The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-24
SPLENDID ACCOMPLISHMENT
FOR MICHIGAN
Review OF Affairs Showing Import
ance to Taxpayers OF the Work
OF Recent Republican
Administrations.

In one of his recent speeches Cover
nor Warner well presented an effective
defense of his administration as govern
or and a candid view of what he had
sought to accomplish. He referred to
the fact that as member of the state
senate, about ten years ago, he had
voted for Governor Pingree's first bill
to establish equal taxation in Michigan.
At that time the entire income of our
state from all specific taxation sources
was less than one million dollars. Gov.
Warner made it emphatic and very
clear that the increase over that
amount which the state is receiving
from such sources at the present time
is due directly to republican Legislation
and republican management of state
affairs. The states income from the
different sources through which its
earnings come has reached the splendid
total of more than one million dollars in
excess of Michigan's entire state tax.
1t was well noted that if those who are
finding fault with state expenditures
would look for moment on the other
side of the state ledger, they would
realize that congratulation rather than
criticism are due to recent republican
ADMINISTRATION of our state for the
! management whichChas produced this
d esirable situation. Gov. Warner re-
ferred to the added state expense
caused by the state tax commission and
the further cost of the railroad commits
8 on and he made it plain that
these commissions have returned in val.
ue to the state many, many times Their
entire cost.
The establishment of the railroad
commission was directly in line will
what has been done in some of the 9th
er progressive states. Up to that tim,
Michigan had nothing to say with re
gard to freight rates. The state coul'
take part in the regulation of passen
ger affairs, but the railroads coul,
charge any rate they saw fit from an,
point in Michigan to any other point i
the state, and they could change thei
rates arbitrarily and without notice t
. the people or to the state. Under tn
present law the railroad commission
given authority to receive complaint
from any shipper, and if upon investi
cation rate is found to be an unreas
enable one the commission has tn
right to take part in the formation of
fair schedule. The railroad commission
y also has the power to adjust claim
as to the denial of freight cars to on
point while another was being generous
ly served. Already during the frs
year of the commissions existence thi
law has been made use of in over tw,
hundred cases.
Within the period through which /
is claimed state expenditures have mos
largely increased the enrolment at tn,
University of Michigan has increased
from three thousand to over five thous
and; the attendance at the Agriculture
College has increased from less thar
four hundred to over fourteen hundred
the attendance at the Normal schools
has increased from less than nine hun
dred to four thousand. and three add
tional state normal schools have beer
established, And further in that same
| direction, the state assists in the man.
agement and expense of over forty
county normal schools, which are doing
splendid work in the way of providing
trained teachers for the country dis.
trict schools. Within the period OF
which complaint of the growth of ex,
penses is being made, the Mining
College in the upper peninsula has more
than doubled its attendance; the en-
ployment institution for the blind al
Saginaw was created and is well justi
flying its establishment; the home fol-
the Predetermined and Epileptic at La.
peer has been built up; the sanitarium
at Howell for the scientific treatment
of tuberculosis has been provided fol-
and put into operation, and the require.
ments Of insane asylums, reformatory
institutions and the penal institutions
have largely increased. But the
growth Of the state and the growth
Of these institutions have not beer
regarded ~ cause for criticism anc
condemnation. especially in view Of the
fact that the earnings of the state dur.
ing the same period have grown far
more rapidly than have its combined
expenses from all sources.
Gov. Warner called attention to the
fact that the state executive has moth.
ing to do with the expense of the legis.
lature for its own purposes. His dem
ocratic opponent was q member Of the
Legislature. Through four years he
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