The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-10

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provide ways and means to guarantee
fund of not less than $7,200,000
annually. When you shall have done
this, I am assured by the federal gov
eminent that it will cooperate with US
in carrying our relief burden"
people must not be allowed to
starve or go unclothed. This is our
burden. 1t must not be met by expert
mental panaceas. X"
Investigation Imperative
Recent, and to the majority of the
people, unexpected developments in
connection with the States finances,
make it most imperative upon me, at
this time, to impress upon you the
mandate of the people directed to us
all for a complete, searching and i'm
partial investigation of the affairs of
every department of the State.
"The responsibility of this investi-
cation is mine. Assuming such re-
sponsibility, l feel justified in asking
of you that | be vested with authority
to name the members of the com
mission. X Xxx
lyon may rest assured that I shall
select for this commission men of the
utmost integrity, unbiased and free
from political domination X"
Taxation Difficulties
Real estate is carrying its full load
/ OF taxation, and X should not be
additionally burdened.
mo tax can ever be popular tax
/ 1t is obvious that we must have a new
/ taxation, and ours in the difficult task
of devising a system that will distrib-
ute the burden equitably and fairly.
81 advocate the enactment of a
measure which will provide for in
stallment payments of State taxes.
"There must be no taxation which
will result in the curtailment of in
dustry."
Nice also said he believed curtail-
ment of expenditures in the State
Roads commission would enable a fiat
So fee for automobile licenses.
Regarding quick work by the legis-
4 lature
"Your failure to act will forfeit this
necessary federal assistance Gin relief
funds). 1t has been said that no Mary
land Legislature in capable of the per-
Torrance of serious business prior to
the middle of its session. Let us dis
prove this assertion"
Roads Economy Necessary
eve are paying as much today for
the building and maintenance of good
roads as we were paying four years
ago. We also know that road construc-
ton has not increased, but has de-
creased while the cost of maintenance
4 has increased with no material i'm
provement in our road system.
I'm the face of the necessity for
greater economy in the administration
of the department Of State Roads, an
| examination of the commissions own
| published reports shows us that while
the income X X X has remained ap-
proXimately the same during the past
few years, our state has correspond
/! ingly added to its mileage XXX.
prior to 1880, at a time when the
state was building roads on very
large scale, the Fright of way" costs
were less than $4,000 per year Now
we find that during the last four fiscal
years, this cost has amounted to the
enormous sum of $1,770,000 This ex-
penditure X indicates that the
commission is justly chargeable with
extravaganza.
"These facts cry aloud for an in
{ fSoblS aOlOii' all llIlIlly COINlIlCeu
that, through rigid economy and the
adoption of business methods, suffi-
cient saving can be effected to permit
you to relieve the automobilist of the
burdensome license fees which he now
pays, and establish So fee.
Regarding the current state deficit
"Since the election, information has
been made public that materially
changes the states financial picture,
which formerly seemed satisfactory
to many of our. poole. Entering 1884
with an apparent surplus of over
! 81 100000 we are now advised that
this surplus will be supplanted by a
deficit of $780, 600. When shall have
done what l firmly intend to do, that
is to call upon the heads of depart
ments, not only to eliminate every
item of waste and extravaganza, but
also to bring about reduction in OPP
Grating expenses below the appropria-
tons for the remaining months of the
budgetary year, even this, in itself
will not be sufficient to recoup this
deficit of $2,300,0OO The deficit mus
be accepted as fact, else we gambl
with the future"
| Governor Nice also recommends
the following:
| A system of insurance against w
employment, predicated upon som
sound insurance basis.