The Irish standard., 1908-10-03


tional appropriations in aid thereof.
Adoption Of public ownership law for
the municipalities of this state providing
OF street railway, telephone and lighting.
plants and providing Il new and prac-
ticabe system for financing the same,
state of Illinois.
The Prison Harvester Plant.
Establishment by the state of IL farm
machinery plant at the state prison to
manufacture harvesters, binders and
mowers. to enable Minnesota farmers
thereby to more successfully cope with
the harvester trust.
New regulations for the state binding
twlne plant at the state prison. permitting
the state board of control to sell twine
outside OF the state in order to more sue
cessfuIy compete with the twine trust,
likewise providing for a more adequate
reserve supply of binder twne to be sold
to producers for cash at not more than
one. cent per pound above the cost of
production and transportation.
laws extending the powers and duties
to make it more effective in aid of the
states great dairy industry and a greater
protection to the consuming public from
food adulteration.
Extension OF the powers and appropria-
tton of the livestock sanitary board for
the protection of the livestock of the
state from contagious and infectious dis
eases
The creation of Il Minnesota state i'm
migration bureau with an adequate APP
preparation in aid of the settlement OF
state agricultural lands.
For Good Roads and BRIDGES,
Improvement of the state highway
laws in aid of Il state system OF good
roads. and additional appropriations ag-
gresating upwards of 5000, 600. to be ex-
n;.,,,.,! pended ei, by the county boards of the
structing and improving roads and
bridges.
Laws to further advance a system of
state drainage. and an approximation Of
100000 as Il fund at the command of the
state drainage commission for the drain
age OF state swamp lands and in aid of
counties; with provisions for assessing
drainage benefits upon private and cor
pOrate lands.
Laws for strengthening the state bank
ing system and for the abolition OF pri-
vate banking, by requiring all private
nanks to incorporate and come under pub
nc supervision and public examination
!1r !p the greater security Of depositors and
Increased capacity and facilities for
state institutions, including an enlarged
campus and more adequate salaries for
mcnts for the state agricultural stntinn
and substa;ions, and the organization of
state industrial school for girls.
a Challenge to Mr.. jacobson.
If greater array of practicable and
progressive constructive measures for
the etate's general welfare and deyeI.
opn1ent, for the preservation and pro.
lection OF the states natural and In.
st.tutIonal resources. for the protection
OF the states industries and producers.
TOR the advancement of it's great edu-
cational, charitable and corrective in
stitutions, for the recovery of state
revenues and property lost by previous
bad administration and negligence, for
the production of new revenues by re.
quiring those who have escaped taxa.
t'on to bear their proportion of the
tax burden, or If greater number of
vital and practicable reforms in the
state government have been carried
into administrative effect than durinu
the past two years, as family denoted
by the above catalogue Of measures,
has been achieved during any previous
administration or during any iegis.
iative session Of which he has knowI.
edge, my worthy opponent will bestow
great favor upon the state and add
great chapter to it's history by nam.
Ing that session and administration.
Analysis of the States Expenditures.
Now let us take up this charge of
analyZe it and see what it is worth,
Let lis take whole burden of state cx-
penditures and the whole sum of taxes
for state purposes, and see what the
burden upon taxpayers amounts to.
The gross expenditures of the state
government OF Minnesota for all state
institutions. all officers and depart
ments, all funds and properties, all
improvements and developments, all
Investments and all miscellaneous pur-
poses, aggregate about $l2 2,OO0,0 900 a
year.
One Dollar and Fifty Cents Head
And how much of this total ex.
penditure falls upon the general tax.
payer? About one-quarter of the total
expenditure, or $3,OOO,00O; that is to
say, $l.5O a head for the two million
people which the state had at the
last census.
AS a matter Of fact, the actual tax
collections OF the state treasurer in
1907 were $2,53S, 900: in 1906 they were
$2,404,000. and in 1905, as levied in
1904, they were $2,21S,OO0; or an aver.
age of about s1.20 a head for each pcr-
son in the state; and OF this sum over
back to the several counties for dis
tribution among the school districts
for popular education, and is not dis.
bursed by state officers; and another
quarter of million goes back there
for roads and bridges. And here you
have in lump for your edification
and horror the whole chapter of state
extravaganza and state taxation.
about 100000 year. or eight cents
head for the people of this state
Let us suppose that when the state
treasurer reports the 1908 tax col
lections they will cause the burden
of taxation, due to "divided respon-
sibility." to show an annual increase
of ten cents a head for each person.
At Cost Of 10 Cents Each.