The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-30

SDOI.uSHI VI ClLS LNC"S G-No
: ,eaking OF the Legislature which has
..., been nominated, says:
notwithstanding the enormous in
cr>ase in revenues that have come to
Sou.h Carolina By reason of new enter
prises, railroads, cot IN mills, cotton
sea I'll mills, fertilizer factories and
tie IKE, notwithstanding the enormous
;n..:,4e from the State dispensary, 1t IS
nev-ctheless trIe that the State Treas
YER s compelled to borrow annually
smoothing Ike $500, 600 to meet the de-
fcie7cy.
1t IS easy to see that the State is
too lavish with her appropriations. We
do oot CHARGE waste or incompetency.
We are in FAVOR of progress and we
H.,e 20 s2np~thy with those legislators
WHO kick without reason against every
progressive step proposed. But we 40
believe that now is the time for South
Carolina to get on a paying basis.
Borrowing money year after year to
rrn the Various departments in the
government is unbusinesslike. 1t IS a
bed example and it is expensive. II the
new legislature, coming fresh from the
people shall accomplish nothing more
than to put South Carolina on a cash
basis, it Will deserve well. 1t can be
done without Gripping acv INSTITUTION
in the State. The enormous sum that
goes annually to Clemson College should
be turned into the State treasury and
Clemson should derive it's support OIL
rectly from the State treasury by an
appropriation just as the South Caroll,
ma College, Winthrop and the Citadel
receive their support.
eff the men who,have been elected
to the legislature will exercise the same
prudence that a careful business mar
exercises in the conduct of his private
enterprises, there will be no necessity.
for borrowing money at a high rate OF
interest in the future
While it is easy for any one to see that
appropriations have been lavish, the
thing to point out is where they can be
cut down to any appreciate extent.
When the people demand new institu-
tons of learning, large appropriations
for pensions, and other matters are re-
quired in order to keep up with the
progress of the age, the question is
how and where r you to apply the
pruning knife. The population of the
Hospital for the Insane is growing very
rapidly, in fact so fast that there is
now not room for those who are apply
ing for admission, and if the State is to
care for these unfortunates, a new
building is demanded.
The appropriations to the South Caro-
lima College, the Citadel and Winthrop
are as low as they can be made. No
appropriation is made direct to Glenn
o n We have for a long time favored
letting the privilege tax 60 direct into
the State treasury and an appropriation
to Clemson direct, for whatever is
necessary to run the school efficiently
and economically. The State Treasurer
as already borrowed $275, 900 to
ne government this year.
.!e only thing for the legislature to
10 is to guard the appropriation bill
carefully and wherever possible cut
down appropriations.
Il is not good business Judgment,
however, for the State to do business
on & credit and pay interest charges.
NJ Kohn further says:
Another matter OF great Importance
is tc bring in those individuals and cor
;. IONS who have heretofore evaded
lie lax law. 1t is high tiae that State
AZ iorities were looking after the tax
dodgers. The man who chooses to IN
vest his money in stocks and bonds and
who puts his earnings in savings banks
should be made to pay an equal share
of the burden of taxation with the man
Who has invested in q little farm and a
home. who owns a cow and perhaps a
PIANO and a lot of other personal pro-
perty that happens to be IN sight.
''The next legislature is largely COM
posed of young men. They are ambl-
tious and patriotic. We a suggest to
them nothing better than that they un-
dertake tG@olve the vexed problem of
euualizing the burden of taxation. 1t
is a matter of easy demonstration that
the rich men of this country do not pay
foc the support of the government in
proportion to the poor. Fame and sure
promotion awaits the man who a pre-
sent a practical solution of this vexed
question of catching the t~ax-dodgers.
To this we agree. We want to get
on the tax books that property which
is now evading taxation. This we con-
ceive to be the paramount issue and IN
the county canvas in this county the
past summer we so stated. Others did
not agree with us. Our corporation
laws need amendment also. We do not
want to see anything done that will be
unjust to corporations or capital; but
we do not want to see the strong op- |
press the weak simply because they
have the power, nor do we desire that
those who get the protection of the
State shall not bear their proportion of
the burden while the mar with a. few
acres of land or a mule shall be made
to do more than his duty simply be-
cause his land and his mule cannot be
kept from view. There are many very
important measures to come before the
next general assembly, and the tax
dodgers should be made to come uplike
and do their part for the support
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