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Show J " CASH FOR TAXES. ! The assertion may sound strange to newcomers and to the world, that in a city such as ours, the citizens of which cry loud and long and prove by their works that it is prospering and growing, grow-ing, and in the march of yrocrcss is up in the front ranks, that ready cash is very scarce in the "city. Such, how- rJ,ultural cetit'erlthougli, of course, we --J have many other sources of revenue. The recent financial depression the country lias experienced has resulted in placing our outside markets in a very peculiar condition. People with money have bought up, at greatly reduced re-duced prices, a laige portion of the surplus sur-plus of agricultural products, and now we find our outside markets chitted. AYe do not wish to take a gloomy view of the situation, but the facts are before us. Our harvest this season will be a bountiful one, but prices offered for the products at first wiil be low. However, notwithstanding the fact that it is at present impossible for our merchants to sell the products, with reasonable care and forethought our farmers will not be compelled to dispose dis-pose of the fruits of their summer's labor at a saeraliee. The caption under which we are writing is "Cash for Taxes." For taxes, of course, we must have cash we must also have cash for other purposes. It is the custom with farmers, farm-ers, immediately their crops are harvested, har-vested, to dispose of them to the merchants. mer-chants. It will be practically impossi-. ble to do so this season and get a fair price. Later on good prices will be offered. of-fered. The idea, then, is to make arrangements ar-rangements for a little ready cash with which to tide over the lull. Every, thought and energy of the farmers !hould now be in this direction, that they will not be compelled to crowd their products on fin already glutted market, but be able to hold them for better prices. An opportunity for the farmers of this county is thrown in their way, S. S. Jones has a monster contract to supply the R. G. YV. with j ties laid down along the line of the road j in Spanish Fork canyon and is adver- tising for teams and men. Good prices j are paid and the work will last for two j or three months or more, and as many ; as like can work on this and in getting j out wood for charcoal for the same gen- j tleman. The suggestion is for each farmer who has a team at this feaeon, I which is practically "between hay and grass," to take that team for the length of time lie can spare away from hi j crop? into the canyon, and thus earn j eome money, which will aid in the object ob-ject above set forth. It is manual labors of course, but not more arduous than is j that of getting in crops, and it is fa j I better to work hard during these few week? of comparative rest for the farmer than to be forced to part with the pro- ; ducts of their farms at a sacrafiee. I The above of course is merely a sug- j sestion. ; " j |