The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-31

but the expense OccaSOned by these Is
small and it may be rairly considered
that their value to the people Of the
State is above the expenditure in
Cured"
WHICH DO YOU BELIEVE
The above fair aud candid statement
Of trusted officials will hardly be dis.
puted even by political opponents, and
II is IN striking contrast with the bald
and unqualified assertion made by the
Democratic advertising agent. The
observing voter can judge for himself
witch bears the ear marks Of honesty,
aLd which lie desplcable odor Of mis-
representation.
A NATTER THE AGENT EvADED
In BIS eYasiye attack on the admins.
tratlon Of the Republican party in
Vermont, the Democratic advertising
agent entirely avoided some facts con.
corning State expenses and their rela.
ton 10 State taxes which are Of real in.
terest to the voters of Vermont, and
which show that the Republicans have
continually striyen to lift the burden
of taxation from the people with con.
spicuous success. Let us look At the
years 1882 and 1904 from another
standpoint and judge just why the
Democratic advertising agent did not
cali tie attention If Vermont voters tc
this particular matter.
During the two years term ending
July 81, 1882, THE EXCESS OF EX-
PENSES OVER RECEIPTS WAS
THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF 1861,
ISL. AZ and after the people had PAID Al
DIRECT STATE TAX OF S4G4953.I9
or about $50 FOR EVERY MAN
WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE
STATE, there was still a SHORTAGE
OF $40, 427 .63.
During the two years term ending
June so, 1901, there was technical
deficit Of very few thousand dollars
and NOT a SINGLE CENT WAS
PAID into the treasury in the shape
of d DIRECT STATE TAN upon the
people, AND no STATE TAXES
WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE
NEXT TWO YEARS. What matters
ir TO the taxpayers Of Vermont If state
expenses do increase as the State al
vances, If the Republican party San
and has Iegislated the burden of taxa
ton from the shoulders of the people
to the shoulders Of the corporations
where It belongs. This Is feat IN the
management Of State affairs that can
not but receive the praise Of every
ordinary taxpayer, be he Republican,
Democrat, Prohibitlonist, on Socialist,
and according to the Democratic adj,
yertising agent the Republican party
is entirely responsible for II, because
he says they have been in absolute.
control during the period mentioned
WHAT WILL YOU CUT ouT7
The voters Of Yermontare sure OF one
thing ii least, ana that il, the Legisla-
ture will always enact the will Of the
people If such a course is right and hon
orable in every way. In fact This Isl
particularly true Of the General Assem-
bly, Of Vermont, because the men who
compose it are direct from the people
and no legislators in the world are sol
closely in touch with their constituents
as they This being the fact the voters
of Vermont can strike from tile above
list, representing Increased expenses,
any or ali the items they choose, forI
the legislators will obey them IN alt
honorable requests.
Keeping in mind that the administra-
ton Of yermonts government does not
cost the taxpayers single cent Ia di-
rect taxes. what shall we strike out
Of the list2
AS before noted the increase In the
cost of caring for the insane Is entirely
due to the fact that whereas in 1881
the various towns cared for their in-
sane at home on in Brattleboro ais they
could with least expense, in 1904 the
entire burden was carried by the state
WITHOUT A STATE TAX.
II would be idle to assert that any
voter in Vermont viii advocate going
back to the town system in caring for
the insane. An example of Il single
town will illustrate the folly Of such II
course. In 1882 Chelsea maintained
two insane people at Brattleboro at
cost Of about $500 In 1904 Chelsea had
ten insane persons being cared for by
the State free Of expense to the town
WITHOUT A STATE TAX.
In 1882 Vermont let her veterans OF
the Civil war care for themselves 50
far as the State was concerned. InI
1904 the State paid S11 ,2s7.50 as her
share Of maintaining the Soldiers
Home at Bennington is there a Demo-
crat In the State who viii openly say