The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-05-22
CORPORATIONS PAY
Popular Policy Of Taxation Fol-
lowed in Pennsylvania.
MANY MILLIONS ARE COLLECTED
Senator Psnrose Praised by Farmers
and Attorney General Elkin Gives
IN Opinion Against the Beef
Trust.

IN Opinion Against the Beet
Trust.
Especial Corrcspondence)
Harrisburg, May 20.-The annual re-
port Of the auditor general of Penn
sylvania, advance copies OF which
have just been issued, shows that the
state finances are in excellent condi-
ton and that the Republican organi.
Iation Of the state has occasion to be
proud OF the record of officials who
are charged with the responsibility
Of collecting its taxes and guarding
Its funds.
The liberal appropriations made to
the public schools and to the hospitals
and charitable institutions OF the COM
monwealth have for years been a
source Of strength to the Republican
party. for the people know that money
thus expended reaches the masses,
benefits the poor, and entities those
responsible for policy which directs
these expenditures to full credit for
honesty Of purpose and broad public
spirit.
LIBERAL APPROPRIATIONS MADE
The itemized statements of expendi-
lures show that the enormous sum of
$13,643,549.72 was expended during the
year 1901 for the common schools, for
hospitals and asylums for the insane,
for soldiers orphans schools, for the
protection of property and the public
peace in the maintenance of the Ma
tional Guard, for the purchase of lands
for the development of the forests Of
the state, and for other kindred pur-
poses. The general expenses of the
state government are placed at ST.
1926, 1882. The balance in the treas
ury November 80 last was: General
fund, $2,719,956.12, and In the sinking
fund, s4,sSs, ,O66.O6.
CORPORATIONS PAY BIG TAXES.
While the bulk of the monies col
lected by the state, as indicated above,
goes directly to the people. 1t is note.
worthy that under the policy adopted
By the Republican leaders Of the state.
most Of the taxes collected come from
the corporations.
The auditor generals report shows
that Of the total revenues of the state,
amounting to $17.727. .432.46, more than
half was collected from corporations.
There were collected from national
banks, s539,021.0S; from trust COM
panies, $500, 0,966.0S; from foreign in
surance companies, 5000, ,44624, and
from other corporations. sS1, ,714,S4916.
There was also collected from H.
censes for the sale OF oleomargarfne
and renovated butter and other H.
censes and from miscellaneous sources
$705, 5,22920. The state collected
from or through counties" $6,714,-
TOLL, or nearly seven millions less
than the amount directly spent in the
several counties for schools. charit-
able and other purposes, for the direct
benefit of the people.
MORE PRAISE FOR PENROST.
Senator Penrose continues to receive
congratulatory messages from farmers
organizations for his work in helping
to pass the Henry oleomargarine bill.
Among the latest of these is from the
West Grove Farmers Clubs, Of Chester
eounty. These resolutions read:
Whereas, We learn with pleas
ure that at recent meeting Of the
West Grove Farmers Club a vote
ofthanks was unanimously extend
ed our junior senator, Hon. Boies
Penrose, for his active efforts in
securing the successful passage Of
the Grout Anti-Oleo Bill; be Il
therefore
Resolved, That we commend the
| action of this club as an evidence
OF its fairmindedness and honest
| desire to give Mr.. Penrose the
credit due his faithful effort in fur
thering their interests.
AFTER THE BEEF TRUST.
! Attorney General Elkin Is after the
beef trust. He has given an opinion
TO Dairy and Food Commissioner Cope
| in which he states that it is the dnty
Of the commissioner under the pu. e
food act OF 1895 to enforce the law pro-
hibiting the sale Of meats in Pennsyl-
vania, adulterated or preserved with
preservalines.
The opinion was asked for by tho
Philadelphia Live Stock Association,
and grew out OF Commissioner Cope
action in issuing an order allowing
persons engaged in the sale Of meat, in
which preservalines are used, until
August ! to withdraw their products
from the Pennsylvania. market. . g
General Elkin advises Commissioner
Cope that it is his duty II he finds
preserved meats or any other food
products in this state containing sub
stances which depreciate or injuri
busiy AFFECT the quality, strength OF
I purity Of the same" or which contains
4'diseased, decomposed, putrid, infect
ed or tainted" substances, to see that
the law is enforced against the per
sons making the sale Of the same.
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