Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-09-05
DEMOCRATIC ADVERTIS-
ING AGENT EXPOSED.
The Real Truth About the Net
Expenses of NermOnt's Gov
eminent Arranged For the
Benefit of Vermont Taxpayers
---Why We Have No State TaX

A certain Democratic advertising
agent has 50 thoroughly covered the
State with assertions concerning the
iucreasad expense of VermOnt'& gov
eminent. and inasmucn as these asser-
tions are entirely misleading, the RepuD-
Iican State Committee believes tnat
the voters and taxpayers of the State
are entitled to a truthful report on the
matter. Acting upon this belief the
Committee requested Hon. John l..
Bacon. state Treasurer, and Hon.
Horace T. Graham, State Auditor, TO
furnish a clear and simple statement
Of this question that all might readily
understand it. The request was as
follows:
"WiH You carefully examine the
statement made by an advertising
agent of the Democratic State Commit
tee published in various newspapers as
advertising matter, that the net eX-
penSes of the State government have IN
creased from $3.50, 271.47 in 1882, to
S73S, 36S.95 in 1904? If this is correct
statement please verify it; if it is I'M
* aitker case kindly furnish a table
showing the real increase in State eX-
penses during the time mentioned, to-
gether with the causes therefor"
The reply of Mr.. Bacon and Mr..
Graham is as follows:
I'VE have examined the statements
referred to by the Republican State
Committee and find that it is mis-
statement in so many ways and so mis-
leading generally that it is entirely I'M
reliable in every respect.
LAS will be noted in the table which
follows the net State expenses for the
year 1882 were $29S, S0O.S9 instead of
$3.50, 27147, as asserted in the statement
referred to.
with regard to the statement that
the net expenses for the year 1903 were
S73S. 36S.95 we can only say that it is
impossible for us to identify the fig
ures. No such balance occurs in the
State accounts, but we may not have
a correct understanding of the real
meaning of the assertions, as no particu-
lar fiscal year is mentioned. Not being
aware of the exact time the compiler
intends to cover in his statement, we
have taken the fiscal year ending June
80, 1904, with net expenses of S6O4,-
477.09, for purposes of comparison.
"That the matter may be clearly
understood we give the following
table comparing the two years men
toned and showing the apparent in
crease in State expenses between them:
Total net expenses for fiscal
year ending July 81, 80 80. SOS, SOO.S9
Total net expenses for fiscal
year ending June 80, o.. 604,477.09
Total net Increase .......S3O5, 616.2O
1.-THE following will show the prin-
cipal items which make up this increase
| i'll State expenses from 1882 to 1904:
Insane-1SS2, 37,19S.7S; 1904, S147,-
| 259.6S; increase. $l1O.O6O9O.
Soldiers Home-19O4, S11, 2S7. 80; in
crease, 81 ,2S7.5O.
Pensions-19O4, $4,000; increase,
$4,000.
NOxious Animal Bounties-1SS2
$4,000; 1904, $12,744.40; increase, Sill
OHIO.
Cattle Com'rs and Cattle Killed
1904, 29,66466; increase, $29, 664.66.
Normal Scholastic, 81 ,524.5 90; 1904
$40, 237 80; increase, $11.713.25.
Summer schools-1904, $1,50O.00; in
crease, $1,500.O0.
University of Vermont-1904, Sc,
10000; increase. S6,000.0O
Norwich University-1904, 100000
increase, 100000.
Middlebury College-19O4, $4,000
increase, 81, 10000.
Libraries-1SS2, S1,S44.S6; 1904, IS,
692. 20; increase, S3,S47.4O.
Laboratory of Hygiene-19O4, $40,
10000; increase, 100000.
Construction and repairs at State
lnstitutions-19O4, S15,31S.17; increase
S15,31S.17.
Dairymen's Association-1904 81,
10000; increase, 100000.
Maple Sugar Makers Association
1904, $4,000; increase, $4,000.
Town of Goshen, Highways-19O4
100000; increase, 100000.
Portrait of Admiral Dewey-1904
S2OOO.OO; increase, 100000.
President Arthur Monument-19O4
S1,O1S.OO; increase, S1O1S.OO.
Other Extra Appropriations-19O4
$4,000; increase, S5OOOO
County Court Expenses-1SS2. $50,
350.O7; 1904, $S1.9S7.66; increase, $40.
637.59.
Total-1Ss2, ss6,71s.26; 1904, 1856,
350.13; increase, S26S, 631 81.
In 1882 the expense of the insan,
was borne entirely by the towns ex
cept in cases of the criminal insan
and those having no legal residence il
any town. The State now pays tn
total expense of ten care of the insane