Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-01-14

DehScr, Jan. N-Governor Mclntire de-
livsred his biennial message to the Legisla.
ture to-day. 1t was an interesting ad-
dress and occupied over two hours in read.
Ing. The Leadville trouble was gone Into
fully and the governors reasons for sending
the militia there explained.
Recommendations were made for chnngea
In the financial policy OF the state. for q
better method of collecting the poll tax.
and to provide some sort Of employment for
prisoners In the penitentinry. All the state
institutions except one were praised, and
the question Of protecting game was touched.
The Legislature was asked to enact much
needed new Laws. so as to prevent leaks that
now occur.
Below arc given the more Important por-
lons of the message:
Fellow Citizens of the Eleventh General As
Neither the people of the state nor the
long business. depression since the panic
Of 1888. Particularly has this effect been
ca crsa 'Me TesStns both in the
stagnation of business and Industry and
the lowering values Of the products OF ngri.
factory. and. In fact. OF about every com.
modify, except that produced by our gold
mines, has not only diminished the In.
community, but Of the state itself. 1t is
true that the phenomenal growth Of one Of
our our chief industries the one last mentioned.
that OF our gold mlncs has In a great meas
ure preserved us from that degree of nd.
versity which We had anticipated would be-
ration OF our condition must be considered.
namely. the recent Improvement in prices
OF our agricultural products, Including sheep
many years easily prosperous on account OF
the development OF our natural resources.
both Of the mine and the field. are little
ways found necessary by the people of many
other regions. so that when "hard times"
ed1usted themselves to the new conditions,
but. by nm enforced economy. they found a
way to mnke ends meet where at first It
doubtless. they will feel the bencficini ef.
fects Of this added virtue. and rs times be-
come more prosperous through natural I'm.
have been depressed below the normal. as
Spment. ilrss. sf the gold industry, ] and,
later on. through n natural commercial sym
pathy. Of the other Industries of the state,
they will see the blessing In disguise. SO.
create tee Confusion nnd fs smsa rrassmens es and and
anaily systematic economy. Patience. self
aenial and wisdom were necessary to enable
ing him. 1t is not different with the body
polite. Wise and economical management
u the financial affairs of the state will un:
will be the final result. 1t Is you, the law
making body of the state. who must possess
he Iat!ense. sslfdsnial SELF and wisdom In per,
Sens al as added GSsSRe Ss9 renay aa
contribution for the maintenance of govern.
nent. You will not obey the bchest of the
.overelgn people who sent you here clothed.
sf ONCE. il You faii to heed the lesson as
public servants which the people themselves
You will have many weighty matters to con-
.!der, but none OF greater Importance than
finances Of the State. M In In ali good things You
will be sympathetically and ably assisted
ssy the wisdom and experience Of him whom
ecutlve for the next two years. He has
tnown intimately, during, the whole period
1 sbs the their
state. He has been tried and not found
wanting In the difiicult place which he is
trying the duties may be that viii soon de-
sxpect a careful and successful manage.
ment of their affairs.
State Finances.
The assessed valuation of the state stead
lily increased In amount from 1877. when II
i23s. 100000; In 1904 Its valuation dropped to
ths biensa n nse ssqoS 81 % %%sslss tGtn tha
lowest assessed valuation Of any like period
since 1900. resulting In correspondingly re.
has been In measure. relieved by the ex.
traordinary receipts OF the secretary of
states office.
lived within Its income, besides paying out
Of the revenues OF the present two years
some Of the deficiencies OF past adminlstra-
tions, and will have balance left In the
treasury.
The surplus revenues of 1s95.9G. after nn
warrants shall have been paid that have
them.
ferred to the revenues Of lso3.94, for the
Of taking the Issued
better use could be made of this balance
than the payment of the warrants of these
Se nsmaa %na paa r
in the revenues caused by the panic which
occurred in those years.
for the years 1so7-0s.. available for the gen
eea Mhc Sf fne stfs stse P be-
the miscellaneous receipts from other
sources. Out Of this sum must be met the
Sesn s the aaor RGf
81, 260. .ST27 It would seem that this csti-
mate Is less rnther than grcater than the
In some items reduction may be made,
there are others, which almost inevitably
ings mny be made In certain directions, but
these likewise will be almost certainly on
set by the demands in other directions which
make up the last mentioned sum are fixed
charges which are not susceptible of dlmi-
mutton.
The expenses must be kept within the in.
come. Therefore there must be either a cut
In expenses or an Increase In revenue for the
uses OF the state government, and this In
crease can In all human probability be de-
rived only from the funds furnished by
what Is called special mill levics, which ag.
gregate 10 mills, and are estimated by the
auditor to yield $3.50, $50 in is97.0s. And
right here desire to call attention to the
fact that the institutions, the capitol build
Ing and Interest on capitol building bonds
and stock Inspection, which are all support
ed by the special mill levy, In addition to the
special appropriations which are annually
made to some of them, receive 10 mills or
-fortieths of the total revenues of
the state derived from taxation, as against
twenty -one- fortleths for NIL departments of
the executive judicial and legislative
Of the government, plus the nddi-
tional appropriations made for the use OF
the benehciaries of the special mill levy,
giving to the 'institutlons' more than half
Of ali the revenues derived from the state
tax. Under the present law providing
special mill levies In the event of n failure
OF the 81 mills to provide sufficient revenue
to carry on the state government, the money
to meet that deficiency must he taken from
the funds produced by the special mill 1evlcs
In the inverse order of the dates of the acts
them, with the result that the In
for convenience / will class