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$300,000 Every Year

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Parent Issue
Day
28
Month
October
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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Some of our farmers are said to be prejudked against the University. Why ? No reason is ever given. Take the University ourt of Aan Albor and you would render tenantless fully one-half il not three-fourths of the dwellings therein. Eender those dwellings tenantless, and scatter the thou&au ds of students to other instituitions, or new institutlons in other places, and it would be a direct blow to the pocket-book of every farmer Living within 25 miles of Ann Arbor in any direction. A Fine Home Maiket - Thtve is not a place in the whole state, Detroit not excepted, that is a better market for everythilig in the Mine of a farmer's produce than Ann Arbor. Did you ever thtiik of it in that light my fai raer frlend ? These 3,000 students, one nalt of wlicm are from other states, Jeave in Ann Albor yearly, at a low estímate $100 a poiece that goes to purchase their food alone. That makes $300,C00 a year which is distributed by thein among the farmers in this scetion for wheat, flour, butter, eggs, potatoes, and all the produce raisiï.l for food purposes. Xow add to that amount the money it takes to pure hase the food for another 1 ,003 studeuts attending the High School, School of Music and other institutions of the city, together ivith a population of 15,000 soulfl, and you can conceiTe somethhig of the vaJue of this city as a market. What the Tax Payer has to Pay - Now liow miu'li tax does a farmer - or any other person - have to pay for the support of this great University, that has given more prominence and fame to tlie state than all the other institutions it possesses ? Why, for every SI 00 at whteh your property is valued on the assessment roll, you have to pay on am average the enormous amount of 1 1-2 cents- or 15 cents ou every $1,000 ! Just tlunk of it . lts Effect on the Market - "Buf says a farmer, "I never go to Ann Arbor to sell anything. I always sell it here in Chelsea, or Dexter pr Manchester or Saline." Snpposing you do ? Tlie man you sell to finds a market because of the demand at Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Take away that demand and what would the prices be in the places where you do sell your produce ? The Normal School at Ypsllanti, with her 1500 students, adds $15,000 more to the figures given for the TJniversity students. Did you ever thlnk ol it in that light ? How to Help This Connty- Mr. Andrew J. Sawyer, through the urgent request of a large number oí the frlends of these two institutions, composed of both farmers and townspeople, consented to allow hiB name to be used for the offilce of representatieve ia the state legislature. He consented, not because of his desire to go there, for it is a sacrifice on his part. but for the reason that these people urged him to do so, because they honestly belfeve that he Avould be the strongest man possible for this district to send to that body to prevent the attempt which is to be made this winter to dismember the Univevsity, and to cripple the Normal School by et-tabUshing other Normal Schools at public expense. That is why Mr. Sawyer conseuted to run. And that ia why we urge eve,-y mau in tUis üistiict, w'ao Uas his oxvn individual interests at stake, and the iuterests of these two great institutions at heart as well, to vote for Mr. Sawyer. A Crisis is Coming - Thi if'uislnture will deelde the fate of the University. A crisis is snrely coming, and upon the actlon of 1 his legislature depends the fate of these tnstltutions. A strong attempt is to be made to dismember thp T'niversity and divide it up amone: other places, and also to estalilish other Normal Schools, thus ruining this county and inereasing taxation. Detroit heads her delegation with that brainy, aggressive lawyer. Col. John Atkinson. Detroit knows what she is about. Now what will this county do ? Do not be Deceiyed Do nol be deceived by partisan appeals There is no politics In this. It is lift' or death for every man Tvho owas a home in this county, as far as future prosperity Is concerned. A grave, a very grave state of affairs exists. Every man who possesses a cent's -worth of property in Washtenaw county Ls vitally interested. Strona: men are beins sent to I,ansinff this sinter by every locallty. All feel that it is a momentous time : that tliey need their strongest men there. and Washtenaw county can illy afford to take a position in any other place than at the head. "We all know Mr. Pawyer. We all know hte ability : his fighting qualities : his sagaeity and his worth as a. legislator : and we all know that with him as a representative, no terest of the county, or of the people hs general, either one, will be neírlected. He wül not only be an honor to this district, but he WÍU be a valuable legislator for this county and this state. No tax-payer, this year, can afford to make a mistake. for It may mean not only dollars to his pocket book, but such a reduetion in the value of his property that he could not dispone of it ,rit any price. And the dismemberment of the University, and lts establishment ín secer pintes, together wïth more Normal Schools means hlgher- not lower tn::es. We l'.ave nothlmg to say in disparagement of Mr. Xordman, the opponent of Mr. Sfnvyer. He is a good eitizen and would do the best he k-new hoAv in the ofiiee, but he could not oommand the influence a man from tliis district should eommand, and bein?ï entirely new to the position it would take Mm one term to find out the demands and requirements of the office. Mr. i?awyer, having had this experience, would take a front rank from the start. "We appeal to every voter of Washtenaw county to think serfously over these statements

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