Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-10-27

present administration made the
, better showing Of economy.
In 1872 the items covering salar
ana expenses OF State officers dnch
ing supreme and Circuit Courts) n
clerks, expenses Of the Legislature.
penses OF State militia, costs of ST.
ooards, awards OF Board OF State An
.ors, etc, aggregated S637 1852.
1919 thls aggregate was 1894, 16S Al. 4
Increase being $356,74 20. Numero
worthy objects and departments we
cared Tor and maintained in 1898 tn
dld not exist in 1892 Among the
may De enumerated the naval brigad
travelling library. factory inspectio
dairy and food inspection. State we
iher service, compilation of Michics
statutes, increased force Of State ban
examiners and correspondingly II
creased efficiency OF this department
Inspection or orchards and nurser
STOCK, state Pardon Board, tax home
stead department, beet sugar industry
examination OF building and loan assc
eid.iohs' ana the vast Increase in tn
amount or delinquent taxes collected
Nhen IL Is stated that the entir,
amount Of delinquent taxes COLLECTED
IN lS92 by the Auditor G General wa.
! but $31,371.21, whereas for the Won,
ending June 80 1893. il was sra
26939 it will be seen there must bavs
been material legitimate increase in
the cost of collecting these taxes for
the latter year. This increase. how
ever, was not 200 per cent. AS was
the increase in the amount collected.
In 1892, $3.50, SO was returned IN
the counties, while, as above. stated.
me amount returned in 1898 was S5O7..
l4l.lI, difference in favor of the lat
ter year of $30S, 1871. There was
refunded, on tax account, $16.575. go in
lS92. and $6S,O97.J1 in 1898. However
as all these amounts were simply taken
from the State treasury and paid to the
counties, or to parties to whom they
belonged, they have nothing 10 do with
the expenses of the State government
Notwithstanding the deliberate attempt
Oh the Popocratic State Central Com
nittee 10 make the people of the State
believe that 10 be the fact
mere remains 10 be compared num-
erOus miscellaneous items OF expense.
III lSJZ these announced to $40, 1892
ana IN lS9S 10 $J2.I4l.93. This Increase
last year over 1899 was $3l. 9S2 81. bnt
rs Nl1,COO or this was paid Cor The re-
Ter OF the Ontonagon fire sufferers
SJ'0OO FOR the Austin Blair monuuenr.
$1,000 for farmers Institutes. S3uoO
lor the relief of Mrs. Margaret Helms.
whose son was killed while in the line
OIL duty as n member Of the State
militia, $500 for the relief of Pri-
Yates Kelly and Lent, whose hands
were mangled by the premature Dig
'harge OF cannon at Island Lake
while in the line of duty. and $1,000
or the relief Of Charles Howind. in
ured at Jackson prison. il Is doubtful
I our popocratic friends will care TO
ilspute the justice of any of these
laims.
Much stress is made by the popo-
rate press man because there WIS.,
considerable increase in the cost of
Jerk hire in the Auditor Generals Of
ice III lS9S over 1892. That GENTLE
hah carefully RETAINED from MENTION
Ag the fact that, under the law passed
1871, whereby the county system of
ollectlng delinquent taxes was return
u 10, there was scarcely any need OF
Jerks at all in the Auditor-General's7
NICE in 1872, greater part of the
OK previous to and since that year
one IN the tax department having
that year been done in the county
easurers offices throughout tie State
/ thid connection it viii he well to
Dte the total receipts of the tax de-
irthlent FOR each year from 1891 to
me 80 1898, as follows: 1891. S164.-
.n!l; 1872, $31.371.21; 1893, Say-
ID; 1894 S29S,17407; 1895. sr62.-
2.oS; 1898 S1S4.953.54; 1897. S773.-
9.39 1t will be seen the receipts
/ the last year were twenty-five
mes as great as for 1892. 1t will be
hdlly understood that the correspon-
nee ana record making relative to
IS subject increased in the same ra.
;, ana in view of this fact it will
pe wondered at that the number
clerks about doubled. Had the
pocrats been In power last year this
rease would probably have been in
same fauo as The Increase in the
eipts OF the tax department.
however, the browning folly of tho
locratic onslaught on the present
tie administration Is found in the
tement that the expenditures for
State militia. which under Winans
re SCI .961 % were swelled under
gree TO ST6,9G6.5G." The maker OF
! charge was probably ignorant OF
fact that the military fund consists
whatever is produced by per can
TAX which has remained the same
years. The amount raised for mil
V purposes from year to year in
SEES only with the increase of popu-
)n. and IL has never yet been suffi-
Il to enable the military authori-
To equip the citizen soldiers rs
y one in the State believes they
I'D have been equipped. Every ad-
including that of Cover
W mars. has done the best Il DOS
could with the amount available.
y cent of which was expended
year but al were Of the opinion
the allotment was 700 small to
II OF full justice being done the
who this year so nobly demon
ed the fact that they were at any
all times ready to defend the State
the country with their lives.
view of these very positive refu-
rs 10 the reckless charges made
lr opposition friends, II would aD-
ltly he wise for them to confine
assertions 10 the general issue"
4 they undertake 10 quote statis-