The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-05-07

Salaries in 1850, S57 As. in
| 1863 6..... $ Jl $40
| Lnnatic Asylum 1850, paupers
| SI2j in lSS5-'G 5-'G................ s rs OOO
| PCn'cntiary, in lSSj'6 6......... Il 500
Superintendent of Education.
| 1885 Observation-Disclosures. Il go
1t will be seen from the above that tho
general expenses of the State Government
arc about the same now rs in 1850, not
withstanding the great additional cxpcn-
scs Of the Asylum and Pcnitcntiary and
that salaries are actually less, although two
additional Offices have boon added,
| 1t may be said that tho State was rich
then and very poor, now which am compcll-
cd to admit. Bat we have now a population
Of million, all endowed with tho rights of
citizenship, while then about thrcc.lourths
of this numbcr seldom came Under State
laws, being controlled aud cared for 10y
their owners, but who now crowd the jals,
the Pcnitcntiary and Asylum. Taking all
things into consideration it is surprising
that the general expenses exceed by so little
those Of $50. Then the interest on the pub
lie debt was paid out Of the profits of tho
State Bank now the Phosphate royalty
yield not quite half the amount Of interest.
the balance baving to be provided for by
taxation.
| We must remember too that during the
radical rcigu tie public debt was largely
increased; that the interest was often left
unpaid, that they managed to Sobblc up
one years taxes entirely incurring also in
addition to this, an enormous feating
debt il every County. most Of which ha:
now been paid. That by the persistent cf
fort Of the law officers of tho State, she
has been at last relieved from the BLU
Ridge swindlc. and thus narrowly escape,
being Saddlcd wish another load ofSl 500,
600; and that another suit has just been
: gained against CorD.n & Stone for Sd 900
illegally held. In addition to this tn,
Agricultural Department has succeeded
in suits for recovering royalty and prop
crty for tn State, amounting to som,
three or four hundred thousand dollars.
The State taxes being imposed by til
{ Legislature, and those Of the Counties
mainly by the residents therein, it may b.
as we'll to enquire how and by whom the
enormous taxes necessary to support all th,
Railroads, with thousands of miles. run
ming from West to South, all the thousand.
OF employ ccs. andthe profits Of other thou
sands Of people through whose hand come
our corn, meal, bacon, -four, horses. hay
and almost everything we eat are lcvid anc
collected. There has been no law passet
to compel the payment Of these expenses
but they certainly are collected even NOR,
more vigorously than eitLcr State or count
taxes, and fall with crushing weight OF
farmers, because they ought to raise th
very things they buy and pay freight O
for hundreds of miles
The Convention called on April 20tl
r is ostcnslbly in the interests Of farmers, bn
like many others, can't see how they cal
bc much brucGttcd nv ,oco.;n,, r,r :, Ia,
or two: at the same time would bc vor,
, glad to hope such may be the result an
/ would respectfully offer a few suggestion
: and remarks
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