The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-04
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Democrats Have Plan to
Loan School Fund.
Claim Saving on State Expense
of $45O,OOO a Year.
1T is ]. H. MILLER'S PLAN
Senators Hendricks and ShOuSe
Come to Topeka.
A Good Job for Senator Howe
of Abilene.
1T is ]. H. MILLER'S PLAN

With plans for an income tax that
will bring the state 100000 in annual
revenue. with a suggestion from the
state auditor for a royalty from the
sand companies which will net 100000
to $50. 900 annually and plans to re-
duce contingent funds and abolish use
less offices that will save the state
another $500, 900 a year. the Democrats
have a fair start in their program to
reduce state taxes And now comes
plan to keep the school fund working
and thus reduce the state taxes another
$450,000 a year.
Every dollar OF the school fund, in
the opinion of ]. H. Miller, dean of the
extension division of the State Asr1-
cultural college, should be loaned Tor
long terms to Kansas farmers on hrst
MORTGAGES and at a rate which Woulo
encourage ambitious young farmers TO
buy land and forget their drearls OF
white ways and city street cars miller
would make a minimum rate OF IN
terest-say five per cent and on loan
periods of eight to twelve years-wh1ch
he believes would not only aid IN sow
ing the farm problem in Kansas pul
would bring nearly a half million dol
lars in revenue into the state treasury
each year The nine million dollars Is
not sufficient to carry the Kansas
and Miller declares that it would De
sufficient to keep the farm loan IN
terest rate in this state at pedrock-
should the Kansas Democratic legls-
lature succeed in enacting law per
Knitting the Ioaning of school IuhoS'
n Will go a long way toward a re
duction of taxes. That provision WIN
Senator Bale P. Waggener's plan TOT
an income tax that VIII rdlse no II
million dollars annually, together Win
other ideas of economy ana aouIelo
revenue. will in the opinion OF Demo
cratic leaders. cut not less. than mil
lion dollars a year off the state taxes.
NGITER FARM LOAN PLAN
In discussing his plan to loan the
nine million dollars now in the sehooI
fund, Miller said:
with the small amount lent on farm
rreveuts thousands of young men from
buving FARMS" said Mr.. Miller. 1hree
and five-year loans can never De Saie
FOR the farmer who wishes to buy
go, Nth the profits of his farms pro-
ductions The chances are too great
against success. There may be lean
years. sickness of family or i've STOCK
and low prices for produce Win stale
money there would be no occasion LOT
+he short loans. A farmer then might
have eight to twelve years for repay
ment of the loan and interest with the
privilege of making two or more pay
ments at any regular payment Tune.
He should also have the privilege Oh
carrying one payment over TO the neA n
rayment time when the reasons Ior SO
doing seem good to the state land COM
missioner.
II want TO make it easy for the en-
ereetic renter to buy farm ana pay
for it: for the young man just leaving
home to start a home of his own 10
~ a small farm and make the farm
nav for itself In ten years our army
of tenant farmers in Kansas mas IN
creased six thousand There was niue
need of farm credit when land was
free or to be had at small COST 10
dav there is no more west
IT would not recommend that any
If This money be lent for any otheI
Durpose than for paying for land, ano
would not lend a dollar to man VINO
already owns $50 acres EVERY appll,
capt should produce what Germany and
denmark value so highly-good per-
sonal character credit. oregon mas
heen lending its school fund IN inns
way for forty years. In Dennarh
eiphtv-nine of every one hundred Iarm-
ers own their farms 1hat Is what
want for Kansas
Rohert s. Hendricks and wife arrived
In Toueka Friday and will remain mere
for the legislative session They were
omone the first to arrive for the ses-
sion. Hendricks, who is a member OF
tha lower house, is Democrat OF con-
siderable strength and standing III
RawIins county. Four years ago ne
came to the house and made a gooo
record. Then he missed session
But when the Rawlins county Demo
Gratis lined up for battle last summer
they decided that Hendricks was JUS
the man to nominate for representa-
tive. And Hendricks went up ano
down the county and came home WITH
a substa ntial majority.
For 20 years Hendricks was in tht
Atwood man longed for the farm. He