The Caucasian., 1897-01-14

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The Governor n~ssAgo ~As r..A
n both Honsss IL was q lrrr,k.
document. touching upon macy nat
isrs. ih. mere imPotiAat of whirh
are as follows
r...'iau.
The estimate of cap ussa Cog A.
oeJ'eis nsd. by The Pnb.lr Tr~As
nrer, for the rsni year. 10 So.
5Oo. pedneiing TIE ctiimAi. for tle
legislAiHre Tor or. y.AF. makes il~
average for the t~o year.. seeore-
l5r 10 the TREASURE. ss1l. .sia per
year.
According g. the report 90 ih.
State Auditor. the tsA valuation 81
all the real and p~fnonsl property .f
the State is SO al 80 ~. Ou this
valuation. oEe cent. levied oa ,h.
slOo of value ~ill derive s2s ssg =.
less expenses of collection. To pro
dnce the -s2i $50 per Aurum from
this source alone will r.q air. n lew
of 81 cents on tie slOo tf xAlge.
Prom this, however. should 10 de-
Quoted the amoant repre-. n'ca by
the revenue derived from pTril-g.
tax. under schedules "B'' aud ."
The Auditors report shows ihis
amount for the past Year 60 hAv.
been $50, ,ls7 81. This would reduce
the above levy 10 2gi cenis. There
WAS Also received lAsi year over on.
hundred and forty thousand dollars
from dividend on S;ai.'s stock in the
Atlantic and North Carolina rail
road, fees i-om various sources, Sec
retary OF States Office, seal isn. etc.
INDECENT pupils, license tax on
banks, building and loan aasocia-
lions, INSURANCE companies. etc.
Taxes from these sources AT. con
tiDgent and cannot absolutely toe re-
lied OF bet ] feel fAte in believing
at least one hundred thousand dol
lars may be realized tratn these
sources. IL SO. this would reduce
the levy necessary 10 provide a suili-
cient general fund 10 =, cents on the
500 value.
Railroad Com ms.iop.
When the commission was .siab.
, lished two of the three largest sys-
. TENS in the Stat. IA'a 10 taxes AID
: no properties. Of the burdens for ih.
. protection OF i's proI eriy. By iis
X action AZ working up and pros.cri-
I ing suits vigorously fore the
&. courts, every species ,f property -
4, placed upon the tax list With ih,
4 following result: Railroad rroy-
tsrsr IN lSfll h..fn,. a
mission was ostshlisb.' and mad. n
board of spprsis.rs isr railroads
WAS only valued At Sl2 32i 80 he
valus stion in 1896 j. placed At s-6,-
Sac, ,0J6, an increase since the &C.
y iabiishment of the commission a
| $lI lJl $50 Telegraph rates h1,e
y been reduced ifIy per cent. .kpref :
rates reduced and sinplifi Id At
that fim- no ST. an boat line except
the one from Fayetteville So Vii
|, mIneton paid any iAr.s. IA 1890
tber. is q valuation al s27s. 7s0 o.
= placed on them.
The affairs in this Office are man
aged in a most perfect Eys'en. and
business of railroad corporation
heretofore not TO be reached can ali
Il now be ascertsined ia n few min
4 utes without calling upon the cor
l. poration.
The %. ysar L..-s.
o Much Of the message is devoted "a
Q q defence Of the "99 year railroad
q lease" 1t is denied that the lsAs.
J. was secretly made, and a. IL statee
9 that the terms Of the lease are suct
: that the State can make orer sEy
is ENTy-FIvz MILLION DOLLARS by th,
e time il expires and still own its three
is fous'hs interest In the road.
Atlantic and North C.roIiss H.iirs.a
Is The Governor expresses the opin
:. ion that il would be greatly TO IN
!. States interest 10 less- the roAs
!, on such terUs "a were ffered by 10
Goldsboro abd Morehesd K4ilws
o. company.
4 State IGstifutisas.
o. While our State Institutions hAv
Al been econo mically mana, l b. li.v
m that they can yet he made more =
ia by the application OF ordinary bns
r- NJ Is principles TO their mar, gem.n'
n by making them ma'uslly ASH,
ta tdtI oihCts Au
~ still greater saving To the tax yayeI
al The peniteptlsry should raise q
he the vegetables aud staple supple
er as we'll as making al The rloihinr
or shoes and hats for all the insiitl
n. tIons; the Blind Asylum, the broom,
nj harness and chair; and The Dss
I'd mutes do all the State printing an
tv binding. By expending compars
q. tIvely small amount in the pui
Il. chase Of q plant t1e Deaf mute
could do all the public printing an
bind for tbs State and save the L.
payers 1T least $50. iG9. b per annnI
n. and at the same time open up q fel
- Of employs yment for the uafortuna'
objects Of the States charity.
a. Ne More Public Isststatiess yst-Jsvssr
:; RefermstoSy.
osl There seems to be q wide spres
Al. desire for the erection OF Juvepil
=. Reformatory, bat I doubt the advil
=. ability or the wisdom Of such q mea
,pt ure .. this time, in the present d,
,ot pleted condition of the TreasnrI
In. and the Constitutional inhibitio
20 which provides hrst for the self So
n. tsnance Of the penitentiary- INT
r.s such times as the penisentiary b
bi- comes absolutely self-supportis
from year to year deem IL inadvi
able 70 undertake to establish n r
formatory.
s ! feel it ~ duty TO call your q
~ tsntion to the great inequ Atty /,
- ssnten .es growing ont OF Il
present method Of administers
'Ss our criminal laws. The press
- system Of having . fixed sen