New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-06
PART II.
FOUR PAGES.
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
-,oxoMY ENJoINED ON THE LEGIsLAT-
IRE AS A CRYING NEED.


r-cu SPACE DEVOTED TO AN ARGUMENT IN
..voR OF THE NEW CIVIL SERVICE IAw-rHB
CANAL QUESTION SHOULD BE REFERRED
To THE PEoPiE-GooD ROADS AND
FOREST PRESERVATION Apvo-
cATED-coMMERCE FACILITIES
OF NETWORK RARBoR-
.,nsnv Jan 5.-Governor Black to-day sent
-. following as his annual message to the
State o. New-York.
Executive Chamber.
Albany. Jan. g. 1895
- ~. reg,slature OF New-York:
The course o. the Legislature now convened viii
-. n many important respects. for long time
s ST. ,ha no,icv OF the State. submit the sug
TITS f. This message not only as formal recon-
soas,,ons but as the expression Of an active pur-
-. Z, aid in carrying them out
FINANCE
-. valuation O. the State Is $i.SSsS.ss< The
&C. tax for the present year is s. 81 on $1,000 This
-. n-oduces the OF S2.0SSesl 80 OK TINS
,oy,. more than 10000 is paid to run the
-, schools and FOR the care OF the insane the
-. syhiec: was placed under State control in
-. war 1895 so that the tax rate prior TO that
~ uas smaller than 1; can possibly be now or
o,..r and IS worthless a comparison with
49, ,s.e q. later administrations. which have dealt
-, these large expenditures. Last years TAX
-. ran Re reduced this year because the amounts
:, co-,nlo:e the Capitol and buy Adirondack iano
-, he less The receipts from licenses 10 Sc"
49,, .ex on Inheritance etc. were s.2i5i72s an
-" 80 over last wear OF ssl49442l. The expendi-
- ,or asvlurns hospitals. reformatories. etc,
~. s. So $50 S. The total funded debt OF the
S,.. on September 80 was s57s5sso. During the
vsa- ,ust passe4 the revenue from the liquor tax
jsv has increased more than s4ss."n
BANKING.
r7,.-s are ~ banks o. discount organized under
ere State law. Last year there were zlA Inc re-
sources 0. these institutions have gained IN Twelve
months over So oco.cco. more the 20 per cent.
,Aa,y discounts and deposits have both increased
~ latter nearly 10000. The magnitude or the
Ranking Department appears in the total resources
a. the Institutions under It's charge VIZ sl'os'1 ''
- an Increase OF more than 100000 since the
repor; year ago.
The condition OF any business community Is like
X 70 show a, the bank. For that reason the fig
,res named express both improvement for last
year and encouragement for next
INSURANCE.
The ,,.u-anc. companies. including nre. marine.
re and casualty. doing business in New-York. are
,os N number and represent capital Of s7sos'6.
WITH surplus OF SOS 800 J05 Their condition ap-
,sars 70 be most satisfactory. The insurance bust
mess e rapidlv increasing The labors OF the In
,urance Department during the year 1897 largely ex-
oeeded those Of any year preceding. The I'M
portancc OF careful supervision OF an enter
,-,ss "a enormous and ,ar-reaching Is apparent
Nearly every householder in the State Is an In
,.es.o- n one or more OF these companies ana all
The laws relative 20 the subject should be carefuy
framed and considered, 70 the end that the com
names and the people mutually dependent shall
be guaranteed their respective rights
RAILROADS
Tn. law passed by the last Legislature relating
"a grade crossings will ultimately remove this
nrollAc source OF railroad fatalities. The operation
Of the law Will require considerable annual ou,-
Law By the State bu, II should be made The rail-
road mileage FOR last year has slightly Increased.
The number OF miles is over nine thousand
sn6 the reports OF the Railroad Commission SHOW
that the business during the last few months IS
Largely in excess OF that for the same months last
year. c>s
The work Of deepening the canals. for which
o., concentration OF s.. 900 900 made cannot be
CONNECTED for that sum. The amount has been
disnosed Of by payment or contract and less thah
,wo-thirds Of the intended improvement mas oeei
provided for Completing the work Is the last nan
=. The same project that begun H. II is SUBJECT
OF the utmost importance Inc canA's nave
3 no,en, factor in the development OF the state
The Erie Canal was completed IN 1925 and over II
-o- more than seventy years the enormous trainc
=. the West has found its way 10 the Auantic
sea board The cost OF building all 'he ca"a's' "a
them since. and charging t"e'' NV
Is inward OF So 62s. S67 IS, and yet Inc CONNER
r.sei-r over them paid that enormous amount IN
- a., ,sss than sixty years. The canal problem
e 700 serious 10 be decided BY the Leg ; ' IL
$ 10000 appropriation was yotsd ~ .NG he c6ntinu-
fr-her sum - 10 be expended lOr tllc -
srce ~ the work. II also should hrst receive ''e
peoples sanction
EXCISE
r,a amour, received during the last year from
tho ope-at,on of the Excise law was s---'''-t' ~.
one-third Of this amount, over sio"'"o' nos u-
paid the State. and the otheF ,ocau.
s oy o., has been divided among di1ere"' 'ooo-'
So y, October there were %ooi licenses
o,.s..,4,,g The number In force before INC
,-sser, law wen; into effect was SS'4S" anu NV
s-our- of money received thereiTom ~as ~1
@s s hardy more man An me- source The receipts
faye nearly quadrupled ana me nun ~ a zoe
cens.s has decreased almost one-siXth c,iies and
.6ur hundred and thirty Inc opora'eo
MAJ ~ SrHkenness have fallen OF 70
marked degree. The uniform .a~ an 800 mich 10
sousllze he privileges OF this ,Isthc and 10 re,
move many Of It's ooIeC,lo'ndh' viii improve the
present act / shall favor their adoption
AGRICULTURE
TIE aon-o,r,a,,ons FOR this Department have
been wisely made The Item whlch mas p'o'eu
the mos, satisfactory was hat TO encourage the
cultivation of The sugar beet This Industry Is no"
largely e1pernen,al but the results attained TINS
wear were such as 10 Justify the liberal co-ope'a
zion O; the state. Inducements 20 ia' Al
New-yo-k are not az great as they Formerly were
- as,elo,r,e,, y, the West has gradually
,rencb.d unon The lucrative employments OF the
Eastern farmers. until their incomes are smah
GA ,,-os-,a,n and their burdens almost oppres-
s,ye The farmer can never escape ms axes
whatever mean. Of escape may be open 10 o.".'s
-. 49,, o., sror,a he horne In mind. and the
r1Sv5sis.5re should so treat him as not on! 20
81 t1-'rege his Industry. but 10 snow aiso 80
iase ,-sr,,i ,ha, ne leas; Of al! among
:s c7,tzsns Ards exemption from the ouroens Oh
taxation.
COMMERCE