The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-07-03
The GIobc.Demoerai's Experts. -

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lions arc further apart than ever wcie
Koreus and Atkins over pic
Colonel Bill Is en- expert himself
IN producing "olbow 10 elbow, shout
der to shoulder" harmony. Ills pow.
ers are needed now verse than when
be berded the Republican leaders in
bis office. Unless the five financial
experts ern be brought elbow to elbow
aud shoulder to shoulder, the State
debt campaign upon which he and
kercns and the rest count will fail to
pie0fs under popular ridioulo.
Phelps o. X. is probably considered
necessary, anyhow, before tbs sex.
pert" tables can be officially accepted
As Republican campaign documents;
so ho is the man to get them 10 line,
elbow TO elbow, shoulder TO shoulder
As tho experts now stand, each set
Of elbows aud shoulders is far apart
from the others and at most unmili.
tary angles Between January Let,
1873, aud the same date 1901, there
was available In Missouri from all
sources for tho payment Of bonded
debt $50, sO2 ,56i.
According to the claims OF tic i've
experts, the wicked Democrats have
stolen $50 ,O5S,lI9 Tho Globe says
thst the debt at the start was SCI.
GOO, 600. Consequently, the Demo.
Gratis, Il these experts are to be be-.
liavsd, have paid on nearly an Of
S2I, 900 900, with ali accumalAung
interest and expense, aud have stolen
t52,U5s,ll9, with only Sj3,sU2 ,jG4
to work on. Missouri must have pro.
duced 4 dynasty Of suporuauAlly
smart Democrats in the pas, lbuly
years
Colonel Phelps team Of experts are
muddy 10 their statements but, as
nearly A. can be gathered from ihaiT
figures, they get their s32,UIs,ll9
this way:
Aggregate OF dcnclts on current
bond transactions rs figured
by NJ. Drcyrr IN & long series SO sil, u0
Missouri inrlnc bonds paii twice
as figured by Air rark,s ... l.gls eOo
nanniha! \ 81, Joseph bonds no,
credited. as figured BY Mr..
rarkos Observation-Disclosures. S.aCo.m
Bond payments not made, a. ny
uTrl by Mr. Ramsey ........... las1 0ol
Loss IN Interest fund ns nvurc:
by Mr. Crocuius ....... ...... a.sis
Loss IN coud payments. as figured
by SIR, CTccilius ................ l,sgl 81
Loss on srhoOl funds. as figured
by Mr.. Croclllus ................ l,sel og
Deficits 10 balance receipts uul
Disbursements. as nurci by
Mr Gustln. ............. ........ I,Gu, 100
Interest lost IN school fund con.
version, as ngurcl b. SIR.
Gustin ........ .................. t.os pa
Total steallngs ................. tsl .oss .lig
Ia this citation The Republic has
endeayored TO avoid any items In
which the five experts, or any two OF
them, agree.
Look a little further. Guslin says
that the total deficit Is Sll,2OU,l7O;
Parkss says that Il is l,596, SOS;
Crecclius says that il is ell, GOs, 25T /;
Ramsey appears to make out s5, no.
200; Dreyer did not totnlizc anywhere
iuteillgibly, but seems to regard &c.
sac, 600 IS enough for his purpose.
There is, 20 be sure, q certain re-
semblanco Of totals among these ex-
peit allegations, bat see how the ex-
peTts get at their results.
Guslin makes up his $780, 10
out Of these iiems: ss,S26, 1913 loss
on school funds, STs3,972 Of over
paid debts aud 100000 Of bonds
still unpaid. Parkes constructs his
ell, 500, 1893 Out Of the si.gls,0O0
Missouri Pacific bonds, the S., 0U0,.
600 Hannibal and st. Joseph bonds
aud other items; Creoilius makes al
interest fund loss Of s649, 9fs, bond
payment lcss Of 1891, $50, a school
fund loss Of 81 ,S62 GOO and adds
other items; Ramsey makes loss Of
81 $50, 600 In bond payments, aud Of
s549,346 in interest payments aud
one Of &5I0.234 In premiuGss on
bonds; Droyer gets at bic siO, s40,-
600 deGci, in bond account In tot
ally different way with a multitude Of
totally different items.
CAP anyhody--man, woman OF
ehild--put these ''oxpert" fndlugs
side by side and not pcrciesc the ab-
snrd inoongruilics which viliaie the
whole system.
The Globe parades Us faith 10 Mis-
coui experts as againis New York nc.
eouuiEn,s. That has as much weigh,
as II Soulherncr boasled OF fidelity
10 John Jasper's astronomy on the
ground Of JONAS place Of residence.
II Is pleasant 10 see the Globe At last
;,ssi-lass anything In missouri, but
mathematics has no geography. We
hsVe the Stars word that the Globes
afternoon colleague applied 10 ilsskins
aud selIs when IL eontem plated an ex.
animation 80 the State boolls. So Il
is no fault ia Republiean eyes TO seek
the highest accountant talent ~ N~
fosk ~hea long series Of complicated
fund accounts Il 10 be examined Bat
without that example Il Is axiomsil-
cally .rue that geography does noi
naaks mathematics better or worse.
The Gio5c' espes mathematics II bad
$50 bad that bog On the street
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