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STATE EXPENSES - 532,000,000 YEAR R;—:céwT LEG‘IS(:;:.EA".!‘T-lON ADDED ss,- - /000,000 A YEAR TO'STATE . L TAVX‘BURDENN.“ . ONLY RELIEF BILL VETOED l-.obzby of ‘Contra‘cto’é; and'éem'e'nt in- - ter'e’sts Get Millions of ‘Taxes : .~ Voted on People.

. STATE EXPENSES 1916. ... . o 0 . <. 20514,810,000 1919, .Lo i 108000 1982, ... ik ivee oo 0 24,350,000 1024, Lk i, 22,000,080

_(By Walter 'S. Chambers.) The most expengive legislature that Indiana ever had on her hands has adjourned. - ! ' e It added more than $8,000,000 to the | tax burdens of-the people. Practically ! no part of the additional-burden will . be: borne by thé railroads, the utility ' corporations ‘and -other great corpora |"tions_v. This is due to the fact that the i new taxes are not levied-on proper't;y but are special taxes—one on automo- ' biles and the other on gasoline. : !, " The automobile licenge will “yield {'37,ooo.ooo.next year and the gasoline tax from $4,000,000 to $6,000,000, there | \bein.g a wide difference of opinion on the latte}" yamog}nt.f ]lßut using the }smaller figure for the gasoline tax, ' $4,000,000, and add it to the $4,000,090 increase in license fees, it will be seen [ that the automobile owners will pay all this huge increase. ! L } On the other hand there may be a small reduction in property taxes and corporations’ will get the full benefit " of this reduction, without contributing anything 'to the increased revenues that come from gasoline and license | fees. Had the great corporations drawn the bills themselves they could not have treated themselves any better than did the legislature that boasted 59 farmers. ; : j ' ‘A‘Whi-pped in Line. . ~ The gasolifie tax and the increased automobile license fee could not have been passed in the middle of the ‘session. At that tilne more than twothirds of the members of the legisla“ture were opposed to both measures. ‘A series of trades and executive pressure - whipped enough members into

line to get both bills passed by safe margins. : : : : One of these trades was made on the bill that restored the teaching of German to the high schools. The German language- bill passed the house three weeks before, the session ended, but had practically no show at, that time of getting through the senate, It was held up until after the gasoline tax had been enacted and then the Republican majority in the senate passed-the German bill, scarcely a dissenting’ vote. ' P OtHer trades were made by administration forces, such as the Peru flood ‘bill, and other local measures, and while the Republicans got the support they bargained for they failed to deliver the votes for the other bills which did not pass, much to the chagrin of their supporters. : * No law was passed that in the least increased the burden of the big cor_porations, but their taxes will be lessened by reason of the gasoline and other indirect taxes that were levied. 1t is: estimated that the total reduction in direct taxes next year will be something like $2,000,000, and the cor_pofations will get their full share of this without paying other taxes in re: turn. On the other hand the farmer and the ordinary citizen will get probably $1,500,000° of the reduction and in return will pay $8,000,000 additional.. = | e

Spent in Millions Besides these taxes the legislature made other laws that carty appropriations. ' For instance thé state Board of Agriculture was given a million doHars to do with as it pleased. Thig was the first time 'in the history of Indiana that any sum of money was given to any board or institution or department, without limitation as to its expenditure. There is nothing in the law to prevent the directors from buying airships or limousines, so long as they could be used in carrying on the activities of the fair. Besides this million dollars the board of agriculture was given ap annual appropriation of $185,000 a year, in addition to the usual appropriation it has had for years. w 4 ALI et

Along the shores of Lake Michigan are some barren wastes or sand hills, known as the dunes. These were of: fered to the state some years ago at a .price less than $lOO per acre, but the state could not see that they were of any practical use. This session of thé legislature, with the same freedom that a boy buys a bag of peanuts, voted $1,000,000 for that purpose. The land is nearly all in the hands of speculators who have been sending out propaganda for several years and it is estimated that it will cost the state for $5OO to $l,OOO periacre. A few years ago, when the residents of the south part of the state wanted Clifty Falls taken over as a state park, Governor Goodrich . compelled

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the people there to donate -the land. This fact was stated by ‘Senator Crav: ens, who suggested that the rich counties of the north end might do likewise. But the millien dollar sand dune bill went through the legislature like it was greased, just as did the million dollar state fair Bill. .Neither of these are included in the totals of the appropriation bill, so that the $2,000,000 must be added to the $17,000,+OO appropriated. ' . o Any bhill that called for the appropriation 'of money. especially if it were a million dollaps *or more, seemed to have a special fascination for the Republican majority and for the governor. No bill of that kind failed to pass. Not for a moment was the financial condition of the farmers of Indiana, who constitute more than half the voters, given any considerao ;

Discarded the Budget

. A budget law was enacted two years ago which provided that a Budget officer shouid find out how much inoney would be available to spend in appropriations. The budget officer, Mr, Jesse Eschbach, chief of the board of accounts, performed his duty and recommended' appropriations that took care of all the institutions and still kept within the state’s present income. e ‘ = '

Governor McCray was the first person to disregard, the budget report, first by adding a millien dollars more than recommended and later by a{iding still ahother millions for power plants at various institutions that the ‘budget officer and the advisory com‘mittee from the legislature did not think were essential at this time. As if the two millions more were not enough the governor then laid down on the legislature and brought all the pressure at his command to force the passage of the gasoline tax and the increased automobile license fee measures. These two will add $3.000,000 and possibly( $10,000,000 to the state’s income. With the present automobile license fees, aggregating $3,000,000, it will give the state highway commission $11;000,000 a year, the highway commission asked the budget commissioner for $7,200,000 for next year and this was thought excessive and he recommended $5,200,000. The four members of the budget committee recommended amounts ranging from $4,000,000 by' the Democratic members to $6,000,000 by one of the Republican members, the other Republican. member joining with the budget .commissioner in recommewding $5,250,000, which, they said, with the federal aid, would make available $4,500,000 for paying, in additi‘oq to the $3,000,000 , neecded for maintenance. This, Mr. Eschbach gaid, _would pave 180 miles of road each year, compared to 115 miles, the I hest paved in any year up to date. ~ The Democratic members, Senator Chambers and Representative - Kitch, thought $4,000,000 would be ample as this would permit the paving of 120 miles of road each year, or the same as has been done. But the legislature, - on . the insistence of Governor McCray, enacts laws that will give the state highway commission $ll, 000,000 next year, even after the inheritance tax and the 3-cent property tax levy is taken away. The commission gets almost $4,000,000 more than it asked and $5,000,000 more than the most liberal member of the budget committeé was willing to allow. Up to date the hizghway commission has never had as much as $6,000,000 a year, but has made wonderful strides and the great ma: jority of people, especially taxpayers, i think ‘we are getting better roads as fast as their pocketbooks warrant. If

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it takes $3,000,000 for overhead and maintenance, as figured by Mr. Eschbach ' and Representative Lafuze, chairman of the road committee, this will leave $8,000,000 next year for new construction. A like amount will be available from the federal government, so that the total for,paving will be $16,000,000, or emough g pave 640 miles of road next year and a like amount the year after. This will make a total of $19,000,000 a year for state’ highway commission. When Governor Ralston went out of office and up to 1920 under Governor Goodrich, the state never spent $19,000,000 for all purposes in any one year. Up to 1919 the highest amount ever spent was $16,000,000, and the people were prosperous. then and could afford te pay a reasonable tax. | > ‘ Every department, every board and every commission that asked for more money and more salaries, were given increases. Money was appropriated with ~a prodigality never before aqualled or even dreamed of by the most extravagant legislator. '

Vetoed Good Bill

- Only one bill was passed that would have helped the farmer and the small home owner. That was the act increasing * the mortgage exemption from $l,OOO to $2,000 and meant a sav:ing of $2O to $35 a year for each of the tens of thousands of farmers and small home ownerg who have mortzages on their properties. But Governor McCray ‘vetoed this on the ground that the state could not afford to lose the revenue. The fact that the farmrer needed relief was never mentioned in the veto. Aecording to the| state tax board -this additional exémption would haye @ decreased the state revenue by about $175,000. a year, or less than 1 per cent. of the present revenue. When it is recalled that $8,000,000 or 3 per cent. in new taxes were added to the state’s income it would seem ithat the governor would have had some consideration for the mortgaged home owners and over-bardened farmers. But with the governor and his legislature it seemed to be a 4 case of get all you can and keep all you have, and this policy was carried out over the protest of practically the entire Deme» cratic membership of the legislature.

The, Reformatory

During the recent campaign it was charged that the new reformatory at Pendleton would cost $2,000,000 which would require $1,000,000 in ‘addition to the $1,000,000 it already had. The people’ thought this a most extravagant amount. But 'when $2,000,000 more were asked, making a total of $3;000,000, it stunned the taxpayers. The governor himself was plainly surprised but insisted on the full amount and finally pressed it through the legislature. It was clearly shown that the extra. million was a pure waste of money and the Republicans of the house thought $1,500,000 was -enough. ‘But the governor got his $2,000,000, making a total of $3,000,000 for the reformatory and well-informed Republicans say it will take another million or two from the next legislature. i The biggest item of all, however, was the soldier bonus bill which gives to all soldiers of the world war and the Spanish-American war about $2OO each. It is estimated that it will cost the state from $20,000,000 to $30,000, 000. It has a clause on ‘the end that provides that the measure shall not become a law until it is submitted to the people. in the 1924 election for their aprroval. Inasmuch as Article V. of the constitution plainly says that no ‘.w shall be passed; the taking effect’ of ' which depends on any other autliority, it is claimied by every

- Beautiful woodwork, exquisite decorations and numerous other details which go towards making the house a real home lose their respective value if the one predominating factor, ELECTRICITY, that gives real convenience is omitted. The architect and contractor can work out the details of beauty but the Ele~ctric Contractor puts the real enjoyment and convenience into your home with - Electricity, = | e -To do without this important factor is to deprive your home of the fullest enjoyment and pleasure. The house that is wired for complete Electric Service 1s the home of complete comfort. Evyery home desires this comfort and every ~ home can have it. L e | ST e - If your house is not wired now, make a real home out of it by wiring at once. . L ec Hy s Cevs it Ll Re gl e e el s e e g

lawyer that the act is not valid. By others it is claimed that it was never intended to be valid and that if it had it would not have passed. L : First Pald Lecturers. One of the first lecturers to receive 8 fee in the days when- lyceum programs were generally given free of charge was Daniel Webster, to, whom Concord, ‘Mass., paid $lOO for a single lecture. Ralph Waldo Emerson, however, may be said to have created the profession. $ o ' Modern Poetry Summed Up. Modern' poetry has its own genius, bowever, and we need not weigh, it against that of another age as we deHght in fts sensibility, its wealth of observation, its conquest of new themes, its perpetual rediscovery of ‘simple things and of their effect on the comsciousness.—Robert Lynd,

~ Hew It Happened. : “It was the first time I had ever ‘driven a car” feebly explained the victim of the accident. “I got to going pretty fast and forgot how te stop. -X looked ahead and saw a bridge rushing to meet me. I tried te turn out to let the bridge pass and—that - 88 all I know about it.” : e e ——————— L To Remodel House, | Since acquiring the old. Keehn home on West Union street Dr. C. G. Keehn will have the uiilling remodeled and converted into two apartments. One, a five room - modern apartment with heat furnished will he for rent. ' It will make a most desirable residence for a small family. The other apartment will be occupied by .Dr. and Mrs. Keehn. ! Three Tonsil Operations. : Three: smal lchildren twin sisters and a little brother of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Kessler of College street, had their 'tonsils removed in Dr. Lanes quarters Thursday. o

vl Death of Infant. ‘Juanita Irene Mott 14 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Nofi died at the family home at Kendallville Thursday death being ‘due to 6 pneumonia. = bad i - ' Very Enjoyable Session. . There were forty ‘attendants at the open meeting of the Ligonier Arbor of ‘Gleaners .in this city Thursday evening.. Owing to the unfavorable weather the attendance was curtailed. After the rendition ‘of an interesting program a bo social followed which was greatly enjoyed. @ .- :

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- Goshen, Indiana MILLINERY NEWS This department is nowr under our own . management. We are specializing in hats | around the $5 price. The margin of pro- | fit is the same as in our dry goods depart- | ments, and this means a saving to you. ! $3.50 $4.25 $5 $6.50 $7.50 COATS and CAPES | ",Coats, Capes and Drap's in all celor.s, | materials and styles. For dress wear a - cape or wrap of Bolivia.. For sport wear or driving a pretty coat of plaid or plain Camel. All sizes and styles : $12.50 $l5 $19.50 $25 $35 Suits $25 to $5O o B 100 N R i i GOSHEN S INDIANA— '

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