Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-26

rate we can build this sanatorium,
establish this home and have money
left in our treasury. Let me call your
attention to the probably income of
our State for the year 1918. On basis
of the five mill tax rate it would yield
on S47S, 900, 900 vcluation, $3.50. 600
And the income from indirect taxes
would amount to S2,400,000 Probable
lapses and cash liabilities $i0O 900,
making the total income of our State
on a five mill tax rate for 1913, $780,
000.
NOW for our common schools 1t Will
take four mills 1t is not quite that
amount. but call it four mills. For
our common schools $l.9l2,000. To
maintain the departments of our State
it costs $2.171 600, making a total of
4.0S3,000. That amount taken from
4,S90,000 leaves us $SO7 900 which may
be expended by our state for eXtraor-
binary purposes. And this is one of
lures for the departments, this SILL
the extraordinary purposes.
Now YOU will ask about the expendi-
900. Two years ago it cost to maintain
the department of state $4,000, State
roads $250000; pensions 100000, and
so on down through the list. For the
University of Maine there is appro-
pirate this year for extraordinary eN-
penditures-thisd does not include fixed
charges for maintenance for the uni
versitN-s41, 800; for hospitals S94, 900:
home for the feeble minded S60,000
normal schools for dormitories, etc,
$36,OOo; for agriculture $4,000; repre-
senting Maine at gettysburg $4,000;
! Revised Statutes $4,000: roads and
bridges $4,000. | mean the small mat
ters reported by the committee on
ways and bridges. and approximately
it may be $4,000. | DO not think it will
exceed that. That makes eXtraordi-
nary expenditures appropriated thus
far $4,000
! Departments and institutions will not
| live as economically as they did two
years ago. | do not mean that, but
they cannot live at as low an expense
! they must pay more for everything
and the State is increasing and every
thing costs more than it did. Let us
add sl50 600 10 that. and then YOU have
$3.50, 500 of that $S01,0O used up Now
you add to this 100000 and you have
$666, 500, and that leaves Sli000O FOR
| the matters before the Legislature and
| ont yet acted upon.
/ There are of course matters enough
to swamp the whole matter OF figures,
| but il is not presumed that they Will
| be adopted by this Legislature. This Is
| the basis upln which the Legislature
of Two YEARS ago Inquired, 10-mill tax
rae for two years, and that is the
same that | should suppose this Leg
islature would place. That rate carried
the administration through, paid mil
lion and n half of debts and landed
with a few dollars in the treasury. II
it was possible for that administration
to go through and do that, is it not
possible for this administration TO 90
that at this time and still have to their
credit the sum of 100000? These fts
| rres are based on a l0-mill rate Tor TWO
wears, and | believe these figures nave
presented to YOU will carry this admin
! istration through, and you can estap-
| lsh your home for the consamptiNts
which is so much needed.
Mr.. RICHARDSON of Penooseot' MI.
President, | dislike to say anything tha'
/ would lead any member of TINS Sehate
10 think that | was in any way opposed
to this fight upon tuberculosis am
/ personaly very much interested IN H.
and ! have had the honor to assist III
| starting the work actively in my own
| town.
As a member of the financial commit
too We have heard a great many prop
ositions for furthering this WORK anu
fight against tuberculosis, and that
committee has aided some institutions,
nr rather. recommended appropriations
! In
| for new work Before our committee IL
| was evident that there was very de-
| cided disagreement in opinion as TO how
hest 10 fight tuberculosis. Some of the
| host authorities believed that ii was
not for the best interests of the state
| 10 have one central institution, but that
! If was better to have small institutions
| in various parts of the state AS 70
! that | am not prepared to say.
| Now the senator from Hancock, while
ablv defending this appropriation him
| self- admits that he does not know VINO
| Is behind this bill, and it looks to me
/ nc though it was putting the state IN
| for = very large amount of money. The
! s1oo 600 is but the first step 1t IS ap-
| narent that each year the cost OF MAIN
! tairino the institution will increase.
! Now. Mr.. President. | feel that am
not sufficiently well posted on TINS prop
osition to vote intelligently on It, II
| possible, | wish to support It. ana II
cannot see my way clear TO do So why
! | must vote against IL.
| believe that there are others IN TINS
| senate who are in the same position
| They do not feel that they ..how enough
about the proposition to vote on 1t today
| And | therefore move that TINS Dill De
tabled for consideration next Thursday'
Mr. MANSFIELD of Washington; MI
President. would like TO say little
something upon this question.
The PRESIDING OFFICER: The mo-
tion is for day certain and l UNDER
stand that it is debatable upon that point
| only. n,
! Mr. WALKER of Somerset: MI. Tres
ident. if the financial condition oil the
state would warrant it, ! presume every
senator present would i4%e to grant the
amount of money asked for here sec
| ond the motion oil the senator from re-
nobscot. senator Richardson.
Mr. BAILEY of Penobscot MI res