The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-10-18
$132,ooo Saved to the People of the State
Without Destroying the Efficiency
of ANYTHING.

of Anything.
When Mr.. Marion Butler called the
late Peoples party State Convention
to order, he said that as we have
already had campaign of educa
ton, it is now time for action. We
have been talking a long time about
reforms, and now it is soon going to
be timef for action. We will enumerate
some of the reforms which in our opin-
ion the next legislature should adopt.
Withdraw $14,0 600 of the apprOprla-
ton to the State militia. This will
leave one thousand dollars for this
purpose, which is enough to provide
all the soldiers the governor will need
for a body guard, and at the same
time protect the great interests of the
State under any emergency. This
spent in giving several hundrd parties
a summering at Wrightsville. Re-
formers let US stop this.
2 Abolish the office of Commissioner
of Labor, and save the tax payers
50, 800 a year. The necessity for its
continuance does not seem to exist.
Wipe it out.
3 Let the State Printing to some
good job house at less than fifteen per
cent. of the present contract, and leave
50 500 in the State Treasury which now
goes into the pocket of one individual
who does nothing at all with the print
ing. 1t can be done.
4. Close up the avenue by which at
torneys are employed to assist the At
torney General at fees that would
make your mouth water, and save the
State three thousand dollars a year.
Put a stop to it.
s.. Discontinue the ten thou sand dol
lars for pretended Geological Survey.
Wipe it out. The average tax payer
in this State will neveP1be benefited by
this legislation.
6. The last Legislature passed a bill
increasing the salaries of all the judges
and solicitors $3.50 for furnishing them
transportation in lieu of passes. This
vas a very poor way to meet the case.
Our judges and solicitors are employed
at SO much salary alone, not so much
salary plus passes, or $3.50. IL any
man does not ARE to have the Office
for the original salary, he need MT
apply. We can get men who need not
to be paid for keeping passes out of
their pockets. AIRY man who runs for
a place of this kind, knowing that the
sentiments of the people r against
the use of passes, and then accepts one,
forfeits the respect of the people, and
should resign of his accord. Tt will
save the taxpayers 81, 500 a year. Let
us do away with it. Nobody will be
hurt.
z. When Colonel Saunders agreed to
compile the Colonial Records, the Leg,
islature gave him during that time an
extra clerk. The Colonial Records
have been completed, but the clerk
ship still goes on. Stop it. Save
81, 600.
s. Do as they have done in South
Carolina, abolish the Agricultural De
partmenG at Raleigh, and put it under
the roof of the Agricultural and Ne
chanical College as one of the depart
ments of that institution, thus enlarg-
ing the powers of the school. 1t will
help the boys who go there; it will
give the institution more money. at
the same time saving the State not less
than SIS, 600. There is no doubt about
the State needing an agricultural
department., but since the creation of
the A. & M. College everybody will
admit that 1t Is the proper place for it.
Let us put 1T there, wen if we have to
move the old building to the A. & M.
College.
g.. Sell the Governors Mansion,
Jarvis folly" which has already
cost the tax payers nearly 800, 600.
Put SIS. 900 of the funds back into the
treasury and with the balance of the
funds purchase a mansion suitable tC
to the salary the Governor receives
from the State. Special InfOr n1er.
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