The Republican journal., 1921-01-13

absolutely necessary for the require
ments Of well -ordered government.
Excessive taxation will arrest de-
yelopment and may amount to con-
! fiscation of property. 1t is your duty
| to balance the scales and determine
when to give and when to refuse ap-
| preparations
We are now passing through
| grave economic disturbances; private
resources are depleted, earnings are
diminished and the exigencies of bust
ness conditions impose upon us the
obligation of limiting our tax levies
and keeping our appropriations at the
lowest possible point, and of post
poning, so far as it is possible to do
so, new construction to more oppor-
tune period.
Years Receipts and Expenditures
For your information submit here
with summary of the receipts and
expenditures during the fiscal year of
1919 (the final figures for the year
fed as to give in groups that are con-
venient for comparison and reference
the sums received from different
sources and the amounts expended
for different purposes.
The amounts given include the re-
ceipts from the several tax levies and
the expenditures of the money so re-
ceived.
have purposely excluded sums
taken into the Treasury by payment
of licenses and fees, which as Is the
case with automobile licenses, fish
and game licenses are used in the
several departments for special pur-
poses as prescribed by law and that
represent sums not raised by tax
levy
In the Fiscal Year of 1919 the State
of Maine Expended
For administration of
justice ........,. Sl02 $500
For legislative sessions 170,653.00
For interest and sink
ing 1und lS9,45ZOU
For Blaine House :. 9O,675.00
For public buildings
and grounds 49,. 100000
For executive depart
ments .......... 417,s5s.0o
Total expenditures for
executive and depart
mental purposes -. $1,026 ,29800
FOR war purposes -. S5S4, 90
For soldiers PENSIONS
National Guard and
other items in Adju-
tant Generals office 237,979.00
Total expenditures
growing out of
activities ........ S22,426, 90
For amount due In
dams under treaty
obligations ....,, 81. 998 90
For charitable institu-
tons, prisons, re-
form schools, hos
pitals mothers aid,
neglected children,
and kindred purposes 1866, 1928. 90
For encouragement of
agriculture ..... S14664700
For propagation of fish
and game, and
forcement of game
For fire prevention,
forest preservation 132,109.O0
For good roads, bridges,
and maintenance of
roads ::.......... 84s.937.oo
Total expenditures for
State development 1181 372 90
For all educational pur-
poses .............. 2.47721soo
Total expenditures for 1919 s7109, $50 90
In the Fiscal Year of 1919 the State of Maine
Received
From direct tax levy
State tax at rate
.oo7k ......... $4,471, 5ss. 90
From corporate fran
chise taxes 1926, 1890
From tax banks and
trust companies :. 409, s9c 90
From tax on insurance,
express, telephone
and telegraph COM
panies. parlor and
sleeping cars, steam
and electric railroads,
less sum returned to
towns ........: TAT ,325.00
From tax collateral
inheritances 800. All $4,000
Total amount from in
direct taxation go. 1854. 247. 90
Total net receipts from
tax levieS 1885. 1886. 90
A New Force for Good
The year 1920 will ever be remem-
bered as the year in which full suf
frage was granted to woman, whose
| presence in the electorate constitutes
| potent force for good government.
The obligations of citizenship re-
quire participation in elections, for