The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-07

But in place of these eliminated items viii
come appropriations Of q like character. be-
causD the o-called extra ordinary expenditures
are IN realty orlin1ry AMI expected, although
not provided for directly by law. Hence tho
elimination of this S2A.0) from the apprUpria.
ton ist o: n,xt year Is mersly a pleasant bit Of
fiction by which, on psp,r. the receipts car be
made TO equal the exp,n1itur.s IS. Toe truth Is
th1n when all the toms OF customary expense
| are taken into consideration tn IRE will be .
la:g deficiency intae revenue unlsss steps are
taken by the general assembly TO increas, the
income. or else to rsluce tina expenditures.
| The present e3timate Of d sfl Il sucsS in appro-
priatio1I amounts to very Iittls. The state
auditor cllcalat,s that the fund for costs n
criminsl c1as will be short about $4,000. It
Is usually short q larger sum. The general
contingent fund will lax $1,000 Of being equal
to the emergency.
The state auditor estim1t,s that thcrs will
bs an iacl ease of tar on this increased ass ,ss-
ment Of prop ,rty amounting to slD).0J), which
together with tn, extraordinary appropriation.
of the past two years thai may not be repeat
ed, may save ths treasury from a deficiency. II
no extraorl:nlry appropriations ars ma1o By
the forthcoming general assembly.
II the very natur, of things, however. the
next general ASSEMBLY, will ind II necessary TO
spend a goodiy sum of money in the direction
'extraordinary." The state university must 10
lCbdLtt anu u ways h4oAo VI l~oN Q
mands upol the treasury which can not he an
ticipated by the state auditor. because he has
! o power over legislation and can only report
to that body in the way of al accounting to-
gether with such recomm n iatiols As may b3
in the nature of estimates.
At tie same time the state officers have hal
under con sideratlol the financial condition Of
OF the state AMI they will be prepared 10 sug-
gest q way ont of thu present diff 'ulty. One
OF the i1eas entertained at Jefferson City is
that a law shoull b, enacted increasing tie
dramshop lie ,nse for stat f, purposes from SIS to
$50. During the year 1881 there were 4.13
drarshops licensed in this state. This numb II
decreased In 1s9o to 1921. But even at the lat
ter q yurs the income 20 the stlt,. at s5l. would
be over seOa,COJ 4 year. Another proposition is
TO reduce the school fund. mention Of which
las already been made.
Tbs increase OF the dramsho2 license is. per-
haps. tine chief recommendation that will BE-
made for the relief OF the treasury, and it will
be seen that. whereas. the present income from
that source for state purposes is about SlOD,01
! year, the doubling of the license will give an
added reyenu. of 500, 900 a year. which will, in
q measure. help to make up the loss OF three
quarters Of a million incurred by reason OF the
reduction in taxation. p
In fact, Ii IS estimated that q few laws may
b., enacted thai will make up the expected
deficiency in receipts. But the point Is that
such cnactments sem to b, nee ,ssary and ths
general assembly ought to understand the
situation, to thu end tiat it may MAXI pro-
y:siol for a prop,r increase in the revenue to
mzke up the loss occasioned by q r,duct ton OF
taxes for state purposes