Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-04-18 | Page 13 | West Virginia is Broke Rich State Has No Cash

WEST VIRGINIA IRGINIA BROKE IS Mok RICH RICI-l STATE T FrA HAS NO c CASt CASH CHARLESTON W. W Va April 17 I Hard times havo have overtaken o tho the government of West cst Virginia The Tho commonwealth I Is dead broke Its treasury treasur is Its employees are unpaid its militia Is In part disbanded Its correctional and charitable Institutions Institutions lions are puzzled to get carloads of oC supplies ot off the tho sidetracks where they are held by unpaid bills of lading many of its schools have havo been n closed its officials of officials of- of are arc buying postage stamps for their departments out of or their own pockets and Its executive o is at odds with the legislature over the method ot of relief West Virginia is Insolvent although it Is one of the richest In natural re resources resources resources re- re sources of ot all tho the sisterhood of oC states with wUn hundreds of oC millions of output and billions of ot latent natural wealth yet ct untouched Since March 17 not a dollar has been paid out of oC the treasury of or tho the state for the simple reason that the treasurer treasurer treas treas- urel didn't have ha it to pa pay And what Is more to the point there thoro is at this writing no DO early prospect of or replenishing replenish replenish- ing lug tho the coffers coreen unless the governor go changes chanles his pr present sent attitude of disinclinatIon disinclination cU l to borrow money mone on the states stales credit until a new system of oC taxation can be framed trained and enforced But Dut taxes cannot be levied and collected col collected col- col all aU in the tho same Jiffy and the tho opinion In official circles here is that the governor will be compelled to abandon abandon abandon aban aban- don his stand and consent to the loan which the attorney general of the state Is expected to announce can bo be constitutionally constitutionally constitutionally con con- made According to official estimate the state will face tace a deficit of or by Juno June The situation arises from the fact that tho the expenditures have havo ex exceeded exceeded ex- ex ce ed the tho revenues re for several se years due duo to a n. variety of ot causes causeR The Democrats Democrats Democrats Dem Dem- say to extravagance the adminIstration administration admin admin- claims the deficit was inherited Hed all agree that the lc legislature was not dul duly informed of tho the situation and when notified was derelict in action Governor Governor Gov Gov- The situation brings gloom to Hatfield It d directly affects his own political fortunes and ambitions since he is 18 credited with aspiring to the United States sen next year car L r f I G v. v HENRY H. H HATFIELD I VJ 4 who refuses to allow state to borrow borrow on its credit He Hc is is' is said saidI I to o aspire aSpile to scat seat in United States I Senate I I M 4 i C V f d V