Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

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HOW 10 RAISE T!IE MONEY.
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SAIL. 900. In 1901. $685., 900, AN increase In
that period "f Ssoo,ooe.a year Ior ruu-
niiig expenses. or more tnAh i.o pei vIn
Now goou many " YOU can re"e"'"e'
our conditions III is'o-lsh'
WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO:
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vermont more imam we ii"u unen' VIA
are we spending this money FOR? Where YER,
does the SJoo,OVo thnt " rclurcu W. II,
more than II required IN isn 10 run .n9
state ~ vermont where uoes u W w..
a careful analysis OF the expenses sn"M"
that the expense ol the eSecu,Ne W.
partment has rcnalned about ne SANE.
IN 1911 " WAS Sio'ooC' ~ 1881 y WIS -, 80,
900. The cNpriiS" OF me iesisia'".e n naS
remained r sn i, ,so, hm, ,s snnense of
The courts during that period has in
crea sed 'tremensOusl In 1871 the net
court expenses We're $4,000. In 1881
they were only $4,000. In 1891 they
were $i34,OCO. and in 1901. $l7b,o0o.
From the l,eEiOd ut 1881 to 1881 there ~
nm increase Of more than 100000 In the
expense Of Justice in this state. but We
IRE told that litigation has not Increased.
Certainly the popula ton remains nbon;
the same. In 1851 il was $4,000. In
1901. 343, 900. only an increase " about
II 600.
,>,,p,,,c,,n cOr,,,,r ExpENSES
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Why this tremendous increase III me
expense ot g; Grating courts then? 1t
can be- cl.ir@'"l only. to one thing.-,ul
cost of prOSrc,'ti lions for violation of law.
The most Of these prosecutions were
against violatnrS of the prohibitOry law:
We had the pr0hlbitory lazy ia issi an
we had II in 1901, but in 1881 apparently
the prosecutors had not awaRene" !" 'ns
possibilities If ma sing money 9ut OF
prohibition With the law repealed we
shall hn h" great saving III the ,e eA-
pcnse of operating the courts. Inc
expense ot conducting INSTITUTIONS uur-
Ing this period has remained abont ths
same,-lhrre being an increase OF ON!
about $4,000 or $4,000.
OTHER INCREASED EXPENSES.
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inc miil,hrS III io'l cos. n
1881, $Zn.o9o. that has uouE In. onst
sions, mvi,"'"k so, ,as o,nna ti,o COL
t 'T;on" ~ o ,s buiit sand cost 50 800
nv" ""'''' wa ''
The state u,id for the care of its In.
anna In 1871 s,3. 600 and in 1901 the pau
per insane account was $l5S,OOO. In 1871
r.. W,t.r,nry a,viun, was NOT built
an we W. "t wer" maintaining our insane At
Rrattleboro. Ii the state Of Vermont
had pnt the promoters Of the Waterbury
insane asylum in BrattleborO before they
! state would be better of by more than
! 100000 II year; however, it IL too late
to talk about that now: but the expense
Of the insane in this state is much more
than it should be, and more per capita
| than il in in other states, as you will
! see.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. per capita
per week, ss.a.: average per capita per
! wear S11p.64
notwithstanding number OF pa
! TENTS 219og6 cost OF maintaining
same s2aI 1a0 or. cost per capita Dec
year s15O.sg
| New York.-Per patient per week,
1913; pei. patient per year, $ls5.ss.
=, Nnooe u 81 I'VE. -" e'as o. p"
hents. l.as+; cosi per cuptn, shao.-'
Nershoht S','te mSs w.. " ss;,ta;,'
nfr VI phu'esS: 600 90, .o 10. v, rar nar;ta
my n"ae' $ii''''''''' '"'' P'' -"p''"'
>zofoo.
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Ason.
Money devoted to educational pnr.
poses has Increased from 81. 900 to $751;
900 by payments to the agricultural col
ere. "--''- -.n" s"d normal scl,"ois
EXPENSIVE COMMISSIONS.
In 1871 all OF the commissions 10 tlliS
cn,,ntv "Reminiscences. etc. cost The
81 at % o0o 'rhe commissioners have
i,"an ,,,.,cossJ Nv the creation, of new
y, ,,nars In insurance tnxes. health. All. t..
I;uh1v,v .',r,.;al i'll, and game. ,lu,ry-
,nen ns,ic .usnr. towns and cores. un-
~ /, 49,, ,.,n .,uia IN 1ssI ~, O;D Ia
W. ~ i"', NV o,,n,n,s s;,ns S"w wh;is
{ would c.rtninly odyoraIs
t,.e con -oli.l. r'on If them WITH a view OF
re,iurinr IN EXPENSES 10 the state. An
increase rrr.a s:.G0D to Se5.Cn IN TIC
EXPENSE oI maintaining commissions IL
t,n much fox .lc benefit rhat the state
receives.
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If Il proper arc"An'ih. ana annt were
Kept of H." iI"n"ys. received ny the state
aud paid ""i, aud u ,lir business "f the
st"t" wis Transacted along me same
lines that any Successful 'ofrorht'"n io-
lows We roH!,' ccriaihiH save .honsi'
each year iron oar nrrSc,' running eS,
rcnses to hnild 30 mics OF macadamlSed
road. In hy" years. We would have hTe
a. such roads. running across our noun
tain RANGES, cast ana west. from tiir
Canadian lihe {" MASSACHUSETTS,, ana IL
"o''n h"' t''''H n'''e '''s' 'S ns'""S'
WHERE THE BLAME LIES.