The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-05
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come tax upon credits. To secure this
there must be an amendment to our con
stitution.
The taxation of inheritances is mat
ter which should be considered. at this
session. Efforts have been made along
this line BY preceding legislat5urss but
been found unconstitutional, The defects
having been pointed out by the supreme
comrt it is possible to pass law which
heritance tax law which is proper and
just would increase our revenue fund.
and would not be serious burden to the
class of property coming under the pro-
visions of such a law.
EDUCATION
Minnesota has just reason to be proud.
of her. splendid school system, and easily
takes rank with progressive states such
as New York, Massachusetts and others.
In fact, our public school system Is 7un-.
excelled in the nation, Our high and
graded schools are we'll established and
well organized.
The branch of our educational system
which demands the most careful atten-
ton, and in which there is yet great room
for Improvement and advancement, is the
60 per cent of the public school popula :
ton is enrolled. and the great majority
of the pupils and students attending
them receive no instruction beyond that
received there. Of over half million
pupils in all the public schools during the
past year more than one-half are enrolled
primitive method still employed the pupils
attendent upon the rural schools lack the
advantage of well constructed buildings,
adequate books and library, trained and
thereto are subject to the disadvantage OF
living remote from the school house.
The primary education OF the youth is
| the real basis of our citizenship, and
every opportunity for the encourage cement
of the early training of our youth should
be held out by every possible assistance
of the state. 1 suggest that there is much
| occasion for Improvement in our rural
school houses with regard to heating,
lighting and ventilation, with a view to
the greater comfort OF the pupils
mend the adoption of some general plan
| whereby all rural school houses should be
constructed in the future upon plans sub
mitted to and approved by competent au-
thority. I believe the special state aid
provided during recent years has asdone
much to raise the standard and increase
the efficiency. of rural schools, and IstruSt
this liberal policy will be continued.
- Adequate. and intelligent supervision
for this class of schools is as essential
as for those in towns and cities. To OBJ
tain this I think a change in our law is
necessary whereby our@county superin-
tendents will not only be paid adequately
for their services, but which, WILL also in
| sure more competent supervision. Their
salaries should be at 1eaSt.scau1lpenSurate
with those of other county Officers, and
with those Of school supervisors in cities
who do a like aInount OF work. and in
return for a proper compensation there
should be some requirement. which would
guarantee professional service IN the SUI
pervision of our rural schools. Believing
| that the educational system OF our state
| should be divorced from partisan politics
as far as possible, ard<that saapeEipten end
ents should be chosen because. of their
educa tional qualificat ions Instead Of their
partisan politics. I would urge and recon-
mend such changes in oure laws as would
provide county board of educa ton
whose duty would include the appoint
ment of county superintendent and such
other school duties only as are now per-
formed by the board OF county commits
During the last ten years the duties FIN
posed upon the department of public IN
Struction have practically doubled, awhile
| the working force during all this time has
increased with but single clerk, and the
! funds at the disposal Of the department.
/ have. only been correspondence increased Sc l.
department touching every branch of our
| public schools and other educational sery-
ice, recommend that the legislature
| make provision for another assistant, and
that the permanent fund of the working
force of the office be made $4,000 an
| nua1ly.
| TIMBER TRESPAss AND MINERAL
LEASES
The public examiner of Minnesota states
| thousands of dollars are due the state BY
reason of timber trespass, and urges
suits for the collection of 1.-THE am cunts
| due. He states further that suits have
| taxes due the state from railway COM
parieS. The work, of prosecuting these
cases has been delayed, he reports, by the
inability of the attorney general to reach
| them because of multitude of other
duties There should be nc cessation IN
| the prosecution of these claims, and l
| making provision, with sufficient appro-
priation, for the employment of.rspecial
counsel to take up the work of collecting
| the amounts claimed to be due the slater
The auditor in his report makes refer
| ence also to timber trespass, bearing out
| the statement of the public examiner
| From these two offices the claim has been
made that the law has been openly vio--
| lated. and it appears that the statement
of the public examiner, that it was
it than it was to buy it, is in some
| measure true. 1t is alleged also that
! thousands of dollars worth of timber has
/ report has been made. 1t would be wise
| to appropriate sufficient funds to enable
! the executive to make complete investi-
| cation of our. timber conditions with a
! view of bringing offenders to justice, and
+ securing to the school funds of the state
! the amounts properly belonging thereto.
The public examiner further states as a
| result of investigation that mineral
leases have been issued contrary to law,
! and to persons not legally entitled to
! hold them. / assure you that proper
| steps will be taken to revoke such leases
/ AS a precaution against future violation
| of the law. that this class of property may
| yield to the state the greatest possible
revenue. recommend the passage of a
bill to provide for the sale of mineral
! leases at public auction to the highest
bidder, and; that every such sale should
be after due and proper advertisement
| and after meteorological examination of
the land by the state before such sale
| Within q few years vast mineral beds
| have been uncovered. and there is reason
! to believe that still greater discoveries
| are to follow. The interests of the state
must be safeguarded in every possible
| this most important question. fes i =
RAILWAY LEGISLATION
/ One of the great problems of the pres
ent time and which is of the greatest
and most vital concern to the peonle 81 rem ,sr,
resented by you, is that of railway trans
portation and tariff rates for the same
/ There is no need to rehearse the history
of recent litigation affecting combinations
i of parallel and competing railway lines.
The United States supreme court in de-
cision rendered by it has decreed against
the merger of such parallel and competing
lines of railway. And yet we realize and
know that combinations are in effect
! which completely annihilate competition.
| Railway rates in our state are much
higher than across our border in Cana da
| That there is an unjust discrimination
there is no question.
/ Speaking of railway control, Justice