Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-04

Following editorial on the subject ot
taxation:
, "And RchobGam spakc to them aftcr
My father Inadr your yoke heavy, and
will add to your yoke; my father also
cIIaslised you with whips, but / will
clE,stisc you with scorpions. ST
Israel r.bcllcd against the house OF
David unto this day"
And as the people of Israel rcbe!icd
against the house Of David. 50 also will
the people Of South Carolina soon rebel
against the s.:ltc government unless
the tax burdens they Lre bearing are
lighteprd ut the session of the general
assembly to meet next month. All over
the state the cry is guing up for relief
and the claim set uiI by the heads Of
the state departments and institutions
that even in the present depression, the
most serious the country has expert
rncrd since 1883, il is necessary 10 i'm
pose further taxation upon the people
to meet the require ncnts of these de-
lI.lrtmrntS and institutions is being
c"ntcmptuu&!y iloutcd, as it deserves
to be. With the exception Of the de-
partment Of education, the public
school department, there is not one OF
the executive departments or institu
tinnS Of the. state government which
cIrIut get Hlung OH Irss Or no more
money next year than the general as
Sill make substantial proErCsS in ScIr-
ing the people. I'ur the maintenance Of
the government next year. hundreds of
thousands ur dollars less should be APP
prnuriatrd than was set aside for this
purpose this year. For instance, the
appropriation this year for the state
hospital fnr the insane was i'm excess
Of one million dollars, more than $5DU
per capita for each of the 1000 in
mates. This amount should be cut to
thrcc-quartcI'S Uf Il million dollars anG
state park property for the hospital
thousands Of dollars could he saved
the taxpayers by closing the fccDl,
minded institution ut Clinton anc
transferring the inmates t" the state
hospital im Culumbia, where they
Shuuld have been all the time, and by
closing the alleged rrfurmatOry 70!
girls, Shuntcd Off on the people Uf this
state at the close of the world w:lr by
the federal government. This institu-
ton is in Lexington county, near Co.
lumbia. Recently, ana perhaps ut this
time, the presence OF Il peace officer
w:ls necessary at the institution To
keep the inmates from doing each
other great physical violence, and il
is getting nowhere except in the matter
uf spending the peoples money. If any
obligation rests upon the state to un-
dcrtake the Impossible task of reform
Ing these ,JcZibcls there is plenty Of
room for the undertaking 1T the pcni-
Tertiary. Another costly venture In
moral uplift which the Federal gov
year or Two ago. and which is ot qucS-
tiunabir value, is the s"calicd r"nrreaI
IiSraSp clinics now in operation ut Il
FEES points in the state. 1T heavy en-
p"iSr IL the taxpayers. Why not cut
out altogether the appropriation foi
this I,urpuSr? 1'hn people of York
county, like the people Of fuur-lifths of
the other counties of the state, would
owe no one an apology for asking. "Oi
Whit value is it to us and why should
we be taxed to support it?" This ycal
the total appropriation for the state
board OF health WAS in excess uf $500
UU0. Will any UisintrrCSl"d citizen OF
South Carolina step forward with affi-
,lavit in hand stating that he knows thr
health conditions of The state would
l,r grirvuuSIy impaired if this arpro-
urinliun were cut from $59,0U0 to $1a,
uIU? And who will say that the time
is ripe for the state tn undertake. Hn!
new building projects in view Of tho
cunditiuns which should argue GoI
rcnnumy? Perhaps the request of c"r-
tain institutions for appropriations f"i
additional buildings is mrriinriulIS. hu
would il iniurc irrrpIGbly these inSti-
! tuliums to wait year ur two /" pu
into effect their plains fur enlargement
| The people Of South Carolina nrr pay
! ing thousands of dollars annually Il
| cuntinllc in three or four low cnlImtie:
! of the state the work of tick cI;ldic;t'
| iiuil, the :lpprunI'ia tim far which. like
! lh,. unrt'S brook. seems to go on for
ever. nlrS.; these cnlIntiri come with
! la the provisions uf The general stool