, 1870-07-02

alike to the grain-grower and the grain
dealer.
We have no doubt that the full effect Of
these reforms, when enforced, Will add one
cent Fer bushel to the value of the entire
! grain crop Of the state in the hands Of its
producers. II SO, our annual crop being
about zoo, ooo, 600 bushels, the saving to the
state would be $4,000, 900 per year.
Besides this, very great saving would
result from the adoption of the article. in
the body Of the constitution, restraining
towns and counties from running in
debt, also, by the adoption Of the clause
separately submitted, prohibiting the voting
Of taxes BY towns and counties in MD of
railroads, the clause limiting the cost of the
new State House to $500, 900, and the
clauses prohibiting the State from 1oanine
its OWL credit, or undertaking new works Of
internal improvement The items above
estimated might be grouped into the fol-
lowing little bill, representing the credit
side of the new constitution in its future
annual account with the State:
The State OF Illinois, -.
-.. To the New Constitution. Dr.
70 amount saved yearly by abolishing
TO amount saTed BY ending fwo, t;Y s100oo So
TO amount saved By enlarg1ng Judiciary. 1,5oo,0oo
10 amount saved on fees Of county OH
To amount saved from railroad and '''''
warehouse extorttons- -....-.--.-:..... a,ooo,ooo
Total annua, saving ss,soO,ooo
The total annual scredit side would
amount to about twice the entire present
expenses Of running the State Government,
including schools, prisons, charities, the
Legislature, interest on debt public i'm
provements and State officers.
and now let us look at the debit side.
We have four new Judges on the Supreme
Bench, at salary of $4,000 a year,
amounting to $4,000.
There is m increase In the Legislature
from ITO members, receiving Sc per day for
forty-two days, exclusive of mileage and
pesquisites, or S54, coo in al, OF nearly $500
each, to FOG members getting SIS per day
each and $50 each in perquisites. The last
session of the Legislature under thepresent
constitution cost sea- $40, while session
under the new constitution would cost
S53, $500. Here, where we expected to find
q debit, owing 10 the increase in the number
of members of the Legislature aud their
per diem, we find credit Of 50, ESQ, owing
to the fact that the cutting down Of perqui-
sites overbalances by nearly $40, ,00o the
increase in the number of members and
their salaries.
On the actual salaries of the Governor
and Judges there is no material gain OF
loss, the nominal rise from 81, 500 year
to Sc, in the former case, and from
81, 200 to 1000 in the latter, being offset
by the fact that the Judges have heretofore
been paid illegally about what the new con-
stitutiou proposes to authorize them to TO-
ceiye legally. Here the debit side ends
Deducting the credit on the Legislature,
50, ESQ, from the increased cost of the
courts, 10000, we have a net debit of
G,320, against a credit Of $500, ,0oo.
As the cost Of the new constitution, some
$500, 600, has already been incurred and
must be paid equally whether the con-
stitution is adopted or rejected, it
cannot be included among the
costs of adopting it. But if it could, it
would still leave the State indebted to the
new constitution for saving five and half
millions of dollars annually, which will be
felt in the form of increased progress and
prosperity to all its business interests.
While any attempt to estimate its money
value must be pro1imate merely, We believe
the above is based on data as candid and
fair as can possibly be used, and that it
does not exaggerate the very great financial
interest the State has in the adoption of it's
new MAosA CuAn1A, which is offered to the
people MS a free Gift, for this day only, if
they will go to the polls and vote for it!