The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-12-02
Three CONDUCT DU5.HESS5 OH Credit
lanes G. Eic, After Personal Investigation Writes Article oT
M:mglis Herald Dap:a;inJ to Cad Effects OF ha.Liquor
Statutes When hol 3uapost,t BY Public Sentiment

Jane, C. Rice, Of Chattanooga. AFTER
q yla,t anl personal inTc5t!6@ton of
Eve Eou.. ern States, declares in tlo
A.e. pals lIG,ali Tat proaia.!cn Eas
nearly b.nGgup,ed them. In !etto'
10 4. l.. Rove, cil:or OF the Herald.
Rice gayn he has tho Official reccSds
TO back him up. Tho article says:
Tho policy prevailing in Number
Of Southern States OF enactirS lava
laat destroy reYenue.bearin- properly
and failure or refusal On tn: part or
the legislatures 10 provide ways and
muarS FOR covering The loss ba2!i Into
the ruE!ic trcagU..eg, through cite.
lo!.as o1 ta.a:,ol, Is causing p4bAt
concern and n Great deal OF worry On
the rart OF puGlic officials.
Resort 20 bo-i issues and other
forms of borrc wing hGs become more
lIu4u"..s OF recent years 10 pay dHhc4t5
in public reyelyes. and many counties
In Ca-Ce of the states hayo su.trci
their warrants 20 deprec.ato IN yt!Io
un,l the dlacoGa; on them IS as high
as % per cent. Tia depreciation
csrscs much los 10 the taED:y GIs, tor
the reason that when contractors maize
BIDS on public WORK they iacludo tue
discount Oh tae warrants IN thor BIDS.
Conducting I?uGinass Or Crc-,t.
Three Southern States are low con.
orcurg their business Oh crc II basis
in tho absence OF sufficient revenue IA
tNo,c treasures 10 meet the current e%'
pe1ges Of Government. III five are un.
der prohibition laws that deprived the
public treasures OF revenues approx
mating 100000. year each. without
EG.i,u3 any impro ;cmcnt, so FAR ~
records show, IN public morals.
FoT example Alabama has had
trouble with its finances ever since the
state Lesan experimenting with pro
hln!tl0a. Tha deficit IN tie revenues
o. tie state at present is about $4,000
coo, ard 1t Ia beiHg increased. The
state ha1 a tcadel debt already alp
r.os.n,ai!ns sIl.o5c,00o, and II thS
aortlag Gehclt Is added, the total deb
o. the state II abS.lt Sli,00000o.
Larry IN the present year, Governor
Henderson went 10 New York ani
made arrangements with largo nnan
c.-l lnat!lut.on to pay tie current war
rartG OF the state tAat could nct s'
rcld ont Of the treasury. Interest l.
pad on tAlac warrants from tie da,'
o! lc~o uGtil they a.e taken mp by III
s-a's a.5m proceeds OF f.tag'
Lo1J issues. The next leG!sla
ture OF A,absma win be ask
Cd To authorize bond Issue !.
lc.oat amount to cover the deaci
IN state revenues, and the amolnt wi!
ta ABOUT S3,G00.00o. Really, GoyerRo
Henderson recommended bond issu
| IN that alAoInt 10 the last Legislature
but $l,5)G,OJ) was as far rs the leglt
lature would 60 IN that direction.
pro-. Lon was incorporated In tn
enabling act. submitting the bond {!
rue 10 vote OF the people. IN H.
ralorondum the Issue was defeate;
and tho administration was left wi;
! a big debt On Its hands with nothin
! 70 !IGct u.
krfsnsas In Chaotic Condition.
Thu hscsl affairs of tho state {
ArAGnEas ara In sIch chaoti. conditlo
that It Is d!nsu!t 10 say with csgtatnt
how much that state owes. II 10 dl
rcHlt 20 determine how much OF the 4
6ahteiloS9 Il due to prohibition Law
However, IL 10 Q recorded fact tai
whsn the prohibition law OF that sta
deprived ths treasury OF near e ia
million dollars year that collapI
oi public credit resulted q 'oyern'
Hayes was toreed TO veto many nsedt