The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-22
THE STATES MONEY.
State Treasurer Hardemen Presents
some Facts and FiRures-Capt. W.
". GOrdODSa Uiavua

State Treasurer Hardemen Presents
some Facts and FiRures-Capt ".
W. Gordon's Views.
Treasurer Hardeman's protest against
summer session appropriations, with no
money in the treasury TO meet them, has
stirred up considerable interest and com
ment.-
The question most generally asked is:
VIII there be a necessary increase in the di-
rect tax rates Col. Hardeman isn't in
clined to be positive, or even SUPPOSE
| tiOnal, about it. He talks dollars
ane cents, aud MISUNDERSTANDING, and
then falls back on his faith in the wisdom
of the legislature "In making I'D the
budget last fall, )" said the colonel Yesterday,
''tbe soldiers fund was put down at $780,
600, aud that sum was set apart for them.
Up to last Saturday morning we had paid
out to confederate soldiers S15S, 5OO-$SS, 500
more than was calculated for the entire
year. Then 81, 500 was appropriated to the
estate of Gen. Toombs. This was
Unforeseen End unprovide1 for.
Then $1,000 was appropriated to Maj. Nor
| gan of Rome This was also uuprovlded
! for. The academy for the blind took S15,-
600 more-another special appropriation.
A bill is now pending to appropriate $50, 900
! for fixing the capitol grounds. The lunatic
| asylum wants SSU.UUU more. Another SD,UDU
must be had to meet the deficiency in the
printing fund. Another Sc, 900 must be had
| for the public building fuud.n
"What will be done about thatw
"Oh, well, that's it; that's the question.
What is the legislature going to do about
| it? They must do SO uething."
Whose fault is itg'
sit is due mainly TO the special appro-
priations at this summer session. Then to
hz0r ~, nit Al,s,% axv TO
the expenditures for the year should be
SIS, 900 more than the amount set aside to
meet the regular, provided-for expenses.
| This was, in other words, an Intentional
provision that there should be deficit of
S13, 900 at the end of the year, even if every
expenditure had been foreseea and cor
rectlv calculated"
'What plans have been suggested to meet
the exigencyW
lone is to repeal so much of the last tax
act as gives to public schools the taxes on
the excess of S360,000 900 This excess is
about 800, 900, 600, and this would throw
back $45, 900 or $4,000 to meet current ex-
penses.
Another proposition is to double the $50
tax on liquor dealers, which would give US
100000.
"Another is TO levy a small additional
| direct tax"
|
appropriations committee, said to reporter
| Tuesday:
You understand that there is plenty of
money actually in the treasury to meet all
these expenses, and what is meant by the
statement that 100000 more is needed is
that that amount would pay absolutely
every outstanding debt now due. But the
state is not called upon to meet all these
debts in lump. It's like a bank doing
business. If every single creditor called al
the same time and demanded every cent Of
his money it would shut up any bank il
the United States. No bank calculates or
that, but on a maximum probable demand
Calculating in the same common-sense way
in this matter, l don't think there viii bt
any need whatever for special legislation
Thousands of dollars of bonded indebted
ness, in interest bearing paper, is past due
but all this won't come in this year.
81 had the treasurer go before the appro
priation committee simply to impress upor
the minds of tine committee the wisdom o.
guarding against possible danger. There il
no real danger in it."