Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-01

IL Is In striking contrast with the ba liz
and unquali lifted assertion made by tn,
Democratic advertising agent. Tn.
observing voter can judge for himsel
which bears the ear marks of honesty
ana which the dcspicable odor of mis-
representation
A MATTER THE AGENT EVADsD
In his evasive attack on the admins
tration Of the Republican party it
Vermont. the Democratic advertising
agent entirely avoided some facts con
corning State expenses and their rcla
ton TO state taxes which are of rcal in
tcrest to the voters of Vermont, and
which show that the Republicans have
continually striven to lift the burden
Of taxation from the people with con
years 1882 and 1904 from another
standpoint and judge just why the
Democratic advertising agent did not
call the attention e Vermont voters tC
this particular matter
During the two years term ending
July 81. 1852, The EXCESS or EX-
PENSES OVER RECEIPTS WAS
THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF S5G7.
1912 and after the people had PAID 4
DIRECT STATE TAX OF 1904 953. 20,
or about Sl.50 FOR EVERY MAN,
WOMAN AND CHILD IN TIE
STATE. there was still a SHORTAGE
OF Slo2 427 .G3
buring the two years term ending
June 80. 1904. there was technical
deficit Of a very few thousand dollars.
and NOT A SINGLE CENT WAS
PAID into the treasury in the shape
of "A DIRECT STATE TAX upon the
people, AND 40 STATE TAXES
WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE
NEXT TWO YEARS. What matters
it to the taxpayers of Vermont If State
expenses do increase as the State adj
vances, II the Republican party can
and has legislated the burden of taxa
ton from the shoulders of the people
TO the shoulders of the corpora tons
where ii belongs This is feat In the
management of State affairs that can
not but receive the praise Of every
ordinary taxpayer. be he Republican II.
Democrat. Prohibltonist. or Socialist
and according TO tho Democratic ad-
vertisinR agent the Republican party
j. entirely responsible for it, because
he says they have been in absolute
control during the period mentioned
WHAT WILL YOU CUT OUT7
The voters OF Vermont re sure OF one
thing at least, and that is, .he I.egisla-
ture Will always enact the will OF the
people II such course is right and hon
orablc in every way. In fact this is
particularly true Of the General Assem-
bly, of Vermont, because the men who
compose il are direct from the people
and no legislators in tue world are so
closely in touch with their constituents
as they. This being the fact the voters
of Vermont can strike from The above
list. representing increased expenses,
any or all the items they choose. for
the legislators will obey them in all
honorable requests.
Keeping in mind that the admnistra-
ton of Nermonts government does not
cost the taxpayers single cent in di.
rect taxes, what shall we strike out
Of the list?
As before noted the increase in the
cost of caring for the insane IS entirely
due to the fact that whereas in 1850
the various towns cared for their in.
sane at home or in Brattleboro as they
could with least expense. in 1904 the
entire burden was carried by the State
WITHOUT A STATE TAX.
1t would be idle to assert that anv
voter in Vermont will advocate going
back to the town system in caring for
the insane. An example of n single
town will illustrate the folly of such q
course. In 1852 Chelsea maintained |
two insane people ut Brattleboro at n
cost of about $500. In 1904 Chelsea had
ten insane persons being cared for by
the State free Of expense 10 the town
WITHOUT A STATE TAX.
In 1889 Vermont let her veterans of
the Civil war care for themselves so
far as the State was concerned. In
1901 the state paid Sl1.2S7 80 MS her
share of maintaining the Soldiers
Home ut Bennington Is there a Demo.
crat in the state who will openly saw
this item of expense H. a part of the Re-
publican SYSTEM of robbery. inaSmuch
rs it is maintained entirely WITHOUT
A STATE TAN?
The various school appropriations
might be cut 10 the dtimc figure and
ne wheels of progress turned back or
stopped. but who VII. hc the first to
advise it, especially as the bill is paid,
WITHOUT a STATE TAX.
We might 10 on through the whole
isl, and perhaps il may be well 10 put
he knife TO some of the appropriations
,The Republican platform
has Il plank upon which this can and
VIII be done IL ii is for the best interests
II the State. Some OF the increases
mentioned above originated with Demo
rats, some with Republicans, none
we're strictly party measures, aud all
we're paid WITHOUT A STATE TAN.
FINALLY II may be said that the ex-
'fhses OF commonwealth in these
after days are bound to increase The
rend of civil GOV eminent In Vermont in