Barton County democrat., 1914-10-23

we're members of that body be-
fore?
For years the opposition to the
Democratic party has promised
to give to The people of Kansas the
Massachusetts form of ballot. 1t
remained for the Democratic leg
iSlature to give us this progressive
measure.
State Publication of School Books
We have promised state publ.
cation of school books for years,
but it remained for a Democratic
legislature to build the school
book plant and publish our school
books. The old Kansas history
sold for 66 cents. The Kansas his
tory now furnished by the state
sells for % cents. The old reading
chart sold for $l2. The new read
ing chart published by the state
sells for 81. The old text on ag-
riculture sold for so cents. The
new text written TO meet Kansas
conditions, with the same number
of pages, sells for 40 cents. The
old classics sold for % cents. The
new classics sell for 20 cents. The
children of the state will be fur
niShed the finest primer ever
printed in the IJrited States, and
this new book, "The Little Kan.
sans" will sell to Kansas boys and
girls for IA cents.
We are advised that Kansas
pays out approximately S2HO,OOC
for school books each year. These
state prices reduce the cost one
half and in many instances more
and will save the public at leasi
100000 a year. We are proud o.
this record of accomplishment. Ir
two years the saving in the price
of books will amount to the cos
of the plant, and then the people
can settle the question of fret
school books to be printed in you
state plant.
Inheritance Tax Repealed.
Mr.. StubbS imposed upon tht
public the vicious inheritance tal
law. 1t took from the widows anC
orphans of this state on an aver
age of S25O,OOO a year. A direc
inheritance tax law means tina
they practically fined a wife ant
family when the husband died
We repealed the inheritance tai
law and in lieu thereof we paSSeC
a corporation tax law. Thirty
eight other states have corpora
tiOn tax laws and Kansas ShoulC
have passed the one introduced
during the StubbS administration
A corporation has privileges tina
a partnership or individual bust
ness man does not have and i
should pay the state for such ad
ditional business privileges. TIL,
new corporation tax law raise
about $4,000 a year. The Dem
ocratS redeemed their pledge ant
took the burden of taxation of
the widows and orphans and plac
ed it upon the corporations.
One Educational Board.
We have placed all the state ed
ucational institutions under
board of three and all our biI
schools are now articulating will
each other all the presiding Off
GERS agree they were never in Sucl
splendid shape: they are co-Ordi
mating and working together TO
the entire state. Duplication
are being eliminated and tn
schools are in the best poSSibl
business condition.
Number of Permanent Employe
Reduced.
The untruthful statement i
made by Mr.. Capper and other
that there are several hundre,
more employees on the states pay
roll than under the former admin
iStratiOn. These men know tha
they deliberately falSify whel
they make that statement. In DE
cember. 1912, under the Stuhb
administration, there were 30S
permanent employees on the pay
roll of the state, including oil in
SpectorS. In December, 1913, on
year later, under our adminiStra
ton, there were 2915 employees
We decreased the permanent EN-
ployeS of the state 172. When W,
built the insane asylum at Larnet
and made improvements in ouI
educational institutions, we did ;
great deal of work by the day in
grea deal of work by the day in