Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
AFTER ALL, THIS rs
OUR STATE
(PAID ADVERTISEMENT

pen writer is beyond human comprehension That the
people of this fair State will not lend to this vii
fcatOn of their Governor is beyond reasonable doubt
That Governor C. d. Buck is not politician, and
by no reasoning be judged partisan, is generally
recognized by all our citizens That he is an Individual
st is beled by his calling to his side for advice and
service a great number of the men and women of
State from all walks of life.
That Governor Buck "came into office with State
treasury buging with money" and if he persists in
incOmpleted program it "will bankrupt the State is
as far from the truth this writer's vapOrngs usual
ly The buging state treasury when the present
Governor of Delaware assumed the office contained
approximately $26OOOOO in the general fund and
June 3D. 1892 this fund had balance of approximate
ly $2,265,OOO. From this fund during the three and
more years of the Buck administration there has been
paid Old Age Pensions there has been tax relief given
the three counties and the several bonded school dis
trcts there has been extensive building operations at
public institutions in all parts of the State there has
been expenditure of public money to assist in several
worthy enterprises among which is the successful ef
fort to keep the Indian River Inlet open, and there
has been given State financial aid to numerous semi
public agencies. This same buging treasury in 1929
had available cash surplus of $2,27366 6165 in the
school fund, it is $5,624,5O659 Notwithstanding
that during the last three and half years six mil
lion dollars have been allotted for the building of
school houses while the public school system has been
supported at cost of approximately fourteen millions
Of dollars. The sinking fund at the beginning of the
present administration less than $1900O0 while
July l, 1882 there available ST O75OOO for sink
ing fund purposes despite the cancellation of
than $9O0OOOO of the States bonded debt through the
Sinking Fund Commission This fOresighted policy of
our Governor saved the State from annual payment
of S40O0OO interest these bonds. forward looking
program that cOntempates reduction of 500 in
county taxes real estate, re-aOcatiOn of State
that will continue relief for the county tax
payer, decrease in the duplication of effort in all
branches of civic AFFAIRS reorganization of all forms
of administrative government with rigid economy of
all expenditures of public money will help consider
ably in fOrestalng the predicted bankruptcy of a
state that thirty years ago owed sixteen times the
amount of its available cash.
That our Governor "has favored the few against
the many is determined effort to raise the battle cry
in Delaware of those who would array class against
class and create feeling of bitterness among peO
pie. If it not for ths the fallacy of such state
ment could be ignored the ground of the writer's
Ignorance its purpose being to deceive the people
entitled to the truth A man who provides for the
lief Of the distressed who favOrs welfare home for
the INDECENT instead of the pOOrhOuse who believes in
caring for child-fe, who displays keen interest in
all phases of daily ves not truthfully be said
to neglect the many and favor the few.
That C. D. Buck "taIks the language of the pluto
crat" is the unkind thrust of who writes in the
language of the streets. Cearness of thought direct
in speech, fOrcefulness in writing coupled with
dignity in bearing is the basis of character that not
only the people of Delaware but those of sister
States have come to recognize and respect That che
basks alone applies most fOrcbIy to the originator of
the thought.
That Clayton Douglass Buck is the choice of the
many and not "the creature of chosen few will be
demonstrated electorate Of
November Sth citizenship that has for the
falser and respect for the demagOgue; that needs
no help from the insincere and advice from the
muck-raker, will arise in it's might election day and
crush out of its civic life those who indulge in such
methods.