THE COUNTY RATE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 62, 30 March 1880, Page 3

THE COUNTY RATE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MAXAWATU ÜBUiRD. ■ Sir,— The shilling ratjb is 4 subject that toaAeafithd 1 interests bf l iffll in some s-hape' or other. I have lived in the upper, lower, and middle of this magnificent : County; nud have therefore a fair knowledge: of its wants, and of il» people's ability to pay or otherwise, and since the last sitting of the r Council, the shilling rate is all the topibs,' Jn your advooaoy of the sixpenny rate you 1 express the willof the people with little" or no dissension, so far as I have Been able to' gather from all* parta of the County.' <Mr Kebbeil has a silly weakness for popularity; and a darite to- rim whli; ' and be counted among the great, but bis last aUenipthas proved* a failure,- whew h» yoted.for the shilling rate, as nothing he could have done would make him more unpopular than voting directly against that wifroes «nd best interests of the County at large, andhis own' Biding in particular*. W. . .:<• ■■r t ' ■ It is not sufftoienfcto aay that tho BhiHiiig* rate is a good investment, or that it meaner prosperity. All this class oi' re;<66ningbe^ comes mere soj^i^t^r wbeu viewed' in the true light and actual oendilion of the majori^fjOfj t^e, .ratepayers, r. jSnoh Wgumentft are very good Bq,jgufi.ajuQapitali»t9 are concerned, or large property-holders in easy circun^fancea 1 5 b^^,, y^Ht tare the facts t Are me maMntvj pf , rfttepaysra • composed of thia<jlw»l} Wbait does experience show? That under the most .pressing , ciroiun* standeif'ihcn cannot pay ihe'i'r way. Sbtae have bad thfr bailifib in ; tlieir houses, others .. • nave had their stock sacrificed, and scores hay« gowe insolvent; ana 'yet we are fold we moat have a shilling rate by way of inveatment, or to iricrea^e prosperity. Why meek tie public, or taunt them in this way ? Are there no evidences of great Suffering and depieaaion on every hand ?■'■}'' refer toi Mr K;ebbe]l l in particular,' became hi 6 doty Jm was to vote, with the members of the ; 80 ! utli ■K o2 thistCiponty, but he has always exhibited w uignn qf indeoision ,and wenkneds, as, for inßtoneewMbe» the Foxtoii and WelltH^on R^jjw*y question , wag being debated/ he* neutralimd the vote of the Council by 1 movptg W» wneftamerit! tsking the Government to make tw.q lines— one to Foxton, and another to Palraerston. ■ This silly little joke Of hia waa np.rnetratctl--ighfliLJia. Sara ife was part iyasife^p, and to settle the d<twte b« pwjio*« th 9 'above. ' Well this is siedthfnKand ' fair ■ Bketoh of ' the' ntember foß»;Horowhennaj-W whom' I ''hope his cooatiraehttfawpttonal ' „;Xam,Aoi^.; *«►- --l Ratepayer. V ysnwatv, Mnroh 24, 1880.