Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-10-13

soi,VoVsiO, vi With oppi oht
'nately $1,000. 900 was for deficiency
appropriations and reappropriatious
which had not been paid In the pre-.
cedins biennial period ON account OF
lack Of funds.
No Apologies 10 Anybody.
While the appropriations during the
first two years Of my administration.
not including the appropriations for
deficiencies and appropriations. Sas
ever 81 900, 900 less than the appro.
%priatipns for the previous biennial pc
riod-certalnly not All exanlvle OF 'iu
cHCusable eXtravasanc0'--yet II all Of
these appropriations had been paid
the state would havs had g deActt o!
approximately Gi.1-i,0UO. Every one
Of thcsn a~ppr'fria '3i.S had been
made by u lcyts!at are. y branch 81
which WAS DeDo.ru..c and u branch
Republican, and M,.r 4 most care
I'll f~Tajr'"a alton and ,ac yeto * every
unnec>"sa:y hem, | wa gntishod thG'
every cont TINT 70" APPROPRIATED SA;
needed Tor tho prOg'r cnnGict OF th-
puniic ara!IS Il the tote. Ia view o!
this condition. with = certain dcfic''
confronting tho UtUI'c Of MiBscuri
/ have mes. asG-,r"h!y n apologize
TO ma|o to the Democratic politicians
or 20 1nrDocy else, for my eudeayoi
10 rccure more revcaue In order tr
,H"Gt path appropriations. |. tEe:s-
i,Ys. re commended 70 tho Legislature
certs,a additional sur'aa II publi
;eveuu"s, which could 10 Adopted for
the pnrpOse OF taxrtion without ado.
ir9 TO The general hurdens Ok he real
ana personal property tax, these rec
concentrations Including Il tax upUr the
tllnChIses of corporations. an lnspnc'
ton Lax upon y i.itnOub, aS there ie
nov imposed an !nHy"c;,yu tax uppI
Ha!t. liquors; a tax !gon .Dheri,nrcr5
with such eTGmptiUn9 ~ TO relieve
the estate Of tho poor m"n and the
nan Of ordinary mean from this bur
den. All iu"rnagc III n" tax rpDr
dra.D!shOp lic,-uacs, ana the d'acOu.!n
uhaCG y! the then ~yiHnR faIcic1l
syatcm Of Inspecting IA" products c:
petroleum by vkich tftS tax ruu'5
Ec tekeu from TIE pD,E - II the poi
Ltc.h-d uad TUNED intp the pIbi;"
revenues os TIC stl'o.
l al5o ~recOioMcnC- III. with the ~,
rtyGl Of all Of tho T. H.trl5 &. t;.u
state BOIld Of 70 i@I1t,inn. thH;
the I"Ilrlatu!e ps.B IN i Law 80
wGo.!d a"cUfc the fun return OF al
prHpaitV fur ia" Dur.p>n OF as3rta
inel.t. ana the FIJI H,h.a@m"Ht OF al
property FOR tn, pnry"H. II taSet!On
or these lava recommended. the Re.
plIiChn HOUSE Uf S".r"n"ntaI., rS
l.a3''u Re hll!s !ruriii'.. ror ITO tax
RpDH the franch,Fes II o,r4O.a,ivnn;
Increasing tbs sHirDu nr.r3.s. and
INC DID c.cn3'n3 tho System fUs the
..spu<,ir0 " 'h3 ~pr'H!uc.a oi potrcl.
"dia, Ev a nerEoS ra!pin, and
through pc,"icS: opposition, The other
C.iS fG'Hl " I.S setther Eoun'-, and
;nr only Ono q! in~Jo measu.,s ti.at
ftrsiY"-- ti.a arnr5y.l OF the EnEip.
craft" scaaA1 "fA the tNl providing
fer Ii change Ia the syEtr,n ~ the
~;nSpuCtLon OF tae p~rCilCts Of petrol
e..n. Through tho cuactment OF This
law there were abolished approx
ihatcly lc5 coal OIL inspectors In tha
r'et" OF Missouri, VINO had held Office
-nd drawn salaries sincs 1887, and
substituted III their Dlacus q Bt,ts coal
81 Inspector WITH PIX assistants. Aha
during the thirteen months that th!s
Jaw haa bren l. force there has b"c1.
ilid into the state ~ttoaauTy frDLI tho
lnsi GctsDn OF oil more money eCh
month than was paid into the state
treasury under Democratic adtG!n!a
tratk1n In any Of tho tweutyOno years
preceding.
Democratic DeHclt Overcome.
The State StEAtn having defeated
the bin incroasilg saloon licensees. |
found that C.at oowcr could be ex-
arrised by the exc'sc commissioner
county courts Of the asveral counties
OF tho state. and / Induced tho excisi
commissioner and tho county courta
having Jurisdiction over more than
tWo-thirds Of the salouns OF 'ho state
to iucreaHe tho tax upon dramatop
licenses sl00 each yoar. thus result
ing In an increase In tho public rev.
cDuos for the biennial period Of ap-
prcximatoly 5000. 900. Anh through
tl-as0 additions to tho public revenues
~ the g!ate tho certain deficit in tho
siate's Sngncee which confronted NE
Of tho beginning Of my adm!nistrTs'
ton has bs"A ghtcly avoided. and the
fNnnRlnl ti4, 80 >IE "a bal