Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Adding these. ...........
Total Collections for 11a years. .

For the purpose of comparison we have taken
the receipts of the treasurers office for the
period beginning July l, 1000, to January IA,
1902 for Mr.. Schneringer and the period begin
ming January Is 1902 to June 80, 1908. Note
that Mr.. Schnernger continued in Office to the
14th day of January, 1902 therefore taking off
from the receipts of the office II days of the
period that ought to go to Mr.. Georges adj
minlStratlon You will also notice that each
one of these periods divided into three parts,
each part representing one-half year. You will
notice that the total collections for the first
period or Mr. Schneringers Z years is $500, 161.-
o. that Tor the period representing Mr.. Georges
administration Of e years the collections were
$500, S99.54 being greater by S72, 73S.4S than
during the period of Mr.. Schneringer's admins
tratlon. The statement by the opposition that
Mr. Schnerlnger run the Office of county treasur-
er at a less expense than does Mr.. George is the
whole stock in trade of those who are striving
to elect Mr.. Schnernger to that position Now
the fact that Mr.. George has paid more moneS
for expense of the Office during the given time
than did Mr.. SChneringer is by no means con-
elusive evidence that it cost to transact the
same amount OF business. glance at the
above table will show that the volume of bust
ness was one-fourth greater during Mr. Georges
administration than during Mr. Schneringers.
The right and only way to get at the facts
to whether Mr.. Schneringer run the office with
less expense than does Mr. George is to compare
the amount of business transacted during each
of these periods and then see how much it has
cost Custer County and the citizens of Custer
County to transact that business. In order to
do that it will be necessary to take into con-
Sideration every item that has entered into or
been part OF the expense of the collection of
taxes during these two periods mentioned. Let
us take the first period first
AS stated above, Mr.. Schneringer collected
during the last year and half of his admins
traton the sum of $500, 16105. But before we
proceed TO determine as to the expense, we pre-
sumo that every who knows anything about
TIE matter will concede that the writing of re-
ceipts for taxes paid and the bookkeeping Incl
dental to the distribution into the proper funds
OF the various items which go to make up the
collections makes up the principal part of the
labor connected with the TreaSurer'S office and
i'll the ratio that that business is increased or
diminished should be the increase or dmnution
of the expense.
According to the statement of Mr. Schnering-
er for the first year of his administration, his
salary and clerk hire amounted to $3,175.l5.
Assuming that it took much for half year
as whole one, the expense for the half year
would be 81, 587.54 The salary and clerk hire
tor the next two periods, for the year 1901,
was 50, $3.50 for the two periods, making
total of S. lll7 for the period of one and a
half years. But these are not the only items of
expense connected with the transaction of that
amount of business.
There were a number OF township collectors
who received for their services the sum Of
S9335O and it will doubtless be remembered by