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Show TAXPAYER FEELS HIS DIGNITY. Eftsct of Ownership of Property Is t Msks Bstttr Cltlzsn, "Many time," said a policeman In the southern part of the city, "when arresting men. especially inloxlcated men, I have la-en told by my prisoner that ha was a taxpayer and that hs helped pay my wages. "I always regarded this sort of bsck lalk as merely drunken Insolence, sad never paid ttiucb attention to It until about a year ago, when I bought a house and lot and became myself taxpayer. I bud always rented before be-fore and never guv a thought to taxes, but as soon as I moved Into mf own house I began to appreciate th feelings of the men who resented arrest ar-rest because they paid taxes Ther Is certainly a cntiBl.li.raMo addition to the dignity of the man who helps support sup-port Ihn government. Hs feels a da-gre da-gre of rcBKins!hlllty that a renter or roomer never understands, and inr Idea la that every man In the country ought lo become a taxpayer us soon us he can. and the mere fuel thill he doe help to support the government und la-nrs his share of the expense, makes lil tn a hotter citizen. 1 1 it til t u ul criminals, excepting, of course, high financiers, are rarely taxpayer. They know they may have to run any tluy and peihuns never come bitt k. so they tin not buy real eatnte, but are roomers und lodgers all their lives " HI. Louis Glolio-Hoiiiiicrut. |
