Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-16

The Democratic state administration
has already outlined one feature of its
campaign plan of defense. With great
buster and blair of trumpets it is an
nounced that the state treasury has a
surplus of about, $742, 600 which the tax
commissioners have applied as a por-
ton of the state levy, reducing the
state tax levy to the amount OF S240, COO.
This is heralded with much ostentation
as a saving of three-qnarters OF mil
lion Of dollars to the tax payers OF
Wisconsin. This plan of campaign
was mapped out by Boss Wall, who,
july 20, went to Madison, called into
his presence the state tax commissions
er, and dictated this course to be per-
sued. The official ring organ at Mil
came out with broadside eXpatiatlng
on the fact that the state tax levy this
year would be only about one quarter
as much as usual and bowling with
deafening reclamation about the great
Did it ever occur to the patient
people that the amount OF money on
hand is no criterion OF the extrava-
ganca Of an administration? There
are regular sources of state revenue
there is just claim of economy. If
the regular and irregular expenditures
are greater than the established reve-
nues and keep increasing, there can be
no just claim of economy, no matter
how much money may have come into
the treasury temporarily from unusual
and accidental sources. A statement
OF the state finances just made shows
the present state administration has
expended more than it's established in
come and that the state tax levy has
increased every year since it has beer
in power, and is even increased this
year. The approximation of the surplus
derived from the ex-state treasurers
and the refunding OF the government
war tax is made the means Of hiding
this fact from the public. Here some
figures taken from the records of the
state may demonstrate the truth Of this
statement. The Peck administration
has been in power three full fiscal
years. The following are the tax
levies for each OF those years as COM
pared with the last tax levy under the
preceding republican administration:
State tax 1890 under republican
rule..... ........................$ 89l $50 W
State tax 1891 under democratic
rule. Observation-Disclosures. 9So, $50 10
State tax 1892 under democratic
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1882 90
State tax 1893 under democratic
rule. LOIS 20 co
This makes a total increase of state
taxes during the three years OF demo-
cratic rule amounting to 1851 ,346 Is.
The increse Of state taxes under the
present administration has been $23.-
AL greater than the total amount re-
The books at Madison show that for
the last complete fiscal year ending
80, 1898, the total receipts
from all sources We're ST 600, 314.S4,
while the total state expenses were
81, 1856. sol .55 or 1T, 1861 greater than
the receipts, Notwithstanding large
increase in the receipts over those OF
the previous republican administration.
And now when the actual state levy
would be over million dollars were 1t
not for the hughe Jumps received from
the eE-State treasurers, from the gov
eminent and from interest on funds in
the banks. the present administration,
regardless of it's enormous increase OF
expenditures over and above ordinary
receipts, attempts to blind the people
by flashing before their eyes the de-
crease of the state levy for this particu-
lar because of these extraordinary and
accidental sources of income. Ellimln-
ating from the question the money re-
ceived from the ex-state treasurcrs
and the refunded war tax, the total in
crease of state taxes during the four
wears of democratic rnle is fully half q
million of dollars. -Oshko III North
western.