Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-01
DEMOCRATIC ADVERTIS.
ING AGENT EXPOSED
The Real Truth About the Net
Expenses of VcrmOnt's Gov.
eminent Arranged For the
Benefit of Vermont Taxpayers
---Why We Have No State Tax

A certain Democratic advertising
agent has so thoroughly covered the
State with assertions concerning the
increased expense Of Nermont's gov
eminent. and inasmucn as these asser-
tons are entirely misleading. the Repub-
lican State Committee believes that
the voters and taxpayers of the state
are entitled to a truthfu. report OH the
matter. Acting upon this belief the
Committee requested Hon. John l..
Bacon, state Treasurer, and Hon.
Horace +. Graham, State Auditor. to
furnish clear and simple statement
Of this question that all might readily
understand it. The request was as
follows:
"Wll you carefully examine the
| statement made by an advertising
! agent of the Democratic State Commit
! tee published in various newspapers as
I advertising matter, hat the net ex-
ponscs of the State government have in
] creased from $500 1i7 in 1852, to
S73s. 3GS. % in 1904? If this is correct
statement please verify it; if it is I'M
truthful and misleading correct it. and
/ in either case kindly furnish n table
showing the real increase in State cX-
penses during the time mentioned. TO-
gcthcr with the eats. therefor"
The reply Of Mr. Bacon and Mr..
Graham is as follow:
I'VE have examine tho statements
referred TO By the Republican state
Committee and find that it is mis-
statement in so many ways and SO mis-
leading generally thai it is entirely M
reliable in every respect.
AS will be noted l the table which
follows the net STATE expenses for the
year 1852 were 500 >0o 50 instead of
500, 27l Al, as assert. q N the statement
referred to.
with regard to tire statement that
the net expenses for ne year 1903 were
S13S, !6S.31 we can only say that it is
impossible for US To- Identify the fig.
uros. NO such balance occurs in the
state accounts. but We may not have
correct understanding of the rca
meaning of the sSertlons, as no particu.
lar fiscal year j. mentioned. Not being |
aware Of the exact time the compiler !
intends to Cover in his statement. We
have taken the fiscal year ending June
30, 1901, with net expenses of 5000, |
41l.o@, for purposes @ 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, 50 90. $29S. 500 So |
Total net expenses for fiscal
year ending June 80, '04 ..... Go4,47Io9
Total net increase ....... S3O5, 676. 20
The following will show the prin.
cipal items which make up this increase
in State expenses from 1852 to 1904:
Insane-1ss2, S37.l9s.7s 1904, STAT.
259.6S; increase. SlloO60.90
Soldiers Home-l9O4. Sl1.2ST. so; in
crease. l1,2s75O.
Pcnsons-l904, $4,000; increase,
$4,000.
Noxious Animal Rounties-lSs2,
$4,000; 1904. $l2.744.40; increase, Sill.
Oh. 40.
Cattle COm'rs and Cattle Killed
1904, 500, 66i 66; increase, 500 ,664 66.
Normal schools 1852. S7,524. 50; 1904,
Sl323I So; increase. Sll,7l32J
Summer schools--l904. 81 10000; in.
crease, S1.5OO0O.
University of Vermont 1904. Sc.
pO 90: increase. 100000
Norwich Tniversity-l9O4, Sc OOO. 90;
increase. 100000.
Middlebury Collcge-13O4. $4,000.
increase. 81 10000.
Libraries 1882, 81 S44 Sc: 1909. s..
692 20; increase, S3,S47.4 40
Laboratory of Hygiene-19O4, $40.
OOO.OO; increase, Sl0OOO.OO.
Construction and repairs at State
1901, Sl5,31S17: increose
$15,3lS17.
Dairymen's Association 1901 ST..
10000; increase. 81 10000
Maple Sugar Makers Associatiop-
1904, 100000; increase. $4,000
Town of Goshen, Iiighways-l9O4
81 10000; increase, 81 900 90
Portrait of Admiral Dcwey-19o4
S2,000.0o; increase, 100000.
President Arthur Monument 1904
81 ,olS.00; increase, Sl,o1SW. !
Other Extra Appropriations 1901
10000; increase, $4,000.
County Court Expenses 1850. S3o
'5007; 1904, $Sl9S7.G6; Increase. SO
1919.
Totsl-1Sso, Ss8.7lS26: 1901, S355.. ,
s5o13; increase S26s, 1911. 81. :
In 1889 the expense of the insan,
was borne entirely by the towns OK
'ept in cases Of the criminal insane
and those having no legal residence in |
any town. The State now rrlys tho ,
total expense OF teh care of the insane
How much of the apparent increase il
accounted for above is shown by the ,
ollowing: ,
apparent increase from 1882 |
10 1871 '...,..,..........,.S3 O5, 67G.20 {
TENS OF Increase shown ,
"poNe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2OS ,G3l 81
Increase not accounted for. S37.O4433 I
he Increase in expenses of the |
ollrlS is large one. but il can be ac- I
ounlSd for in the greatly increased |
lllgailon in n few counties and in Ger !
ain changes in the method of conduct q
~ the business of the courts. In 1852 q
he fee SyStpu, Lol1 f,tIl u.,,, n,J tbo /,