Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-12
FRIENDS or GOVERNOR FEAR
BOOMERANG IN SPECIAL MES
SAGE oNNF,NANcE.
SEEK WITHDRAWAL OF
REQUEST FOR 100000
Special Fund For Valuation Of Rail
roads Held to BE Inconsistent With
Plea For Eeonomy - Appropriations
May Be Considerably Reduced and
TaxsLsvy Increased.
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines, Feb. 12.-Governor w.
L. Hardine1s special message TO the
Iowa general assembly delivered before
joint session Of both houses in the
house chamber. in which he pointed
out thai the state treasury will face
0 deficit Of prac,lcally million and q
halt dollars on Jcrc 30. next, was tn,
feature, of last weeks legislative ses-
sions. His suggestion that the iegisla-
ture meet this deficit by cutting APP.
preparations and combining state de-
partments rather than by raising taxes
was .thoughtfully received by the legis-
lators. ~
Friends of the governor in the house
said, after hearing the message, the
first thing to be done is to suggest 20
the governor that he withdraw his re-
railroads. This request will be MADE
Of him today.
The deficit has come about thru the
appropriations of the Thirty fifth and
the Thirty-six general assemblies
and there has not been raised suffi-
Gent funds toS meet these approprta
tions. The state executive council was
authorized to raise $4,O66,60O annually
for the biennial period following the
sessions Of the last general assembly,
state officials point OUT The levy fixed
by the council, which was 4.33 minis.
produced $4,192,000, but this amount
was not sufficient to take care of all
Of the state needs SO the state officials
claim. On the other hand members Of
the past two assemblies say that the
state executive council was at fault IN
not making sufficient levy.
Guessing Unavoidable.
1t is pointed out that there are a
number Of movements inaugurarea
whose cost 1t is often practically inn
possible for any person to estimate ac-
,curately. The Perkins law is cited as
an example. This law makes 1t possi-
BILE for theSstate to take care Of lame
and afflicted children and treat them
free Of charge at the stare university
hospital II their parents are unable to
pay for their treatment. This has
proven wonderful blessing to many
unfortunate children and Il il now con-
sidered one Of the best laws on the
statute books. When 1t was enacted,
however, no one realized Just how
much it would cost During the first
months of its operation it cost the
state about 5000 per month but 1t has
grown until 1t is now, costing from.
$4,000 ii $1,000 per month or about
$4,000 per year.
Z Plans TO Liquidats.
With the legislature facing this
shortage there seems little question
but that the anprepria ttons%aslsed for
will be cut down ma terially, especially.
those for the state educational institu-
tons under the board Of parole. It is
very improbable that the legislature
will authorize any new projects re-
quiring much Of an expenditure. 1t is
being suggested that the state inebriate
asylum at Knoxville be seld and that
the counties take care Of their own
inebriaees. The. sale of the CUSTODIAN
farm just west.of Des Moines, where
honor prisoners from the state prisons
are employed, is provided for in q bill
introduced An the senate by Senator's
Hale, Of Jones county, and Frailey, Of
Lee. Many legislators declare further
that the woman's reformatory at Rock
we'll City is not necessary and will cost
big sum Of money which, might have
been saved. I'M #
"A Itsis generally believed that with all
the cutting down which It is possible
to do not sufficient money can be
saved to get along without increasing
the tax levy. Lieutenant Governor
Moore believe the state taxes will
have to be raised and SO does Senator;