Fair play., 1892-09-10

books himself. but he must go as Maj.
William Warncr-he can not so rs the
governor of the state.
TAXATION REDUCED.
When the republican party surrender
ed the government OF the state IN jan
ua-y, 1871. the rate OF taxation then be-
ing levied for all state purposes amount
ed to 50 cents on the Slo3 valuation. Inc
rate OF taxation has been Slace reduced q
from time 10 time until :he amount
now being levied for all state purposes
to only - cents on the 500 valuauon-
II You will examine Your tax receipts
this fall YOU will see that the entire
sum paid by you ~ the state
will BE- only y cents on the iol. Now.
wha. disposition is made OF that tax
after il IS collected? First 10 cents Of
the - cents is set apart and paid into the
sinking fund. That fund Is provided
for the purpose of paying the !nteres,
on the state debt as it natures. and
also To raise fund to take mp and retire
at least SO. 600 of the prlnclpai of the
bonds from year to year. Secondly. =
cents Of tn. - cents tax Is sct apart
ana paid into the public school fund ot
the stat. wherew'th IL increase AMI
arnplify the means for educating our
children. That leaves only 10 cents out
of the - cents levied. ana that Is paid
into the revenue fund of the state.
Now. out of that small tax Of 10 cents
on the 500 valuation. equivalent IL 81
on the $1,000. the entire current cN-
pcnses Of the state government are met
and promptly paid.
WHAT Is MEANT.
What do mean by that? l mean
that we pay
/ The salaries of all the executive
officers of the state.
=. The salaries of all the circuit.
criminal. appeal and supreme GO.
| Judges in the state.
$. All the expenses OF the general
assembly.
| 4. Al the incidental expenses of all
| the departments at Jefferson City, such
| rs clerl, hire. stationery, etc.
| ;. All printing expenses incurred by
the state for publishing statutes, court
reports or for any other purpose.
G. All appropriations made for tn!
support Of the university, three normal
schools and the Lincoln institute.
| :. All appropriations made for the
support of the blind asylum, the deaf
| and dumb asylum, the reform school
for boys. the Industrial home for girls
| and for lunatic asy lums-
S. All appropriations made for the
support of the state penitentiary.
.. All appropriations made to pay
criminal costs. rewards offered for Grim
inals who have escaped and fled, anC
all Other expenses incident To enforcing
the criminal laws of the state.
10. All expenses incurred in lcvyinG
and collecting the state revenue.
II. All appropriations made for erect
ing or repairing the public buildings %
the state. In short. every expense aud
current demand brought against thu
treasury is met by that tax.
| FINE SHOWING.
Is not this a really magnificent re
cord the democratic party has made
During these 20 years 100000 peopl'
have been added to our population
our educational and eleemosynary In
stitutions have quadruplcd in number
and the number of attendants and IN
mates at these institutions have in
creased in an equal ratio, the numhe
of inmates of the penitentiary is double
what it was in 1870. showing that
much larger number of people have
been prosecuted in the courts During
these 20 years we have erected th'
supreme court and library building: W,
have added two large wings to tn
capitol. making it a commodious an'
imposing structure: we have largely IN
creased the capacity of the peniten
tiary: we have rebuilt the deaf an'
dunn asylum. destroyed by hre. ON
rrander scale than before w
have erected the lunatic asylum at ~
Joseph, and, after its destruction b.
| ,pI antrinnpI
have erected and furnished the lunati
!. ASYLUM at Nevada. which is one of tn
largest and most complete institution
. of its class in the world; we hav
erected and furnished the reform schoo
, for boys at Boonville: we have erectc
, and furnished the industrial home to
/ girls at Chillicothc: we have erected
, Furnished aud equipped three splendi'
i normal school buildings at Kirksvills
4 Warrensburg and Cape Girardeau; W
4 have erected, furnished and equ,ppe
: the school of mines and metallurrv ;
= Rolla. conceded to be perhaps the tine'
c institution Of its kind in the west; W
t have erected. furnished and equippe
t two large and rommodiOus wings to ii
l university. and now that that gre;
e | building has fallen before the tlam'
: we are lifting it up again on large
and grander scale than before.
During these twenty years we ha'
: also built up a public school fund, bot
e state and county, which stands wltho'
r rival in all the states of the tnioi
G with the single exception OF Texas, an
the school fund of Texas exceeds ON
only by virtue of the fact that the pu'
s lie lands in that state belong to N
4 state under the terms of the treaty d
| l - "A nA into the | MOI
I and n large part of the proceeds of Il
. sale of those lands under local laws al
: paid into the school fund. The publ
: lands in Missouri belonged to the Unite
@ States, and the proceeds of their disp
j sition were for the most part paid I'M
h the federal treasury. Our public scho,
n fund has been built up almost who'll
A from voluntary contributions made
: the form of taxation by generous, el
e lightened and patriotic people
e During these twenty years we hay
g also met and promptly paid the inte
n est on our public debt as IT mature
n and have paid off and retired tvs
l. thirds of the principal, and have near
4 doubled the value of our securities
J. the markets of the world. All the
IS things and many more we have su
d cessfully achieved and are now achie
n ing, not by increasing the burden
S taxation. but by constantly reducir
it. until to-day the tax-rate levied uP'
the property in the state is only on
, half what it was when the peopl
a, patient and long suffering. rose in the
i. wrath twenty years ago and lashed u
"a plunderers from their places of powe
% Mr.. Chairman, ! have examined
! table recently, prepared from authen'
ii data. showing the aggregate per capI
q tax paid in a large mum Der of the mo
n important states stretching FRO
. Maine to Colorado. The amount pa
:, in these states varies from sia.64 p
;s capita in Massachusetts. which is Z
!, highest, to s474 in Missouri. which
the lowest. Next TO Missouri
"a Minnesota, with a per capita tax
,s S547 These are some of the bene
70 cent results brought to the people
~ this state as the rich fruit OF democra
IN policy and Observation-Disclosures
9 lied always by wisdom. fidelity a
,s economy. 1t is because of these thin
:. Mai. Warner. the be-Democrat, t
u Kansas City Journal and the repub bile
ha 10 "a.