The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-12-24
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dec. 2s.-

ivy .................. SS,1551
Really startling conditions are fount
BY close examination of the figures
shown above.
Gov. NJ. n. Patterson was inaugur
ated governor for the first time II
January. 1907. These figures begir
with 1906 and therefore include the
Operations OF the state prison for the
Iyear preceding the beginning Of the
present administration.
The figures Qutoed are taken from
the last Biennial report of the state
treasurer and from the figures that
are now available FOR the fiscal year
(which ended Dec. 10, 1909.
Profits during the present year have
shown a remarkable and extraordi-
mary decrease and at the same time
Expenditures have shown an increase.
The expenditures last year were in
round numbers $4,000 and this year
were s374,OOO.
But the figures that will no doubt
create more surprise are those shown
in the profits, which we're $4,000 last
year, and only $4,000 this year. 1t
can readily be seen that this is a very
heavy drop. 1t will of course be noted
that receipts this year are $141, 900
less than last year This might to a
degree account for the decreased
profits, but it does not account for the
increased expenditures. incidentally
it might also be stated that the great
decrease in receipts has not been ex-
planned.
In 1906, the year before Gov Pat
terson went into office, the receipts
were slightly above 100000, and dur
ing his first year as governor increased
to $664,OO0, but during his second
year in Office they had fallen away to
$61S,00O, and during his third year,
which is this year, have gone as low
as $472,0O0.
Expenditures in 1906, the year be-
fore Gov. Patterson became governor,
were $32s,000. During his first year
as governor the expenditures jumped
to $399,600. They last year decreased
$27 900, but notwithstanding the very
heavy decline in receipts, the expen-
ditures this year have been greater |
than last. The difference is only ST. |
900, but an increase of any amount in
the expenditures when there had been
a falling OFF of $141, 900 in receipts, is
q condition OF affairs that will doubt
ess be surprise to a good many.
Profits from the prison have shown
4 steady decline ever since Gov. Pat
erson has been in Office. The year
before he became governor, which was
906, the profits were $274,000. Dur
ng his first year in office they drop
,ed to 1866, 900, and during his second
ear to $4,000. But the remarkable
Irop has come this year, when the
,rofits dwindled from $274,000 in 1906
o $4,000 in 1909
There has been great deal said
" the LIQUOR press and other friends |
{ the present administration about c
he cause of the loss of revenue from c
he saloon taxes, but none of them has L
YER said anything about the condition t
I affairs in the administration OF the 7
late prison. II the profits from the
tate prison had been as great this il
ear as they were last, there would t
ave been an increase In the net re- r
eipts OF the state treasury from this
,urce of $4,000 more than was &C g
Tally received In other words $780, s.
1922 was the profit which came 81
to the state treasury from the prison
at year and the profit this year was 81
lily $4,000. re
In comparing this year with 1905 is
lowed a still heavier falling away In is
q net revenue. the decrease being Sc
$4,000. tf
But. notwithstanding the loss of the fr
venue from the saloon source and pl
e loss OF revenue from prison in
nrces and the extraordinary expen- be
lures for educational purposes, It Isl
" seems certain that the state will IN
able to meet all of It's obligations
they ,all due without having to