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Is ro-ported ro-ported by tho Bait Lake Tribune as urging the unlimited response to the demand for funda for war purpoaea, and tho necessity of organising the army to lta full strength, and tho filling fill-ing of tho ranks of tho national guard. Secondly In a manifesto Issued to The Taxpayer of Halt Iike City appearing ap-pearing In the columns of tho Bait Lake Tribune on tho 20th InaU tho city board of commissioners atato the amount and namo tho nurnosea of the PROTEST ON IMPROVEMENTS. Editor Telegram: Tho columns of your valuable paper, Tho Bait Lake Telegram, profess to . reflect tho Interests of tho people, and I being an advocate of the people's In-teresta. In-teresta. very naturally upply to your paper and rely upon tt (In preference to any other newananer In the clty for tho discussion of a proposition which vitally concerno tho people, I. e the taxpayers. Home of the officials of Bait Ike. via: The city board of commissionere. ro agitating the floating of a million find a half dollars bond by bonding the etty for tho purpose of paying tho city's I proportion of -certain Improvements of Unit Ij.k. Tho Us payer ahould bo very careful, however, to not be misled Into the general opinion that this one and a half million dollars bond la proposed to make all tho Improvements, which re repreaented as being necessary for tho city at the present time. Because the money realised by th. sale nf these bond can only be used In payment of the city's proportion nf tho coat a of theeo Improvements, which would, perhaps, per-haps, approximate one-tenth the cost of ouch Improvements. Aa a matter of fact tho taxpayer will tve called upon after these improvements are made to pay the additional costs approximating approximat-ing nine-tenths of the total amount. After having spoken with a great number of the taxpayers of Bait Lake. In reference to thta bond Issue, ft find very small per cent nf them In favor nf thia proposition. There are various reason a which Justify tho taxpayers In atandlng In opposition In this pmnooed bond Isouo. to-wlt: First Tho United Btates la now engaged In a great world's conflict, which will probably last for one year, and pnaslhly for a term of years, depending altogether upon tho amount of force thrown Into tho conflict Immediately and without delay. According to Tho Salt Ike Telegram, on tho 20th Inst.. Pome my Burton, manager and director of the London Dally Mall and other British paper, stated before tho International Rotary convention, held at Atlanta. Oa.. that America must awako and organise for war on an enormous scale, or face a long period of ghastly fighting and worldwide suffering. "By a long period. peri-od. ho wished to ho understood as meaning 4from flvo to twenty years." Mr. Burton predicted that If America does not wake up and strike hard and quick, our own shores will he menaced, and adds: "Why does tho average American cltisen fall to graap tho vital fact that if Germany should destroy tho Frit in h fleet or overthrow tho masaed forces of the allies on the western west-ern front, tho result would be quick . rational dfh fr this greatest of all propoaod bond Issue, and quote John Wanamaker and nthera aa authority that "Cltiea and communities must go on with their civic Improvements," but remain ouite mute, however, In refer-once refer-once to the repfv of Secretary McAdoo. whose opinion in thia regard they ex-pressly ex-pressly solicited. Tho amount of the proponed bond issue, according to the above atated communication, la t1.6n0.-ono, t1.6n0.-ono, and la to bear 44 pee cent Interest. The Interest for the first year will amount to $7.fo0. Would It not be preferable to spend this aum In buying buy-ing Liberty bonds, or paying war taxes, and thus bring thia unprecedented unprecedent-ed amount of carnage and bloodshed to I a soeedy termination? 1 I Thirdly We will eav nothing about tho trlto subject of "high coata or living." liv-ing." except tho male population, who aro not Included In the fighting rank might better be employed In producing for tho benefit of those dependent upon them as well aa for hoao whn are at the front rather than paving the spacious streets and laying out beautiful beauti-ful parka for Bait Lake. f a bond Isouo Is-ouo of one and a half million dollars la declared by the vote of the people, then tho monev obtained by the sale of such bonds will need to be expended principally princi-pally In labor, and this labor must come principally from our cltisen whose aervlces are needed elsewhere. In conclualon. It Is an eaay matter for those who aro Incumbered with the payment of little or no taxes for the upkeep of public affair, and who are drawing their aalarloa from the public eoffere, to propose city Improvements, and favor the Issue of bonds to cover the coata of such improvements: but i it la a radical reversal of tho order of things for the taxpayer, who may bej obliged to mortgage bis homo to pay city Improvement taxes together with the salaries of lta emu loves TA X PA TW.n. |