Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-10-20

fa cts are considered IL win be seen Tho
present administration made the teS
better showing OF economy.
In 1892 the items covering salaries
and expenses Of State officers dnciud-
Ing supreme and Circuit Courts) and
clerks expenses OF the Legislature. ex'
penses of State militia. costs OF State
boards. awards OF Board of State Audi
tors etc. aggregated $637 ,426.l2. In
1898 this aggregate was 1904, 1854, the
increase being $3.50 1929. Numerous
worthy objects and departments were
cared for and maintained In 1898 that
did not exist In 1892. Among these
NAV be enumerated the naval brigade
travelling library factory inspection,
dairy and food inspection. State wea
Their service, compilation Of Michigan
statutes. increased force OF State bank
examiners and CORRESPONDENCE IN
creased efficiency of this department,
inspection of orchards and nursery
stock. State Pardon Board, tax home
stead department, beet sugar industry,
examination Of building and loan asso
Citations, and the vast Increase In the
amount Of delinquent taxes collected
When IL is stated that the entire
amount of delinquent taxes collected
i'm 1892 by the Auditor-General was
bur s. .371.21, whereas for the year
ending June 80, 1898, 1t was S773,
269. 30. il will be seen there must have
been a material legitimate increase in
the cost of collecting these taxes fol-
the latter year. This increase. how
ever was not 1900 per cent, aS was
the Increase In the amount collected.
In 1892, $139, 9S3.36 was returned to
the counties. while, as above, stated,
the amount returned in 1898 was SoOI,'
TAI II, a difference in favor Of the lat
ter year of $3GS, 1871. There was
refunded, on tax account S16,57o.66 III
! 1892. and SOS ,097.Ji 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
of the Popocratic State Central Com
mittee to make the people of the state
believe that to be the fact
There remains to be compared nam.
erous miscellaneous items OF expense.
In 1892 these amounted TO $50. fD9.3Z,
and in 1898 to So 44l.93. This increase
last wear over 1892 was S31 .9S2.Gl, but
as $1,000 of this was paid for the re-
lief OF the Ontonagon fire sufferers
$1,000 for the Austin Blair monuiuent
So. 800 for farmers Institutes. S3,oV
for the relief of Mrs. Margaret Helms
whose son was killed while In the line
OF duty as a member of the state
militia. So 800 for the relief or Pri
Yates Key and Lent, whose HANDS
were m..ngled by the premature dis
charge of a cannon at Island Lake
while in the line Of duty, aad S3,Oot
for the relief of Charles Howind, In
iured at Jackson prison. 1T is douDt1u
if our popocratc friends will care u
dispute the justice of any of thes'
claims.
Much stress is made by the popo
cratic press man because there wa
n considerable increase in the cost
clerk hire i'm the Auditor-General OF
flee in 1898 over 1892. That gentle
man carefully refrained from mention
inc the fac hat under the law passe'
in 1891. whereby the county system
: collecting delinquent taxes was return
, ed to. there was scarcely any need o
clerks at all in the Auditor-General
office in 1899, greater part or tn
work previous to and since that yea
done in the tax department havln
: In that year been done In the count
, treasurerS' offices throughout the Stat
i In this connection ii will be well
Q note the total receipts of the tax On
u partment for each year from 1871
$ June 80. 1898. as follows: 1891. S164
: 227.77; 1892 S31,37l.21; 1893 SIC
800 20: 1894. S29S. 174.07; 1890, $162
e 262. 90: 1898. $1Si. 953.54; 1897, Sta
o 26939 1t will he seen the receip
: for the last year were twenty-nN
e times rs great as for 1892. 1t will
5 readilv understood that the correspo
e renee and record making relative
u this subject increased in the same r
: ito. and i'm view of this fact ii w
L not be wondered mt that the numb
u of clerks about doubled. Had Il
e pOpocrats been in power last year tn
$ Increase would probably have been
&c the same ratio rs the Increase In u
le receipts of the tax department.
)I However the browning folly OF q
+ popocratic onslaught on the prese
n. State administration is found in q
n statement that the expenditures I
lie the state militia which under Wilma
n were SGl .961 Dc. were swelled und
w Pingree to S7G.96GJ6." The maker
lie this charge was probably ignorant
IT the fact that the military fund consis
~ Of whatever is produced by per ca
or ita tax which has remained the sal
10 for years The amount raised for IN
In itary purposes from year to year
ed ceases only with the increase of POI
Sc lation. and il has never yet been SUI
X Gent TO enable the military autho
N, ties to equip the citizen soldiers
ed every one i'm the State believes tn
should have been ,quipped. Every l
ed ministration. including that of Gov
an nor Winans. has done the best IL y
ms sibly could with the amount availah
on every cent of which was expend
ne each year. but all were of the opini
ms that the allotment was too small
er admit Of full justice being done
'st boys who this year so nobly dem'
9S strated the fact that they were at a
of and all times ready to defend the ST
no and the country with their lives.
ms In view Of these very positive re
ad tations to the reckless charges ma
re by our opposition friends, II would
lte parently be wise for them 10 conf
is their assertions to the general issu
n XXrIan thav undertake. IN uuotp sta