The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-08-28
How Democrats
looted School Fund.
mates CoaAty's state school
Moneys.


The following table Of compari-
son Of the distribution OF school.
moneys lot stated periods under
Democratic aud Republican rule
should be OF great interest to all
taxpayers, 10 view OF the charges
made by Republicans that the Dem
%ocrais had looted the school iunds.
Received during 0 years
Republican rule 1888 30.
Average annual receipts l,2S2 -
Received during G years
Democratic rule 50, 1908 40.
Average annual receipts 9,5S 81
Received for 1902 ll,l6O "a
TOTAL STATE DISTRIBUTION.
Six years Republican rule 71,31O ~
six years Democratic rule 5,TlO, - 10
For 1902 1,17O,lss Is
The above taken from the Butler
Times and copied by other Demo-
cratic papers in the county, is put
out, head lines and all, for the pur-
pose Of deceiving the honest voters
of Bates county, but will fail in its
purpose when looked into by those
who take the trouble to think a lit
tie for themselves.
We will give some figures too,
and il they are wrong we win de-
pend on our Democratic cotempo.
raries to call us another and give
other figures, but if we are right
they will say nothing. During the
SIN years The Republicans we're in
power in Bates county, they bull
Is5 school houses entire and a eourI
house, besides a large number Of
bridges. ~ fact, the Republicans
found Bates county vita nothing
but the charred remains Of a devas-
tated country. the results Of war.
They at once began 10 rebuild thi
waste places Of n Of the garder
spots of Missouri. aud bow vel
they succeeded, is manifest to an.
man who remembers the Bate
county of thirty-fve years ago, anC
lloogs at her now. Then the entire
assessed value Of the COUNTY di'
not exceed SI,ooo,oooi to-day it
about $io.ooo,ooo The schoo
/ fund drawn from the state then i
) probably correctly given above,
J Then the tax paid for school pur
poses was a burden, to-day ]
) should be a Joy. II auT COUNT.
then got $1,000, to-day she shoul'
get SI2, GOO, whereas we see iron
, the above She gets less than $40,
> 600. What she got then was iron
; the interest paid by ;agsslors il
! government bonds. The rich bon.
holders OF the country then paid tn
money tina, was distributed TO Bate
county and upon which we pal,
not one cent Of commission for col
lectiug. What the county gets nov
~ vrung from the plowholder
miner, artizap and merchant in the
form of taxes upon which We pa,
the tax collector two per cent com
mission to begin with, and the Lor,
only knows how much more. beforl
lit finds its way back 10 the sehoo
fund d Bates county, for !. take
about two years for It to find It
way back after it is paid TO Oh.
local tar collector. Further NOR
the comparison above proclaim.
the broadness OF mind Of the on
making il, when il takes the six las
years Of Democratic rule, withou
one word Of explanation, aud com.
pares it with the six years Of Re.
publican rule. From 1865 TO 1871.
il Bates country was ever povert,
stricken, down at the heel and bot.
tom completely burnt out, it was a
the beginning OF that season. Dur.
ing the last six years under the moor
day prosperity Of a na,ionul Repub.
liean administration, II Bates county
was ever rich. she is rich now,
Then she cot her school fund from
bondholden without paying any
commission, now She gets it from
taxes paid by the plowholder les
commission tor collecting.