The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-04-28

Mr.. Kositzky Is trying to alarm yo
about state tax: Do you realize wha
a small proportion Of the total ia:
goes to the state. Weber paid $55.5
and the state only got $5.43. TIL
county got $22.61 and the school dist
riot got $21.22 and the road fund 60
sonal property, 1851. Now this yea
MT. Webers land is going to be wortl
$23.14; his personal property, live
stock valued at $3.50, and on both 0
these valuations he is going to pa!
80 mills so his total state taxes THU
year will be 1913; $11.f8sas compared
with $5.43 last year, an increase o
1913 Do3yon know how much Of tina
is going to the state -$1.59
tThat's a Lie.
On April l, 1919, less than month
ago. the very day that Mr.. Kositzky
issued these false and hbel0us state
ments that were according to his owr
books $2.470,343.87 in cash balances
In the general state funds.
Mr.. Kositzky That is a lie.
Mr. Liggett: have taken three
statements off Mr.. KOsitZky's own
books. / have had an expert account
ant working on Mr.. Kositzkys hooks
for several dayss., According to- that
accountant, there was in the general
fund, I do not mean in the state gen
eral fund, ] say in all the. state funds.
the terminal elevator find, the tuber-
clar fund. all these general funds
I have the documents right here. On
that day there were $2,470.243.S7, in
the state funds, and on that day the
State Treasurer had deposited in the
various state banks throughput the
state more than two million dollars.
Mr.. Kositzky would have you believe
that the State OF North Dakota was
defunct. Now. mark you. that was on
April LIST. just after the legislature
had adjourned, and after the legisla-
ture had spent $4,000 and practically
every penny of that amount had been
paid. ..-..
General Fund Case
He picked out a time when he was
sure OF getting the general fund low.
Notwithstanding that fact, there was
$2,4OO, 900 on deposit. Now listen, Mr.
kOsitZky ON April LIST, said that there
was only $4,000 in the general fund,
and he was very much afraid the state
officials would not get their money
the next pay day. l was up there on
April>23rd and there was 100000 in
cash in the general fund on that date.
That does moi. prove anything because
the general fund f1uctuates. l was up
there the other day and state treas
urer Olson showed me five times in
very short period prior to the time
this administration got into power
where the general fund was over
drawn, and once it was overdrawn
more than 100000. That does not
signify anything, all because the gem
eral fund is always fluctuating back
and forth, but l want to show that the
state of North Dakota is net bankrupt,
that there was more than two million
dollars in cash in it's various funds
on the very date when Mr.. Kositzky
said that the state was broke, and l
want also to show you that at the
present time there is nearly one mil
lion dollars in taxes owing the, state
OF North Dakota from the various
counties and from the railroads too.
Now why didn't Mr.. KOsitzky make
public these facts? Why didn't he
say there was two million dollars on
deposit in the various banks?% Why
didn't he tell you there was mil
lion dollars owing from the counties
Why didn't he tell you that this state
has assets worth millions and millions
Of dollars? Oh, no. that would not
serve his purpose. He wanted to Gre
ate the impression that the Non-parti-
san league administration had wasted
these funds so he<gave out a one
sided false and inaccurate report about
these things. Now, before Mr., Ko-
sticky gets off here am going to ask
him few questions. l am going, to
me, and when l have finished asking
these questions ! am going to give
him this paper so there can be no
mistake about it, and ]. want him to
answer these before he gets ioff the
statement to the press on April ?.
platform. $780,
Did you or did you not give out a
1919, in which you state that the state
of North Dakota is worse than bank
rupt? .s.-
Did you or did you not in that
statement infer that the Hanna ad-
ministration left the Frazier admin
istration with large cash balance
in the general fund and no unpaid
debts? 81 o.. 4
Is that statement true? .
: Did or did not you. declare that on
April l, 1919, the state only had 49,;
369.73 in it's general fund and owed
$3.50 900? as
Did you or did you not issue this
interview for the purpose of making
the voters of this state believe that
the public treasury had been exhaust
ed as the result Of extravaganza and
mismanagement? =
Is the impression you tried to create
fair, honest or correct?
Did or did not the state Of North
Dakota have large cash balances Of
liquid assets in its various funds or
April 1, 1919?
Did you or did you not assert ii
your interview of April 3, 1919, thai
Secretary Charles Leissman Of the
Board Of Regents said the Board Of
Regents was paying 5000 on jnteres,
on loans every month?
Is that statement true?
Did you or did you not declare thai
the various state institutions Owei
100000 on that date?
Is that statement true?
Says He Was Insulted
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