Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-27

of the State. Here are the princinI,
items of the increase.
s29,356 County taxes collected and
paid back in 1902 in excess 81
same for 1852
31,204 Dog licenses collected and mai,
back. No such item in 1882
24,143 Railroad tax, related.
Zoo Salary of Railroad Commits
sioners their clerks and ex.
penses Paid by the railroad
companies.
S9S,003 This sum is purely annarent
and does not constitute anv
part of the real expenditures
in 1902
S2Gl,?53 School fund and mill tax re-
turned to towns in 1902 more
than was returned in 1880
S6,927 Railroad and telegraph tax re-
turned to towns and cities i'm
1902 more than was returned
in 1882.
$1,000 Increase paid out for State
pensions in 1902 over 1882
1900 Increase in amount paid for
Free High Schools in 1902
over 1882.
2l.430 Increase in sum paid to acad-
mics in 1902 over 1882.
$4,000 Increase in sum paid ont on
account of insane in 1902
over 1882
2o,O0O Increase in sum paid for SUD-
pert of pauperS in 1902 over
1917. Largely due to change
in laws.
S,465 Expense of Australian ballot
No expense for this in 1882.
1o'ol2 Increase in sum paid for Nor
NAL School purposes in 1902
over 1882.
1,4OO Increase in sum paid for School
for Feeble-Minded in 1902
over 1882.
10000 Increase in sum paid Iyniver-
sity of Maine in 1902 over
1882
1,2Si Increase in sum paid for sti-
ponds to Agricultural Socie-
ties in 1902 over 1882.
l,591 Increase in sum paid for Mill
tary Pensions in 1902 over
1882
$3.50 Increase in amount for Re-
form School in 1902 over 1882.
4.OSS Amount paid in 1902 for Free
Public Libraries and for
Travelling Libraries. No such
item in 1882.
1880 Increase in sum paid for Cen
eral and City Hospitals from
1882 to 1902. In 1882 the
Maine General Hospital re-
ceived aid to the extent of
$4,000 and no other hospital
received aid
In 1902 there was paid as fol-
lows
Maine General Hospital $11. $50
S31a0 being for 190D.
$1,000 to Eastern Maine Gener-
al Hospital. HI -
$4,000 to Central Maine Gener-
al Hospital, and -
$1,000 to Augusta City Hos
pital.
Let the Taxpayers of Maine look over
these items carefully. and say wherein
they show any evidence that the sturdy
citizens who have represented them in
our Legislatures have been unmindful
of the peoples interests. 1T will also be
noted that if the collections of taxes
made by the State for the counties, the
dog licenses that merely pass through
the State treasury back to the towns.
the railroad tax rebated, and the sala-
rics of the railroad commissioners.
which are paid by the railroads.&c.
items which form no part of the real
expenditures of the State are deduc-
ted, the 300 per cent. increase in ex-
is still further reduced by
the amount of $9S,OO3. If we add to this
the increase of s413,62O in the amount
returned to towns on account of the
school fund and mill tax, free high
schools. railroad and telegraph tax,
soldiers pensions. Improvement of
state roads. and support of paupers,
over the amount returned on account
Of those items in 1882, the amount of
increase for this period of twenty-one
years is reduced to s251, 1861. and the |
increase of 800 per cent claimed for
this period by Mr.. Davis in his organ
iwindles away to 13 per cent-prac-
tically all of which is covered by the
other items Of the above table.
In this connection it may be well to |
call attention again to the fact that the |
amount Of State tax paid by towns in |
1908 was s113,S29 less than the
amount paid by towns in 1882. In other
words, in 1882, "a per cent. of the entire |
State revenues were contributed by the |
people; in 1905 only 81 per cent Of them |
were contributed by the people-almost |
twice as much being secured from the |
great corporate interests and from