The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-08-04
The state expenses In 1875 were:
JndfclaTy =. 81 y. %

legislative ..............--....- 21sss a
Total. ......;-.......... sl.g54sss -
heYenue as abOye...... 5Ji9N y
There was on hand in
Detcit...............- -----.......... otj.6Z7 =
BoroHed, glO,W0
Thus it will be seen that the Ave cent levy of
necessary 70 defray the ordinary expenses Oi
The State government in ls73, a 4 that 5000
had 10 be borrowel for that purpose. The re
OF 1878 provided for new assessment and a9
pra seinent OF IN taxable property OF tho Stale
under which the Total value of the tsxabie
property was hxed at 90 o,sse.0O, and upon
The hundred dollars. This Is cenI levy VIII
produce 1.-The State treasury during S74 the sun
of sl,s1l.75o. The ordinary expsnse OF the State
the prisons, benevolent inst tutions, redemp-
HOES Of od bonds, interest, etc, ali u, uai sa-
on the present assessment of BILE pr DessY
would produce s475N00, being little over orc
third OF the amount necessary TO defray the ex-
penses of the Stat. government uFinx this year
The usual annual current e1 penses - ihe be-
netolept institutions are r2UJ.0O, foTmai9ry
lnStIuloas SI1Vu elucaioDai ms itutons
s},9 ,9s; total, $50 iOO. The expenses of these
three institutions alone would exceed the
| amount produced by levy OF nve cents zpoB
| tie present assessment OF tazab'e properly, sDd
would exceed by $780, 90 the amount pros<uoed
by the Eve cent levy upon the assessment OF
| IN his connection IL is proper to remark that
hear praises on avery nsnd nam '' for the p prssest
Charged cia the Gliies lilies Of their I" several
edged ny their political sdverssriss. Tns sds-
cess Of their admins. ration has been marked in
| an unusual q gIse, and not a breath of suspicion
has fallen upon the integrity of any one of then.
MesSrs. Wildman. Glover, Curry aud Denny are
Stafe can not do better than 70 continue then. in
9th ,e another term. Judge Osborne as "A m9m-
be- OF the sup em- court has displayed lesrnise
aun ability, and given entire satisfaction.
BORROWING TO PAY EXPENSES.
=By the aid of thee figures we can understsBd
hos very shallow and dernasog is the reSclu =
tion which / nave quoted. IL Is an attempt 70
dscelNe the people b. fl aVOring = small levy
OF I've cents on the 500 Tor State purposes,
and conceali the fac that the State d
have 10 bOrro- annual y nearly half million
OF collars TO meet the deficit in expenses. This
efioFt on the lart OF the convention recal s
| vvsdly ihe history of he democratic al .iinfs-
ira ION of the st te rom lsIT to 1861, during
WI rh the State ID bt was largely increzg q
/ by borrowing money to pay the brd nary
expesnses OF the g1vernnen,t. and I saste
| two per cent. sinking fund tax lev
led in lsj2, Were reso in the market without
'su- aority oIla raise money 70 defray the
also brings to mind the administration o ths
national govern meDt by the demo ratio parry
quen1ly contrac ed to defray 0 dinary exoersee
| IN me of peace and during the last year of VT.
@ os a. ~ ~ ~ - , s a. me i i u "
sry expenses. In the light of this grant reso-
lOllUQ We may rt au the CldIEcltI abQ pulDosf
OF Inis whole pia lorm.
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY.
The draft of a reciprocity tr, aty with the Do
minion of Canada which has been submittos
| by the government of that country 70 ours vita
the approbatiCn n OF The British Government,
10 see in Ii any advantages 70 be gained by the
/ whole country, and especially Dy the states 81
the North west put aside from tn, mere teTnss
political considerations OF high character,
which would make any IRE atty OF that kind Of
| part OF the Brstish Empire, think she ught to
be treated as such, and requ red TO snare
Tse nroposed ir,tv wad give "a bsr
SUBJ Tantiaily The advantages OF being a State IN
The Union, while she still retains all the ad an
tages of he British connecii1n and il q n
every respect a foreign country. with a pop9-
laiion OF more than 40 - she f. oufie c. psbIe
OF snosisting as an irdfpendent people and gov
ernmen.. aud her adherance to the British
nee.i9n as we know springs out Of politics.
! trade and affiliations are naturally with The
United States. and for five months in the year
with Europe, eS cepl across our territory. tan-
ada ,OeS no; and can not flourish Ia her resent
political and commerci Il condition. I'd this fact
sraIssmen. With Canada independent we can
trest as the mutual i~tr SITS OF the two cou tres
may dictate. All questions OF annexati n must
after that event. to be then settled according to
be postponed until The voluntary and In tellise0t
detetm nation ofthe two countries.
with a treaty giving to her the commercis5
advantages OF State In he Union the period
of her Independence will be indefinitely post.
poned; otherwise IL will be accnmn shed,
doubt not, within the nexr csde- After the
former reciprocity treaty ha been in operation
for eight years, we found Canada more hos tEe
10 US during the reb- llion than any other psrt
OF TIE British empire
While. therefore, Canada remains a part sf
The British empire. am Ia iavo- OF trl a ing
her a. sGcn.
TARIFF.
The democratic convention declared In favor
<,f, fr,4n
Ger~food that this was declars ton against The
policy oi protection a. in favor Of free trade
Every man well in iOrm a. on The subject OF
the IRI3f knows thai a tariff for rev
enue is necessarily a tar for prot ciios.
A tariff for revenue at + calcuisted TO isizs
say two hundred millions ui ,.o lars 4 AZ
were laid "horiZOnta y," tha' IL ut The same rate
per cent upon the prices value of all articles
imported, would, ip regard 10 n great nu NH cf
articles, be absolutely prohibitory. and inr- ard
10 another large class, highly protective. / rev.
enue tariff, not + be Dro ibi lory, must be die
eliminating and varied in its sh.Tactr. q
can not be levied atan equal Tat" - n ali ertt-
C0at3suef on fourth paosl