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Show H WATER TAXES. H Tlio city ofllcorH nro inulciug nn H nirort to colloct tho back taxes for tlio H ubo of 'water in 1001, and consider- H nblo kicking is boing dono by parties H that did not, pay thoir tuxes luBt year, H and who ilud that uot only nro tho H counoll doterrainod on collecting H thorn, but that thoro 1h fifty conts nd- H clltioiinl charged for tho troublo of H collecting, which certainly will not H Ikj 111110I1 nioro than it costs. Thoro B is no quostion but that It la difficult H for eomo of our oitlzons to rnlso H monoy with which to pay tuxeu, and H fn cases whoro tho parties nro really H hoi able tho council have some dls- B orotlonary power in rolatlon to thoir B remitting, but iu suoh onsos tho B pnrtica must innlto duo application B and show bu 111c lent causo. IJut thoro B is a class of pooplo in nil communl H ties, and Cedar is no excoptlou, that B think It no harm to orndo tho pay- B niont of tnxos whenever thoy can do B ho, and othor pooplo loss dishonest, H yot nro willing to synipathlzo with B Huch n uourbo and glvo suoh pooplo R thnir support, wo wero about to Bay B mornl support, but thoro ia iioniorall- H ty in such bohtivior, Hot slopping to B think that erory tax dodger-makes tho burden harder on tho mail who payst, H -for It requires n certain amount of H vv" rovonuo to moot tho oxponao of tho H ,. management of tho wntor Interests of H tho city, and if n lory is mado to H moot it and half of tho tuxpnyora H evndo paymont, thoso who do pay will H evidently havo to oithor pay double, or H tho bnlnuoo noodod will havo to bo H drown from othor sources, which really K lunoiuitB to about tho sumo thing. B Aside from nil bouho of right and B juattco, it would 8,00m that suoh n LVB- - condltlon,woud cnuao tho majority. jT of tho ta.xpayora to glvo tho oity H nuthorltlos thoir support iu compoll- B ing tho shirlcor to. hour his proportion, B but fi sonio reason this is not always B tho caao. It Is doubtless duo to u B laok of n propor appreciation of tho B situntion, but it ia n fnct that Tory R many pooplo got iu tho habit of look- B ing upon tho mon whom by thoir B . votes thoy havo chusou to administer B thoir civil nfralra ns thoir onomios, B and it is no uncommon thing to hoar B tho oivil authorities spoken of in B terms of strong coudomuntiou whou B ns n mnttor of fnct they nro doing all B '" thoir power to disohnrgo thoir B duties for tho best Interests of thoir B constituents. It is to, bo hoped thnt fl thoro will bo no backing down on M tho part of tho oity iu tho collection B of this wntcr tax. Elthor return to B thoso who havo paid tho sums thoy H hnvo put Into tho treasury on this B demand, or mnko thoso who havo not H pnid oontrlbuto thoir shnro. Tho H (inancial roport showed that out of n H total wntor tux for 1001 of $390.40 H v thoro Ian balnnco of 8172.01 still un- H pnid This wntor tax quostion has been B u bono of contention of many years, m and It is tlmo it was sottlod; H tho council will mnko tho mistake of B thoir livos if thoy fail to pUBh tho m Ibsuo to n sottlomont. In this con- H neotion ovory law abiding citizen H uhould stand by thorn. |