The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-08
Ov.WARNER URGES
/ DRASTIC LIQUOR
LEGISLATION
|sUoeesTs TO LEGISLATURE
THAT TRAFFIC DC RESTRICT
SO AND LOCAL OPTION tx.
TENDED.

LANSING. Mich, Jan. s.-Gov. War
her. In his annual message, which was
bubmitted to the legislature this after'
hoon, blames former Auditor-General
Bradley for the shortage In the state 5
finances. The audtor-general. says the
governor. departed from the long es'
ablished custom In his department Ia
November. 1906. and In that year and
The year following failed TO include IN
he total reported TO the superintend'
ent of public instruction for appor-
ionment large sums. so that after the
hpportionment was made In November.
906. there remained nthe primary
school interest fund $l.222.4S6.b7. aud
bfter the apportionment Of November
GOT. sl,667,4s4
In his third inaugural message, which
WAS delivered before the two houses or
me legislature In joint convention this
X.fternoon Gov. Warner discussed tnc
kubject Of state finances At gi.st lenSth u.
He says that the failure OF the last
legislature 10 provide for the raising by
axation a sufficient revenue 10 meet
The general expenses Of the state ana
he consequent shortage III the statc
treasury was due TO the failure or Tue
auditor. general. In November, 1906 and
s0T, to follow the long established Gus :
ON of years and the plain provision OF
he statute and distrlPu.e pra.St,cariy
mary school interest fund. The COVER
nor's Investigation showed that Tor ~
years previous TO 1903, all nut the odd
rents tn the per capita amount In TINS
fund was distributed among the coun-
les OF the state. the AVERAGE balance
remaining after the November appor-
contrast with this situation was the
sction OF the auditor general In with :
holding from distribution si.222,f s6.a !!
so7. notwithstanding the provision OF
e01, notwithstanding the provision or
he law requiring that the entire fund
be distributed. When tho legislature
bf 1897 asked for the balance IN the
ktate treasury at the close OF 90e, in
order THAI II might diligently maxi .
no the general budget to he raised by
AVIATION II was Informed that The bal
Nothing was said about si.222,is6.51 Of
this amount being primary school
money. and neither the legislature nor
The governor had any knowledge OF
this fact.
The statement was made that during
he biennial period ending Dec 10. 1905.
he total receipts of the primary school
Interest fund were s9.327.StI.Te, ana
huring the same period there was paid
Prom this fund TO the counties a total
pf ta,sai.o76.2s. or s5s3,22s.5o more than
the revenue OF the fund. The aggre,
gate OF state taxes levied and collect ID
1uring tho same two years was hut W.
ksssi$ie and the back taxes collected
was S31i.ati.S6. The expenditures OF
penal. charitable and reformatory " ,,
Xstitutions during the same period
amounted to s6,7a3. 22iSs.
The GIasier Case.
The message dealt fully with the
charges made against state Treasurer
fciai. or the sGs5.5s7.7a Of state funds
on deposit with the Chelsea savings
bank at the time II failed, the state ha =
surety comp ~;Yvy one OF the companies
pm the banks bond, and from the re-
ceiver Of the bank two dividends aggre
eating ss76.s?5.1l. The balance due the
state from the bank is s35s.se2ss suit
mas been commenced against five surety
companies on the banks bond to the
state In the sum OF $4,000, and there
he surety on the bond Of Frank p. Ola
kier. state treasurer.
Gov. Warner renewed his recon
mendation that a law for the regulation
bf private banks he enacted and also
recommended the enactment OF strin-
gent law for the regulation OF stock
brokers.
The legislature was informed that
since the creation of the state highway
department. 326 miles of state reward
road have been built in Michigan and
he 40 additional counties VIII vote In
April on the adoption OF the system. IS
counties now being under the law. The
Legislative appropriations thus far
made on this account have aggregated
$500 While strongly commencing
he work. Gov. Warner urged that the
law be amended 80 as TO limit the liza
5ility of the state In any one year on
account OF the completion or roads for
which applications may be accepted.
The result OF the first seasons opera
ion OF the Jackson prison binder Irvine
plant established by the last legisla-
lure has been gratifying. n not only
reduced the price OF twine to farmers
who purchased their supplies from the
state, but TO all Michigan users I'm that
he competition OF the state plant
forced the Irvine trust to reduce its
price. Further than this. the governor
showed that after making the usual
,harge of for depreciation of the plant
md crediting the so convicts employee
therein with 10 per cent of the net
Earnings as required by law, the enter
prise netted the state $1.sI Ger day for
Zach convict's labor This is about
.hree times the revenue OF the state
rom the labor of convicts working or
contract.
Gov. Warner renewed his war on the
professional lobbyists, urging the enact
nent OF a law that VIII Danish this