The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-10-26

3of maintenance is one hngs debit upon
! lshe states ledger What other nedg-
! lling Of our tender years can boast q
a department Of charities. a depart
J menf Of labor. whose duty is 10 look
after the interests Of the working
classes. and a free employment bureau.
consisting of a number Of divisions il
different parts Of the state A court
, of criminal appeals which is fast be-
looming q legal criterion throughout
the length and breadth Of the land is
another attribute Of which the malig-
nant SANDER Of partisan turpitude can
not rob us
All Of these We bought or put
down. 10 use the language Of The
Times. before We learned 10 guage the
versatility Of the corporate interests
iof the new state 10 tax-dodging, before
We learned that republican federal
courts we're the acknowledged refuge
OF tax-dodging corporations, and that
the principle Of tax-dodging could
manifest itself in the shape Of redue-
ltioa Of capitalization by corporations
new and old These and many other
bitter lessons Of corporate graft and
greed and Of the states disadvantage
in the federal courts We had to learn,
and which may be summed up In the
general statement that our estimated
sources Of revenue other than taxation
had fallen far short, but since we had
bought or put down" all these modern
advantages the bills must be paid.
The spirit Of modernity had shown
its prevalence even in the remotest
districts Of the state. since liberal
llevies had been made for schools. good
roads and the modern utilities Of cities
and towns Added 10 these came two
years OF successfully short crops.
When raise in state taxes became
inevitable, the coincident realization
that taxes were high, focused the.
attention of the masses upon the cen
trail or state government. A perusai
Of your tax receipt win show that
interurban communities approximate
ly, one-third Of the tax assessed the
past three years was for local school
purposes. In cities and towns, it win
be found that nearly one-third was for
school purposes and more than one
third was for local municipal use,
while the state tax was insignificant
as compared with the whole Read
your tax receipt and deny it, II you
can.
Besides the Incompatible and incon-
testable advantages which we have
enumerated. as a fiveyear-old against
the record any other commonwealth
Of four times our age, we assumed an
Indebtedness Of one million four hun
dred thousand dollars. existing against |
the former territorial government.
We have built and equipped a peni-
tentiary and reformatory at a cost of |
over one million. We have built and
equipped charitable institutions at
Supply. Enid. and Yinita, at an ap-
pro1imate cots Of quarter of a mil |
lion. We have erected buildings and |
additions and added equipment at the |
state university. Norman. the prepara-
tory schools at Tonkawa and Clare
more the school of mines at Wilbur
ton. the girls college at Chickasha, the
state training school at Pauls Valley, /
the school for the deaf at Sulphur. the
schools for the blind at Fort Gibson
and Taft. the orphans home at Pryor,
the six state normal schools at Ed
mond, Tahlequah, Alya. Wieatherford,
Ada and Durant. the A. & NJ. college
at Saltwater and the six district agrl-
cultural schools at Warner, Tlsho-
mlngo. Broken Arrow, Lawton. Helena
and Goodwell, at an approximate cost
of one and one-half millions.
With this awful state debt" which
is laid at our door, is included three
million dollars public building bonds
with which we are charged. only one
and quarter million of which has
been realized upon. and some Of which
has already been retired This viii
take approximately two millions of
dollars OFF the debit side of the ledger.
Vully one l,aif millions of dollars an
expended appropriations with which
they seek to charge us remain to the
credit of the various funds unexpend-
ed Expenses of the state government
has Appropriated two millions of dol
lars a year. including 'ost OF maintea
ance Of penitentiary, insane. etc. since
statehood, and general revenue re
ceipts have apDroxir. ted ah average
Of Que and one-half millions. leaving
a deficit of perhaps au annual average
of one.half million per year for 1908,