The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
me LAST MESSAGE Of Governor AY09gE
North Cardinals Executive Makes Suggestions
To The Legislature

selVes-making him more capable. more
efficient, more reliable and with a
deeper affection for us. The last plan
IL seems to me commends itself both
60 our sel1shness and our generosity.
5ut apart from our -senSesof obligation
TO this weaker race, / am impressed
with the necessity Of causing all agita-
ton which leads to the enlightenment
and estrangeruent Of the negro, for the
reason that as this estrangement and
this enlightenment increase large num-
hers Of them will go out from among
us. The greatest need OF North Caro-
lima today is more labor. 1t seems to
me the hight Of folly to continue to
bring about conditions which lessen the
amount of labor in the State. On the
contrary every encouragement should
be given by fair treatment-even by
generous consideration, to stop the emf
grafton of this important part Of our
labor. It is useless for US to pas law
taxing emigrant agents, if we deny to
the negro the privilege of giving to his
child a decent public school educa-
ton.
Provision ought 20 be made for the
payment Of the expenses of the Su-
p~erintendent of Public Instruction. 1t
is absolutely necessary in the perform
aACS VI his uuI1SS 1OT u1M I'D lIdNCL
throughout tbs State; indeed he ought
to visit other States of the Union to
learn their methods, views and plans.
To do 80 will necessitate the expedi-
ture of from $500 to $3.50 in the pay
ment OF railroad fare. Heretofore the
railroads of this State under a. statute
permitting it, have been granting to the
| Superintendent of Public Instruction
passes Over their lines, but for the
past year or so they have refused to
do this. Unless the Legislature is
| going to require them to furnish the
passes, provision certainly ought to be
made to defray these absolutely neces-
sary expenses of the Superintendent. A
State which so much needs education
cannot afford to stint its S~uperintend-
ent in the necessary expenditure OF
money in the performance of the duties
of his office and in his better equip
ment of that ofice.
TAXES.
Taxes should be as low as possible,
consistent with the needs Of the State;
any taxes levied beyond this is wrong
| in principle, and should not be toler-
ated. Taxes should also be uniform
and just, never levied twice on the
| same thing. or what Is constructively
| the same thing, and while it is always
| difficult to correct errors OF this kind,
still the burdens Of taxation should be
borne alike by all. and not doubled
on some, while others escape their pro-
portionate part. No person, for any
purpose, should eve pledge the credit
of the State unless authorized by the
Legislature, in whom alone is lodged
that power, and even that great body
should not do so. unless in extreme
cases or matters of urgent necessity.
APPROPRIATIONS.
From the message of the retiring
Governor, and the reports Of the vari-
| Gus departments, after passing h ap-
p1 opriation bills, providing for
the protection Of the State in the suit
Of South Dakota against North Caro-
| lima, and ~enacting laws Of general
benefit, there are no momentous Ques-
| tions affecting the State demanding
the attention Of the present General
Assembly.
The appropriation bills, nov vastly
increasing, which will be submitted to
you, will doubtless be carefully CON
sidered and scanned. Our disburse-
ments should never exceed our re-
ceipts, for a State, like an individual,
should not pay out more than it gets,
thus fostering extravaganza and
waste. And in view of our present fl
nancial condition, and what may be
cur speedy needs, only a sufficient
amount should be granted to our
State institutions to. adequately main
tain them, economically administered.
These institutions ask this year for
/ 81, sos, 900. 90, which is in excess OF
| their last appropriation 1857, 900, and
| u-hjoh Sc o110End m1EoC nUT diChIIrSQ-
ments greatly exceed our revenue.
IMMIGRATION.
In the past, as a State, we have
been too modest and shown too little
| ~self-assertion, thus ~detracting from
our dignity and worth, and leaving
the world little acquainted with the
resources of our land, the worth of
our people or the history of the Com
monWealth.
For examples, every patriotic North
| Carolinian. glories in the Mecklenburg
Declaration of independence made on
the 10th of May, IT'S, yet no having
given, until recently, proper publicity
of it's authenticity, outsiders believed
it a myth, and spoke of it as without
foundation. So likewise, we know, the
valiant part taken by Il State in the
civil war, in the defense OF the South
lduQ anu lis \6I0dt pAIuCAp4C0, yCI W
years our true position remained in
darkness, and it became the patriot
duty Of our present distinguished
Chief Justice with his corps of capa-
bic writer's, to prove to the listening
world, that we not only furnished
more troops than any other State, ac-
cording to population, but were also
first at Bethel, last at Appomattox,
and farthest to the front at Gettys-
burg. In the same hurtful, negligent
manner, we have failed to make
known our great and hid
den wealth, thus allowing u State
To .erain comparatively LrkuCwn, un-
sous hit and undevelope1 l.
The Governor dwells at length on
the States finances. showing that we
are in splendid shape, with no need
for the State to borrow money or
: go in debt.