Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1916 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The State Debt When the last Republican administration was retired by vote of the people they left a state debtof - $2,609,163.12 They left cash in the treasury available for payment of this debt and for keeping the govern- f a JAA M ment going $3,41)3.91 Democrats at once reduced general fund and sinking fund levies, paid all Republican debts and at the end of the fiscal year, September 30, 1916, had cash f a iia -.pp in the treasury 143, /Dj.Zu Republicans were worse off than *a paa aaa ai Democratic present sur- (f>n < ia aa pi™ - - - $2,149,765.26 Democratic cash gain oVer nia jaj Republicans _ „ $4,/49,464.4/ Democrats have built and paid for four new state institutions, finished and paid for two others, repaired and rebuilt most of the others, placed prisons on self-sustaining basis, managed all state institutions by nonpartigan boards better than ever before in their history, had the smallest general fund levy since the civil war, and for the first time in eighty-four years the state is entirely out of debt with a first-class balance in the treasury. Which Record Will You Support by Your Vote ?

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