Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-01-18

appropriations by the state,
to aid that class of our citizens who
are the creators of all wealth, on
whom every BUSINESS and industry
depends. The farmer, of all men, has
suffered during the past year. The
ravages of the boil weevil have been
such as to leave him face to face with
a condition of bankruptcy, and he
needs now constructive leadership
and helpful direction in recognizing
his business, as he has eve needed it
before.
Item seven ought to appeal to
every person. If you would curtail
the work of our public health service
go first to those in our state tubercu-
losis sanitorium who are suffering
from the dread disease, and who, but
for the provisions made for them by
the state, must necessarily fall as
victims, or go to the home in which
preventable disease has plucked the
Ifairest flower, and explain to a grief
stricken mother that a great state is
unable to keep from her door the dis
ease which by intelligent treatment
could be eradicated from the state.
Item eight needs 10 comment. Item
nine can not be reduced if the high
way department under the present
act is to exist and render the services
required. Even with this appropria-
ton it will be necessary for certain
expenses of our road work to be
borne by the state.
Item II is a necessary approprla-
ton and needs no comment.
Item IL represents the amount nee
essary to maintain u National
Guard organizations. South Carolina
accepted the provisions of the FEEDER
al law and has organized its full quo
ia of National Guard units. The
young men who compose these Or
CARNATIONS have placed themselves
subject to call in case of an emer-
gency, without compensation from
the state. Surely the people whose
homes and liberties they stand ready
to protect can afford an appropria-
ton sufficient to maintain their or
CARNATIONS, not to compensate them
for their time and service.
Item Is represents total amount
required for the entire executive de-
partment of the state government, in
climbing all of its boards and depart
ments, as we'll as the $4,000 contin-
gent fund and the fund for law en-
forcement. If you will add to this,
items one and two, you will have a
total of $7O5,353, which represents
the entire cost of the state govern
ment in its three departments. With
this amount all of the governmental
machinery may be kept in motion and
a tax levy Of one and t~hree-fourths
mills is adequate to meet the neces-
sary expense. The cost of the organ
lied government of South Carolina
is not excessive. 1t would be impos-
sible to discontinue our educational
work on the part of the state, close
our charitable and correctional insti-
buttons, send the old Confederate SOL
der from the infrmary to the chart
ties of the various communities;
abandon the work in behalf of agri-
culture and public health, provide
for the interest on the public debt
and all the departments of the state
government, including the amount
necessary for" the salaries of the coun-
ty auditors and treasurers, and re-
duce the state levy to two mills; but
who would approve of such a pro-
gram? Who would contemplate it for
a moment? The tax payer who is now
facing a loss instead of a profit and
and property that is now bearing an
unjust burden must have relief. But
the children, who are the hope of the
future, the unfortunate insane, and
our delinquent boys and girls must
not be neglected. The Confederate
soldier, whose record is a rich legacy
to US all, must be the object of u
constant care. If you will enact the
measures which l have recommended
the burden of taxation now resting un
justly, as I have tried to show, upon
the shoulders of those least able to
bear it, may be transferred to those
who are able to bear it without un-
due hardships, and the state move on
ward and upward to a greater and
more glorious. future.
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