The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-02
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. REPUBLICAN MANAGEMENT q
. AND BUSINESS CONDITIONS .
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Especial Correspondence


Indianapolis, Ind, April 30.-A state
ment about to be issued to the public
by Secretary Of State Fred A. Sims
will show that the collections by his
department during the past three
months will amornt to about $3.50, 900.
On April %, when a recapitulation
was made for the information of your
correspondent, the total was s115,
063.71.
This not only breaks the record for
any other quarter in the history Of
the state, but until recently would
have been considered a fair years bus
mess. 1t is very likely that before the
end of the year the collections will
reach the enormous total of $3.50, 900.
To the 22nd Of April the department
had made the following collections for
February. March and April of this
year: From domestic corporations,
$109,253; from foreign corporations.
S51S.60; from miscellaneous sources,
$1,92950; from sale Of court reports,
s2,S5S.50; from sale Of automobile II.
censes, $4S3.50.
For the first quarter Of the present
fiscal year the collections amounted
to 3,92S.S4, which will bring the total
for the first six months of the year
up to about $4,000. 1t seems reason
able to expect that the record for the
remainder Of the year will be equally
as good.
Tribute to RepubIIcanIsm.
The excellent showing the depart
ment is making is due to very pros
porous conditions existing throughout
the state. The fact that companies
are being incorporated Is evidence
that there is something doing in bus
mess way. The reports of the secre-
tary have always been regarded as .
good indication Of the business condi-
lions of the state.
Whenever the amount Of the colleo-
tons from new companies was small
II has been the case that but little
money was being invested. On the
other hand, when the collections were
large it indicated that new enterprises
were being started and that capital
was being invested. The report for
the present quarter indicates great
prosperity in the state and is refu-
tation of the panic talk in which many
of the Democrats are INDUCING. This
report in connection with one pre-
pared in the auditor of states Office
showing that there is more money In
TIE state and private banks than ever
before, indicates very plainly that the
state is not going to the bow-wows, an
many of the Democratic brethren in
sist.
Favorable Comparison Possible.
The following table shows the
amount of the collections during the
past fourteen years: For 1892, $46,-
900: 1894. $4,000: 1895, $61, 900; 1898,
1000; 1900. $751;. 900; 1902. $751;. 900;
1904, s226.0O0; 1906, s2s3,000.
The reports from which these ng-
ures were taken were made every two
years. II will be noticed that for the
hrst year Of President Cleveland's last
amounted to but 46.O0o-just about
q third as much as the collections for
the present quarter Of this year. The
difference, however, was that the $46.-
900 was accumulated during . Demo
cratic administration and the SIZE.
900 during Republican times.
The deadly parallel" shows further
that in 1Ss4-the crest Of the Demo
cratic panic-the business OF the de-
partment Of state was still at q very
low ebb The next two reports indi-
cate that 1t was difficult for the coun-
try to recover from the conditions
brought about by Democratic rule. but
at the close of the FIRST Mckinley ad-
ministration the department began
the breaking of records that has COR
tinued until he present time.
The books at the secretary's once
show what an unprecedented amount
Of capital has been invested in Indiana
during the last ten years of Republi-
can rule. 1t is also an index to the
great diversity Of new industries that
have sprung up and that are multiply
ing right along. Not only have the
number Of domestic corporations in
creased. but the number Of foreign
ones doing business in Indiana has
steadily increased. showing that capt.
talists elsewhere regard Indiana ~ q
splendid field for investment.
An Untruth Nailed.
The Democratic state committee 10
authority for a statement published In
the Democratic papers throughout In
diana during the last few weeks to
this effect: "It takes a lot of taxes
paid by the farmers to make up the
$3.50, 900 which the late legislature
gave for higher salaries and new Of
ficers In the statehouse, ETC."
The story is ridiculous on the face
of 1t. The legislature not only did not
make any such extravagant appropria-
lions, but the $4,000 collected by the
secretary of states department during
the last three months Is more than
sufficient to pay the salaries of all the
state officials, their deputies and other
assistants and including. further, all
of the judges Of the supreme and ap-
peilate courts. The collections for the
first six months of this year will fur
nish more than enough money for the
salaries Of every person on the states
payroll and for the supplies they will
have to use. All these salaries will be
paid without a cent of the money be-
ing taken from the farmers or any
other taxpayers. The fact, however.
that the revenue from the secretary Of
states office is sufficient for the pay
ment of salaries, etc.. is due entirely
70 the prosperous conditions under
Republican rule that encourage men
to invest their capital In new enter
prises.
Peace in the Labor World.