The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-01-22

= Of Oklahoinas prisoners, and recommen,
that Oklahoma be asked to relieve us o
4 tins Charge Us soon as she can do 80.
\ ,AANSAS STATE SOLDIERS HOME
" This home was founded upon the pat
riotic sentimei< that 1t was the duty o
the state to plovlde for the INDECENT SOL
der OF the civil war and his family.
believe the home and its affairs are II
splendid conuitlun, but call the attention
OF the legislature to the very importan
need Of fire protection at this institution
Situated upon the prairie, several mile.
from Dodge City, with practically M
fire protection, In case fire should Drea.
out during severe cold weather or during
blizzard, the loss of life and the sui
fering that would be entailed upon tnl
inmates, many Of whom are nearly help
less, would be something too terrible u
contemplate. most earnestly recon-
mend an appropriation large enough Il
meet this emergency,
STATE BANKS.
I The report OF the bank commissioner
\ shows the institutions under the contr0
Of this department as being In excellent
coonditlcn. Perhaps nothing more clearly
Indicates the prosperous conGltion of ouI
A people than comparison Of the state
ments made by our banks under the u
fetal call In 1900 and again in l0U2, Com
parison made between the calls of Sep
TENDER l, 1900 and November rs, 1902
shows the total number OF banks under
state supervision at this time is All, a
gain Of eighty-nine banks in two years.
The total capital is now S1lj10OO, an
increase Of Sl,l9S,0W during the same
period, The total surplus is now S1,iG9,-
f0l,S8 a gain of $8,5OS,S4L14. The total
loans are now $32 $50 048.9S an Increase
Of S11,072,9l1.42, The total value Of all
real eI,tate, other than bank buildings, Is
$258 8Al78, decrease of S210,7l0.l4 In
two years. The banking law does not
contemplate banks holding real estate
other than a suitable building for the
transaction of the banks business, and
large proportion of the real estate now
held was acquired throue: the adjustment
of m1tured loans, and the banks are rap
idly, as their best interests will permit,
dlspUsing Of this class Of security, as the
decrease Of nearly $300,00O will show.
The cash and sight exchange illegal re-
serve at this time Is SlJ,352, 401.44, or
1920 per cent Of the entire deposits, show
ing the banks of the state are upon a safe
and conservative basis.
HANDLING OF PUBLIC FUMES.
believe that the law should be so
amended that county treasurers,, when
they remit any funds to the state treaf-
urer should be required to notify the
state auditor of the amount RENTED,
and the auditor, upon receiving such
notice, should be required to charge the
treasurer with such amount.
And, would further recommend that
our laws be so amended that the ac-
counts of the state fiscal agency and the
state repositories be kept with the aud
itor Of state and state treasurer In a
more busness-llke manner. Under the
present law, neither the state fiscal
agency nor the state repositories are re-
CURED to report to the auditor Of state.
When the state treasurer RENTS to the
fiscal agency or makes deposit with the
state depository, he should be required
to sign, with the auditor Of state a state
ment showing that said remittance or
deposit has been made, and the auditor
of state should be required to charge the
state fiscal agency or state depository
with said remittance or deposit, and
credit the state treasurer; and when the
state treasurer issues a check or draft
on the fiscal agency or state depository,
before delivering said check or draft to
the party to whom 1t Is Issued, the treas
urer should be required to present 1t to
the auditor Of state, and the auditor be
required to counterslgn said check or
draft, keeping a record of the same,
charging the treasurer with the amount
of said check or draft and credlting The
fiscal agency or state depository with
the amount. Under the existing law,
when the board of examiners, consisting
of the governor, secretary of state, and
auditor Of state, makes Its monthly ex-
animation of the state treasury, 1t Is COM
PEELED to ask the banks what the state
mas on deposit with them, and Is COM
PEELED to take the treeslfer's statement
as to what amount Of money Is In the
state fiscal agency, New York. In place
of getting this information from the rec
ords in the auditors office.
! find, from the record kept Of the ex--
aminations made by the aforesaid board
of the state treasury for the year 1907
that the average amount of funds In the
fiscal agency during said year was SOL
800. also find that the state has a con-
tract with the state fircal agency where
by the agency pays the state two per cent
on the average daily balances OF state
funds In said agency which for l9o2
would amount to $1,O2L@. | also find
from the records of said board that the
average amount deposited IN Topeka
banks, the same being state repositories,
for the year 1902, was S4S1 272.69 If the
New York bank which Is the fiscal agency |
can pay two per cent OH the average
daily balances, 1t occurs to me that tne
banks Of Kansas will be Wiling to pay
the same. Two per cent on the averags
deposits in the Topeka banks for lSVz
would amount to $0G25.45.
also find from the records or SAID
board that the average amount OF money
IN the state treasury and In the Topeka
banks as state repositories for the year
1902 amounted to $78SSl1. This amount
al two per cent on the average daily
balances would net the state $l5,S76.2
per annum. 1t seems to me that business
prudence and the public welfare demand
that some change, such as suggested
herein. be made In the handling OF our
,tate funds. | would also recommend,
I these suggestions are enacted Into law,
hat the bond Of the state treasurer De
.educed to one-half Its present sum, the
,ond 10 be made by some surety company
md paid for out Of the profits accrulng
q the state upon the daily balances as
,,,Rgested in this recommendation.
3T0IIlRING ACCOUNTING OF MON
EYS.
would recommend that the legislature
,nact such laws as Will forever apoiisn
rading and trafficking In the marKetaple
from the various state IN
titutions. AT every institution, euuca-
ional or otherwise, where any money u
'eceived from any source, or where any
commodity is sold, it should be sold Tor
,ash. and the cash paid at the end Oh
,ach month to the state treasurer. l.
hink ii is due the members OF the legls.
AZURE and the taxpayers of the state or
Sansas that they know what 1t, costs to
I'm the institutions Of the stMa, me
legislature could then more intelligently
make the necessary appropriations.
/ would also suggest that all pubic
nontys received from any of the sources
mentioned at any of the state institutions
'fter being paid to the state treasurer,
No re-apportioned or at once placed to
he account Of said institution, and that
/ be paid out by the state treasurer on
variants issued by the auditor of state
N vouchers made out and properly ap-
,royed. the same as required IN paylEs
tut regular appropriations,
ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION.
The subject of taxation is one Of the
most important that will engage your
Ittention, For many years 1t has been
Generally conceded that our present tax
aW is insufficient for present conditions,
rude and inequltable In Its operation
framed thirty-four years ago, when