The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-06-10
Revenue Of the State.

Auditor General McCamant, who
ought to know whereof he speaks, es.
Inmates the revenues of the present
year, during which the Boyer revenue
law will not be in force, at S7,696, 900,
and the revenue for the next year
when the Boyer revenu law will be i 10
force, at sS,S44,000, or 81, 34S, 900
more than is raised under the present
law. This is not as great an increase
as was expected from the operations of
the Boyer bill. The Auditor General
estimates that there will be an increase
of 81, 100000 on capital stock, and a
decrease of tax on personal property
of s445,000, owing to the fact that
three.fourths of the personal tax is
returned to the counties under the
Boyer bill. He also says that if the
bill passed at the last session of the
Legislature diverting liquor licenses
to the counties is signed by the Gov.
ernor, there will be a further reduo.
tion in the revenue of $780, 900. The
Auditor General, like all prudent
financial officials, is quite evidently
making his estimates from a conserya.
tive standpoint, and to the Chief Elk.
ecutive of the State upon the supposi.
tion that the latter will doubtless base
his approval or veto of appropriations
before him upon this opinion.
These figures show a total revenue
for the next two years of SIG, $40, 900,
to which must be added the S2,527,.
277.39 now in the general fund, max.
ing a grand total of s19,O67, 273. 80.
This is a large sum of money, but
from it, however, must first be deduct.
ed the items in the general revenue
bill, not vetoed by the Governor, be.
fore any money a be appropriated
to other objects. For instance: The
appropriations to the common schools
for the two years is 10000, 900; for
the payment of interest, 1929, 900;
for the sinking fund, S200, 1000; for
the support of the State Government.
S559,4OO; for the Judiciary, 81, 22O,.
400; For the Legislature of 1898, say
s55O,OO0; for the salaries of school
superintendepts, $172,000; for the ed.
ucation of teachers in the normal
schools, $3.50, 900; mine inspection
and salaries, s147 900; public build.
ings and grounds and other small
items, say s150,000; making in all a
total of $13,94S,400 This leaves less
than six millions of dollars to be de.
voted to the maintenance of the Ma.
tional Guard, the penal and industrial
institutions, the care aud treatment of
the INDECENT insane, the orphan schools,
and such other institutions as are
under State control, during the
coming two years.
Remembering the liberal hand with
which the recent Legislature distri.
buted the money the probabilities are
that economy will be the order Of the
DAY during the next two years. Of
course this is a virtue that no one will
need to apologize for exercising. At
the same time that is often ~inconven.
lent and embarrassing.
The large appropriation to the com.
mon schools, the return to the u
ties of three.fourths of the revenue
derived from tax on personal property,
and a large portion of the license fees,
while largely reducing the burdens of
the counties will make extravaganza
ION the part of the State, impossible.
OF this, loo, the people will not com.
plain.
The situation is not a deplorable
one by any means. 1t is one rather
for congratulation. Economy in pub.
lie expenditures is far to be preferred
to Extravaganza. Harrisburg Tele.
graph.