Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 7, 1915, Page 10

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY. JANUARY 7. 1915 GOVERNORHOLCOMB URGES ECONOMY, Makes Many Valuable Rewmmendgtiom in His Inaugural Address—Defends New Haven‘Road-—Would Abolish | Some and Merge Some Other - Commissions—Wants | Finances Placed on Better Basis—Other Reforms Ad- {1n 1913 1t was . T4s.068.82 | In 1914 it was 10,961, w— — | This is an increase of, $4,212,608.71 {during the fiscal year ending October In bis the general [ exercised in muling ¢ ~tations for |1, 1914, and it should be remembered assembly taking of the |any constructive wor! { that the vearly expense is: increased c £ Marcos H. for Imbeoiles, | bY. the interest on this debt. E The Connecticut School olcomb spok: 5 information the £ and recommend to jon such measures may deem expedient. In compl herewitn I at this time briefly th the i ' capacity - | many belonging to the cias. | benefit the institution site of the sch their care should be made, all of whi am informed c: of the Governo: mited I invite vour careful investigation | 88 250 T B veans is = S ident and Gentlemen of the|and consideration of the conditions | 1% ereeet" one item of which 18 Assem™ly: existing at the Connecticut School for | $3% 28 500" ¢ improved highways,: of Constitution of Connecticu |Imbeci at s e L e il the Tble that the Governor shall, fron | .imed that. th approximately | a5 T i< to be..desired that all e to time, give the General Assem T hundred of the school of the highways much used by the present time and that the pres- aof the ‘buildifigs is inad- uate for their proper care, and that for whose is intended jare attention to some conditi {now in almshouses in the various |, aconanle extent the cost of the pere ares, which should receive vour|towns of the State. The ~duty and [podieB 0 Coitiontof the . improved rd suggestions | necessity of -roperly caring for these | NIenl SO0 e Cloperly met by is- matters until 1 may |unfortunates is obvious and impera- | L SHFSNE ST N PR A S T < cifically call | tive. Tf proper arrangements for Such | regsonable limitations of time and not ¥ care cannot be provided at the present ol another site should ured and adequate provisions-for n be done at a min: i and a 'mateérial "addition to the tax- able property of the. State. ‘We may with pride -and _confidence ‘itivite @ comparison of - these ‘improved: high- ways with those of adjoining :states. But these.improvements have been |the cause of the largest singlevitem of | state. expense - for; several yéars, and, in view.of the present condition of the subject ,calls fot care- tion and conservative ac- tion . Net Debt of the State. {1n 1904 the net ‘debt vof | the State was oY 14,554.49 In 1909 it w2 2 490.74 The estimated public expense for the residents of the State, even in the less settled communities, may, in the not distant furture, be €0 improved as to come within the good roads class, 1 think it may be conceded that to 2 extended beyond the permanency jthe improvements, but manifestly the cost of the repair an4 upkeep of these roads shounid be included in the nec- vearly expense of conducting to recom- |mum cost through the sale of the pre- | {3 " isiness of the State and met by, eto of any act of operty upon which the build- | 2NN REES S 0 S rom T ta led by your m: of the school are located. Moot attempt Consolidation of Commissions. This meeting of the normal expense asume YOUT [ 7 am iy ful] accord with the reom- |as_ it arises -is necesary to the sol- mendations made by Governor Balds |vency of any corporation, whether it & Hart-lwin in his 1913 inaugural message, {be the State or a municipal or pri- 1pal pube |vising the consolidation of the duties |vate corporation therein, otherwise we the past { ¢ ipg Inspector with the |shall bequeath to the future a griev- economical seT. Lgurean of Labor Statlstics, a trans- [ous burden of Habilities. : peox d industries, and j for of the duties of the Building and | I wouid suggest whether, in view of ntil within a recent period, an- |y o,n Commissioner to the Bank C ting conditions, it is not ributed in taxes :a Very |nmjssioner: the abolition | defer for a reasonable period any con- t he - revenues re- ¢ the of of Commissioner of Do- extension of our improved expenses of our An , Dairy and Food Com- |highways, and in the meantime make et SR one State Ornithologist nd |more permanent repairs in those ale affairs, in part e Board of Agriculture, and in lieu |ready constructed, increasing orought of the office of |their efficiency and decreasing the cost with | of_their upkeep. Agriculture d authority t d duties of th or commissione; £ the Board of E: { the Connect: , with transfer t to he Municipal Home Rule. G Assembly {ot its committ of the iime of 1d of certain is taken up with the admin- ees f Health of such of‘their ¢ of cities, be h continuing. I |boroug! wns. or _instance, W ommendation of | there are bills introduced at - a single com- providing for the issu- s and game, _to|ance of municipal bonds. Bills are al- e Shell-Fish | so considered extending to one or > that the |another municipali ecial admin- Saseiall mmendations | istrative privileges which are not pro- o T tate and result in a ed for under the general law. SO ]l saving o The am of the obinion that there Ehosi tion of unnec should be a larger degree of local self- 1s and the cont mmission where can as well government given to the different municipalities under a general law, re. 2 e ul for better se te should not be | garding such matters as the manufac- tolerated only persons benefited |ture and eale of i the control of directors |PY the m ication or. continuance'|p : the regulation of salaries; the i unmece commisions are thosej{making of nprovements, etc., e nted to fill the offices | with power to bonds under pro- - A larie: { per restrictiars as to t = of their : e in the recommend: ayment. aid a wroper relation:to ex- pEERCEl vernor Baldwin ai| isting inde. cdness and grand lists, s commissioner take theilall subject to t approval of the e |z Bank Commis electors of- the municipality. -It.seems ns and Iy uted to 2 n give. this ominence. ot e g to the U hould have minal for the rea- ndictments Education. t childrer in n the ed- nd our pub- ha been made more employment of teach- the been in our of the | . thes: ion caused by tuberculo- continued. A failure to st effective means to this ot ould t tl be in-| there shall | than | Tuberculosis. | asures which e been eliminate or minimize rheJ | adop 11 1ld be economy or human- | his connection I call your | the recommendation of | n his_message of | of the board ie commissi erious al. GOVE There are numerous and cate star other or overlap each other. e he inspection ommended ommendation aldwin in boary commissions whose duties dupli- For . in- and regulation of tenement houses are subject. to the S overlapping duties of six different | statutes would b that the people of each municipality 3 MARCUS H.- HOLCOMB ds [are better qualified to pass upon matters than the members of the Gen- eral Assembly who cannot have equal l i s of | knowledge of local needs and condi- tions. a general provision in the a great relief to the Baldwin in|comissions, and the cction and |General Assembi and would not di- s ?n‘_‘ “{&; adjudication of relating to infected and ! minish the efficiency of the local gov- torms of |aculterajed foodstuirs, including mnk,!ernment& o clacoratlc|come under the jurisdiction of our| D T T oserts ot i = = s various missions ie cumbersome - 5 me that 1t will and is the product of| Connecticut is’fortunate in having and favorable H undred and fifty iatutes | no- constitutional limitations as to the b Pho st and amendmen 1 recommend that m““‘f‘?d “"“lim“""“':‘”u"““c~‘:".‘9‘"“ pstablishment | the General Assembly authorie the |taXation Al our taxation provisions adat i and armories |y diate appointment by. the Gove |&F® found in statutes passed at various sostponed until tate finances ot als 4 v | times By the General Assembly. These (el 3 WICeS | ernor of a. special commission of nine | % 3 mere satisfactory condition, a majority of whom shall be]have not been codified for many years ar the closest economy e and are consequently more or less in- th contlnued usefuiness be Steibe s Al s e e A0 |many changes in the methods and L T Lp s, Seneral &S Fprocedure of taxation:throughout the RESINDL BEGINS Joe, IO sy 4 i United States. In many states the 4 o 4 ] best results are being secured by 1. The reo: i : & ] aation mr anganization and consol- fmeans of a more centralized authority dation e aae and count fover. local taxation. It is also neces- lrk-,agggnirrmeg};mf- O ey ®% lsary for the State to consider addi- ney. 2. The revision of the pubhc heal laws of t |itely i wastes 4 an accumulation and- duplication T0 HEAL SICK SKINS AT ONCE You doa’t have to WONDER if Res- nol Olntment is doing you good. You KNOW it is, because the first applica- responsibility, st ve work of medicine and ence wiil -he more efficient than possible under our present system. Improved Highways. tion stops the itching and your tor- The measures taken to consiruct t ekin feeis cool and comfortable land maintain improved highways at Ia Why ¢ 't YOU t this easy | throughc the State during the last “esinol way to heal eczema or similar | twenty vears have converted a consid- vuption? Resinol clears away | erable part of our highway into av win nD! teo, and is a valuable house- | nues of travel hoid remedy for cuts sores burns, |sons of the year, to the material pe- chefings, etc. It has been prescribed |cuniary advantage of our . agricul- by docters for 20 years and contains nothing that could frritate or injure the tenderest gkin. ‘Sold by all drug- gists, For free trial, write to Dept. &-B. Resincl. Baltimore. Md, venience and have resulted in many. instances of the General Assembly and commis- he State so as to more defin- < eliminate duplications and ‘prevent preventive measures, so that the con- scl- erviceable-at all sea- tural communities as well to the con- rofit of all our citizens who have occasion to use them, and iTha buildins yo of our country.towns consistent, unrelated, and out;of date. During recent- years there have been tional income which should come from sources not now bearing their share of the burden. A ecial Commission on Taxation Certain. Corporations Paving Taxes after a methods of taxation appls property, made a notable report to the last Gen- eral - Assembl, SOme. of its recom- mendations were then adopted and others can well be adopted by you at this session. T further recommend the appoind- ment of a special commission to con- sider-the taxation of property not in- cluded in the scope of the former com- mission: to codify the present laws taxing general property; and, after proper hearings and due considera- tion, to report to the next General Assembly recommendations for changes and new laws. _Inheritance Tax The ‘receipts - from - the th of to the State, of is in VERYTHING with the Serv-us Brand and the orange and purple label is the best of its kind. Every: woman who buys - Serv-us once immediately sees the economy in buying Serv-us again. * She gets the best quality at a popular price. Reduce the Cost of Living Without Reducing the Quality of What You Eat You won’t have to skimp on quality to- buy Serv-us, because Serv-us Foods are handled by all grocers, primarily because they wish to please their customers. Use Serv-us products—you will save money and you will also get:-the ; ich are Worth Money to You val“abt? g§tenfxy Pfifismp&“imfm for yourself and your """?:‘ economy of Serv-us Brand. Serv-us Brand Foods are packed in sanitary packages in accordance with the U. S. Pure Food Laws. Your grocer has Serv-us Brand Foods, or ¢an get them from The L A. Galllll) Co. Wholesale Distributors Norwich, Conn. omios in the expenditun be made, nevertheless sonable demands on the & make an increase come seem absolutely While this can be ac larger State tax, small property Dburden falls mo: of income in the Staie contribu ability, as ‘based upon 't} property as well as ups derived therefrom. I recommend the in the Tax Commiseio 1914: organized in the State, ines in the tax on ail wrivate wa companies a moderate chise tax on 2ll gas an and an increase in the larly in property passin; and - strangers; ‘compel the Ilisting for St considerable increase in thiz particu- lar when there are means and sources g in proportion consideration and action on the following staiement “The imposition of an annual fran- chise tax on all eeneral corporations tax on foreign corporations doing bus- tate: an annual franchise panies adequate taxation of the Siate's oyster franchises a reduction of the exemptions.in the inheritance tax law stringent penalty to choszes in aciion: the repeal of the T tax during.the last ,biennial period | present law taxing railroads and | Stories of “Places. have fallen off to an alarming degree, |adopiion of the gross earnings ba Though generally adroit in launch- Que primarily to the altogether too | recommended by the Special ng a aking, the Chinese are a liberal provisions of 1 - in 1912,* would insu | people who are poor in bringing it to tions as enacted by 1] sed annual income which | X The number of na- | Assembly. Reasonable with economies, make a small ompanies promoted in changes can and should be made to re- e 'tax necessary only once in two |partyan recedented ma- | China in the last dozen or more vears store the revenue to compare to that R LR £ tne. members of each branch been great, but extremely few of In order that this law may ad : ; ; e 1 Assembly. borpr iy Lol e e s, The ness affairs of the State, so L of confidence nancial resuits. form manner, it is desirable N e s WL s Kent lds the honor for el valuation of shares of stock a‘.Axl"‘-‘”‘* I e I the e G mEC S one of SCrudes beftoistm choses in action belonging to the es- | o Sxperience in —success Lo sense of res it on the market in 1857 in a g _to ti s corporations. The expendi- cho ter the -United States fases Of decadents be, phiced unde 10uld be made with careful de artv and petroleum, 2,000 gal- There are In the State one hundred | "t annoual income. o are 21 The area 15897 and thirteen probate .courts which b le it thout Bnsncs are miles ximately equal o o eion Telabive o ed in the undertaking. hall wor St s L e with them suggestions as to valua- | DE wiaichy has. prevelTadEy g heee Sy ) tione of shares of stock, etc., of clos IOy o fard : s 2 ; < fhose intimately interestes. - While the | Lion commiitee of the General -Assem- - have been faithful to the Prices for footwear are going up in State Presncer The Power to ves |PIY is wasteful, unscientific. and con- | whicl: ticy have committed to us | and and retail find difficulty quire a new ap 7 Tasnits) s [y corthe avproved metuogajol vrt: MA H. HOLCOMB. .| which requires the appraisals of A lattier sl intangible propert be made by ¢ “to study | state official. Th od has worked aotrer satisfactorily. in Ma New il aad hore| York, and several other state: zealous they may { I recommend that the Tax Commis- R SRR I E AN | i “;mben”g;:g;_““"} il g ent_imperative’demands on Fer e L R i State treasury, the necessity for o e Sueh & pro- |3Wict economy, and \ho‘n};?nrmnduo of [REER AL Tl : - Dro- |, seientific study of receipts and ex- R o M e a bie relief to | engitures demand a change from our For Infants and Children the judges of ot courts. and | BRCC, ETTE e, e e e = I recommend the creation of a board - e, cumulati of finance, similar to. that advocated ‘I'he Kmd You Havg piopnito o L T 1 thi3 | Y the Tax Commissioner in his bi- at e > Biaieii ennial reports of 1910 and ;!;zlli';:;h board to_con o citizens ap- State Revenue. pointed for a period of vea the Alwa S Bou ht ’ Since 1908, during a period of six |State Treasurer, Compiroller and Tax e years, there has been an increase of oner, ex officio; and two Sen- :| ALCOHOL 3 PER CEND. } » over ten million doilars, or 1899 per and three Representatives to be AVe = cent in_the net indebtedness of the|appointed by each General Assembly AVegetable Preparailonfords- State, There has been an increase of | to serve during the session. All leg- similating tie Foodand Reguia: ears t' € over six million - doliars, or 124 per authorizing hypropria- (hguusmmmmwzgmf cent since 1912, . A continuation - of ould be.referred to this board this procedure should be considered |for approval INEANARC Pt ies by e representatives of the State as Tha experience in relation to and INFANTS ~“CHILDREN ahsolutely impossible. her the ex- cumuiative knowledge of x.g- nec- i « feren t- s expenditures and probable re- : Prants must ho taicaly carieten. or |oibta of the State which his board Promotes Digestton Cheerfs the income of the State must be large- d soon acquire, would surely re- ness and Rest.Contains neither Iy supplemented. in more wise and economical ap- Opium Morphine nor Mineral Assuming that many desirable econ- | propriations, more efficient expendi- NOT NARCOTIC. es can and will | tures, and a proportionate decrease in ! | even the rea- taxation burden. S ate treasury | Our present Constitutional provision | i annual in- |Tequires that this legislative ses n I ‘w“d 1 omplished by a fair to the whom _this to make a shall terminate not later than the Sth of next June. It will of course ad- journ as much eariler as the business which shali be submitted to -vou shall be disposed of, and s will be deter- mined by fhe diligenceiof your com- mittees and the lengthiand frequency of your daiiy sessioms. Aperfect Remedy for Consfips which are not to their The 1913 General Assembly adjourn- & P he value of the {ed on June 4tl, and the 1911 General tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoa on the revenue | Assembl journed on’ September ‘Worras.Convulsions Feverisk 26th of tirat yvear. That the citizens of tate have not suffered by the ening of the session and the de- creased volume of legislation will be conceded. If it was required that ail proposed bills and resolutions be filed with the Secretary of State one week before the General Assembiy convened, and that | the Attorney General or Clerk of Bills ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. - of For Over - Thirty Years ner’s report of ¢ Frnca po Some.w e & and a eimilar Atb months old ter .and power |refer them to the appropriate commit- Snnnel S| taee to b SnUME N T el 35 Doszs ‘.}5&“’, d electric com- |a very material saving of time as e compared with -the present. procedure. § as the commitiees twhen appointed - could at once commence their duties. A further material saving of Mtime and of expense. could be effected if proposed legislation adversely acted it reported ex-’ rates, particu- THE CINTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. g to collaterals taxation of upon- hy the committes to which was referred, - was mnot