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About The Nebraska independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1896-1902 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1901)
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT February 21, 1901 he thozc&t to fear a governor l:cstM s4 a 4ecent hotel completed would issreate th value of loti at tn cS3i.iE October sale more than tte aisaact ef caascy lo&nM. even though t xsosejr vu teTer paid tack. I Id waa ekctt4 by aa iscrea4 majority, bet th 2ei slat are that iras elected at the was time iapeacbed Lira the f il lomVajg fpnt.g fot the same things opesly oocl"wd before election- Tit fcCUIatcre of 1177. February 15, im pe:4 ti. fmpecbr by etpaccio tt lnpeartoect record and reinstat ing Mr. Batier to fall citizen hi p. Tfc vote mtood 47 to 29. Tfce money ha loaid LaJ all been paid back with ia IffUL -At the tiroe of oar tnt landing la Li&cols e foutd bit one small school Loo. It was ballt of brown stone &nd stood oa the east side of 11th street, between Q and IL It was after wards s4 as a city jalL The city Jail before coeaisted of a dorout standing cear the nwr of the btocx wt of the pOtoSrr. The cairerstty was cot opened until the fall of 171. We mutt confess that th first lifce of crofestsora did not at first ery favorably Imprets us. But Jt was the university that attracted us here and we hare always stood up for ft. It I ow one of our greatest and DOrt hearty Joys to visit the uni versity shops and fares. The ball hate no charm for us. Practical duration i what our boys and firls ee4 more than style and shoe Cars had commenced to run from Plaits id oath to Lincoln and the only dexot u an old frclaiit car. The buffalo had all ten 'driven west of the Bloe rlrir, but ip. worn path ldltc to the crk were found every half mile. Wolves, deer and antelope were ofun seen. The penitentiary then consisted of a small brown stone building:, with a board fence around it. A few years later a rete!llon of the prisoners caesed quite an excitement, but a com .pacy of soldiers from Fort Omaha Quelle the insurrection without blood shed or loa of prison rs. Tint barnlnc of the insane asylum, which was about to tumble down, was another nceoe of public mterert- There fs w doubt that the insurance money was the cause of the burning. The fir oeetirred early in the spriasr of 1S7L Daring the summer of H77 the foun datioa walls of the first university building. built of rotten brown stone, began to crumble and the building was condemned as unsafe. Your bun Me servant put his hand into the city treasury without law and transferred to the university foundation fund $i. 000 and the building was made safe. The mcmey has never been returned to the city by the state. Impeachment zuediftine wits cot administered..., Nei to oar unlvtrf !tj nd public schools mir public libraries. One of the thiurs in which we have ben most dvply Interested Is the establifh xarzx f the Lincoln city library. Twenty-four years aro next April w?. ' as mayor, signed our first warrant giv ing three hundred dollars as a starter. Since then the success and future pros pects of the institution is well known. The burning of our entire library a little' more than a year ago has btvu healed by a gilt of Andrew Carnetrie ct evetity-fiv thousand dollars for the erection of a fire-proof building. U Is a great satisfaction to visit our library to day and count the men. women, boys and girls quietly reading bcoks, magazines and newspapers, and we expect to be able to count douhle th number wha our new building Is completed. Any village or city with out a library and reading room is be hind the light house. DR. ECUS COUCH SYRUP IS A grand old remedy, used for many Tears and still In public favor. It is without doubt the best m-dicire for all pul monary aiTectioas, It always cures. All druggists sell It for 25 cents. STATE FINANCES f A alitor CWmII r- f tv Xb m4 f Law. To Hit Excellency. William A. Poyn ter. Governor of Nebraska. My Dear Sir: In addressing you, this my sec- j end and lat report relating to the management and financial condition ; of the state government as shown by th records f the auditor's office as rqulrrd by law. it is a source of great pleasure to note the fact that my as sistants In every department of the oSce have studiously and conscien tiously labored la the interests of the recple. And I believe much good has beta obtained to the advantage of the tax pa) era. We have yielded no favor to os Interest over another, but treated all alike and complied with the wishes of all so far as the law would jerta:t- Now, if at the close of our public service, our efforts are appreciated by ear fellow-citiaens. we will be grateful aad happy; If they have not. we will rvtire with the satisfaction that the motive that actuated us is sufficient to bring contentment and happiness. During the period covered by this report, my experience la the perform ance of my officii! duties have been sueful and satisfactory, although I hav met with some unpleasantness. 1 have, learned how mean and con temptible men can be when political advantage is sought. The legislature of 1V$ appointed a committee to investigate my personal roadact. or at least so the committee understood It. The investigation had but little reference to my official acts. The sae of Justice and knowledge of the auditor's office possessed by these representatives of the people constitut ing this committee, as shows by their report. Is Indicative of the wisdom of the. body that created it. This com mittee spent forty days in a fruitless attempt to establish two inconsistent propositions; first, that I had abused and robbed corporations, and. second, that I was a tool of the corporations. This committee cost the taxpayers nearly two thousand dollars. This same legislature made an abcrtlve attempt to place upon the tatutt a law known as the Weaver bill which would have exempted cer tain corporatiors from local taxations. This bill was drawn by a representa tive unfamiliar with the state const! tu tka asd Inexperienced In legialaticn; teixc, u aaa go full of crod'tie and uncertainties that those whose duty It was to carry out lbs provisions could not determine its meaning nor their duty under it. It was referred to the supreme court cf the state for con struction and by said court declared Inoperative. The peop?e can congratu late themselves upon this decision which enjoined the enforcement of an unjust law that discriminated in favor of certain corporations. The records of the auditor's office are burdened with delinquent taxes cover ing a period of more than forty years. Many of the county treasurers' offices are in the same condition. Thousands of dollars cf these (delinquent taxes are uncollectible ami worthless, yet, they are estimated by the legislature as a part of the assets of the state and ued as a bast? in determining the amount of appropriations; thus ap propriating against worthless assets, resulting In a continually increasing indebtedness of the state without any visible resources to meet the same. Toe county authorities of several coun ties of the state have been seeking In formation by which the county can be released from liability to the state on account of these uncollectible taxes and are proceeding under the law re lating to personal taxes which author lzes the auditor of public accounts upon proper showing of the county, to credit the county for su-h taxes In ad justing the accounts of the county treasurer. No law exists directing the auditor to release the counties of un collectible real estate taxes. Several counties bordering on the Missouri river have lost thousands of acres of land by washing into the river. Taxes on said land and thousands of dollars of delinquent taxes against abandoned town lots that can never be collected appear as an a&set of the state on the records of this office. I would suggest that the power of the board created by section 4, chap ter S3, article 13 of the compiled statutes of 1899. to settle with counties la case of defaulting county treas urers, should be extended to cover un collectible real estate taxes. At the close of the. blennium ending November 30. 18?8, the liabilities of the state were $1,729,613.47; at the close of business November 30, 1900, the lia bilities were $1,782,485.11. To this should be added the deficiencies created during the biennium and not yet provided for by appropriation, es timated at about $125,000, making a total of $1,907,485.11. Notwithstand ing the fact that state funding bond3 amounting to $153,257.35 have been paid off. he Indebtedness of the state shows an increase of $178,370.71. At the close of business November 30, liK0, the liabilities of .the ctate were as follows: . ' Outstanding warrants $1,7S2,4S3 11 Deficiency claims......... 125,000 00 Total $1,907,4S5 11 Assets Cash in treasury ......$ 615,018 34 Uncollected taxes 3,631,857 40 Suspended account 627,842 Per. edu. fund invested... 4,365,544 63 Total $9,240,263 03 The present and probable liabilities The appropriations asked for 1&01 and 1902 ..$2,721,001 42 Outstanding indebtedness. 1,907,485 11 Total I.. $4,628,486 56 To determine the available assets to meet the current expenses and the out standing obligations of the state we must deduct Ihe permanent educa tional Investments, the suspended ac count and about thirty per cent of the uncollectible taxes, and that part of the cash belonging-to the permanent educational funds. Hence the avail able assets are: Cash in treasury $ 453,070 69 The amount of delinquent taxes collectible as per estimate 2,542,300 IS The probable amount of revenue derived from levy of 1901 1.20S.9S5 00 Total $4,206,355 87 iJearing a balance or de ficiency of.... $ 422,130 6? This indebtedness can never be met under our .revenue law as It Is now en forced. Hence a probable Increase In liabilities without any prospective as sets. Such Is the condition that con fronts us. We have but three ways to meet this condition: first, by reducing the expenses of the state government: second, by assessing the property that now escapes taxation: third, by in creasing the burden of taxation, either by Increasing the assessed valuation or by increasing the general fund levy. The first two methods would be the most satisfactory to the people. I would respectfuly call your attention to the large number of state boards and departments created during the last few -years which demand an army of Secretaries and clerks and tons of printed matter, many of which have proven very expensive luxuries to the people, the chief beneBcIlrles being the successful place hunters. Credit to you. Governor; you commenced the pruning process by vetoing the bill creating the. supreme court commis sioners, and, the supreme court has kept pace. A saving to the tax-payers of not less than fifty thousand dollars per blennium has been effected. It is hoped that the same process will con tinue until the appropriation will not necessarily exceed the possible Income of the state. The persistent effort of the county authorities to shift the bur den of state taxes by lowering the as sessed valuation of the property with in the county has resulted In decreas ing the revenue of the state. In 1893 the assessed valuation of the state was $193,733,123; in 1900, $171,- 747,593. With our Increased popula tion and wealth, the assessed valua tion of the state is $21,985,530 less than It was seven years ago, a dis creditable showing, indeed. It is the duty of the state board of equalization to equalize the atate taxes between the counties by raising or lowering the state levy. Under the present condi tions, the variation of one mill lirVis the power of the board, hence the name equalization board is a mis nomer. The board should have the power to change the assessed valua tion.' The municipalities of the state dur ing the blennium ending November 30, 1898. issued, bopds aggregating $944. 077. during the bjenalum ending No vember 20. 190), an, increase of S Qui O r! Tf'rr'te? . "SZ-jfstI' think. Thank you very much for it I shall do my 1 VY-3 "VV S jS- McO.! fl "bTd f rjaSttC7' t'S 3StV --I besttojret up club for jour paper. I hope you will 1 VV HtW?h AlViilSas 5ESe3 fartr UX i--J-isrrJ- j send m some namples at once, aa it will aid me la 1 jVcfVt pSgr JEES5 ICV IvCU'&Afc-r L U"U 4 MFyVir '-V'' PTS'm'-- mxrS.m,.,, -1 the work. 1 will show the premium you sent me to I ftZ-t vS" ViSC5,' L$u2-x t- ,N -wi fL -ii t 'LUfer hK vi?-55 I my f rienda. Ihey are anxious to hare your paper to I W? t' T rf'3J'JPcrt.iL 'nl --Vp ! Vtt 06 PIE BREAKFAST SET Contains TEA POT, SUUAR BOWL. CREAM PITCHER, tt six Inch Plates, la Tea Cups, ta Saucers, 6, Fruit Plates, 6 Butter Plates, i Bowl, a Cake Plates, i Covered Dish, t Platter. E?rMENTI0N YOUR CHOICE STATE WHETHER YOU WANT A BREAKFAST, DINNER, EVERY PERSON answering this advertisement can get a h andsomely Dec orated Set absolutely frea we mean it. A straight forward, honest offer, by a reliable House to advertise its business, for everybody to accept. Send at once yom name, post-office address, and nearest Express or Freight Depot and vou will re ceive it. jT"Romember every one can have their choice of a CQ piecelBreakfast, Dinner, or Tea Set Free. All sets carefully boxed and packed at our expense. igf3" No one is barred out we positively will ne t go back on it, no matter what it costs us. FASHION COMPANY. Station D, Box 35, New York Citv. TO OUR READERS. This company is reliable and carry outevery promise made in this advertisement; we advise all wishing a 56 PIECE The prompt monthly, remittances of the county treasurers to the state treasurer of the money belonging to the state evidences the splendid condi lion of the county treasuries. An ex change cf views between the state treasurer and the county treasurers and county treasurers' examiners, per taining to their respective offices has resulted in much good. A uniform sys tem pf bookkeeping has been estab lished. Carrying due bills of individ uals as cash Tjy the county treasurers has been discontinued; moneys col lected by the county treasurers belong ing to the state are remitted to the state treasurer at short intervals; all cf which is an improvement over old methods and resulting in a saving to (he taxpayers in the last four years of over seventy thousand dollars in in terest, as shown by the report of the state treasurer. By remitting the state fund3 to the state treasurer each month, the county treasurers are re leased of the responsibility of holding large sums of state funds, and enables the state treasurer to call interest bearing warrants at short intervals. The inequalities resulting from the present construction and enforcement of the revenue law relating to assess ment and taxation is agitating the minds of the' people. Immediate leg islation is demanded. Any proposition to make radical changes in the revenue laws of the state is deserving of care ful and thorough investigation and to the end that enactment may make tax ation more nearly equal than under the existing conditions. The argu ment that the enactment of the law providing for penalties for a failure ba the assessor to list the property at its xiash value, will surmount all evils at tending the present law is erroneous. The present law requires the assess ment of property at its cash value. Township and city assessors are di rected under the present law to meet in their respective county seats and agree upon an equal basis of valua tion of the different kinds of property to be assessed in their respective jur isdictions. The intent of the law is that they shall at said meetings deter mine the value of the property and list it at its money value. But the asses sors take a different view as to their duty and agree upon a basis with but little reference to the real value of property, going so far as to agree to assess credits at from twenty to Our illustration is the largest Perch eron stallion and mare in the United States, drawn from the largest import ing establishment of first( class im ported and home-bred registered stal lions and mares in Nebraska. That of Frank Iams St. Paul, Neb. "Iris" Percheron mare weight 2,460 lbs. She is a model "drafter" in size, and in dividuality, royally bred, and one of the grandest brood mares on earth. One of her sons sold to Iowa parties last year at 3,000 and one at $2,000.v She has never been beaten in a show ring, having won over $2,000 in money prizes for lams. "lams' Bon Tor," son of the noted mare "Iris." He is black, weight 2,540 lbs., and a first class "top-notcher" in any country on earth. He is one you can hardly take your eyes off when you get sight of him A drafter in size and quality. A coach horse in style and action and he -has a right to be, as his sire and dim have been first and sweepstakes win ners at leading state "fairs. He won first prize at Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and St. Louis and Omaha. Eppo and his dam . "Iris" did the same trick at . the same time. These are the kind of draft stallions and mares to be found at "the home of the winners." lams imported more black stallions from ( France than all importers of Nebras ka in 1900. He speaks French, knows breeders of France. This saves $300 on each stallion bought. He has no. high-priced buyer or salesman, no 2 to 10 partners to share profits. He will Have you $500 on a stallion and sell you a "corker" by saving you the middleman's and company, organizer's profits. , Go direct to lams barns aud , he makes special prices there that can- : not be got otherwise. Write or tele-: phone lams and get an eye-opener. '. CT "Slii ELEBflHT-SETSi. '- CJS QinJ enh" p i eces: EACH. J qJ J en J rJj cJn ! V& isi) FULL SIZE FOR FAMILY USE. P 1 ! f rw eSDUifiER SET IC BOW L, and CREAM PT Plates. I 12 Butter Plates. 6 Cuds. 6 Platter, a Small Platters, i Cake twenty-five per cent of their face val ue. This appears to me to be a direct violation of the law, yet it does not necessarily result in unequal taxation. H If all property was assessed at one fifth of its original value, there would be ho injustice to the taxpayers. In fact the only injurious result that, coul J possibly result that could come from the low valuation, is, reducing the revenue oelow the actual needs of good government. Admitting the fact, that the revenues are not sufficient to meet the outstanding obligations and current expenses of the state, would.it not be better to enact a law that would absolutely ; tax all .kinds of property rather than to increase the value of the property that now bears the burdeu of taxation? In a large measure, cred-, its- and money escape the vigilant search of tjaej&ssessor and escapes tax ation. The items constitute at least one-third of the personal property cf the state and the law that , would reach - them will materially increase the revenues without injustice to any interest. And this can be done by making void all . credits ; that do not bear the evidence, of having been listed for taxation. , My duties relating to the insurance department of this office have been pleasant and proved satisfactory. The insurance companies have been re quired to comply with the rules of this department, : to which they have gen erally cheerfully acqxiiesced. I have continued to enforce the re ciprocal features of our insurance laws and as a result the fees of the auditor's office belonging to the state have con tinually increased. During the bien nium covered by this report, the en forcement of these laws have added to the funds of the state treasury ihe sum of S0,455.9S As in my former report, this depart ment againtrecommends the enactment of a law reducing the amount of cash capital necessary to authorize the organization- of home surety companies. , In compliance with the law, this de partment has carefully kept a record of and duly passed uponall the bonds Issued by the various municipalities of the state- The value of the bonds has been greatly enhanced by the completeness of the records as demon strated by the improved condition of the manner of keeping the records ol this office which was fully explained in my former report. The expense of the - - - -WITT! II 1 I J.J- 11 lUIl-H . I 1 ILiJXt JUJ J.JJ1U J UU1J. J-UIJ LI 11 ' fcfi "V &Vzr - ' - - -- - ' - - - ' . 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Dinner, er Tea Set absolutely free, all boxed and packed at our expense and further ruarantee aerainst breakage or damage. This extraordinary induce 2 53 3 ment is made because we want a big circulation quick, keeping of these records, however is borne by the, state without any benefit to the state. - The legislature should enact a law providing for the meeting cf , this expense by authorizing the charging , of a nominal per cent upon the amount of the issue in each partic ular case. For further information as to the financial condition of the state," I .sub mit a full and complete statement in tabulated exhibits hereto attached and Biade part of this report. Respectfully submitted, , JOHN F. CORNELL. ' i. Auditor of Public Accounts. An Irresponsible Kid v Editor Independent: Today in look ing over The Independent nw attention was attracted to a very peculiar para graph over the signature of S. S. Lee. "The father of Lies' may be a very correct nom de plume for the State Journal, but still it would De very mis leading to most people. The present appellation was given to the kid before its mind was thoroughly developed. The people got used to the name and also to the abnnormal "State" of mind of those who run it. I do not think that the kid is responsible for its ab normal '"State," nor for the insane jottings it calls a "Journal." Many children have been known to inherit disease contracted by their parents and insanity is a disease of the mind that in many instances has been hand ed down from parents to children. This kid in the abnormal "State" has been the unlucky recipient of heredi tary insanity. v. While Jesse James was in New York if he had gone by his proper nama there would have been many, detec tives ready to present him with a pair of bracelets, but under his nom de plume he was able to fool the people even in the highest circles of society. So it would be with the State Journal. We are used to the thing now under its inherited name and conditions and we know about how much dependence can be placed in its journalism. Lies are composed of misused truths. A truth may be written by an indi vidual and then he may for some cause best known to himself, sign another man's name to it and thus place it in, a false position and he would make him self a "father of a lie" by so doing. When once this is detected very tew would wish to trust a man of that TCH C CT Contains TEA POT, J CU OL I SUGAR BOWL, and CREAM PITCHER, ta Cups, ta Saucers, 6 Laree Plates, 6 Small Plates, ta Butter Plates, i Covered Dish, Larr Platter, I Small Platter, a Cake Plates. ' and if you wish a set of dishes FREE don't delay. SET of CHINAWARE to reply at once. Publisheb. kind. In your issue of January 24, I read an article headed "Yesterday's Lies." I thought it splendid, but I imagine that the editor who makes the attempt to review but a small portion of the lies published in the news of the day will have his hands full,' but ev ery editor should try to keep them out of his own paper. JOSEPH S. LEE, Sr. Chesterfield, Neb. " " TREE PLANTING The Ad vie of Morton, Miller & Co. lias 1 Cost Nebraska Tanners Thou- sands of Dollars. Editor Independent: In my letter on tree planting published in The In dependent last week the printer made me say: - "The white oak is one of our native trees and will grow anywhere in Nebraska." If the reader, will change oak to ash he will get my meaning. ' ' 1 However, the white oak would, not be as bad a tree for general planting in Nebraska as the white pine, which Mr. Morton so earnestly recommends. It has been a great misfortune td the people of our state that some of the men who have all along assumed the leadership in matters pertaining to for estry, should have lived in the river countries, i Trees. that Dr. Miller may successfully plant ;In his "Seymour park" in Omaha or Morton in his "pinetum" ' at Arbor . Lodge r those which Robert Furnas may recommend from his experience at Brownville, will not do at all in central arid western Nebraska and I believe I can truly say that there have been hundreds of thou sands of, dollars lost to the people of this state by following the advice of meti who are too "conservative" to' see very - far beyond the boundaries of their own farms, ? , ' . - As a matter of fact the white pine "which Mr. Morton shows" up so beau tifully in the Conservative will not do well west of Lincoln and will totally fail one hundred miles west of that point. . Those who wish to plant pines will make no mistake in planting the pinua ponderosa, which is a native of west ern Nebraska and the Black Hills. It grows rapidly in our dry climate and the long needles make a full and dense foliage while the tough compact fiber There is Something to See Alon 5 tie SS3 The Line to the Land of Lead tact Zinc ' 1 The Quick and Most : i . Cotnfortable Route from ST. LOUIS and KANSAS CITY - ' h--. . - To Points Iri , - : issoari, Artiansias : Toxooi lahbaci; Indian. Torriiory, Oklahoma,; ; Tho Southnosi and Far IVost. Every Modern Appliance f of Co-nf ort The best railroad Restaurant and Cafe Car Service in America. ! Cheap Homc-scckcrs' Sates TWICE MONTHLY. Write to Room No. 726 Century Building, St. Louis, for one of our illustrated pamphlets, entitled " the Top of the Oearks." , "Feathers and fins on the FVisco." "Fruit Farming Along th Frisco." "Oklahoma." "The Ozark Uplift." " There is Something ta See Along the Frisco Line." Theinostcomprehensive railroad literature for the home-seeker or in vestor ever distributed gratuitously. The, Farmers' Supply Assocla-J tlbn of this city" have recei vel ' several carloads of farm v ma chinery, buggies and wagons during the past week. The man- agers anticipate very large sales in those' lines daring the "spring months.' '' " " ' ' J " " " of its wood withstands the wind and sleet. The earlier mistakes . made in digging, packing and shipping these trees have been found and corrected and they can now be had at reasonable rates.. . , . B. ROOSA. ' The Sugar Trust Rules The sugar trust seems to have abso lute control of the government in ev erything that affects its interests. It made the president proclaim himself a -liar. It caused congress to reverse its action and both houses to disre gard the'plain dictates of the constitu tion. It was powerful enough to change a policy of the government that had prevailed for more than a hun dred years. Its orders are law to the president, the house and the 'senate., and we aro now -waiting to see if it true In regard to the supreme court. The Porto Rican legislation and all it involves was the. work of the sugar trust. . All the departments at Wash ington obey its orders instantly. Sec retary Gage obeys Its orders as im plicitly as ever an orderly obeyed his colonel. The director of the sugar trust visited his office and immediately Mr. Gage issued an order to all collectors of customs to collect a duty of 64 ko pecks on each pood of refined sugar imported from "Russia. (A kopeck nearly equals a cent and a pood is a Russian weight of 36 pounds.) ; There is not a particle of doubt that the Russian government will retaliate. From the Pacific coast there has grown up a flourishing trade 'with Ruasia as well as from the Atlantic seaboard. Russia imports from this country somg millions of dollars worth of railroad supplies," agricultural implements and other merchandise. If Russia puts a retaliatory duty on. these goods, that will give European manufacturers an advantage and that trade. will be lost. The gain will be a few thousand dol lars added to the enormous income of the sugar trust. That Is what tho sugar trust wanted. The men who will be struck by this are the ones who supported the trust party. The farmers will not be af fected. They; have to pay the trust price for sugar anyhow. The, thing that The Independent would draw at tention to is the complete power of tho trusts over the government. As 'Ions as it Is run by Mark Hanna, their or ders will be strictly obeyed.