New Britain herald., 1925-12-14
GOVERNOR COLD n
 LURE OF DISTANCE
No Place Like Connecticut,
 TrumbuII Tells E, B. C.

Connecticut has everything that florida or California, Alaska or any other state has which is de sirable and Is the most desirable state in which 10 live, according to Governor John H, Trumbull, who spoke yesterday to the members of Everymans Bible class.
 He also stated that he did not believe salaries for official positions should be as large as those for tho same effort in private concerns.
 He spoke in part as follows:
 The state Of Connecticut oper- ates very similarly to any large business organization It costs about twenty-six or twcntv-seven millions of dollars a year to pay our operating expenses. Of course in our legislature, when We meet, we adopt a budget, make our ap. propriat!ons and attempt to set up sources Of revenue that will cover those expenses, As far as it goes in N'''@r k~N| IL lo lllSl .lhE IJHllHE a private business except that we appropriate for two years. Any fig. uros that l may use will cover two years operations.
 "At the last session Of the legis- lnture We appropriated about fifty four million dollars 10 operate tho state for the next two years. That is subject, of course, to variations, but based on normal conditions that should, approximately be our Income; and our budget of ak penses were set up somewhat un- der that. We had set up an income that was sufficient. under normal conditions, 10 meet our expenses With a slight margin of safety. In other words, we are attempting 10 run the state on the basis of pay ing our bills as we go along.
 Highways Take Big Share
 "Of that ffty-four million dollars a large portion goes into our high way department. The state of Con- necticut for it's size and area, has the greatest mileage of improved highways Of any other state. We have over 1,G00 miles of concrete and improved highways In the state, and q thousand miles more of gravel and state highways in lesser condition of improvement We appropriated in the last session about twenty-two million dollars for the use of the highway depart mont alone,
 All the income received from the taxation of motor vehicles, licenses and other sources of reve- nue, goes directly into the high Ways, as does the gasoline tax. We have at the present time two cent tax on gasoine that will bring Into the state about five million dollars in two years or two and one-half million a year. That all goes into the highway department, In addition 10 that we appropriated from our civil funds. money re- eeiVed from other sources, three and one-half millions more. So that every cent that you pay in motor vehicle taxation or for gasoline tax, you are getting all back In one of the best highway systems in the United States. In fact, Connecticut Is known for having the best high way system for its size and area if any other ct af
 "Of course that Is q large pen centage of our total income, some thing over 40 per cent. The ques- ton has been raised whether we are wise in spnding such a large portion of our income for one purpose; but the public seems to want 1t and they are willing to pay for 1t and they should have it.
 The next biggest item Is the ap- proprjation for education, and I want to say to you that we have one of the finest educational systems of any state, and our commissioner of education Is oneHof the best in his line. I refer to pr. Meredith, our present commissioner, and I want