Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-30

action Of little business the Governor
INDUCED in little joke. He said he
wished to call the attention of the
councillors TO a shrinkage in income this
year and stated that last year the
State received from inheritance taxes
$4,000 more than has been received
this year. Gov. Curtis in his plea SAINT
mood remarked that in order for the
State to receive large sums from in
/ heritance taxes people would have to
die; that their clinging to life causes a
deficit and the State has less money to
spend; but that the present administra-
ton considers the. citizens of the State
greater assets living than are the per-
centages received from their estates
after death.
The administration would rather
have the people living than to have the
! pleasure of Dragging about a surplus
because they die" the Governor de,
clared.
That Deficit Again
The Gover4for addressed himself for
a time to the business of increasing
his subcqpcious deficit, the deficit of
which all except a few Democratic Off
Gals of profound mathematical and po-
litical understanding are entirely I'M
conscious. the deficit which is explained
! by the statement that Maine owes her
self a very large sum of money and
has not the money with which to pay
the bill. This subconsciaus deficit
which the Governor originally set at
! $4,000 will. he now declares, amount
to over 100000 when the interest on
the principal of the lands reserved
fund is computed. The principal sum
amounts to $4,000; the interest to be
! computed begins back in 1876 and will
be compounded.
The 18th Legislature set aside the
I sum of $1,000 for use by the State
treasurer and auditor III reviewing all
+ the accounts of the two offices with an
eye to the final adjustment of old ac-
! counts not in perfect order. The sum
of $500 was expended in this work and
the other half of the $1OU set aside
reverted to the State treasury. The
I former administration papers toucfH
( ing upon the account of the wild lands
reserved for public uses (for school
! purposes in unorganized Townships
/ made UP a bundle of considerable di-
mansions about 6 inches deep and com
/ posed of sheets s IL by IS inches. The
/ reports upon this work handed to the
! Legislative committee interested in them
were accepted and the figures on the
! lands reserved fund handed back to the
! treasurer and auditor with the require
/ ment that the interest be computed.
The Governor and council authorized
/ Wednesday the use of 5000 from Tho
| contingent fund to be paid cut by the
treasurer and auditor for extra wori
I of their office forces in computing the
interest on the much discussed funt
/ of the reserved lands and for the worl
! of writing a ledger for the account
! Speaking of the old ledger which has
/ been used in the State treasurer's of
flee. Gov. Curtis said, 81 don't thinl
anyone pretends to understand it"
The Big Interest
The present administration is ap
parently super conscientious in dig.
/ ging UP its subconscious deficit, for IL
/ speaking of. the big sum of none!
which the interest will represent whe1
computed Gov. Curtis said: mo ont
/ but God knows what the interest VII
amount to. At the end of the year w
are going TO face it and it will maxi
the $4,000 deficit still larger, but it il
burden that was put on us and W.
are going to take our chances of ex
planning it to the people. The last ad
ministra ton should have done it, blu
they didn't dare to or didn't want II
and being a Democratic administration
we want everything right and mus
accept the burden put upon US
/ There was some subsequent discus
sion in the Capitol Wednesday after
noon of the Governor's plan to in
crease the deficit figures and mas
much as he spoke Of the burden" tn
question was asked, whether he mean
a political burden or an actual burden
for it was pointed out that though
deficit created on paper is not a Pc
i litical asset it can hardly be termed
| burden when credited to former ad
/ 1ninistration or administrations; an6
further that the administration is nc
/ likely to actually levy taxes to rails
$500, eco which it is claimed the Stat
/ owes itself in principal and interes
/ nor to undertake to pay it out of tn
promised income. It was susgeste
that, like the original deficit state
ment, the suggestion Of a burden
was made for the benefit of the coun
cilors only.
1 Pardon Hearing, Nov. 10
| A pardon petition submitted for Jot
i H. Gray of Scion was assigned TO
hearing on Wednesday, Nov 10, in &C
cordance with the new rule that q
pardon hearings will be upon a dat
other than that of the regular meeting
Gray served a part of a short sentenc
given for illegal sale Of Intoxicating Ii
uuors and was then granted a condi
tional pardon on account of his /
health He now petitions for ful
pardon.
Hebron Buys Farm
| The trustees of the tubercu15B san
atoriums of the State were authorize
to pay $4,000 for the farm now owne
by Dr. s. B. Nichols at Hebron. TIL
| farm adjoins the Hebron sanatoriuI
| farm and parts of it have been use
by the institution. The $4,000 compris
Age Is Not the Cause
Of your hair falling out. It is the con.
dition OF your scalp.