Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-01
now invite your attention to a con-

e | now invite your attention to col
sideration OF the population of the var
Gus states obtained by dividing tn
l population in 1870 by the total Ian
area, thus obtaining the number of in
habitants to the square mile. Iowa
II 3-lo persons to the square mile
Kansas, 1 4-l0 to the square mile
Missouri, 20 persons to the squar,
mile; Michigan, 20; Wisconsin, 10
Maine, 20; Vermont, 80. In 1SS,
there Were 20 persons To the squar
mile in Iowa; II in Kansas; 81 il
Missouri: % in Michigan; ~ in Wis
cousin; p in Maine and Sc in Yer.
mont. 1t will be seen that Missouri i
more thick kly inhabited than any of thes,
states except Vermont when you tax,
into account the area of the state.
The school system Of the state wa
never in such a prosperous condition
Its funds are larger, better protected
and more wisely managed than whel
under republican control. No state il
the UniOn-unless it is Texas, another
democratic state-has larger permla
nent school fund than this state. The
following facts are gathered from the
last report of tho superintendent OF
public schools.
The schools are supported will
monevs derived from several sources
viz: The permanent state school fund
now amounting to $500. .13l; the
county school funds, $2,l2S,lS5 the
township school funds, 81 ,Ool ,475;
special school fund, $72,952: fines and
oil
permanent fund OF SO ,S99 ,O66, the i'll
terest alone on which is used. Then,
there are the one-fourth the yearly
state revenue and the proceeds of the
regular school district taxes. The
fourth of the state revenue last year
was 1892 242 ;the district taxes amount
ed to s., ,357 $50. There is a state uni :
versity, three state normal schools, a
state school of mines, state universe
ty for the education of colored pupils,
a deaf and dumb asylum, and a blind
asylum-all supported by appropria-
tions from the state treasury. These
appropriations last year amounted to
81 ,276 .54S. The receipts of the schools
from all sources last year were 81 ,272, =
199-and this sum is gradually incrcas-
ing year by year.
The number of children of school age
in the state was 762 2,992-719, go white
and 1892 colored; and the number
enrolled in schools was 51l ,329-4S7,-
500 white and 23,S2O colored. There
were 1907 teachers employed at an
average salary of SAG 6l per month;
there were S,499 school buildings, and
294 buildings rented tor school pur-
poses; S,601 white schools in operation
and 497 cOlored; and the average cost
OF tuition was six cents day for each
pupil. The value of school property is
SO, ,2S9, 600; the average school district
tax was 80 cents on the $lOO; the
amount paid for teachers wages was
81, ,543. 600; amount paid for school
houses and sites $442 ,5S9; amount paid
for apparatus and Incidental expenses
$l4S,l73; amount paid for libraries
$23, ,449.
call your attention now to the table
of taxable wealth. In 1879 in Iowa it
was $398, ,671, ,35l; taxes levied SILL
O6l ,6O3. In Kansas taxable wealth
$3.50, ,89l.6S9 the value of taxes
levied $4,979,65O. Missouri had $532,
79o, ,SOl OF taxable property, on which
was levied $lO, ,269, 1856. Missouri has
1884, l24 $50 more taxable wealth than
Iowa, and pays $79l.S69 less taxes.
Missouri has over three aud One-half
times more taxable wealth than Kansas,
and pays only twice as much taxes.
pages l,5OS, 1,509 and note "a" of the
United States census.) The average
rate of tax levied in Kansas in 1881
was $3 60 on every 800; while under
onr constitution, it does not exceed
81 80 in the country, it could about 80
per cent higher in Kansas than in Mis-
souri.
The increase of taxable wealth in
Missouri from 1866 is as follows: In
1866. 1852 ,6Sl ,6GS; in 1879, $j32 1885,
sol; 1880, August l, S6Ul ,267 ,sS3; in
1881, August l., S6l9, ,261 ,24.; in 1888,
June l, 1925, ,775,259, being an increase
from 1866 to 1879 of 5000, ia l33. From
1879 to 1881 the increase was 500, ,47I,-
439; from 1881 to 1883 the increase
was $76, ,50S,Ol7. The assessable value
OF property in Missouri in 1884 is not
known ut this time, but it it has in
in the same ratio in 1884 that it
did i'll 1888 it will be something near
SOO,OO0,0OU in round numbers, being
all Increase since this administration
came into power of about $3.50 ,OOO, 900
in round numbers. Still the cry is
heard from our republican friends that
Crittenden has ruined the state, and
that cry is re-echoed from one end 0f|
Missouri 10 the other, and we hear
even i'll their convention the reiteration
)f the cry ''POOr Old Missouri"
WITH REpuBIICAN sTATEs
Now for the sake of the gentlemen
who have so much pity and commiser-
.tion for Missouri, let us compare it
With some of the republican states and
zee whether Missouri is deserving of |
his pity. In 1880 the taxable wealth
If Kansas was $l60,Syl ,G99; in 1883 1t
vas SlS9, l24 1898, an Increase of $25,-
'32 409 in two years. Pages 1,55G of
he census compendium, and auditors
eport pages 2S2, 2S4 and 2S7. In Iowa
II 1880 the taxable wealth was 1898.
7l, ,25l. In 1883 it was $463, 1874 ,467,
N Increase in three years of SOL, 4,l53,-
10. Census compendium page 1850
Nd auditors report of 1883 pages 75
nd n. The increase in Missouri from
$50 to 1888 is 1924 ,5O7 1916. In Iowa it
vas $64, 1853, ,255, being $6O,354 ,l6l
lOre of an increase in Missouri than {
A Iowa, or nearly twice as much. In
ict Missouri increased mere in two
ears in this respect than Iowa has in
reased in three years. The increase !
1 Missouri in lSS0-Sl, only one year,
J SH ,999, ,359; in Kansas in 1SSl-S2,
vo years, ii was $25, ,232 ,4O9, an in {
rease i'll Missouri over Kansas in two !
ears OF $22 $3.50, showing an in
'ease of 80 per cent. more in Missouri {
! one year than in Kansas in two :
ears. The increase in Missouri from I
'19 to 1888, four years, was $l72 49, l
'S, which is over $12 900 900 more i'm :
Xable wealth than in Kansas in 1880, I
} that if the entire state of Kansas as :
was in 1880, and everything in it, s
al been added and transported to the l
ate of Missouri it would not have in q
eased the valuation in Missouri as S
uch as it did by natural means; and 4
e taxable wealth of Kansas in 1882 n
I'd Of Iowa in 1888 put together is \
100, s76,695 less than Missouri in 1888. =
would take two states like Kansas
I'd all of Iowa 10 make one Missouri
wealth; and still the cry is "Poor
Il Missouri" [Cheers.]
Now let us compare the tax levied in
e three states of Kansas, Iowa and i.
issouri. In Iowa it is 81 63 Oh the ;.
100; i'll Kansas it is 50 30 OH the 500: :.
Missouri it is ST. 924.
The number OF manufacturing estab.
'hments in Indiana is Ii 1873; in Iowa
92l; in Kansas 2,S03; in Missouri y