Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-08-26

cultural College; 81, 800 for experiment OF
stocking rivers and ponds with fish; So
800 for railroad commissioners; several
thousand dollars for printing agricultural
reports besides special appropriations last
year to the extent of $1,000 for Maine Gen
eral Hospital at Portland; and 81 600 TO
the orphan asylums. The other items of
increased expenses are in ordinary eX-
penses, and arose from the same causes
that increased private expenditures.
STATE TAXATION.
The State expenses the present year
have been reduced Sl2j,00 from what
they were last year, and the only reason
why the State Tax assessed by the last
legislature. is a quarter of mill more
than was assessed by the republicans in
1876, is that the last republican State adj
miniStration left deficiency of S223, 27G-
says Mr. PillSbury.
Not so. The so called deficiency was
caused by mistake of the legislature IN
reducing the State tax for 1877 TO 3 mills,
when il ought To bavc been 3 81 mills, rs
i'm 1876. Had the tax of 1877 been 3 3-i
mills, then the receipts and the deferred
railroad tax would have paid this balance.
State appropriations this year are rs large
as in 1877. when 81 mills paid every
thing, there would remain sos, 900 GA of
a mill tax from the mill tax assessed
last year and paid this year. and So. 900
of old railroad tax, 10 apply 10 the detic
icncy-lcaving il only SllS.276. But Mr..
T. says the appropriations this year are
sl2J. 900 less than last year. If SO, then
ID L. Eli 4. 4
this year from the tax of last year. Not
q cent will remain at the end of the year
to pay from the mill tax assessed this
year which will not be paid till next year.
our query i. why has the tax OF this
year, which Will not be- paid in Gin next,
been made a quarter of Il mill higher than
was sufficient for the State expenses of
1877: Does 10 not look rs If the fusion
leaders themselves see that many of their
50 called reductions of appropriations are
only suspensions of appropriations, and
likely 10 leave calls for increased amount,
next YEAR, II will be remembered that
the democratic Congress reduced appropri-
atious and made 4 great noise over what
they had done; and the next year busted
themselves in passing deficiency bills.
REDUCTION OF ENrENSEs.
The republican party ha, unnecessarily
offices and unnecessarily i'm
creased expenditures 1853, 227-says Mr..
Pill>bury.
five have unnecessary officers how does
10 happen that Mr. Pill~bury'N legislature
did not abolish single one except
judgcship and the grccnback Bangor
Cnmm,rriIi says that must be- restored I'm
order to hold all the courts but actually
added q State Pension Agent, when pre-
yiou>ly the duty had been put on the Adiu-
tant General
II expenditures have been unnecessarily .
increased over ~Gj9. 900. how does 10 hap /
pen that Mr. pilI>bury, legislature, ac-
cordng 10 his own claim reduced them
only $4,000 But the fact Is that the
only real reduction Of ordinary expenses
made. was about $50 300 or no most So
600. ou salaries and a few items. The free
HIGH school appropriation of S3G. $50. and
the Agricultural College appropriation OF
- 500 were suspended; 100000 less wa,
appropriated tu pay principal ~ public
debit. several thousand dollars less for
printing. because OF the suspension Of the
printing Of the Agricultural report, and
other documents several thousand dollars
less for expenses Of Insane Asylum and
Reform School. without any change In The
method OF running these institutions.
These. and other items are not for the
most part savings, but either the cutting
off OF educational advantages, or the post
poucmcnt of obligations till amer election
II. e.. To- next year. We can tell great
deal hotter next year Just how much good
MIR p'~ legislature did
50 far ~ the real reduction of State OK
pcuscs is concerned IL was inevitable that
as We came down 10 specie standard last
winter. any legislature would cut down
salaries and lop OF expenditures In the
new order of thugs. Indeed, the rcpub-
lcau Scuatu led on In this work, and Mr..
Ellis, a grccuback senator from Waldo,
rcproycd the grccuhack House for not
coming mp 10 their duty aS well n the re-
publican Senate. This work Of reduction
OF taxation has been going on since 1870 |
Is our state taN was . - mills IN that |
year, and only . ST. mills in 1876.
TIE STATE DEBT.
The republicans have increased the state
deb, 500 per ccut.->ayS Mr. Piil,hury.
Nh Wl>hUry csu rut know that all our
State debit contracted since lNCu. was an