SEEDFORD" MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1915.
PAGE TIIREE,.
PAY UP HONEST
DEBTS IS ADVICE
OF COL. SARGENT
To tlio editer: In his nrtlclo recent
ly published In the Sun criticising me,
Air. Medynskl saya that I have mado
errors In my calculations nnd calls
nttcntlon to n dlffcrenco of fKOQ In
figuring the amount to ho paid In two
cases on tho samo assessed vnluo of
940,000.
Now If anyone will turn to my nr
tlclo ns printed, ho wilt find that In
enso of tho bank with an assessed
vnluo of M0, 000 I said It would pay
In tho next 30 years, "moro than
$1 (i,000." And In tho iaso of tho
Lumsdon, Hutchlnsoh and Falm tract
"with an assessed vnluo of $40,000,
I Bald they would jtay in tho next
30 years, "about ?20,000," Now ns
a mattor of fact It wo flguro it up
accurately wo will find that each
would pay, principal nnd Interpst, in
tho next 30 yonrs, oxadtly $19,000,
which Is "moro than $15,000" nnd
"about $20,000."
How to Figure It
And right hero I would state for
tho Information of nny one that if ho
will simply assume that tho increased
assessed uluo of his property will bo
in proportion to tho increased nssca
ned vnluo of tho city during tho com
ing 30 ytnrs ho can by taking nine
teen fortieths (19-40) of tho present
nssosoed vnluo of his property flguro
out to a cent tho total amount ho
will havo to pay In principal nnd "in
terest on his proporty for tho next 30
years, on n million dollnr G per cent
bond issue. Thus on n $4000 ns
ncsscd vnluo tho total amount to bo
pnld would bo $1900, on $2000 it
would bo $9S0, on $1200 it would bo
$r.70, on $1000 It would bo $475.
Those figures aro given on tho as
numptlon thnt there would bo no de
linquent taxes. If thero wero nny, ns
thcro would of courso bo, tho actual
amount to bo paid would in each caso
lio n little moro than 19-40 of tho
assessed vnluo.
Mr. Medynskl says: "In tho Hutch
inson, Iiiimsden, Palm nnd Marshall
trncts, sandwiched in between theso
is ten acres nnd n bunch of lots owned
by ono nnmed Col. II. If. Sargent.
Why hnvo you not como out boldly
nnd taken your own holdings ns n
caso in point imttend of hiding behind
nomo ono else?"
I nm very sorry to sco Mr. Mcdyns
Id going into personalities In this
ninttcr. It has never been my inten
tion to refer to my own proporty in
this discission, butslnco Mr. Mdyns
kl has unjustly accused mo of "hiding
behind some ono clso" I shall reply to
this accusation.
Xot JVrwmnl Mnttcr
I own six acres and a half of young
orchard nnd two small lots in tho ex
treme southern limits of tho city and
of courso it would hurt mo in a small
way financially to lncrcnso my taxes
on this llttlo orchard and twosmall
lots to help pav for other pcoplo's
pavement; but I havo In other parts
of tho city so many vacant lots abut
ting on paved streets that I would on
tho -whole bo greatly benefitted finan
cially If this bond issue should pass.
If tho amount paid up ou my property
wero returned to me nnd my assess
ments and interest nro all paid up to
clnte and n good part of tho assess
ments paid in full I would got back
, $2000. And I flguro that if I took
this amount and kopt it loaned out
for tho next 30 years nt 8 per cent
tho yearly interest received would
considerably more than pay my in
creased taxation on nil my property
in Medford duo to this bond Issue;
nnd at tho end of that time, if I wero
alive, I would still have my $2000.
I nm not thcreforo against this
bond Issue, as Mr. Medynskl would
linvo tho pcoplo bellovo, because It
would hurt mo financially, for it
would not. Tho real truth of tho
matter Is that In spite of tho fact
that It would temporarily greatly
loneflit mo financially, I am against
it; I am against it mainly because
I see tho Injustice of it to the poor
man on the unpaved streets as well
as tho large property owners in tho
business center.
Not for Itk'ti Man
Mr. Medynskl says of me: "All
tho way through his plea is for tho
rich man; how much ho will suffor
1y tho increase in his taxes." Now
I submit that this remark is both un
true and unjjust. I havo plead strong
ly for tho poor man on tho Improved
utrcets. I have pointed ou.t the In
justice of making him pay for "other
people'a pavement; and everybody
knows It; even Mr. Medynskl knows
it, for ho heard my speech and ho
lias doubtless also read it In the
Tribuno though perhaps nof "very
understanding! s his criticism
would indicate.
Not a Class Question,
I can not understand what Is to be
gained by such btatementa as theso
nor what is to bo gained by trying to
make out that this is a class question
betweon the rich on one side and the
poor ou the other, when it la not
utr-M ... 1 . : mi m 1
Hellcvlng In Justlco to nil, I nm for
tho poor man when ho Is treated un
justly ns I am llkowiso for tho rich
man when lie Is trcntod unjustly: and
whatever happens, I for ono, will not
Incite, class enmity nnd hatred In
order to gain a point.
In another part of his article, Mr.
Medynskl says: "Col. Sargent Is
much concerned about what the rich
man hns to pay." lln.d ho written::
"Col. Sargent it much concerned
about what both tho rich nnd poor
man has to pay," ho would havo stat
ed tho truth. Indeed those for whom
I fool tho deepest nnd have tho strong
est sympathy nro those living on tho
unpavod streets. Look at their caso
for just ono moment. Had thoy
petitioned they toq, could havo had
their streets paved; but feeling that
wl(h their limited means they could
not bear tho expense; that they must
tnko n safe nnd consorvntlvo courso;
that If tlmy signed up nnd had their
streots paved they might not bo nnblo
to meet their obligations nnd carry
out their promises to pay; thoy elect
ed to take (ho moro honornblo course
and continue to llvo on unpavod
streets. .
ItopuriiiUitc Tlirlt'-Dclrt
Dut how malty or tH6so who nro
living on pnved streets nnd who havo
signed a contract with tho city to pay
for them would break their contract,
rcpudlato their debt, nnd thTow tho
payment of tho samo upon tho city,
mnklng those on tinimvcd streois pay
equally with themselves In propotio
to tho assessed value of their propcrt
Can not all of us sco tho injustlc
of this tho Injustlco to tho har
working, poor man who rather tha
contract obligations ho can not met
will undergo hardships nnd' dlsco'n
forts!
Txt Us Ho Men
Dut tha Injustlco to tho poor iim
and to the rich mnn Is not nil. -
this bond issuo passes, It will nadd
upon posterity nn Immense bonded it
dobtedness. Tho wlso mnn insur
his life for tho benefit of his faml
and lovod ones after ho is dead, b
tho foolish man favors n bond lss
which will burden them for years
como with honvy taxation nnd cmli
tor thorn ngalnst Jilm long nflor i
has passed away. Let us bo men m
bear our own burdens whllb won
nllvo and not llko wenkllngs tliro"
them Upon our children nnd our ch
ilron's ehlldrnn nftor wo nro "ilea
Lot us bo Honornblo men nnd car.
out our contrncto, fulfill our ngrc
merits, and pay our debts; and not'T
repudiation nnd a bondMssu'o pin"
upon posterity tho uiirdcn'of sottlli
them. '
Mr. Medynskl snys: "Yo:i bn
your figures and rato of taxation .
though tho city ot Medford v. Ill r
innln tn'o ramo nation for wo tie
thirty yoaTs; how unreasonable'.''
On tl',o contrary I hnvo never miiln
ttilind anything qf this klndVnml
clc prsltlvo proof of nly Btltninr.
hero .0 d now by quoting tin "Seas
words from my fpeoch w'lil4K'yn
written out In ndvanco nnd publlUie
In full in tho Mall Tribune.' "C
courso by that tlnio (six yeanO'tl
assessed value would no doubt-1
greatly increased but it would not )
nny way chango tho amount, $90,00
to bo pnld." And later on I sale
"Of course, as I havo said before,
tho assessed vnluo should Incrcat
from year to year as It undoubted
would, tho tax rato In mills would
less, but tho amount to be rnUcd
interest and principal would bo t)
samo."
Tines the Snmo
ot course wo all undorsland tha
18 assessed value Increases tho rat
of taxation dlmlnlshcsthat Is funda
be remembered, .thnt If tho rato of
taxation diminishes it does not nec
essarily follow tfiat tho amount of
taxes on a certain pleco of proporty
will bo less, for tho nsscssed value of
thnt proj'crty has increased pfopor
tlonnatcly with tho nsscssed value of
tho city tho nmqunt of taxes will bo
tho sairio. NTo Illustrate, take again
tho vacant ncrengo fn the southern
part ot tho city city with nn as
sumed nsscssed vnluo of $40,000.
Now under the present assessed vnluo
of tho city n 12V mills tar would bo
required to pay tho first year's Inter
est on n C por. cent million dollar
bond, but It would require but C Vi
mills to pay tho samo lr tho assessed
vnluo of Medford should bo double.
UUt if the nsscscd valuo of thin, ncro
ago should nho doliblo tho amount
of taxes wpuld bo tho same in IjoIIi
cases, for $10,000 nt 12 H mlllos
would glvo exactly the samo ris'$fi0,
000 at 0S mills, And sldco the nv-(
nrngo nsscssed vnluo of all city prop
erty must doublo In" order that thq
aimed vnlno of tio cl(y sholild doublo-'
tho assumption that tho assessed taU
uo of this vacant acreage doubles is
not an unreasonable ono. Indeed in
prqjiorty 'of thin' kind' tlio assossotl.
valuo wouldt most probably Increase
faster proportionally than th'p assess
ed viiluo of tho city",, in -which ensp
tho actual amount of taxes to bo until
for pavements by- tho owhors of thin!
property. woubJ bo target;. And as
suming that tho .assessed Value of any
property increases v .proportlonall"
wlt'h ihn nssi'ssod valuo of tho whojo
RUSSIAN
OEFENS
E
COSTING GERMANS
HEAVILY IN LIVES
.3.
LOKpOT, Sept. 20. The Times
tddny publishes tlio following from
n correspondent with the ltimsinn
forces 011 tlio iKinsk bntllu line:
"I Kpciit' three (Imvh on tliw Trout
where a terrific battle is rnpng nl
most unocnHJugly. When nttueki die
nwuy nt ono place lliey begin instant
ly nt nnojhor. ,
"Tho IhlRhinhs nro holding the
DvinKk front in an excellent lino of
Irojiehoii jhrcc 'deep nnd despite 0011
Rtnnt fierce htlucks supported, by
concentrations of licity artillery,
hnvo lu?(d tho! rnctuy off. Jinny times
1110 nrai jino nun peou tnken y tlio
enemy, .then rclii)cn by .our eouulcr-
nuuoKS. iiiQucrmnns nro iwieo or
thricfc oiirritrdtlKth nnd hnvccijor
nintis superibrily in gimsr hh nlwnyn,
hul .hitherto tley hnvo rjnjncd no dc
sivo n'dvnnttiRC, each o"f rthcir nt
(ennilnjieiiig pnid.for with hoilVy vmi
of life. "
M"o'rAlo.fnlmpnlrvl
' 'I find' tlic'mornlo of tho ftiisHintu
uiiiiiipnlrcd. Tlicy nroXiKhlinf?.iii the
finmo tliliiborn, dctcnnincd manner,
rliilo'tho 'siluillfon ns reganls thi
npply of nmiiiuuition nnd rifles in
untcjHnlly .improved nnd the falp of
J)vinsk nml tho wholp lino nlonj,' tho
)vihn river is undecided.
'Tho cnpluro of tho city will ho
iffecled only by heavy sacrifices. In
lie meantime tho town has been evne-
ntrd in tho samo orderly uinuner
mi, ut WirBnw, nnd if tlio Husslnns
trmhtely'leave', iho aonunim will
jolipy tlio Hfiiiiq empty shell ns 111
eir former victories.
k'TIjo iinturo of the country is ideal
p defense nnd undoubtedly tha flor
ins nrc pnying two to one in loss,
is nov parc;ii wny uio uennpun
nclr ho nniuli itniiortniico to this
Jt6r,.hut if.tlicy nro willine to nnv
b privq they pOHsibjy'ca'ii tnko it.
o tropuiation Jinsjlictl
,uA"hirjcq porljon.of tho jiopulution
llvju.fk lias. .fled. -,Tho oviuulnlion
iH:6tat(cd by. tho (lenhnn hnhit of
oppiiiC bximbs, which killed muny
tllianq.
'Tho obarnptqr of tho ItusMnn dc-
nsp 'is improviii"- every wecf, nnd
tlio outside world thinks (ho Gcr-
111P.1 nro' drjving this nrinv Ijoforo
lictjijt 'iijnkes n pro?s mistake. If
nc Hifiji iiiiil.Pvinf.kct'lqrK Jiro typ
jal.of.Kushian renr-giutr.d ojienjtioiiH
lieir imtliro is siu-h ns, should eituse
loro depression ntnong tho (Icniuiiis
linil among' the Hushiniih', mid With
tinier npproiu'hiiig and no imiHir-
11 nt objective iittliiniiblo before the
ruson chmiKCs, I believe he German
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