalntU In the city for the latlcia convenience InsteaJ if equally lit clly and count or that the county comm siliners dovoted funds to clly govcrntnont la rrfsrtnoii I to Ibo Interests of Iho t ccunty outside of the clljttll of which la wrong It to l lime 13 ciaso using that klud of argu mcnt the only cOcl of which Is to criatu an Injurious prcluJIco between clly and country dhlrlcti luJ rot down to the merits of the else Tho propoMllou Is to tax Ibo city for maintenance schools which tile taxpayers tax-payers have no voice la controlling That Is I not tho case with tbo State tax tor Inhabitants of cities have their voice ID the Btito B bool n3 ministration but not so In Ibo county llc lderlhe county districts ot counties lu which illlei ot the tint and second class are situated ate rlchor In propOl tlon to the tixol they have to pay than arc the mjoilty ot tho city taxpayers 11 most Lo rumombraJ that there ii a real disparity In Ibo taxes pafj In the city nod lu life utuiitj heavy as they my Le lu the latter Kr Instance In 8 ill Lake county Iho owner ot n email ploo of land ou the outtklrls of this city In Ibo richest country district paid last year 1 2o taxei lor tho same sized tract In tbo city limit distant from business and which was of no more actual value to him for Use he J I Aid I 017 What would Bait Lake county property owners soy If for Instance they were nquiteJ to pay tixej for the county admlnlttrallin of bobcats In Tactics Licause the litter Is I not such n rich county so far us usseiioJ valuation Is 1 concerned 7 They are wIlfluE to pay to a general Klein school faull bUilD doo 10 B specific county cbool fund which they have no voice In dliburt lag Is I another thing Wo do not take this matter up for Uo purpose of dlicuMlnic It but to show that hero are legitimate arguments both elder and that it 1 Is I unwise to resort to specious ploUlnji Invoke aieclional prejudice that never fur I and never will bo of benefit either clly or county districts In or out of school matter W o would call attention to one other feature In connection with the school lax question The Slate Provides that the common school shall bo free and directs the legislature to t provide a I uniform ylem of f public school That Is a State guarantee of free common com-mon schools which If open ten months n Bolt 111 county or city unJer State law shall bo open a like period under like con illtlons la Pluto or Washington counties It the Btato carries out Its guarantee In this respect which It does not do now under existing lawr I the local question raised on tbls couuly tix luilness will ba settled but to arrange It as Proposed under the amendment advocated would not remove re-move the complaints Inequality anti inluitlco tbat come from Washington Raises and other ot tho Ices wealthy couutlee list attention bo directed to a plan for correcting an Inequality In the male at large Instead of for a small locality and there will be no need of an amendment such as the one proiosed This question Is one ot much broader Irupiit than merely between county and oily where the latter happens to coma In the sleet or second class ol munlcii alltler |
