The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-01-23
OF Oklahoma's prisoners, and recommend
that OklahoI.a be asked to relieve us o.

that Oklahor.a be asked to relieve us o.
unis charge s.s soon as she can DO so.
KANSAS STATE SOLDIERS HOME.
This homo was founded upon the pat
rotic sentinel that 1t was the duty OIL
the state TO provlCc for the inulgent SOL
der OF the civil war and his famiiy. !
believe the home and its AFFAIRS are III
spienuid condition, but call the attention
OF the Legislature 10 the very Important
need of fire projection at this Institution.
Situated upon the prairie, seVeral mics
from DouEe Guy, with practically no
fire protection in case fire should prean
out during severe cold weather or during
a blizzard, the loss OF life ana the SUI
fering that would be entailed upon inc
inmates, many of whom are neariy help-
less, would be some thing TOO terrible 10
contemplate. / most earnestly recon-
mend an Appropriation large enough 10
meet this emergency.
STATE BANKS.
The report of the bank commissioner
shows the institutions under the control
of this department as being IN eHceient
coondition. Perhaps nothing more clearly
indicates the prosperous condition or our
people than comparison OF the state
ments made by our banks under the OIL
fic!al call In 1900 and again in 1907. Com
parison made between the calls or sep
lember !, 1900, and November 20, l9O..
shows the total number OF banks unuer
state supervision at this time Is Az
gain of eighty nine banks in Two years.
The total capital is now SI.l5l GOD, an
increase of S1,13S,000 during the same
period. The total surplus Is now Sl,ioo,,,
i01.S6, a gain Of $S5OS,Si1.14. The total
loans are now So $50. O46.9S, an increase
of Sl1,OT2ol1.42 The total value of all
real e,,tate, other than bank buildings Is
two years. The banking law does not
contemplate banks holding real estate
other than a suitable building Tor the
transaction of the banks business, ana
q large proportion of the real estate now
held was acquired through the adjustment
of matured loans, and the banks are rap
idly as their best interests VIII permit.
disposing of this class OF security, as tne
decrease of nearly 100000 will show.
The cash and sight exchange Qegal re-
serve) at this time is $153o2. 4ol.4 or
IS 25 per cent Of the entire deposits show
ing the banks of the state are upon SAFE
and conservative basis.
HANDLING OF PUBLIC FUNLS.
/ believe that the law should be so
amended that county treasurers. wnen
they remit any funds to the state treas.
state auditor OF the amount remitten,
and the auditor, upon receiving suSn
notice should be required to charge the
treasurer with such amount.
And, | would further recommend that
our laws be so amended that the &C
counts of the state fiscal agency and the
state repositories be kept with the aud
itor of state and state treasurer In
more business-like manner. Under the
present law, neither the state fiscal
agency nor the state repositories are re-
qulred to report to the auditor OF state
When the state treasurer RENTS 70 .ne
fiscal agency or makes a deposit with the
state depository, he should be required
to sign, with the auditor OF state. state
ment showing that said remittance OF
depos.t 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, ahu
credit the state treasurer; ana wnen tile
state treasurer issues check or dralt
ha
before delivering said check or draft 10
the party to whom 1t is Issued, the treas
urer should be required to present IL 70
the auditor of state, and the auult0r pe
required to countersign said cheek or
draft. keening record of the same,
charging the treasurer with the anouht
of said check or draft ana credltlns tne
fiscal agency or state depository WIN
the amount. Under the existing law,
when the board of examiners, consisting
of the governor, secretary OF state, anu
auditor of state. makes Its monthly ex-
animation of the state treasury, IL Is Coi.i-
PEELED to ask the banks what the state
has on deposit with them. and IL coni-
PEELED to take the treasurer st@tehi ~
as to what amount Of OF money W y n ~ Mace ace
state fiscal agency, New YORK, IN paee
of getting this information from the rec
ords in the auditors Office.
I find. from the record kept OF the ex,
aminations made by the atoresaiu p s~nt
of the state treasury for the year ~,
that the average amount OF tunus IN the
fiscal agency during said year. was vol
300. | also find that the state mas a CON
tract with the state ficcal aselc' nant
nv The agency pays the state two per cett
on the average daily balances OF sI taoS
funds in said agency Which ior f fTVI
would amount to Sl,U2I:So. aiso liz ~,
from the records OF de sa.d p1ai in Topeka
hanks the same being state repositories,
for the year 1902, was S4Sl2.2.o9; IL .nv
New York bank which is the flscal asenSS
can pay two per ;t o cent 1 to me that the
hanks of Kansas will be willing 10 pay
the same. Two per cent on the average
deposits in the Topeka banks ior i'o-
would amount to $9,62o4o. ,a
I also find from the RECORDS Oh saiu
board that the average amount Oh rioS
in the state treasury ana IN tne aar
banks as state repositories 10, roi tne o'nt
at two per cent on the average 1aiiy
balances would net the state Slo,Sto.Ss
ner annum 1t seems to me tnat puslne .sS
prudence and the pubic welIaie uen
herein be made in the handling OF our
state funds. / would also reconiliiin IN,
n these suggestions are enacteu ihto iom
that the bond of the state treasurer pe
radnced to one-half its present sum, tne
bond to be made by some surety company
and Maid for out of the profits accrulng
to the state upon the daily balances ia aS
supgested in this recommendation- o>,
PESITIRJNG ACCOUNTING Ot MIN
EYS.
7 would recommend that the legislature
enact such laws as will forever aoolish
trading and trafficking in the marketapIe
Commodities from the various STATE III
stitutious At every institution, eouca
tionaI or otherwise, where any money 10
received from any source, or where any
commodity is sold, il should be sold lof
cash and the cash paid at the emu oi
Zach month to the state treasurer.
think IL is due the members OF the iegisss
lature and the taxpayers OF the state o.
Kansas that they know what IL costs sr, "
run the Institutions of the stNs9; Inc IN,
LEGISLATURE could then more intelllSehtiy
make the necessary appropriations IN.
I would also suggest that all puollc
moneys received from any or the souIces
mentioned at any of the state institutlons'
after being paid to the state treasures,
hn re-anportioned or at once placed 10
The account of said institution, ana that
Il he maid out by the state treasurer on
warraI1ts issued by the auditor OF STATE
on vouchers made out and properly ap-
nroved the same as required IN pdylhS
out regular appropriations.
AaSESSMENT AND TAXATION.
The subject of taxation is one OF tne
most important that will engage your
attention. For many years IL mas oeen
Generally conceded that our present TAX
tSa@ is Insufficient for present conditions
cr,,de and inequitable in its operation.
Hs-a,,ad thirty-four years ago, Wnen