The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-17
Richmond Times.l
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-" " hyo' Win the request that
answer the several questions eleven in
numbeD therein propounded. From
what source the Progress gets its infor
nation, | am at loss % understand
certainly not from the Official records
III Is evident the writer has never con.
suited the only official sources for such
Information, namely, the annual re-
ports Oi The Auditors Of the States. 10
when he refers; for no published state.
ment made by these officers within the
past two or three years will warrant
any assertion he has made. I'm this
connection let us consider his first
question, which reads a. follows: "Whv
should the purely administrative cost
Oh our state Government be Sill .33g.39
When the same expenses i'm North
Carolina are only $325,6l1.6l?v The
annual report Of the Auditor Of Public
Accounts for Virginia for the fiscal wear
ending September 80, 1899, shows the
disbursements for all purposes for that
year amounted to S3,lll ,43OS0. The
annual report of the State Auditor for
North Carolina for the fiscal year end
ing November 80, 1899, shows the dis. |
bursements for all purposes for that |
year amounted to 1882. S3S u. or |
s57S,592 80 less than Virginia expendi.
lures. But Virginia paid S5ll 1885 |
more IMAM North Carolina on account
OF her public debt. Again, the entire
criminal expenses" of Virginia are
PAID out Of the public treasury; while
IN North Carolina these expenses are
imposed upon the counties and paid
out OF their respective treasures. ex-
cept small stipend, aggregating about
oOOO per annum, paid her prosecuting
attorneys for their attendance upon the
courts. For that year the public treas.
lry of Virginia paid out for terminal
expenses" S247, or OF, that Of North
Carolina $1,000, being $40, 277.O7 more
nan her sister state. Now these two
sums (s5ll 1885 and $40, 277.07) ag-
S752,00l. OF, extinguish the
balance OF sos, 1926, against Virginia.
md show balance in her favor and
against North Carolina Of STA. 4OS. 64,
vhlch balance represents the excess Of
he annual costs Of the state govern
nent Of North Carolina over that of
7 lrglnla, after eliminating therefrOm !
he expenditures on account of the I
ublic debt and for criminal expenses. il
Gut let us present these figures as TO G
nswer the precise question propOunded
y this journal. A careful examina-
on Of these Auditors reports discloses n
ne fact that the disbursements from
ne public treasury for these six objects.
y for Confederate soldiers, (9 for f
-lminal expenses, (3) for educational a
imposes, (4) for the support of the hos.
ltals and institutions for the insane,
c., (5) on account of the public debt, .,
ld (6) for the penitentary, amount i'm
irglnia to $3.50, $500 and in North
arolina to 81, al, 1915 SO we have: W
Virginia. Nc. -,
sbursements for all W
purposes Ill, 1850 s25a, s8sI2 vi
sbursementS for the -
objects above spec
fled 2,79OSs9O9 2ln,i5.02
nts. left for run bf
ling expenses~....-.. S2l,Oil.1 S9lYS0S 10 w
against North Carolina .............. $40 $500 -
So the purely administrative cost Of
r state government for the fiscal
ar above designated is SIC, 339 90 less
an the same expenses i'm North Caro-
la. No advocate Of retrenchment by
d through Constitutional COnven-
m has ever suggested in what respect
eductiOn can or should be effected in
her Of these six objects, which rep
'ent about nine -tenths of the total
lount expended But the showing
en- as to these is in favor of Virginia,
we leave out of the estimate the
lounts paid on account of the "pub-
debt" and for "criminal expenses
As these balances 1921 ,04l II and
il ,3SOSO) represent the ordinary cur
It expenses, or, as the "The Daily
ogress" puts it, "the purely admins
tive cost" Of these state govern
nts, perhaps better understanding
lid be had of the relative merits Of
two administrations from an eco
nical standpoint by contrasting the
ms Of like trend appealing in each
he said balances.
During that fiscal year Virginia paid
for her:
eral Assembly 37l625
tafg Di3I.DN
icultural Department................ 6SO05
tecting oyster lnterest............. 2l,l367l
lie Revenue Expenses. @.lS2ls
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