Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-10

items of the increase.
s29.356 County taxes collected and
paid back in 1902 in excess OF
same for 1882
31,o04 Dog licenses collected ana pala
back. No such item in M
o4.7i3 Railroad tax. reba ted.
12.1OO Salary of Railroad Commas
siOnerS. their clerks and en-
penses. Paid by the railroad
companies.
sos. OO3 This sum is purely apparent
and does not constitute any
part of the real expenditures
in 1902.
s2G1, 953 School fund and mill tax re
turned to towns in 1902 more
than was returned in lSS2.
S6.927 Railroad and telegram tax re-
turned to towns and cities i'll
1907 more than was returned
in 1882.
G2,OOO Increase paid out fer state
pensions in 1902 over 1SS2.
o95OO Increase in amount paid FOR
Free High Schools in 1902
over 1882.
II 40 increase III SUM paul W 'iN''i-
mics in 1902 over 1852.
$4,000 Increase in sum paid out on
account Of insane in 1892
over 1882
q. 900 Increase in sum paid for sup
port Of paupers in $50" over
1882. Largely due to change
in laws.
S,465 Expense of Australian ballot.
No expense for this in 1852.
13.I12 Increase in sum paid for Nor
nal School purposes in 1902
over 1882.
2.iGO Increase in sum paid for School
for Feeble Minded in 1902
over 1882.
10000 Increase IN sum paid Univor-
sity Of Maine in 1902 over
1882
1884 Increase in sum paid for Sti-
ponds to Agricultural Socie-
ties in 1902 over 1882.
1851 Increas" in sum paid for Mill
tary Pensions in 1902 over
1882.
900 Increase in amount for Re-
form School in 1902 over 1882
Public Libraries and for
Travelling Libraries. No such
item in 1852
1920 Increase in SUM paid for Cen
eral and city Hospitals from
1852 to 1902. In 1882 the
Maine General Hospital re-
c"iveI aid to the extent of
s3,000 and no other hospital
received aid
In 1902 there was paid as fol-
lows
Maine General Hospital s11.2
(Sa 80 being for 19OD.
$1,000 to Eastern Maine Gener-
al Hospital.
s. 600 to Central Maine Gener-
NJ Hospital. and
$4,000 to Augusta City Hos
pital.
Let the taxpayers of Maine look owe,
these items carefully and say wherein
they show any evidence that the sturdy
citizens who have represented them If
our Legislatures have been unmindfu
of the peoples interests. 1t will also b.
made by the State for the counties, the
dog licenses that merely pass through
tn" state treasury back to the towns
the railroad tax related, and the Sala
ri2s Of the railroad commissioners
which are paid by the railroads.&c.
items which form no part Of the rea
expenditures of the State are deduc.
ted, the 800 per cent. increase in ex-
pendituics is still further reduced by
the amount % $9S .003. If we add to thi.
the increase of $ii3.610 in the amount
returned to towns on account of thy
school fund and mill tax. free higf
schools. railroad and telegraph tax
soldiers pensions. Improvement o
state roads. and support of paupers
over the amount returned on accoun
Of those items in 1882. the amount o
increase for this perioi of twenty-on'
years is reduced to SOL ,S7G.37, and tn,
increase of 800 per cent. claimed 70
dwindles away to Is per cent.-prac
tically all of which is covered by tn
other items of tn. above table.
In this connection it may be well t
call attention again to the fact that tn
amount Of state tax paid by towns il
1903 was sll3,S29s4 less than tn
amount paid by towns in 1882. In othe
words, in 1882, "A per cent. of the entir
State revenues We're contributed by tn
people; in 1865 only 81 per cent. of thel
We're contributed by the people-almOs
twice as much being secured from tn
great corporate interests and frol
other sources.
Keep the Main Issue in Mind.
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