The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-01-29
STARTS 1920 WITH OVER $4,000.
Democratic Efficiency Wipes Out
States Old Debts.

jefferson City, Mo.-Some more
! Democratic efficiency is emphati.I;al-
lv demonstrated by the 1919 contribu-
tionS oi Secretary OF State John L.
t Sullivan to the state treasury, total
! iny sI.oS7,o45.S5, gain of $780,, 900
over the COLLECTIONS OF 1918 when the
total aggregated $I,5o5, $50, and fully
Spy1.S5S over the collections OF 1917
wi1ru total reached - vi, o5e, ee7'
Nj previous high achievements IN
annual collections of past years were
broken by this financial coup d etat:
II is a record the citizens of Missouri
i,ha\y reasons to be proud Of, especial
| " s;uce Sl.7z5o1o.7O, representing the
collections OF the State Automobile
! Department, will be divided for good
road work among ia counties OF the
s,a!e and the city OF St. Louis. lhe
gail, over the total derived from this
sc,rtc during 1913, which was $780,
zG.lo. is fully S33o,5l4. The gam
over the collection of 1917 which to-
tailed S6l7,o4o, was $l,lo7,I34, a gain
oi nearly twice the size of the sum
collected that year. In three years
Secretary Sullivan through the Ii
crn.ug OF automobiles, mas substan-
tally lurthered the building OF goo"
read, i'll Missouri Ly turning over for
distribution among counties total
-, >.,.zE,7So. derived solely from this
. s,..rrt. in the same three years all
rclvnuc and good road funds collcc-
lions of Secretary OF State Sullivan
ha, &c ,"taled S4.r55,3oL63. -.
f.--,,i.c tlra-l,,,yp aud rprOrd- break =
IN sYlu collections OF the automobile
department there was derived that
yea, from the good road corporations
luna an additional $7S,o75.4o; seize
mary fund, $4,l7S.oo; i'll corporation
taxes. Sl52..'ol..S; notary comm $
siuns. $l5.oSo; Secretary OF Sta c
! fec. SIo,57o.S5: from the sale OF law
y, !nmes, SI,shl.o5: and from Land
/ Department fees, SLoSO.4o. These
sums. with the Sl,7.5o7o.7o from the
automobile licensing department add
cd. bring the total 1919 collections OF
: Secretary Sullivan up to ,9S7,945.S5
/ This 1910 record-brcaking financial
accomplishment of Secretary of State
sullivan, and the additional one OF
, Governor Frederick d. Gardner, II
, paying off in two years deli it o.
! S-.,so.ooo, dating ack many years
I.Lut-Which Indebtedness assumed
! large and alarming proportions dur
! ing the four years period commcnc'
ing with 1900 when Republican ofIi'
cials were in power and ran tie al
! airs of the state with high hand
arc two achievements in finances
! which 60 t. establish the efficiency
| of these two state officials. and con
stitutc ample reasons why Democ att,
rule is highly beneficial to the people
/! OF Missouri.
The year 1920 opened Tor Missouri
! with all regular state government OBJ
! legations OF past years pad and {
surplus in the State Treasury oi ovtl
100000 with which TO favorablS
commence the new epoch i'll the II
nancial history OF the state. a con II
ton chiefly due to the efficiency ant
business administration of the affair!
OF the state OH the part of Missouri
Governor, f. IA. Gardner, Secre
tary of STATE John L. Sullivan. an.
State Treasurer George \. Middle
kamp. three Dcmocrati, offic IA.
elected in iCIn to acc mplish the yer,
task they have just completed, bur
it was done i'll three years instead O
in four, and therefore year aleat
of the time really allotted by the PEG
pie TO perfect this tremendous co,iI
de grace.