Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-01

oh page !. find Maine State cattle
conhinission. contagious diseases. de-
Hciency. $3415.55.' at the ton Of the
page. find in another place where the
appropriation asked for the same cat
Tie commission is $4,000 and some dol
iais' NOW, | represent an Agricultural
part of the State of Maine Tbat r,s,,a..
somewhere about $4,000 that we arc
asked TO approprite for a State cattIa
eoiiiiiiisslon. am not one of those Mr.
PRESIDENT, that believe that it is worth
the powder for US to appropriate S5Ooo
Tor state cattle commission hacauso
do not believe that it does $500 WORT,
OF good. or ever did. in the State of
Maine; and ! submit to you that thai
cdh oe cut on as an appropriation and
the farmers of the State of Maine vii,
De just as well off four years from now
as they are today. They will opver
Know the difference, and that is an an
preparation which | say is useless and
ought to be cut off
Mr.. WEEKS of Somerset. I think If
the senator will allow me TO correct
him-l call his attention to the last
item on the 9th page, Maine State cat
tie commission. contagious diseases.
$500 90
Mr.. STAPLES of Knox: / thank Won
for the correction
NOW. | refer you to page 4, bureau
Of industrial and labor statistics. $500
Ii we were out of debt. and not up TO
our constitutional limit. if we had
money that we could expend as wei
as not. il our funds We're not needed
FOR other purposes then | would not
so seriously object to this bill of $4,000
for bureau of industrial and labor
statistics; but | say TO YOU that we
nave got to commence somewhere Tell
me. how much good do YOU suppose
this $500 for labor statistics has ever
done to the State of Maine | for one
do not believe that ii is worth that
amount of money to the people of the
state of Maine. | think we can we'll
Tor this year ut leaSt-n the future.
when We get into better circumstances
If you want to create the office | won't
have any objections: but that is one
thing that ask the finance committee
with the cooperation and advice of
this Senate. to repeal. OF course many
or these things are fixed by law and
the finance committee, with other aid
VIII lie obliged to repeal those offices
if they go into effect-that can be done
easily.
Now, the State board of health. $4,000
That is a large sum of money | would
cut that down to S3000-that is on page
1. ! believe that there is extravaganza
in that office. | believe $4,000 would be
large sum judiciously expended. ana
that is enough and as much as they
ought to have.
| believe in paying everybody a fair
compensation for what they do The
trustees Of the Insane Hospital get
$3.50 Wei. now, that is more of an hon
orary position than anything else. Men
are appointed to that position who would
be glad to take II ana DO the service If
they did not get any pay The pay Is not
much Of an object to them, but Ii is quite
an item to the taxpayers Of the State:
ana | suggest that as another point
where We can cut of S1oo0. perhaps. our
expenses increase from time to time; anG
| do not wonder at it, when look upon
page 9Th. and find Water for State
Prison. $500 | say that was gigantic
steal. when ii was made. and that when
any company is paid,-this Rockland com
pany.-when il is paid $500 for watering
the Maine State prison. they are getting
all ii is worth. You cannot change that.
gentlemen. because il is enacted by tho
Governor and Council for ten years; and
that S2500 | find was 10 be paid in adj
vance to this Rockland Water company.
This company that has had its lobby over
here and fought poor Camden from hay
ing water, Is it any wonder that they
can employ lobbyists to come here and
try to kill an enterprise like that? Let
me refer-and feel it my duty TO do 50.
that the thing NAL not be done. over again
perhaps.-to this light for the States
prison. $500. on page 9Th, for 10 years.
making 81. 600 to this same Rockland Wa
ter company. because the Rockland Wa
ter company and the Electric Light COM
panv are one and the same thing. They
belong to place down there in RocklanG
that we call Robbers Row Gaughter.D
They came up here FIVE years ago ana
took from this State a contract Tor S4o0l
A wear for lighting the states prison, ana
YOU are bound by it for the next i've
wears Any electric company VIII say 70
YOU that when they get a thousand dol
lars for lighting the Maine States prison
they are making $500 ont Of that. You
only pay for lighting this whole State
House $500.
do not KNOW listened for little
while Yesterday. to the testimony before
the agricultural committee. While be
Heyp in farmers,-l am something OF Il
farmer mvself-I would not take from
them ANYTHING that aids them. because
If there is any class of people that needs
the states aid ii is the farmers IN the
| state. and when | listened to the test-
mony there | submit to you Wouidh IL
| he well for us to strike out that appro-
| priati,n for the secretary of the state
hoard of agriculture, for this year, al
klpast? (Applause.) | believe if we cannot
I have that office conducted honestly we
would better abolish it, and the farmers
| of this State would say Amen to IL.
| Mr. STEARNS Of oxford: WoId you
strike ont the whole board?
| Mr.. STAPLES: | would strike out the
| whole board, until we can get better
board (Appause-D
| | submit to you. gentlemen. Whether
| that would not be wise thing, undei
| the circumstances?
| Mr. WEEKS Of Somerset: | would IKE
| +, ask the Senator where we can iind that
item.
| MIR. STAPLES: agricultural Societies