Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-10-14
100000 Loss In Revenue
From Saloons - Necessary
To Increase State Tax
ANSWERS DEMOCRATIC
CHARGE OF EXCESS
State Is Building UP Its Various In
stitutions and Performing New
Functions of Government.

Henry ID. Hatfield was the principal
speaker at a large gathering of the
Republicans OF Wyoming county here
this afternoon.
The Governor took up the matter of
state expenditures and pointed out
that the charge of the Democrats that
the present state administration has
been extravaganza is without founda-
ton of fact He took up the 1913 APP
preparation bill and showed that the
administration has been economical
In every particular, especially where
the executive department has any con
troll over the appropriations.
! The Governor in part, said:
The Democratic party press through
out the state has had much to say of
the increased cost Of the present state
administration, and l feel it my duty
to discuss this matter and to give such
| facts and figures to the public so that
/ they will not be misinformed as to
what the real conditions are.
The Democrats have been exerting
/ prohigate extravaganza of a national
of the people of the state from the
/ prohigate extravaganza of an ational
administration at Washington that has
brought us to the point where we are
subjected to war tax" during
time of peace, by attempting to Gre
ate the impression that the state ad-
ministration has been eXtravagant
AS have said before, we are in need
/ OF more revenue because our state is
rapidly growing and expanding and
it is only reasonable to apply to the
states business the we'll defined prin-
ciple that it takes more money to run
a big and growing business than it
does to run a small business.
We have kept pace with the prog
ress of the age and the only material
expenses of state government have
been due to the creation by the legis-
lature of the Public Service Commits
sion, the administration of the Work
mems Compensation Fund, the Depart
ment Of Roads in connection with the
State University, and the up-building
of our state schools and eleemosynary
institutions. We have established and
are increasing the capacity OF a tuber.
culosis sanitarium for the treatment
OF victims of this dreaded malady. and
In this way we are carrying on a great
work in behalf Of humanity and the
state is rendering a great aid to it's
unfortunate people. Neither the Dem.
ocratic press nor any citizens of the
state can point to one item of expen-
diture in my administration that can
be shown to have been extravagant.
The Democratic press deals I'm gilt
tering generalities, but they fail to
point out any place where the states
finances were being recklessly expend-
ed. They seem TO think it a discredit
upon an administration that a Com
monWealth so rapidly developing as
West Virginia, finds it necessary to
increase its expenditures The Re
publican administration is ready to
face the people of West Virginia on
that issue
The affairs Of West Virginia have
been economically administered dur.
ing eighteen years OF Republican ad.
ministration. Figures tell the story
and DO Us only necessary 10 turn back
the pages of few years and compare
the records OF a series Of Democratic
administrations with Republican ad.
ninistrations
We are "a great and growing state
and While our expenditures have been
. increased, naturally 500. as the popuIa.
ton Of our state institutions has in
. creased and now departments have
have been created by the legislature.
our sources OF revenue have on the
other hand been lessened Hardly
had we recovered from the hair mil.
lion dollar expenditure 10 restore or
der in the Kanawha strike field. than
our state treasury felt the loss OF ap-
prOy.mately S7OOOO0 from the saloon
license THIS year due 20 the passage
Of the Prohibition Amendment
With this condition. wc are con.
fronted with am appropriation Bill,
passed by the last legislature. carry
ins nearly one million dollars FOR the
con ruoti0u OF new buildings no the
various Institutions Many OF those
buildings were needed quite badly ON
account OF the rapid increase 'n ropu.
laton and BE- would have uaUfad mo